Mr. Penn, who played Kumar in “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle” and starred in “The Namesake,” ended his run on the medical drama “House” as his character, Lawrence Kutner, committed suicide. “House” star Hugh Laurie had hinted at a major shakeup on the show, and Fox created a “memorial” for Dr. Kutner, complete [...]
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AT&T has experimented with Second Life-like virtual environments to test its response to attacks. Its researchers, who are scattered around the country, create avatars that “visit” labs and run experiments. “We invented it because we were trying to cut down on travel,” he says. “We weren’t doing it to be cute. We were doing it [...]
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Earnings (AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, Qwest, Vonage), merger chatter, new CEOs and computing in the clouds.
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A recent experience with his own parents — he gave them a digital photo frame, which his mother unplugged, then called to tell him it was broken — was a reminder that what might seem obvious to someone who understands the latest technology might need to be spelled out to a customer.
Read “Computer Glitch? Consider [...]
Thu, July 31 2008 » Wall Street Journal » No Comments
I started on the telecom beat last month and have been pitching in on phone-company earnings (AT&T, Verizon, Qwest, Alltel) and writing about the struggles of city wi-fi projects (EarthLink, MetroFi), other things wireless and along the way, the sharpening decline of newspaper circulation.
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