Feed Sun seeks profit from Internet TV (com.com)
Sun begins selling a high-end server that can send out 160,000 simultaneous streams of video over the Internet.
Submission + - Going Travelling, Any Suggestions?
Anonymous Coward (feel free to mock) writes: "I'm in a bit of a sticky situation; I'm going travelling soon and I'm still in school. Unfortunately, this means that I'm going to be missing quite a bit of the school year. My teachers have been understanding and have suggested that I simply check on their individual websites for the class lectures and assignments. Now, currently I do own a laptop but it's simply to bulky to travel around with for any amount of time — especially to places that it can be easily stolen. I was reviewing the idea of getting a PDA, such as a blackberry, but I don't know if that's the best piece of technology that's out there. I need something that has some type of word processing program, the capability to download photos or even just store photos from a digital camera and hopefully, if possible, some way to connect to the internet. Any suggestions? Or am I just kidding myself and should start preparing myself for carrying coins for Internet Cafes?"
Submission + - Internet Speed Record Broken. Twice. Again?
imamac writes: Researchers using a modified transfer protocol have reached almost 10 Gbps transfer rate over a 20,000 mile path. They are already building a network with the goal transfer rate of up to 100 Gbps. That kind of speed opens up a lot of possibilities. I won't be holding my breath to get that at my house, however.
Submission + - Guide: How to shop for your first HDTV
Olin Coles writes: "Introduction: The end is near. I realize this is an overly dramatic if not vague introduction for a how-to guide, but there is some truth to it. For those of us who have not been keeping tabs on the network television industry, there is a very important date to mark on the calendar: 17 February 2009. D-Day. All network television stations will stop broadcasting all analog signals on this date and complete the transition to digital broadcast. Analog television will be a relic of the past, and the digital age will complete its global presence. How will you save yourself, your family, and loved ones? What you do to prepare for the future will depend solely on what you know about it. Benchmark Reviews has created this guide to infuse months of research into a very easy to understand article, all for the purpose of preparing you for D-Day.
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Submission + - Happy World Intellectual Property Day!
WipoBoy writes: It's April 26th which means it's time to celebrate another year of intellectual property! On this day in 1970 the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) came into existence. A short 30 years later WIPO established a day of celebration "to encourage respect for the IP rights of others". Happy World Intellectual Property Day! For only the third time this millennium the theme for the day is "Encouraging Creativity". WIPO has thoughtfully created a list of suggested activities that you can participate in.
Submission + - New 'super-Earth' found in space
Elsan writes: According to multiple sources: "The European Southern Observatory is reporting that they have found the most Earthlike planet yet orbiting another star. It has about 1.5 times the Earth's diameter, and five times its mass. This makes it the smallest extrasolar planet yet found (two other planets have already been found orbiting that star, with 15 and 8 times Earth's mass)."
The planet is wam enough for water to be a liquid. "So what we may have here is a terrestrial planet with liquid water on its surface."
The planet is wam enough for water to be a liquid. "So what we may have here is a terrestrial planet with liquid water on its surface."
Submission + - U.S. IT Employment Booming.
An anonymous reader writes: Business Week reports that American IT employment has hit levels not seen since before the dot-com bust.
Google, Intel, Microsoft Fund Robot Recipes 73
Dotnaught writes "Google, Intel, and Microsoft are funding what may become a robot invasion. Money from the three tech companies has enabled researchers at Carnegie Mellon University to create a new series of Internet-connected robots that almost anyone can build using off-the-shelf parts. These "recipes" describe how to build a robot that connects to the Internet using common parts and a $349 Qwerk controller from Charmed Labs."
Submission + - Missing GOP Emails Had Clues About '04 Election
HabbyHorse writes: "A slightly left-heavy site, CommonDreams, talks about how the missing E-mails on Rove's laptop (and from the GOP/RNC servers), may have held smoking gun evidence on the disenfranchisement and other crimes for the 2004 Presidential Election in Ohio.
From the article..."E-mails being sought from Karl Rove's computers, and recent revelations about critical electronic conflicts of interest, may be the smoking guns of Ohio's stolen 2004 election. A thorough recount of ballots and electronic files, preserved by a federal lawsuit, could tell the tale.The major media has come to focus on a large batch of electronic communications which have disappeared from the server of the Republican National Committee, and from White House advisor Rove's computers. The attention stems from the controversial firing of eight federal prosecutors by Attorney-General Alberto Gonzales.""
From the article..."E-mails being sought from Karl Rove's computers, and recent revelations about critical electronic conflicts of interest, may be the smoking guns of Ohio's stolen 2004 election. A thorough recount of ballots and electronic files, preserved by a federal lawsuit, could tell the tale.The major media has come to focus on a large batch of electronic communications which have disappeared from the server of the Republican National Committee, and from White House advisor Rove's computers. The attention stems from the controversial firing of eight federal prosecutors by Attorney-General Alberto Gonzales.""
Submission + - Free Online Gaming
Clip2Play.com writes: "There's a lot of gamer in every internet cafe or home users playing onlie games which are totally free. Do you know that tons of websites offer free online games but not all of them offer a comprehensive list.
Now, Clip2Play.com offer more then a 6000 free online games including the famous Line Rider, these games will give you hours of entertainment, you can play the games as much as you want theres no limit. It also have video clips like, crazy clips, funny clips, amazing clips and many more that will keep you entertained during the day."
Submission + - Researchers Break Internet Speed Records
atommota writes: A group of researchers led by the University of Tokyo has broken Internet speed records, twice, in two days. Operators of the high-speed Internet2 network announced Tuesday that the researchers on Dec. 30 sent data at 7.67 gigabits per second, using standard communications protocols.
The next day, using modified protocols, the team broke the record again by sending data over the same 20,000-mile path at 9.08 Gbps.
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Apr24/0,4670,Fast erInternet,00.html
The next day, using modified protocols, the team broke the record again by sending data over the same 20,000-mile path at 9.08 Gbps.
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Apr24/0,4670,Fas
Submission + - Sony Updates PSP, PS3 Firmware, adds rumble?
Guppy06 writes: "Sony released new firmware for both the PSP and the PlayStation 3 today. The releases focuses on support for PlayStation games downloaded from the PlayStation Store, allowing the PS3 to play these games directly without having to transfer them to the PSP, as well as apparently allowing save data for these games to be transferred between the two. Most interesting, though, is that PS3 owners "can now use the vibration function of accessories that are for use with Playstation and Playstation 2 format software." With no USB or Bluetooth accessories for the original PlayStation (at least), this seems to suggest that new hardware is on the horizon for the PS3, but whether it's a new controller or a new adapter to connect PS2 and PS controllers hasn't been announced."
Are Web Ratings Dangerous To Sites? 54
Freshly Exhumed writes "For website publishers, a poor web rating can be disastrous. Bad television ratings mean television shows get canceled, bad web ratings mean websites go out of business. For advertisers, accurate web ratings are critical to optimize spending. Inaccurate ratings data means advertisers will overspend on poorly performing sites or not advertise on smaller sites whose numbers are really much higher than reported. In the case of Canadian web site Digital Home, already hit with an advertising boycott by Bell Canada over the site's pro-consumer editorial content, the site's owner is now in danger of ending operations, apparently due to the inaccuracies of ComScore rankings. For example, Google Analytics reported Digital Home served up over 2.7 million page views in January to almost 250,000 unique visitors. A web buyer at one of Canada's largest advertising agencies confirmed that ComScore reported just 32,000 visitors. Added to this is ComScore's secretly-installed spyware troubles."
Submission + - Music formats and the future
dheera writes: "In digitizing my CD albums to my computer for personal use on portable devices, I'm debating whether I should encode them to MP3 or Ogg format. While I support patent-free formats and have a feeling that Ogg sounds better at a given bitrate, I fear that in the long-run, Vorbis will be forgotten, especially now that very few hardware players natively support it, and that my entire collection will have to be re-digitized to MP3 or some other format too soon. What do you recommend — will Ogg Vorbis continue to hold up and will it continue to be an accessible format for, say, the next 10 years?"
