With Verizon and AT&T winning a majority of the 700mhz spectrum auction, everyone considered Google to be the loser. On Monday Google submitted a report to the FCC making arguments that the “white space” (frequency between tv channels) should be opened up for use. This would basically give what Google wanted in the first place [...]
March 25, 2008
XM and Sirius Approved to Merge By the DOJ
Though there are still some hurtles to jump over with the FCC, the merger between XM and Sirius made a big step forward with the DOJ approving the merger of the two companies. The issue at hand was the proposed merger going to be causing anti-competitive behavior since they are the only two satellite radio [...]
March 25, 2008
Netflix Down For Almost A Day
Netflix experienced a full system crash yesterday which lasted almost the entire day. Though the system was up by the afternoon, customer’s queues, and ratings had yet to be restored. A Netflix spokesman said that deliveries will be delayed by a day since the outage effected the delivery centers as well. No one would claim [...]
