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<title><![CDATA[Another Koss headphone plus: Lifetime warranty]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I packed the damaged set into a box with a check for $6 and a note describing the failure along with my contact information, and two weeks later I received a brand new set with a note from Koss thanking me for my initial purchase.I often field user complaints about the durability of headphones and the unwillingness of companies to stand by the build of their products. I urge all those people to check out the Koss Porta Pros.The company continues to offer its no-questions-asked lifetime warranty, and I'd be hard pressed to find another vendor with the same level of customer service. Check out our full review of the Koss Porta Pro headphones.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Jaw-dropping timeline vid shows Android growth]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Video screenshot by Crave UK)Whenever Steve Jobs is onstage, he can't help himself. &quot;We've activated another 20 trillion iPhones,&quot; he says from above his polo neck. &quot;iPhone is the most popular smartphone in the galaxy. IN ANY GALAXY.&quot; We're sure he's right, but once in a while it's refreshing to see a different view. This video shows the roaring success of Android by mapping global activations over the past three years, from October 2008 to January 2011--and it's mind-blowing. We're still bowled over that Android has managed to grab as big a share as it has. After all, it's really geeky. That said, it's no accident that the two most significant events in the life of Android have been the Droid and Galaxy S launches--two enormous marketing campaigns.Read more of &quot;Android growth illustrated in jaw-dropping activation timeline video,&quot; and watch the vid, at Crave UK. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Texas-size tech behind Super Bowl stadium]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Gaming</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Cowboys Stadium, the home of the Dallas Cowboys and the Super Bowl this Sunday, is a hotbed of high tech, including this video control booth.(Credit:Daniel Terdiman/CNET)ARLINGTON, Texas--In my role as a reporter, I've had the good fortune to visit a number of control and/or command centers, such as those running a massive radio telescope, a nuclear submarine, a national laser fusion facility, and several others. For anyone who remembers the Matthew Broderick vehicle &quot;War Games,&quot; the bar for what a control room looks like is high: massive screens, dozens of workstations, long tables, and people moving around everywhere. But in the commodity PC era, that kind of room is mostly long gone. While I've seen NASA control centers that approach that image, most these days seem to be basically small or midsize rooms with a bunch of picnic-size tables, a few small wall-mounted video boards, and a bunch of flat-screen monitors.The tech behind the Super Bowl's stadium (photos) That's why I was so pleased Tuesday when I was ushered into the internal video control booth at Cowboys Stadium here, the gargantuan home of the Dallas Cowboys and, oh yes, this Sunday's Super Bowl XLV between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers. While not up to &quot;War Games&quot; standards, this dimly lit space was a jumble of video screens, control panels of all kinds, and dozens and dozens of different video feeds. It was a feast for the eyes.This room, tucked away high above the Cowboys Stadium field but still well under its cavernous ceiling, is where technicians will coordinate all the video that fans, players, coaches, and others on the field during the Super Bowl will see. TV networks do their video production magic in trucks outside the stadium. Here, a crew will be working overtime to ensure that the stadium's mammoth HD video board--the world's largest, by the way--plus smaller screens, long LED message boards, and more--are always displaying the right thing. One of the problems that the Super Bowl presents team, stadium, and CDW officials with is that the demographics of attendees will be different than a normal Cowboys game, and that means demand on different cellular carriers is hard to predict. Walsh explained that the Dallas area is dominated by AT&amp;T--and a majority of Cowboys ticket holders seem to beiPhone users--but the same is not true of Pittsburgh and of Green Bay, Wis.That means, Walsh said, technicians inside the stadium will be keeping a close eye on which networks Super Bowl fans are using, and attempting to tweak the back-end infrastructure to ensure that carriers like Sprint, Verizon, and others can handle what might be very large demand. Walsh estimated that because so many people will be coming from Pittsburgh and Wisconsin, Verizon will likely be the most-used network during the Super Bowl. But it all &quot;depends on the corporate guests,&quot; Walsh said.Of course, because Wi-Fi at Cowboys Stadium is provided by AT&amp;T--and is free to AT&amp;T Wireless subscribers--the team and the service provider are hoping that a large number of people will choose to get online via Wi-Fi and reduce the demand on the carriers' mobile broadband systems, Walsh said. No matter how much planning has been done, though, there's no way to know the network will perform until Super Bowl Sunday. &quot;Until you get the bodies in here,&quot; Walsh said, &quot;it's all theories.&quot;But regardless of how the wireless system holds up, the first people to know will almost certainly be the ones in the network operations center, just adjacent to the main data center. Here, technicians can monitor a series of data screens that show, in real-time, the performance of the complex wireless network. Among the data that can be seen is a map showing each access point on any level of the stadium, and for each, how many people are connected, and how the AP is performing. If it's green, it's doing fine. If it's yellow, it's worth watching. And if it's red, there's a problem, Walsh explained. It's also possible to see what kind of devices are being used to access the network at each point, as well as how much bandwidth is being used at any given moment. If something serious happens, the system--or any individual access point--can be shut down in seconds.This map will be a crucial tool for the technology team on Sunday, Walsh said, because it will allow technicians to see, via the connectivity to each of the access points, the flood of ticket holders streaming into the stadium. That's because each ticket will be scanned with a wireless scanner. And because most ticket holders will be coming in on the east side of the stadium, it will be possible, Walsh said, to evaluate the system's performance right from the get-go by seeing how well the APs hold up to the assault by ticket holders.Patent pendingThough the Super Bowl could well be the biggest event to hit Cowboys Stadium for years to come--no small statement given that this is Jerry Jones and the Cowboys' house--there is even more tech already on the map for the next year or so.According to Walsh, the next big thing to hit the stadium--and all those 885 access points--is a series of mobile apps that the Cowboys hope will encourage all kinds of transactions at the 212 concession stands and 665 point of sale terminals located throughout the venue. The idea, Walsh said, is to release a series of mobile apps that will leverage the latest location-based services technology in order to push special deals on, say, beer or soda or hot dogs or team apparel to fans, based on where those fans are in the stadium.The technology behind pushing out these kinds of offers is complex enough, Walsh said, that the Cowboys have applied for patents on the distribution system that would control them. At the same time, the Cowboys are also hoping to release an art tour app that would lead ticket-holders on a self-guided tour of the many art pieces installed in the stadium by Jones' wife.10TB of storageA big part of the overall tech infrastructure, said Caserotti, is the HP storage area network. With 10TB of capacity, he explained, the system was built to be future-proof, at least for a few years. Asked what the stadium data technicians needed that much capacity for, especially when he pointed out that a single terabyte is the equivalent of 1,000 Encyclopedia Britannicas, he explained that the many different operations inside the venue require massive amounts of data transfer, analysis, and storage.In addition to having to process and analyze data coming in constantly during events from the 212 concession stands and 665 point of sale terminals--so that, for example, customers can order a hot dog wirelessly from their seat and pay for it electronically--the storage system also is responsible for all the team's data, as well as for that of 38 of Jerry Jones' other businesses.The system is also designed, Caserotti said, to be able to provide the Cowboys with real-time statistical analysis of a game in progress. The idea To give the coaches the best possible odds on what kind of offensive play the visiting team will run next based on what they've run so far and what they've done in past games. And while this is obviously not going to be infallible, the Cowboys clearly hope that this digital tool will give them a leg up on the competition.As for Caserotti's view on opposing teams' efforts to figure out the Cowboys' next play &quot;They're going to have to use their brains, I guess.&quot;        Daniel Terdiman     Full Profile E-mail Daniel Terdiman   E-mail Daniel Terdiman If you have a question or comment for Daniel Terdiman, you can submit it here. However, because our editors and writers receive hundreds of requests, we cannot tell you when you may receive a response.   Submit your question or comment here: 0 of 1500 characters       Daniel Terdiman is a staff writer at CNET News covering games, Net culture, and everything in between.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[On the GreenBeat: Trina plans $800 million investment, Tessera loses SoCal Edison contract]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Here&amp;'s the latest action we&amp;'re following today on the GreenBeat:Tessera Solar loses 663.5-megawatt power purchase agreement &amp;8211' The five-year-old contract with Southern California Edison was originally for power to be generated from Tessera&amp;'s planned Calico solar project, which was approved about two months ago, Reuters reported. Southern California Edison has now canceled the contract, but neither company has provided any details as to why the deal fell through, citing confidentiality agreements. Tessera has been troubled of late, with regulators ordering a delay on the Imperial Valley project and potential buyers like First Solar approaching the company about buying its land and licenses.Trina Solar plans to invest $800 million over three years &amp;8212' The Chinese solar panel maker plans to use the money to expand its factories, according to Bloomberg. The company aims to become a global leader and forecast its 2010 shipments to total about 1 gigawatt, or a 151 percent increase over 2009.Energy storage startup Silent Power has raised $2 million &amp;8212' The company makes a system for power companies and electric vehicle makers to store energy generated by solar panels, according to Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. This is its first round of funding.ActaCell grabs over $3 million &amp;8212' The company grabbed up to $3 million of funding over three years from the Department of Commerce&amp;'s National Institute of Standards and Technology. The money will go to scale ActaCell&amp;'s next generation of lithium-ion batteries used in hybrid and plug-in electric hybrid cars. The company also nabbed a $179,000, 16-month contract to assess the performance and life cycle of its hybrid electric batteries from theU.S. Advanced Battery Consortium, a consortium of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler.Previous Story: Ifbyphone snaps up $8M to modify phone calls in the cloudPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: batteries, China, energy storage, lithium-ion batteries, SolarCompanies: Actacell, Silent Power, Tessera Solar, Trina Solar          Tags: batteries, China, energy storage, lithium-ion batteries, SolarCompanies: Actacell, Silent Power, Tessera Solar, Trina SolarIris Kuo is the VentureBeat's lead GreenBeat writer. She has reported for The Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, Houston Chronicle, the McClatchy Washington Bureau and Dallas public radio. Iris attended the University of Texas at Dallas and lives in Houston. Follow Iris on Twitter @thestatuskuo (and yes, that's how you  pronounce her last name).VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[AT&038'T to acquire T-Mobile for $39B]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[AT&amp;amp'T just announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Deutsche Telecom&amp;'s T-Mobile USA unit.The deal is worth $39 billion, with $25 billion in cash and the rest in stock. By adding 33.7 million customers, the decision should solidify AT&amp;amp'T&amp;'s position as the largest carrier in the United States, a position it recently reclaimed with 95.5 million subscribers.In the announcement, AT&amp;amp'T emphasizes the network benefits to the deal, saying the acquisition provides &amp;''a fast, efficient and certain solution to the impending exhaustion of wireless spectrum in some markets, which limits both companiesa4a4 ability to meet the ongoing explosive demand for mobile broadband.&amp;''Indeed, some have long said that the carrier model is broken and that economies of scale are helping AT&amp;amp'T and Verizon grow larger, while threatening T-Mobile and Sprint&amp;'s ability to survive in the long haul. AT&amp;amp'T&amp;'s acquisition of T-Mobile accelerates that process and signals the first major step of consolidation. (See the piece written by VentureBeat&amp;'s Matt Marshall and Norwest&amp;'s Tim Chang two years ago about this).AT&amp;amp'T&amp;'s network has plenty of critics &amp;8212' including from T-Mobile, as you can see in the commercial embedded at the end of this post (spotted via Omar L. Gallaga).Sprint was previously rumored to be in talks to acquire T-Mobile, a deal that VentureBeat&amp;'s Devindra Hardawar described as the &amp;''worst idea ever.&amp;'' This deal makes a bit more sense, since AT&amp;amp'T (unlike Sprint) uses the same GSM network technology as T-Mobile.US regulatory agencies still have to approve the acquisition. The government may not be entirely receptive to the idea &amp;8212' Business Insider notes that 2010 was the first year the Federal Communications Commission did not conclude that the wireless industry was competitive, although Wireless Industry News reports that the FCC may go back to calling the industry competitive this year. AT&amp;amp'T tries to address regulatory concerns in its announcement, saying, &amp;''The U.S. wireless industry is one of the most fiercely competitive markets in the world and will remain so after this deal.&amp;''Forrester analyst Charles Govin said the deal has pluses and minuses:The good news: high-speed mobile broadband service will improve in quality and coverage, including a4&quot; in the long run a4&quot; those in rural communities outside the reach of terrestrial broadband today. The bad news: the cost of that service won&amp;'t come down nearly as fast as customers would like, since AT&amp;amp'T and Verizon Wireless combined would own nearly three out of every four wireless subscriptions in the US. While clearly troublesome for Sprint and other smaller mobile competitors, It&amp;'s also bad news for cable operators, whose incipient mobility products will suffer in comparison to what AT&amp;amp'T and Verizon can offer.Calling all mobile executives: This April 25-26, VentureBeat is hosting its inaugural VentureBeat Mobile Summit, where we&amp;'ll debate the five key business and policy challenges facing the mobile industry today. Participants will develop concrete, actionable solutions that will shape the future of the mobile industry. The invitation-only event, located at the scenic and relaxing Cavallo Point Resort in Sausalito, Calif., is limited to the top 180 mobile executives, investors and policymakers. Request an invitation.Next Story: AT&amp;038'T&amp;'s purchase of T-Mobile will test antitrust law Previous Story: Facebook acquires Israeli mobile app startup SnaptuPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Companies: AT&amp;amp'T, T Mobile, Verizon          Companies: AT&amp;amp'T, T Mobile, VerizonAnthony is a senior editor at VentureBeat, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining the site in 2008, Anthony worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. He attended Stanford University and now lives in San Francisco. Reach him at anthony@venturebeat.com. (All story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com) You can also follow Anthony on Twitter. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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