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Gordon And Mike's ICT Podcast

National Center for Telecommunications Technologies Director Gordon F Snyder Jr and Mid Atlantic Institute for Telecommunications Technologies Director Mike Qaissaunee take a weekly look at the Networking, Information and Communications Technologies and how they affect the world of business, industry and education.

Ten Minutes with OP-TEC Webmaster Ian Anderson

Published: April 9, 2017, 6:32 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 59 seconds

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Hacking Car Anti-collision Systems [19:08]

Published: Aug. 28, 2016, 7:48 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 9 seconds

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Lock It and Still Lose It [24:11]

Published: Aug. 15, 2016, 6:15 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 12 seconds

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Intro To Pokemon Go [31:14]

Published: July 24, 2016, 11:46 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 14 seconds

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4K Ultra High Definition Television [22:37]

Published: May 7, 2016, 6:24 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 37 seconds

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Engineering Technology and Engineering Degrees What is the Difference [20:30]

Published: April 29, 2016, 7:40 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 31 seconds

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FCC Spectrum Auction 2016 [32:00]

Published: April 10, 2016, 7:38 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes

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What You Need to Know About Ransomware [32:04]

Published: April 3, 2016, 10:48 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 5 seconds

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Big Data Introduction

Published: March 2, 2016, 9:30 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 30 seconds

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Conducting Social Media Research Part 1 [16:48]

Published: July 8, 2014, 10:05 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 49 seconds

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As part of a National Science Foundation grant received by the Educational Development Corporation in Massachusetts, Mike and I have been involved with a group of small business social media experts from around the country defining a step-by-step social media process for Social Technology Enabled Professionals. These small business people build, maintain, manage and leverages online social networks to engage with customers, business partners, employees and key influencers with the goal of building organizational success.\\xa0 In this podcast, we cover part one of the first duty and discuss some of the tasks involved.\\xa0

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Why Social Media (21:58 min)

Published: June 15, 2014, 3:02 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 58 seconds .\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 1) \\xa0Primary (Blog or similarly organized content on an organizational website)

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Social media platforms call for regular, sustained communications and conversations between the businesses/organizations and their audiences. Given the explosion of new media platforms and social media networks during the past few years, there is significant justification for all businesses and organizations to adopt strategies to leverage these platforms more effectively.\\xa0 \\xa0\\xa0

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Bits and Bytes - Disappearing Facebook, Online Cheating, 4G and Dial-Up Modems [37:43]

Published: June 7, 2012, 2:31 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 51 seconds

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Bits and Bytes - 4G LTE, Motorcycles made from Car Parts, and Bamboo Clothing [36:10]

Published: June 3, 2012, 9:12 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 11 seconds

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The Need for Speed: 802.11ac 5th Generation Gigabit WiFi [18:40]

Published: Feb. 7, 2012, 1:16 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 41 seconds

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Mobile Devices and Application Development [28:14]

Published: Dec. 1, 2011, 7:05 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 15 seconds

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Why We Are Not Google: Lessons from a Library Web site Usability Study [22:40]

Published: Nov. 23, 2011, 3:33 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 41 seconds

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The Jester and DoS, Preventing Attacks, Seizure of Domain Names and Other Topics [32:30]

Published: March 28, 2011, 1:35 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 30 seconds

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IPv6 Tutorial with Sam Bowne Part 1 of 4 [35:47]

Published: March 5, 2011, 6:15 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 47 seconds

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HB Gary, Voice over LTE and WiFi Breakthroughs [26:50]

Published: Feb. 21, 2011, 9:35 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 50 seconds

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Community College Blogging: A Conversation with Dr Troy Swanson [30:40]

Published: Feb. 18, 2011, 8:43 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 40 seconds

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Anonymous, Barr, Stuxnet and Soliciting Hackers [29:20]

Published: Feb. 12, 2011, 9:50 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 20 seconds

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Wikileaks Update with Sam Bowne [16:51]

Published: Dec. 20, 2010, 12:01 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 50 seconds

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Maximizing Your Twitter Experience - 10 Quick Tips [36:30]

Published: Dec. 4, 2010, 5:24 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 30 seconds

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The 10 Best IT Certifications [35:00]

Published: Oct. 6, 2010, 6:56 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes

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Network Security With Sam Bowne [32:17]

Published: July 3, 2010, 5:06 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 20 seconds This is our third network security podcast with Sam Bowne, Professor of Computer Networking and Information Technology from City College of San Francisco.\\xa0 We continue our discussion with Sam sharing his thoughts on security and providing us with a snapshot of some of the latest and greatest developments in the field of network security.

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A living bot army control center. IE and Firefox: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/05/revisiting-the-eleonore-exploit-kit/\\xa0

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The recent Google I/O conference which Sam attended. At the conference Sam got a couple of phones one of which (a Droid)he is awarding as a prize in an IPv6 contest:\\xa0 http://samsclass.info/ipv6/droid-contest.html\\xa0

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The Hurricane Electric IPv6 Certification program:\\xa0 http://bit.ly/d4cRAK

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Sam also discussed and provided a few more IPv6 related links:

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IPv6 Panel: http://tinyurl.com/2746v7f \\xa0

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IPv6 Summit in Denver: http://tinyurl.com/23mu7u2 \\xa0

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IPv6 Certification: http://ipv6.he.net/certification/ \\xa0

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IPv6 Tunnels: http://www.tunnelbroker.net/ \\xa0

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Excellent slides explaining IPv6 for beginners: http://www.openwall.com/presentations/IPv6/

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Sam\'s IPv6-only Web page here: http://samsclass6.info -- you won\'t see it with plain old IPv4 at all.

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Joomla! Interview with TNR Global [17:33]

Published: June 9, 2010, 4:55 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 33 seconds

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Cloud Computing Technologies [23:26]

Published: May 8, 2010, 3:08 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 26 seconds

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Hands-on with the iPad [44:29]

Published: April 26, 2010, 6:11 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 29 seconds

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Network Security Update with Sam Bowne [30:00]

Published: April 22, 2010, 10:45 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes

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Femtocells [18:07]

Published: April 2, 2010, 7:05 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 7 seconds

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Network Security With a Little Help from Our Friends [28:00]

Published: March 23, 2010, 11:28 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes

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4G Next Generation Wireless LTE and WiMax [23:09]

Published: March 14, 2010, 11:16 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 9 seconds

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Emerging Broadband Technologies With A Wireless Focus [25:44]

Published: March 9, 2010, 1:27 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 43 seconds

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In this podcast we take a look at the emergence of broadband and wireless technologies over the past 20 years.

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Mike: What lead to this podcast?

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Gordon: It was an email from a colleague of ours - Mark at the MATEC NSF center. Here\\u2019s what he said:

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I\\xa0 was reading this PC Magazine article on why Apple stayed with AT&T (not happy about that since AT&T really stinks in Phoenix on coverage \\u2013 if I remember correctly, one of the worst coverages and signals here. \\xa0In fact, Sprint is really the only company that works well by the mountains (where I live and work).\\xa0 But the article stated:

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CDMA, the way Verizon and Sprint are doing it, is a dead end. Apple hates dead-end technologies. They look forward, not back. Remember how they got rid of floppy disks earlier than any other PC manufacturer? The current CDMA technology that Sprint and Verizon use still has some years of life left on it, but it\'s not where wireless is heading.

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Ok, so CDMA is dead.\\xa0 But what is 4G? \\xa0And is all 4G using GSM?\\xa0 Sprint is starting to advertise here of their 4G network.\\xa0 I know 4G is faster.\\xa0 But where is wireless going?\\xa0 Is Sprint\\u2019s 4G the same as all the other\\u2019s 4G.

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Leveraging Virtual Worlds, Web 2.0 and Smart Phones for Educational Excellence with Karl Kapp [45:09]

Published: March 4, 2010, 1:15 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 9 seconds

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Vice over IP: Embedding Secret Messages in Online Conversations [24:05]

Published: Feb. 17, 2010, 2:44 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 4 seconds

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Online Impact 2010 Panel 1: Tapping Twitter, Facebook and Other Tools to Grow Your Business [46:15]

Published: Feb. 15, 2010, 2:14 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 15 seconds On January 14, 2010 we hosted Online Impact 2010 in the Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) Technology Park. This was the second business and industry Online Impact event held at STCC - we had the first one in June 2009. Both events focused on the use of social media sites like Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook to reach out to customers and prospects. We had an excellent half-day of panels and workshop sessions that focused on social media tips and tactics.

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This podcast is a recording of the first panel, moderated by Dave Sweeney from viz-bang.com. I won\\u2019t introduce the panelists \\u2013 Dave does it as part of the podcast.

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We\\u2019re already planning the next Online Impact event \\u2013 watch our website at ictcenter.org for details.

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WTCC Social Media Radio Interview [33:50]

Published: Feb. 7, 2010, 4:45 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 50 seconds

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In this podcast, Setta McCabe from WTCC 90.7 FM and Gordon talk about social media on her weekly radio program. During the show they discussed blogging, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and other social media applications. This is a recording of the interview.

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What The Heck Is A Decibel? [21:21]

Published: Jan. 25, 2010, 8:33 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 10 seconds

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First Impressions: Barnes and Noble's Nook

Published: Dec. 26, 2009, 12:01 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 50 seconds

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Twitter Revisited: Shark Jumping, Apps and Metrics [36:40]

Published: April 28, 2009, 2:53 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 40 seconds

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An Interview With The Cisco Packet Tracer Team - Packet Tracer 5.1 [17:58]

Published: Feb. 28, 2009, 8:20 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 58 seconds

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A Conversation with Pierre Thiry and James Jones from MPICT [15:18]

Published: Nov. 30, 2008, 9:17 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 18 seconds

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WPA - Give It A Crack [32:50]

Published: Nov. 9, 2008, 10:29 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 50 seconds

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China and TOM-Skype [25:21]

Published: Nov. 2, 2008, 11:50 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 21 seconds

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A conversation with Biotechnology NSF Center Director Elaine Johnson [8:24]

Published: Oct. 7, 2008, 10:27 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 24 seconds

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A Conversation with David Hata - The Godfather of SAME-TEC [6:04]

Published: Sept. 17, 2008, 10:44 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 4 seconds

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A Conversation With OP-TEC NSF Center Director Dan Hull [5:03]

Published: Sept. 12, 2008, 9:53 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 3 seconds

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Interview with Mike Q

Published: Sept. 12, 2008, 6:55 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 30 seconds

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A Conversation with Computer Forensics Professor Paula Velluto [3:46]

Published: Sept. 2, 2008, 11:55 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 45 seconds

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An Interview with MATEC Executive Director Michael Lesiecki at SAME-TEC 2008

Published: Aug. 25, 2008, 4:35 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 9 seconds

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Video Delivery and MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) [26:30]

Published: June 15, 2008, 7:06 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 29 seconds

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Passive Optical Networks (PONs) [24:24]

Published: May 29, 2008, 5:19 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 23 seconds

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The Amazon Kindle First Impressions [30:10]

Published: April 23, 2008, 11:34 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 10 seconds

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Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) Details Podcast [32:30]

Published: April 3, 2008, 7:57 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 30 seconds

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The FCC 700 MHz Auction Results [17:10]

Published: March 23, 2008, 3:53 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 10 seconds

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The Next-Generation Internet: IPv6 Overview [33:00]

Published: March 16, 2008, 11 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes

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The iPhone Software Development Kit [48:00]

Published: March 9, 2008, 10:54 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes

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FCC 700 MHz Spectrum Auction Update: D-Block [19:10]

Published: Feb. 24, 2008, 11:57 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 10 seconds

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The FCC 700 MHz Spectrum Auction [28:48]

Published: Feb. 3, 2008, 5:55 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 48 seconds

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An Interview with Google Engineer Martin Trieu [31:32]

Published: Jan. 20, 2008, 4:33 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 32 seconds

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Online Collaboration: January 2008 [22:29]

Published: Jan. 17, 2008, 11:50 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 29 seconds

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Broadband the AT&T and Qwest Way [26:40]

Published: Dec. 22, 2007, 3:22 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 40 seconds

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Fiber To The Home (FTTH) Technology Update [23:20]

Published: Dec. 10, 2007, 1:57 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 20 seconds

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Apple, Microsoft and Google Updates [29:20]

Published: Nov. 5, 2007, 8:53 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 20 seconds

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The Next Generation Cable Network: DOCSIS 3.0 [34:20]

Published: Oct. 29, 2007, 12:46 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 20 seconds

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Micro-blogging [26:40]

Published: Sept. 16, 2007, 3:32 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 40 seconds

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iPod touch Overview and Impressions [26:50]

Published: Sept. 9, 2007, 6:07 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 50 seconds

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Enterprise 2.0 [22:30]

Published: Sept. 3, 2007, 11:59 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 30 seconds

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Niche Search [20:52]

Published: Aug. 6, 2007, 10:36 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes

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Skype, More Skype, Goodbye Copper and Casual Gaming [39:50]

Published: July 23, 2007, 7:23 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 50 seconds

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One Week with the iPhone [34:30]

Published: July 6, 2007, 8:16 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 30 seconds

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Interview Series: Speak Easy Founder, Erica Walch [18:00]

Published: July 6, 2007, 7:09 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes

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10 Questions with Karl Kapp [38:40]

Published: June 7, 2007, 5:19 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 40 seconds

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Airport Security, RSS Explained, Bluetooth Marketing and Updates {}

Published: May 26, 2007, 2:42 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 31 seconds

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MATEC NETWORKS Executive Director Kim Grady Interview [17:42]

Published: May 24, 2007, 4:25 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 42 seconds

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MATEC Executive Director Mike Lesiecki Interview [35:20]

Published: May 24, 2007, 11:57 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 20 seconds

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How To Make a Podcast! [45:46]

Published: May 1, 2007, 12:01 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 46 seconds

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IWITTS Executive Director Donna_Milgram Interview [63:30]

Published: March 23, 2007, 1:10 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 30 seconds

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Flat World Strategies: IPTV, Joost, BitTorrent and AppleTV [37:01]

Published: Feb. 26, 2007, 2:17 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 2 seconds

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Emerging Technology Interview Series: City College of San Francisco

Published: Feb. 18, 2007, 3:44 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 58 seconds

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802.11 Moving Fast [27:20]

Published: Feb. 6, 2007, 12:38 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 20 seconds

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Flat World Strategies: 2007 Broadband Update [15:01]

Published: Jan. 25, 2007, 1:06 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 1 second

IPTV Emerges as Major Growth\\nDriver for Networking Gear in 2007: http://www.isuppli.com/news/default.asp?id=7203\\n

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US Bancorp: http://www.usbank.com/

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Flat World Strategies: Google and Search Wikia, Search Technology Explained [23:10]

Published: Jan. 7, 2007, 5:42 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 10 seconds

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Flat World Strategies: Web 2.0 Application Security Threats [23:26]

Published: Dec. 29, 2006, 6:54 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 26 seconds

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Flat World Strategies: Where's Your Office in a Flat World? - The Webware Wars

Published: Dec. 17, 2006, 9:16 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 11 seconds

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Flat World Strategies: Social Media Tools

Published: Dec. 4, 2006, 11:48 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 26 seconds

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Flat World Strategies: Online Games People Play [31:37]

Published: Nov. 25, 2006, 6:11 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 37 seconds

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Flat World Strategies: Google Docs, Spreadsheets, the Zune, PS3 and the Wii [20:39]

Published: Nov. 21, 2006, 11:26 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 39 seconds

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Cable Breakthrough and Wardriving by Train [28:29]

Published: Nov. 14, 2006, 1:29 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 29 seconds

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Flat World Strategies: Changing Technologies [CC Journal Article Podcast 23:25]

Published: Nov. 11, 2006, 5:33 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 25 seconds

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Podcast Can I See Your Notes? [10:55]

Published: Nov. 3, 2006, 1:28 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 54 seconds

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Blogcast 9: Show Updates and Writely at 10,000 Feet [12:45]

Published: Oct. 22, 2006, 4:14 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 45 seconds

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Blogcast 8: Jajah Web Activated Telephony [8:16]

Published: Oct. 7, 2006, 11:33 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 16 seconds

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Blogcast 7: Death By Powerpoint

Published: Sept. 24, 2006, 4:52 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 8 seconds

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Blogcast 6: WiMAX - Why Not? [17:20]

Published: Sept. 3, 2006, 11:44 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 20 seconds \\n\\nWhat\'s needed for WiMax?
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A WiMAX tower, not unlike a cell-phone tower, but\\nable to cover a much larger area - up to 3000 square miles for a single\\ntower versus 10 sqr miles for cell\\xa0 [Rhole Island is 1045 sqr miles;\\nBermuda 22 sqr miles; and Delaware 2489 sqr miles]
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fixed dish\\nantenna points to the WiMAX tower from a rooftop or pole
stronger and more stable, so it\'s able to\\nsend a lot of data with fewer errors
use higher frequencies (up to 66 GHz)
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Currently, the fastest WiFi connection is up to 54 megabits per second\\nunder optimal conditions. WiMAX is predicted to handle up to 70 megabits per second - providing the equivalent of cable modem speeds even when shared by several dozen businesses\\nor a few hundred home users. Distance\\nis where WiMax really outshines WiFi - while WiFi has a range of about\\n300 feet, WiMAX will provide wireless access for a radius of 30 miles. The increased range is due to the\\nfrequencies used and the power of the transmitter. Of course, at that\\ndistance, terrain, weather and large buildings will act to reduce the\\nmaximum range in some circumstances, but the potential is there to\\ncover large geographic areas.\\n

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An Internet service provider sets\\nup a WiMAX base station 10 miles from your home. You\'ll need a\\nWiMAX-enabled computer or upgrade your old computer to add WiMAX capability. You would\\nreceive a special encryption code that would give you access to the\\nbase station. Potentially, the cost could be much lower than current high-speed\\nInternet fees because the provider never had to run\\ncables. For your home network, things wouldn\'t change much. A WiMAX base\\nstation would send data to a WiMAX-enabled router, which would then\\nsend the data to the different computers on your network. You could\\neven combine WiFi with WiMAX by having the router send the data to the\\ncomputers via WiFi.

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Craig has also attracted some major\\n investors with Motorola and Intel giving him close to $900 million in July.\\n Rumor has it that, with Clearwire\'s potential network, within 3 years the\\n company will be able to offer nationwide WiMAX service for around $25 per\\n month which is significantly less that people are currently paying for other\\n providers nationwide lower bandwidth data services.\\n

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\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 On August 8 Sprint Nextel\\n President and CEO Gary Forsee announced that Sprint will adopt WiMAX as it\\n technology choice for its next generation "4G" network.\\xa0\\n \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Mr. Forsee announced that its current EV-DO network will complement a\\n mobile WiMAX network.\\xa0 The mobile WiMAX network\\n will be utilized with a full range of \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 WiMAX-embedded\\n devices.\\n

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\\n The products are coming and the providers are committed to\\n build the network. This makes me think seriously about the Muni WiFi\\n initiatives we are seeing springing up in most\\n U.S.\\n cities. Will they survive? If I\'m a business person on the road do I take my\\n chances on Muni WiFi or do I just pay Clearwire $25 per month for guranteed\\n access?\\n

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The Wizard of Wireless:\\n http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/mcc0bio-1\\n

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