MC2 Post 1019 Why AT&T Service is Still Crappy

and Won't Get Better Any Time Soon

By Wingman (The Kool and the Not-So-Kool Hunter)
From:  http://www.dslreports.com

FBI: You Might Sue Your Carrier 
If You Knew What They Were Doing
Agency's Top Concern Isn't You, It's AT&T's Wallet

One of the reasons the AT&T T-Mobile deal will likely be approved is that not only is AT&T a powerful lobbying force, but they're now bone-grafted to the nation's surveillance apparatus. AT&T funnels all voice and data wholesale to the NSA, and helps the FBI not only with domestic spying, but has gone so far as to advise the FBI on ways to wiggle around privacy laws.
Link:  http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FBI-You-Might-Sue-Your-Carrier-If-You-Knew-What-They-Were-Doing-114210

 

 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/6h2ohme

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A Billion Here A Billion There: 
Pretty Soon it Becomes REAL Money :Wingman.

Report: AT&T Pays $6B if T-Mobile 

Deal Fails

 

 

Link:  http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20062527-17.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

 

 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/3dqh75v

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Google's Ice Cream Sandwich Q&A's

From:  http://news.cnet.com

Ask Maggie: Google's Ice Cream Sandwich and What It Means

Yes indeed, Google announced its next version of the Google Android operating system, Ice Cream Sandwich, at Google I/O this week. Google I/O is the company's annual developer conference, held in San Francisco.

(The different versions of Android are named alphabetically, i.e., Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, and now Ice Cream Sandwich.)

 

 

Link:  http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-20062119-266.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

 

 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/5t8tc3g

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MC2 Post 1018 Microsoft buys Skype service for $8.5 billion. The Simple and The Insane

Did MS Really have to Drop 8.5 large for Skype to Draw Attention from Goggle I/O or 

the Apple i-Everything?

The Simple and The Insane

All Apple Had to do Was Show "The Lines"  

Waiting for the iPad 2 in CHINA !!!

An example of How Much The Rules of the Game has Changed because of Apple's Dominance.

And it seems Clear that MS was taking No Chances in letting Skype get Picked Up by either Google or Facebook.

Hence the 8.5 Billion for Skype

With the MS - Nokia Deal looking like another dead horse stuck at the starting line.  And the new MS friendliness with the New-Next-Now "struggling Blackberry".  It seems like another hedging of MS Bets with Windows 7 Phones checking into  a field that Apple has lapped several times against poor competition.  You can't just join forces with the losing competition.  

What's was the definition of "madness" George?

The New Rules Are Really Simple:

To Compete:  You Have to Be Competitive.

  

You Can't Just-Show-Up at the Starting Line.

As for the Ballmer-Skype "hand-shaking" picture, it still looks like a Post Civil War "carpet-bagger" trying to make a "deal". 

To MS, "the Art of the Deal" is just another side dish of hash.

But Don't Get Fooled!

Image IS Still EVERYTHING!

 

"Image" is Why Apple Is Winning

You Can't Leave That Out of the Equation Either. 

No matter How Many Smart "bean counters" You Have.

Wingman.

Link:  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/10/MN9O1JEBT5.DTL&type=tech

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/6j7vusy

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Long iPad2 Launch Lines in China

Link:  http://www.macrumors.com/2011/05/06/ipad-2-launches-in-china-to-long-lines-and-sellouts/

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/64bz5rj

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Success of iPad helps Apple Topple Google as No 1 Brand
Apple is the most valuable brand on the planet.

Link:  http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/success-of-ipad-helps-apple-topple-google-as-no-1-brand-2281729.html

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/3hofhzs

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Still Down The Hill from the HD A

A Cold Monday After the Week Showing of

Crappy TV...

3 Hours of Celebrity Apprentice?

Bring Back CONAN

MC 2 Post 1016 DOS is DOS Even in Windows 7

The 8 Most Useful DOS Commands That You Should Memorize

Link:  http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/8-dos-commands-memorize/ 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/3km8sds

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And Security Essentials Comes in Dead Last!

Link:  http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-security-essentials-ranked-second-last-in-av-tests-protection-rating 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/3zck68n

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A PB buddy tweeted me the other day about a local LA DJ that was switching stations.  I had to stop and think when the Last Time I actually listened to traditional broadcasts.  It's been Years.  I converted to Internet Radio Years Ago. 

I have at least 6 Internet Radio Apps on my iTouch.  My Favs are Pandora, Slacker Radio and Visual Radio, where I was listening last night to Jill FM and Delirious by Prince.

Rick Dees is always a man in motion. He's mov’d on from 93.9 FM following his final show April 14. At midnight Tuesday night the station flipped to a Latin Pop format.

Link:  http://www.rick.com/rickdees

LATimes Story:

April 21, 2011|By Steve Carney, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Rick Dees, a morning-radio fixture for two decades at KIIS-FM (102.7), is returning to the L.A. airwaves May 4, when he takes over a.m. duties at KHHT-FM (92.3).

Link:  http://articles.latimes.com/2011/apr/21/entertainment/la-et-rick-dees-20110421

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MC2 Post 1015 The Air Is Let Out of the Wii

From:  http://news.cnet.com

 

 

Nintendo drops Wii to $149

 

 

Link:  http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20059587-52.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

 

 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/3hoyz2p 

 

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MC2 Post 1014 Apple Unveils New Quad-Core iMacs

From:  http://www.appleinsider.com

 

with Thunderbolt and FaceTime HD

Apple on Tuesday updated its all-in-one line of iMac desktops, adding Intel's powerful new quad-core Sandy Bridge processors, as well as the new high-speed Thunderbolt input/output port.

Starting at $1,199, the new iMac is up to 70 percent faster and new graphics deliver up to three times the performance of the previous generation.

Link: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/05/03/apple_releases_new_imac_desktops_with_intel_sandy_bridge_cpus_thunderbolt_ports.html

 

 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/42lgm8h 

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MC2 Post 1013 These are the Beginning Days of Higher Insecurity

From:  http://www.theregister.co.uk/

Amazon Cloud Fell from Sky after Botched 

Network Upgrade

URL:  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/29/amazon_ec2_outage_post_mortem/

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/6av6wg5

Amazon has apologized for the extended outage that hit its AWS infrastructure cloud late last week, providing an extensive explanation for the problem and extending 10 days of credit to customers who were using data stores in the portion of the service where the problem originated.

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A small taste of the pitfalls the Cloud may

bring along with its assorted wonders - Wingman

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Customers Stay Despite High-Profile 

Data Breaches

Link:  http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5glu5tZpmpSoLWzoVRNYWCo0w7TUQ

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/3cznkug

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MC2 Post 1012 No Milk, No Eggs and No Waffles....

Just when Things seem to be going all Wrong...

Welcome Home Wingman....

But at least I have a tooth ache and

a nagging headache.

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It Could Be Worse.

My bloodsugar could be Low.

Guess what,

I have That Too!

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So What makes "Things alright?" 

The Royal Wedding Across the Sea

(a welcome sight on the World Scene)

And ???

A New Niece added to the family.

Welcome to the world Molly.

Love, Uncle Ernie.

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