I wish!
Gibson website had a temporary bug (which I can’t seem to reproduce).
Luckily, I took a screen capture showing that the Dark Fire MSRP is 3600 Yen, about $40.
Twitter Spam Bots
I do not understand why Twitter does not filter simple spam bots. It appears like spam bots “ride” trending topics to offer their merchandise (or even compromising links). Every email client can filter out these simple spams, but twitter cannot?
Google Code Jam and Quebec
2009 Google Code Jam is announced.
But that’s not really a reason for a blog post. In the Rules section I found the following clause:
You are not a national or resident of any of the following countries or provinces: Burma (Myanmar), Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Quebec, Sudan and Syria, or anywhere where the contest is prohibited by law. Burma (Myanmar), Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria are restricted by US export controls and sanctions programs and are therefore not eligible to participate in Code Jam. Google reserves the right to relax any of these restrictions if permitted by law before the start of the Qualification Round.
It is interesting to see Quebec (Canada) in the same list with countries that are restricted by US export controls and sanctions. Google does not offer any explanation, but I found s Google Group Discussion that sheds some light.
WiBro is dying
Korean ETNews reports Korean Government discontent with WiBro operators investments.
A senior official of the Presidential Office said, “The WiBRO business is a new business where the license holders make investment with the frequencies, asset belonging to the public. But, the failure of the investment is a big trouble. The President believes that this issue should not be disregarded any longer.”
The report goes on exploring different punishment schemes, Revoking Licenses, Fines and more.
To summarize it shortly (and bluntly): Wibro has Failed!
(Via LightReading)
Axxcelera bidding for Airspan
Bizportal , a Israeli financial portal published that Axxcelera is also bidding for Airspan.
Axxcelera, a private company is operating in the same field as Airspan in both Licensed and Unlicensed bands.
According the Bizportal report:
- Current bid is for less than $10 Millions
- If Axxcelera wins the bid, the Israeli R&D site will be shut down, while the London R&D office will be integrated into Axxcelera.
- Around 80 employees are currently working at Airspan’s Israeli branch.
Who Will it Be? Gilat or Axxcelera?
Summer Sonic Festival offical Youtube channel
Twitter is out, which forces me to write actual blog posts rather than 140 character tweets.
Summer Sonic Festival started a dedicated channel on youtube, which includes playlists of the lineup and messages from artists.
Surprisingly, the channel has only 112(!) subscribers.
And here are Gogol Bordello, performing on the 9th:
Bing.com Hiroshima Page
I am not really a bing user.
Now, that I got that statement out of my system.
Bing.com homepage has a wonderful tribute to Hiroshima. Please note the boxes on the picture which display more information on Hiroshima (and Japan):
UQ WiMAX Service Area
One Month after the launch of UQ WiMAX network, I decided to check if I can get WiMAX at Home.
Result: NO
Below you can see UQ’s report on my area, which basically says that I will have hard time getting a WiMAX service even OUTSIDE my Home, not to mention indoor.
Nakahara station is about 4KM from my house and adjacent to Fuijtsu R&D facilities. Many people that UQ may target, and indeed UQ’s service is available there:
Please note the marked part stating that indoor service is not guaranteed. Exact translation is that service “may be available”, but sensitive to terrain, buildings, windows distance.
Sorry UQ WiMAX, still not convinced, still not signing for your service.
Page Download Time
Google Webmaster tools provide great statistics on page Download time.
As it seems from the following graph, download time for a page on my website was quite bad in June but then improved significantly in July.
Possible reasons:
- Godaddy hosting improved in July.
- I am using both Google Analytics and Woopra to track traffic, it could be that one of them has slowed my website down
Will monitor this further.
Israeli WiMAX Map
Trying to collect a list of all companies and Start-Ups in Israel developing WiMAX Silicon/Systems as well as in the WiMAX Eco-System.
- Intel – WiMAX R&D center is in Israel (result of Envara acquisition).
- Runcom – Develops MS and BS Silicon as well as Systems.
- Altair Semiconductor – 4G silicon for LTE, WiMAX and XGP.
- DesignArt Networks – WiMAX BS Silicon as well as backhaul solution.
- Alvarion – WiMAX Systems.
- Airspan – WiMAX Systems – Biggest R&D center is located in Israel.
- Comsys Mobile – WiMAX, LTE MS Silicon.
- WiNetworks – WiMAX Systems.
- Gilat – Resell WiMAX Systems (By Airspan).
- Ceragon – Mobile backhaul.
- Redbend – WiMAX device Management.