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Finally, AT&T and Deutsche Telekom have found an Agreement on the sale of T-Mobile to AT&T, the Company AT&T will take over the T-Mobile USA for $39 billion in cash and stocks. This deal will bring 34 million subscribers to AT&T, will be the largest US Carrier with 130 million customers in a years time.
http://techprezz.com/2011/03/att-acquires-tmobile-usa-25-billion-cash-14-billion-stock/Finally, AT&T and Deutsche Telekom have found an Agreement on the sale of T-Mobile... more
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The Advertising Standards Authority have banned an ad for the movie "Carriers" (for the first time) from a video-on-demand service.
The ad was streamed during "The X Factor" via the ITV Player, the ASA says that the porgramme was not a 'Guidence'-rated video, and wasn't protected from warnings on the ad. Oops... (on a side note: on Rotten Tomatoes, 'Carriers' does have a 64% on the 'Tomatometer' rating)
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/may/19/asa-zombie-film-carriersThe Advertising Standards Authority have banned an ad for the movie... more
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Last week, Adm. Robert Willard, the head of U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), made an alarming but little-noticed disclosure. China, he told legislators, was “developing and testing a conventional anti-ship ballistic missile based on the DF-21/CSS-5 [medium-range ballistic missile] designed specifically to target aircraft carriers.”
What, exactly, does this mean? Evidence suggests that China has been developing an anti-ship ballistic missile, or ASBM, since the 1990s. But this is the first official confirmation that it has advanced (.pdf) to the stage of actual testing.
If they can be deployed successfully, Chinese anti-ship ballistic missiles would be the first capable of targeting a moving aircraft-carrier (.pdf) strike group from long-range, land-based mobile launchers. And if not countered properly, this and other “asymmetric” systems — ballistic and cruise missiles, submarines, torpedoes and sea mines — could potentially threaten U.S. operations in the western Pacific, as well as in the Persian Gulf.
Willard’s disclosure should come as little surprise: China’s interest in developing ASBM and related systems has been documented in Department of Defense (.pdf) and National Air and Space Intelligence Center (.pdf) reports, as well as by the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) and the Congressional Research Service. Senior officials — including Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair (.pdf) and Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead — have pointed to the emerging threat as well.
In November 2009, Scott Bray, ONI’s Senior Intelligence Officer-China, said that Chinese anti-ship ballistic missile development “has progressed at a remarkable rate.” In the span of just over a decade, he said, “China has taken the ASBM program from the conceptual phase to nearing an operational capability.… China has elements of an [over-the-horizon] network already in place and is working to expand its horizon, timeliness and accuracy.”
When someone of Bray’s stature makes that kind of statement, attention is long overdue.
Read More http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/03/china-testing-ballistic-missile-carrier-killer/#ixzz0jnF4q9BkLast week, Adm. Robert Willard, the head of U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), made an... more
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Our last DVDo's and DVDon'ts for 2009 brings a tear to our eye. Especially since we won't ever have to do it again until next year.
But with a little help from our friends at Rotten Tomatoes, we can give you the head's up on what's Fresh and Rotten this week when it comes to the DVDo's and DVDon'ts out today.
The "HA HA OH WOW" Straight-to-DVD Pick: The Marine 2 is "Inspired by True Events," which means taking a 2001 kidnapping that resulted in the death of two people and turning it into a vehicle for a wrestler to make an "in name only" sequel to The Marine. GREAT JOB.
The Fresh
-Paranormal Activity was demanded by you this year, and you saw it. Good for you.
-Carriers was an "infection" horror film that happened to star Chris Pine. It got released post Star Trek. Go figure.
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The Rotten
-Jennifer's Body happens to be one of the worst films from 2009. Seriously.
-9 featured living sack dolls fighting machines. It also was bad.
-A Perfect Getaway is basically "PLOT TWIST: THE FEATURE FILM." Because yes, the obvious happens.
-Lesbian Vampire Killers...wins this week's "The Plot Mirrors the Title" award.
-The Weather Girl was seriously a bad film.
Our last DVDo's and DVDon'ts for 2009 brings a tear to our eye.... more
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It sure has been a long time since we've even uttered the phrase "three word review" around the office. But looking over these four releases this Labor Day weekend, it seems like the perfect time to air out some old favorites and let you crazy Internet people have a whack at them.
In case you forgot, the premise for 3WR is simple:
See a movie that came out this weekend.
Think of three words.
Write those three words in the comments.
?????
Profit!
It is that awesome in its' simplicity.
Anyway, leave 'em in the comments if you see 'em or can think about one. Nothing too formal about this. Just keep it in mind while you're celebrating Labor Day with the ones you love--in a dark, air conditioned room with surround sound.
-John Lichman
It sure has been a long time since we've even uttered the phrase "three... more
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CTIA 2010, Las Vegas--The buzz over new, super-fast 4G networks is louder than ever here at the CTIA 2010 show. Everybody from handset makers to network infrastructure makers to app developers to network testing companies is talking about what they are doing to prepare for or participate in the movement of the entire ecosystem of wireless companies toward fast 4G service.
4G technology differs from 3G service in that it handles all services -- voice, internet access, etc. -- in the same way, as packets of data. 4G also uses different, and better, wireless spectrum than 3G service does, and is capable of providing far better speeds to far more people at the same time.
The two competing flavors of 4G wireless technology -- WiMAX and LTE (long-term evolution) -- are actually very similar technology-wise, but they operate in two different kinds of wireless spectrum.
Of course much of the buzz here is just marketing bluster, especially in the LTE world: No 4G-capable smartphones exist in the wild today, although that will not be the case by the time the wireless industry meets here next year.
On the network side, despite some infrastructure suppliers (Samsung, for example) touting ready-to-deploy LTE network gear, it may be another five years before we see a fully deployed LTE network in this country.
Still, the rapid growth in consumer demand for smartphones and the data service they use has created a sense of urgency in wireless to move quickly toward 4G technology. The wireless carriers, of course, all have their own approach toward moving to 4G, and some are moving faster than others.
MUCH MORE AT LINK
http://www.pcworld.com/article/192365/us_wireless_carriers_take_different_routes_toward_fast_4g_service.htmlCTIA 2010, Las Vegas--The buzz over new, super-fast 4G networks is louder than ever... more
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Our last DVDo’s and DVDon’ts for 2009 brings a tear to our eye. Especially since we won’t ever have to do it again until next year.
But with a little help from our friends at Rotten Tomatoes, we can give you the head’s up on what’s Fresh and Rotten this week when it comes to the DVDo’s and DVDon’ts out today.
The “HA HA OH WOW” Straight-to-DVD Pick: The Marine 2 is “Inspired by True Events,” which means taking a 2001 kidnapping that resulted in the death of two people and turning it into a vehicle for a wrestler to make an “in name only” sequel to The Marine. GREAT JOB.
Check out the rest at the Current_Movies Blog:
http://blogs.current.com/movies/2009/12/29/dvdos-and-dvdonts-for-1229/Our last DVDo’s and DVDon’ts for 2009 brings a tear to our eye. Especially... more
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