Articles Written by:    BRAD REED     

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Broadband stimulus grants delayed

One of the government agencies in charge of doling out has pushed back the dates for when it will start handing out grants. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) said in a filing with the U.S. House and Senate ...

From BRAD REED, FOX Business,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Senate

Verizon suit a 'gamble worth taking' for AT&T, says IP lawyer

Although AT&T's false-advertising lawsuit against Verizon is a major risk for the company, intellectual property attorney Thomas Zellerbach thinks it's one worth taking. Zellerbach's reasoning is simple: Verizon's "There's a Map for That" ads are doing ...

From BRAD REED, NetworkWorld,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: AT&T Inc.,  Verizon Wireless

iPhone apps run background checks on your date

The apps, known as Stud or Dud? and Are They Really Single, utilize data culled from countless public records to give users a more complete picture of whom they’re going out with. PeopleFinders President and COO Bryce Lane says his company ...

From BRAD REED, Macworld,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Don Draper

Verizon ups the smarm, mocks AT&T

Network World - There are some days when it's difficult to tell whether Verizon is a telecom company or one of the smarmy bullies from a teen film. This week, Verizon filed a sarcastic and defiant response to the lawsuit earlier this month alleging ...

From BRAD REED, ComputerWorld,  17 Nov 2009
Related Topics: AT&T Inc.,  Verizon Wireless

AT&T offers cloud-based computing capacity

AT&T upped its cloud portfolio Monday when announced it was working with VMware and Sun to develop its own cloud computing service.' Much like other cloud computing offerings, AT&T's Synaptic Compute as a Service aims to give users scalable on-demand ...

From BRAD REED, NetworkWorld,  16 Nov 2009
Related Topics: AT&T Inc.,  IBM,  Gartner, Inc.,  BMC Software, Inc.

How Nortel optical networking sale will change the industry

Network World - Nortel may be bankrupt but that doesn't mean it has no value. Take, for instance, the company's Metro Ethernet Networks unit that Ciena is looking to buy for more than $500 million. Metro Ethernet Networks, which generated $1.36 billion ...

From BRAD REED, ComputerWorld,  12 Nov 2009
Related Topics: AT&T Inc.,  Alcatel-Lucent,  Gartner, Inc.,  IBM

Four reasons to buy (and one reason to avoid) the Droid

Network World - The general consensus on the Motorola Droid is that while it's a very strong device, it still doesn't match the iPhone. The Droid has a nifty open source operating system and processing power on par with the iPhone 3GS, but it doesn't ...

From BRAD REED AND MATT HAMBLEN, ComputerWorld,  6 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Motorola, Inc.,  AT&T Inc.,  Google Inc.

A handy Android smartphone guide

Although phones featuring Google's open-source Android operating system have been out for more than a year, it's only been in recent months that the platform has really caught on. In fact, this fall alone has seen the debut of several new high-profile ...

From BRAD REED, NetworkWorld,  4 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Motorola, Inc.,  Sony,  T-Mobile

Sprint launches netbook deal, expands WiMax coverage

Network World - Sprint-Nextel Corp. made waves in the wireless data market today by announcing both the availability of its first netbook and the continued expansion of its WiMax network. On the netbook front, Sprint is offering the Dell Inspiron Mini 1 ...

From BRAD REED, ComputerWorld,  2 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Intel,  Google Inc.,  Comcast

Motorola Droid vs. Apple iPhone 3GS: Finally, a contender?

Network World - Wednesday's formal unveiling of the Motorola Droid smartphone on Verizon's network was an anticlimax, given most of the details had been leaked days earlier. Nevertheless, it's the boldest, most open iPhone challenge yet. The ...

From JOHN COX AND BRAD REED, ComputerWorld,  28 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Motorola, Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation,  Texas Instruments,  Google Inc.

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