The FCC!

The FCC must be busy right now. The chairman of the FCC, Kevin Martin, wants subscribers of cable TV to be able to pick and choose the channels they subscribe to on TV, a la carte. Cable companies are mad, though, because it would be too expensive to offer less popular channels that are currently bundled with more popular channels. But parenting groups say the option is a must to prevent children from watching inappropriate content on TV because the channels are chosen from the cable company, not just blocked at the TV. Here's a link to this story on CNET: click here.

Also, the FCC has stopped Vonage from signing up new subscribers to its Voice over IP telephone service because the company has missed the deadline for implementing enhanced 911 services in its network. More here at USAToday.com.

Food for thought: Does anyone miss Michael Powell?

Windows Supercomputers

Microsoft is now making the move to put supercomputers into the mainstream, with Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003. For more info on this, read CNET's article here.

In other news, here at Street Tech, seven of us have passed the hardware portion of the A+ exam! Thank you for your support and wish us luck with the operating systems portion of the exam in one month.