The New Ledger » Tech http://newledger.com The New Ledger on News, Politics, and Market issues of the day. Welcome to the Know. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:28:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Coffee and Markets is a weekly podcast on markets, politics, and the economy from The New Ledger. It features Wall Street veteran Francis Cianfrocca and is sponsored by BigGovernment.com. The New Ledger no The New Ledger media@newledger.com media@newledger.com (The New Ledger) The New Ledger Coffee and Markets The New Ledger http://newledger.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/radionewledgersmall.jpg http://newledger.com/section/sections/tech/ United Airlines Claims In-Flight Videochat to Be Illegal http://newledger.com/2010/03/united-airlines-claims-in-flight-videochat-to-be-illegal/ http://newledger.com/2010/03/united-airlines-claims-in-flight-videochat-to-be-illegal/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:52:56 +0000 Brad Jackson http://newledger.com/?p=25012

John Battelle was on a Wi-Fi-enabled fight with United Airlines last night, and he decided to use videochat to say goodnight to his kids. Unfortunately, a flight attendant told him it was illegal.

The reasoning? Videochat could be used to coordinate terrorist attacks. Good thing he didn’t have email or IM access!

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John Battelle was on a Wi-Fi-enabled fight with United Airlines last night, and he decided to use videochat to say goodnight to his kids. Unfortunately, a flight attendant told him it was illegal.

The reasoning? Videochat could be used to coordinate terrorist attacks. Good thing he didn’t have email or IM access!

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Ford’s Crown Victoria-based police interceptor will finally end production late next year. This is its replacement — the 2012 Ford Police Interceptor. Other than the movie Robocop, it’s the first time Ford’s Taurus has served as a purpose-built patrol car.

Ford first introduced its police package in 1950 and today the Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor is the industry leader. The automaker’s dominated the streets to the point that over the last five years, Ford’s controlled more than 70% of the patrol cars sold. Obviously police fleets are an important segment. Unfortunately, the Crown Vic’s Panther-platform’s getting a little long in the tooth — it hasn’t seen a redesign in over 15 years. The replacement? An all-new Police Interceptor built off the Ford Taurus platform that will be produced at Ford’s Chicago, Ill. assembly plant.

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Ford’s Crown Victoria-based police interceptor will finally end production late next year. This is its replacement — the 2012 Ford Police Interceptor. Other than the movie Robocop, it’s the first time Ford’s Taurus has served as a purpose-built patrol car.

Ford first introduced its police package in 1950 and today the Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor is the industry leader. The automaker’s dominated the streets to the point that over the last five years, Ford’s controlled more than 70% of the patrol cars sold. Obviously police fleets are an important segment. Unfortunately, the Crown Vic’s Panther-platform’s getting a little long in the tooth — it hasn’t seen a redesign in over 15 years. The replacement? An all-new Police Interceptor built off the Ford Taurus platform that will be produced at Ford’s Chicago, Ill. assembly plant.

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]]> The communist Chinese government threatened Google yesterday saying, “that the U.S. Internet company ‘will have to bear the consequences’ if its follows through on its pledge to stop censoring its Chinese search site.” Go get those commies Google!

]]> http://newledger.com/2010/03/china-threatens-google/feed/ 0 IT BEGINS: Europe Opening Google Anti-Trust Probe http://newledger.com/2010/02/it-begins-europe-opening-google-anti-trust-probe/ http://newledger.com/2010/02/it-begins-europe-opening-google-anti-trust-probe/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:40:57 +0000 Brad Jackson http://newledger.com/?p=24344

Google will soon have nearly as much of a monopoly over the search business as Microsoft ever had in operating systems.

Its move into display ads, meanwhile, will soon give it an even greater share of the overall online ad market.

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Google will soon have nearly as much of a monopoly over the search business as Microsoft ever had in operating systems.

Its move into display ads, meanwhile, will soon give it an even greater share of the overall online ad market.

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]]> The release of the iPad recently kicked off the tablet wars and the Adam from Notion is taking it to the next level. Included is a swiveling camera, a sweet light adjusting LCD screen and beefer graphics support than the iPad. Let the battle begin.

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]]> “One big problem with Google Buzz — Google’s new social network built on top of Gmail — is that while our Gmail contact lists are full of people we actually know, they’re not full of people we necessarily want to socialize with.” Amen man.

]]> http://newledger.com/2010/02/google-gunning-for-facebook-with-new-gmail-add-on-and-is-bound-to-fail/feed/ 0 We All Hate Our Cable Company http://newledger.com/2010/02/we-all-hate-our-cable-company/ http://newledger.com/2010/02/we-all-hate-our-cable-company/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:59:18 +0000 Brad Jackson http://newledger.com/?p=23829 No one likes their television service. I know that doesn’t come as a surprise, but a new study confirms that you’re not the only one who screams at the TV every time your cable goes out. There are some fascinating numbers here that should scare the socks off of cable and satellite providers.

]]> No one likes their television service. I know that doesn’t come as a surprise, but a new study confirms that you’re not the only one who screams at the TV every time your cable goes out. There are some fascinating numbers here that should scare the socks off of cable and satellite providers.

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]]> You’d think a company would jump at the chance to be a supplier to the US military, not only for the prestige but also the profits (those government guys buy in bulk ya know). Don’t tell that to Microsoft though. They don’t want to “tarnish” their image after all.

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]]> Steve Jobs is notorious keeping much of Apple’s operations in house and under his constant watch and command. Recent successes haven’t seemed to be stifled by this approach, but are they finally taking it too far with new plans to restrict iPhone developers? One tech CEO says yes.

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]]> A President once urged us to send a man to the moon, “not because it’s easy, but because it is hard.” Those days are over now as Obama has essentially killed NASA’s manned space program. Now the only people going to the moon will be the Chinese (and the Cylons of course).

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]]> The “BigDog LS3″ (Legged Squad Support System) is coming to a battlefield near you (well hopefully not). BigDog is a 4-legged robo-donkey like creature that can carry up to 400 lbs. of equipment for soldiers in a war zone. Al Queda is going to be scared when they see these things!

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