FCC Endorses Broadband over Powerline
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| The Federal Communications Commission on Friday gave a big boost
| to Broadband over Powerline (BPL), classifying the technology as
| an "information service."
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http://www.techweb.com/wire/mobile/193501695;jsessionid=3LCXWIHLMJH0MQSNDLRCKH0CJUNN2JVN
Gates to generate your electricity
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| His personal investment vehicle -- a nice drive if you can afford
| it -- Cascade Investments is today expected to partner with New
| Mexico-based PNM Resources on electricity generation and trading.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35521
Google have already moved in that direction. One wonders if Linux support
will be offered to clients and whether Windows zombies will get
disconnected. Can oligoplies go that far?
Microsoft Looks Within to Design and Test Chips
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| For more than two decades, Microsoft's software and
| Intel's processors were so wedded that the pairingc
| ame to be known as Wintel. But as that computing era
| wanes, Microsoft is turning to a new source of chip
| design: its own labs.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/19/technology/19soft.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin
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