ChainedFei - Slashdot User

Comment: Re:I shall answer the question! (Score 0) 554

by ChainedFei on Friday March 07, 2008 @09:06AM (#22674160) Attached to: Student Faces Expulsion for Facebook Study Group

Does it not occur to you that the people at the University can foresee a time when Universities are no longer needed, just as the RIAA and MPAA are no longer needed as distribution models? If anyone, anywhere can hook up with anyone, anywhere and get an answer anyWHEN... why are teachers needed again? As information becomes more organized on the internet, and more comprehensive... expect to start hearing about such things. Just a thought.

+ - Google tacks Astronomy onto Google Earth-> 0

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ChainedFei

on Wednesday August 22, 2007 @08:11AM

ChainedFei writes "Over at Tech Crunch, They report that Google has added new functionality onto the vaunted Google Earth project.

The new feature allows users to browse the stars in the sky the same way they are able to browse the earth. From the Google Earth page,

Today, I'm excited to announce we are launching Sky in Google Earth. You can now explore the universe from the comfort of your chair. Zoom in to distant galaxies hundreds of millions of light years away, explore the constellations, see the planets in motion, witness a supernova explosion; it's like having a giant, virtual telescope at your command — your own personal planetarium!

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+ - Adobe integrates HD standard into Flash-> 0

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ChainedFei

on Tuesday August 21, 2007 @06:24AM

ChainedFei writes "Adobe has decided to integrate the H.264 standard into its Flash media player, making the upgraded player available today. The H.264 format is the same format that Blu-Ray and HD-DVD utilize, and Adobe hopes to provide much higher quality online video by introducing the standard."
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+ - FCC decides 4.6 billion minimum bid for Spectrum-> 0

Submitted by ChainedFei on Tuesday August 21, 2007 @06:12AM

ChainedFei writes "From Wired News, In a surprising turn for the Spectrum auction, the FCC have stated that the minimum bid for the C-block spectrum being offered in the auction will be $4.6 billion, which coincidentally was the amount that GOOG fronted as a minimum bid to endorse certain open standards for the spectrum being sold.

It is essentially a move to shut out smaller possible competitors while also maximizing the money the auction will generate for the grade-A areas of the spectrum. In addition, any single bidder wishing to purchase the entirety of the spectrum must front a minimum of $10 billion."
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