So far, Clearwire has only launched WiMax 4G mobile services in Baltimore, Las Vegas, Atlanta, and Portland Oregon, but the company keeps saying it plans to activate additional markets in the near future. Today, the company announced ten more locations that are in line for WiMax services, with two online today and eight more coming September 1. But they aren’t exactly major metropolitan areas: Bellingham, Washington and Boise Idaho get their WiMax today, while eight Texas markets—including Abilene, Amarillo, Corpus Christi, Lubbock, Midland/Odessa, Killeen/Temple, Waco, and Wichita Falls—are set to be activated September 1.
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TV Remote Co-Inventor Robert Adler Dies
Thousands of new inventions are registered (or stolen) and reach the global marketplace every year, but only a tiny handful become staples of modern life. The telegraph, the telephone, the lightbulb, and radio were each breakthroughs which had tremendous impacts on today’s culture, but one de facto standard of modern life probably rests in your hand every day: the television remote control.
HP Sued For Misclassifying Employees
“The lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Boise, claims that the misclassification denied benefits such as health insurance, vacation and sick leave, and retirement plans to more than3,000 HP workers throughout the United States. The suit seeks more than $300 million in damages.
The 33 named plaintiffs, most from the company’s Boise plant, claim they qualify as employees instead of contractors under a questionnaire used to determine employee status by the Internal Revenue Service. “
Read more at InformationWeek
Source: Associated Press
Micron Heads Back Into The Black
But the revenue line and the fact that Micron, is back in the black, shows that the DRAM market is picking up at long last. Compare and contrast with Q1 last year, when the company, America’s last DRAM maker, produced a net loss of $315.9m on sales of $685.1m.
And the market will stay picked up in the medium term, according to IDC, which is forecasting industry revenue increases in 2004 and 2005. And then in 2006, as is the way of the memory market, over-production will see revenue falls once more.


