Archive for January, 2009
Test Your Network Connection »
Google has added some capabilities (via collaborations) that, when fully operational, will allow you to do some pretty detailed testing of your Internet connection. See this article for all the information (well, not all, but, some pretty good stuff). One of my heros from my college days when I was learning communication technology,Vint [...]
Logitech 9000 and ClearOne Chat 50 »
Logitech 9000 Rating: 3.5 WaterTowers (Installation questions) ClearOne Chat 50 Rating: 5 WaterTowers Overview I was lucky enough to receive (a big "starving blogger" thank you to my generous benefactor) two pieces of equipment that "should" improve my videoconferencing experience or, rather, the experience of those who are [...]
VidyoDesktop Review »
Rating: 4 WaterTowers (state-of-the art video quality) Executive Overview It has been a long time developing, but, this past week I finally had a chance to download and meet with people using Vidyo. Several people had suggested I test it and also told me how good the video was. So I was expecting a lot. Usually, when I have [...]
Inauguration Online Video Viewing Stats »
According to this report on CNN, the Internet broke some records during the Inauguration yesterday. Really quickly: 1. Akamai says that 7.7 million people watched at the same time ( I suppose that means the peak simultaneous usage was 7.7 mil). 2. Over a time span of hours, CNN hosted almost 27 million viewers (of which I was one). [...]
Obama Presidency »
The nightmare is over....a new dream begins.
