Tag archive: Georgia

Although the rollout isn't going as quickly as many would have hoped, Clearwire Communications has formally introduced 4G WiMax mobile broadband service to the Atlanta, Georgia area. Clearwire claims the service reaches about 3 million people over an area of about 1,200 square miles, making it the largest WiMAX service area in the United States. The Atlanta WiMax network has been quietly operating in Atlanta for weeks, but consumers… Read More

Clearwire is trying to get a jump on the pending 4G mobile broadband world by rolling out high-speed WiMax technology: so far the service is up and running Baltimore and Portland, Oregon, and the company is promising more major markets will come online during 2009 with as many as 80 markets online by the end of 2010. To that end, Clearwire and Cisco have just announced a deal that will put Cisco gear at the heart of Clearwire's core… Read More

The Business Software Alliance, an anti-piracy consortium made up of many of the software industry's biggest players, has released its Sixth Annual Global Software Piracy Study. Conducted by research firm IDC, the study claims that antipiracy efforts in the United States have more-or-less stalled out, and that approximately one fifth of all software in use in the U.S. is pirated. At 20 percent, the United States has the lowest software… Read More

Motorola might have rolled out the MOTOKRZR way back in mid-2006 when it was trying to capitalize on the starting-to-wane popularity of its RAZR phones. But Boost Mobile thinks now is the “perfect time” to add the flip phone to its lineup—specifically, its Unlimited by Boost offering available at wireless retailers as well as locations like Radio Shack, Wal-Mart, and Sprint retail stores (Boost is a wholly-owned subsidiary… Read More

Satellite television provider DirecTV has agreed to pay $5 million and restitution to thousands of customers to settle a 21-state investigation into complaints about the company's advertising and marketing practices, undisclosed fees, channel availability, and cancellation policies. The settlement was announced by the office of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. The investigation began in early 2003 in response to consumer… Read More

If you are WellPoint health benefits subscriber you'll be interested in this story. Your health insurance provider has teamed with leading online health information company WebMD to begin providing more information and personalization options to the 28.5 million subscribers that WellPoint services. The two companies, according to a press release, have entered into a three year agreement in which WebMD will have their online health… Read More

EarthLink said today they had struck again in the fight to keep spam out of our inboxes. Their contribution? Evidence against Peter Moshou, the

Under the terms of the agreement, InkCycle must re-formulate a new set of inks which will not infringe upon the HP ink products. InkCycle will also pay HP an undisclosed sum of money as part of the resolution. The lawsuit was filed earlier this year with HP alleging that InkCycle was selling refillable ink for HP printers at several Staples stores. While HP has stated they will aggressively protect their products, InkCycle is taking a more… Read More

Hewlett-Packard Corporation has been sued for allegedly including chips in its printer cartridges that instruct the cartridges to stop working on a pre-determined date even if they still contain ink, according to Reuters. The suit, filed on Thursday by a Georgia woman in Santa Clara Superior Court, alleges that chips inserted into the cartridge to detect the ink level also ensure that the cartridges die on a set date, whether… Read More

“America Online, which earlier this year stopped signing up new broadband customers, is telling existing broadband subscribers in nine Southern states that they must find a new broadband carrier by Jan. 17. Bentley said she expects AOL will phase out existing broadband customers in the rest of the country in a similar manner over the next year.” The affected states are Florida, Kentucky, Georgia, Louisiana,… Read More

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell introduces a new type of game to the line-up, a 3rd person stealth action game with cyber-terrorism, shadow agencies and covert operations on the menu. The title has sold more than 8.9 million copies worldwide since its launch in 2002. When two CIA agents mysteriously vanish in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, the NSA's secret sub agency, Third Echelon, deploys Sam Fisher-its most capable… Read More

These improvements are designed to further increase the robust recording capabilities and navigation of the service. In addition to current DVR functionality such as the ability to record a program to watch at a later time, record high-definition programming (viewable only with an HDTV set or monitor) and pause and rewind live TV – the new dual tuner functionality allows customers to record two programs simultaneously while watching a… Read More

Verizon Wireless today announced it was granted a permanent, legal injunction against Rhode Island resident Jacob Brown, a known 'spammer' who knowingly executed a systematic spam attack on wirelessphones owned by Verizon Wireless customers. United States District Judge in Trenton, New Jersey Mary L. Cooper permanently enjoined Jacob Brown from sending further spam to Verizon Wirelesscustomers. Brown and his cohorts… Read More

That vision was part of a two-day conference sponsored by a University of Georgia agricultural lab that showed how big-city wireless technology could soon have numerous applications in the fields. Urban professionals have long been able to go to a Starbucks cafe or some other Wi-Fi Hot Spot to connect to the Internet, but the technology has lagged in rural areas, where many folks still rely on slow-speed dial-up connection. Stuart… Read More

From the press release: AT&T today announced that it is adding residential digital subscriber line (DSL) high-speed Internet service to its bundle of local and long distance services in 11 additional states including Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Delaware, Arizona and Minnesota. With these 11 new states, AT&T now offers DSL as part of its communications bundle in 25… Read More