Tag archive: Kansas

It's taken a while, but Google has chosen a city to install its first super-fast fiber network, and the winner is: Kansas City. After reviewing applications by nearly 1,100 cities, Google chose Kansas because of its geographics and the organization and enthusiasm of its community. The search giant has signed a development agreement with the city and will “be working closely with local organizations, businesses, and universities to… Read More

Students at the Rochester Institute of Technology have nothing on the mayor of Topeka, Kansas when it comes to groveling for Google’s attention. If you thought the former’s voting to get their college campus on Street View seemed devoted, mayor Bill Bunten one-upped the tech students by changing the name of his city from Topeka, Kansas, to Google, Kansas. Bunten instituted the change on Monday, dubbing Topeka, err… Google, “the capital city of… Read More

Cox Cable has introduced a new traffic management system on its broadband network that will "momentarily" throttle data transfers on content it deems less time-sensitive—like file uploads, P2P applications, and Usenet—during periods of network congestion. The new system will be tested in Kansas and Arkansas, and expended to other Cox markets if the trials go well. According to Cox, the new system automatically… Read More

Cable operator Cox Communications has had its eye on wireless services for a while, putting a substantial amount of money into spectrum licenses in the 700 MHz band the FCC auctioned off earlier this year and which will become available once analog TV shuts off in the United States. Since then, Cox has bought up between $500 and $550 million in wireless capacity in its cable markets—New Orleans, San Diego, Omaha, Las Vegas, Kansas,… Read More

Telecommunications operator AT&T has announced it will begin selling its U-verse broadband Internet and digital video service through retailers Circuit City and Walmart beginning this month. The offerings will be available in more than 600 retail locations in and near neighborhoods where U-verse services are available: right now, that includes regions of Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri,… Read More

The Pats versus Big Blue, plus Tom Petty at the half: The Super Bowl just doesn't get any better. Of course, what's the point of watching the game on mediocre gear when you could be showing off a hot new home theater rig (and a few geektastic extras) to your buddies as they guzzle all your beer? Full Moon Fever  This trust-fund-busting setup will make you feel like you and your friends are sitting on the 50-yard line… Read More

In a move to streamline operation in the wake of significant subscriber losses, Sprint Nextel has announced it will lay off approximately 4,000 workers and close 125 of its company-owned retail locations. The move follows the layoffs of about 5,000 employees last year. Sprint says it had a net loss of 683,000 subscribers and 202,000 pre-paid users during the fourth quarter of 2007. In addition to closing 125 retail locations—about… Read More

The preponderance of cell phones in U.S. society may be creating all sorts of businesses opportunities that didn't exist two decades ago, but it's bad news for at least one former stalwart of the American landscape: pay phones. Over the last few years, public coin-operated phones have gone from being something one could see on many street corners and in most businesses to quaint rarities…nowadays, if you need one, you can… Read More

Back in 2002, Microsoft agreed to a landmark settlement in its huge antitrust case with the federal government. Part of the settlement was that Microsoft agreed to oversight of its business activities to ensure the company did not abuse its monopoly position in the computer operating system market. Most of those restrictions were set to lapse on November 12, 2007, but Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, who is responsible for overseeing the… Read More

While some school districts in the US are dealing with record budget cuts, the students and teachers in the Olathe Unified School District in Olathe, Kansas get another 2,300 Palm handhelds to play with thanks to a recent purchase. Today's purchase of the new Palm TX PDA's now doubles the school district's current inventory. The Olathe Unified School District is considered one of the most technologically progressive school… Read More

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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

A subsidiary of telephone and mobile phone giant Sprint Nextel has filed suit n a Kansas City, Kansas, court against VOIP provider Vonage and Voiceglo, alleging the companies have willfully infringed on seven technology patents owned by Sprint Nextel. The suit seeks injunctions against Vonage, Voiceglo, and theglobe.com from "misappropriating Sprint Nextel’s technology and infringing Sprint Nextel’s patents," as well… 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

Apple today announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded more than 100 million songs from the iTunes Music Store, marking a major milestone for the emerging online music business. The 100millionth song, "Somersault (Dangermouse remix)" by Zero 7 was purchased by Kevin Britten, age 20, of Hays, Kansas on Sunday, July 11. As the grand prize winner of Apple's 100 million song countdown,Kevin Britten will receive a 17-inch… Read More