BizReport - Microsoft signs on as World Cyber Games sponsor:
"Under the terms of the alliance, Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Games for Windows business units will provide hardware, games and marketing support for all World Cyber Game events -- including three multi-region championships, the Korean and U.S. championships, and the grand finals in Monza, Italy, in October."
LINKS: World Cyber Games
Thursday, April 13, 2006
BizReport - MetroFi selected to operate Portland Wi-Fi network
BizReport - MetroFi selected to operate Portland Wi-Fi network:
"MetroFi Inc. said on Wednesday it was selected by the city of Portland, Oregon, to design and operate a citywide Wi-Fi network that will provide free wireless Internet access and improved public services."
LINKS: MetroFi
"MetroFi Inc. said on Wednesday it was selected by the city of Portland, Oregon, to design and operate a citywide Wi-Fi network that will provide free wireless Internet access and improved public services."
LINKS: MetroFi
Reuters - Google offers free Web calendar service
Reuters - Google offers free Web calendar service:
"Google Inc. is introducing on Thursday a free Web calendar service for consumers to schedule events and share them with others, opening a new level of competition with rivals such as Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp."
RELATED: BizReport - Google offers free Web calendar service
LINKS: Google Calendar
"Google Inc. is introducing on Thursday a free Web calendar service for consumers to schedule events and share them with others, opening a new level of competition with rivals such as Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp."
RELATED: BizReport - Google offers free Web calendar service
LINKS: Google Calendar
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
JupiterResearch - Disney/ABC to "Broadcast" Online; This Is Big
JupiterResearch - Disney/ABC to "Broadcast" Online; This Is Big:
"'On April 30, ABC will unveil a revamped Web site that will include a 'theater' where people with broadband connections can watch free episodes of 'Desperate Housewives,' 'Lost' and other hit shows on their computers. Episodes will be available the morning after they air and will be archived so people can eventually view a whole season. A Disney Channel version with five shows will start in June, and an ABC Family version is also planned. Disney's Soapnet cable channel will start offering programs free on its Web site, Soapnetic, on April 17.'"
LINKS: ABC - Video
"'On April 30, ABC will unveil a revamped Web site that will include a 'theater' where people with broadband connections can watch free episodes of 'Desperate Housewives,' 'Lost' and other hit shows on their computers. Episodes will be available the morning after they air and will be archived so people can eventually view a whole season. A Disney Channel version with five shows will start in June, and an ABC Family version is also planned. Disney's Soapnet cable channel will start offering programs free on its Web site, Soapnetic, on April 17.'"
LINKS: ABC - Video
Friday, April 07, 2006
BizReport - Google Earth to Get Discovery Video
BizReport - Google Earth to Get Discovery Video:
"Discovery Communications Inc. is teaming up with Google to offer video clips of historic sites and other spots around the world through Google Earth software, one of several new ways the Silver Spring cable programmer is distributing its content beyond television."
"Discovery Communications Inc. is teaming up with Google to offer video clips of historic sites and other spots around the world through Google Earth software, one of several new ways the Silver Spring cable programmer is distributing its content beyond television."
Forbes - Google Music Store Would Provide New Revenue Stream
Forbes - Google Music Store Would Provide New Revenue Stream:
"Google is preparing to launch a music downloading service, according to research firm Caris & Company."
"Google is preparing to launch a music downloading service, according to research firm Caris & Company."
Thursday, April 06, 2006
GamesIndustry.biz - Eurogamer plans E3 TV coverage; Minkley joins as TV editor
GamesIndustry.biz - Eurogamer plans E3 TV coverage; Minkley joins as TV editor:
"Britain's top videogames website publisher, Eurogamer Network, has announced its plans for extensive video coverage of the E3 show in May, with the initiative being spearheaded by new hire Johnny Minkley."
LINKS: Eurogamer TV
"Britain's top videogames website publisher, Eurogamer Network, has announced its plans for extensive video coverage of the E3 show in May, with the initiative being spearheaded by new hire Johnny Minkley."
LINKS: Eurogamer TV
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
KurzweilAI.net - Strategic Sustainable Brain
KurzweilAI.net - Strategic Sustainable Brain:
"The human brain faces a challenging future. To cope with accelerating nanotech- and biotech-based developments in an increasingly complex world, compete with emerging superintelligence, and maintain its performance and sustainability as people live longer, the fragile human brain will need major enhancements: a backup system, eliminating degenerative processes, direct mind-linkup to ubiquitous computing networks, error-correction for memory, and a global Net connection with remote neural access."
"The human brain faces a challenging future. To cope with accelerating nanotech- and biotech-based developments in an increasingly complex world, compete with emerging superintelligence, and maintain its performance and sustainability as people live longer, the fragile human brain will need major enhancements: a backup system, eliminating degenerative processes, direct mind-linkup to ubiquitous computing networks, error-correction for memory, and a global Net connection with remote neural access."
KurzweilAI.net - Is AI Near a Takeoff Point?
KurzweilAI.net - Is AI Near a Takeoff Point?:
"Computers built by nanofactories may be millions of times more powerful than anything we have today, capable of creating world-changing AI in the coming decades. But to avoid a dystopia, the nature (and particularly intelligence) of government (a giant computer program -- with guns) will have to change."
"Computers built by nanofactories may be millions of times more powerful than anything we have today, capable of creating world-changing AI in the coming decades. But to avoid a dystopia, the nature (and particularly intelligence) of government (a giant computer program -- with guns) will have to change."
BizReport - Offbeat shows turn Web into world wide TV network
BizReport - Offbeat shows turn Web into world wide TV network:
"From independent producers like Mondo Media to big media companies like MTV, and even kids who post videos on community sites like YouTube.com, the World Wide Web is becoming a sort of worldwide TV network for audiences seeking offbeat entertainment not shown on mainstream television."
LINKS: Mondo Mini Shows
LINKS: YouTube
"From independent producers like Mondo Media to big media companies like MTV, and even kids who post videos on community sites like YouTube.com, the World Wide Web is becoming a sort of worldwide TV network for audiences seeking offbeat entertainment not shown on mainstream television."
LINKS: Mondo Mini Shows
LINKS: YouTube
eWeek - LinuxWorld: Virtualization Bake-In Off and Running
eWeek - LinuxWorld: Virtualization Bake-In Off and Running:
"Amid a growing cacophony of demand, the two largest Linux vendors, Red Hat and Novell, plan to bake virtualization into their enterprise products slated to ship later this year. But technology managers are mixed on the approach."
LINKS: Xen Source
"Amid a growing cacophony of demand, the two largest Linux vendors, Red Hat and Novell, plan to bake virtualization into their enterprise products slated to ship later this year. But technology managers are mixed on the approach."
LINKS: Xen Source
PC Magazine - Philips Downsizes Mobile TV
PC Magazine - Philips Downsizes Mobile TV:
"Mobile TV is a big topic at CTIA, with much of the buzz around DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting-Handhelds), a European-driven standard for broadcasting digital TV channels to phones. While companies such as MobiTV and SmartVideo already bring live TV to some phones and PDAs, they stream the shows over Internet connections, with a separate stream going to each user who demands it. Direct television broadcasts, on their own chunk of radio spectrum, are much cheaper to deliver to a mass audience because they don't clog up Internet pipes or a bunch of individual cellular connections."
LINKS: MobiTV
LINKS: SmartVideo
"Mobile TV is a big topic at CTIA, with much of the buzz around DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting-Handhelds), a European-driven standard for broadcasting digital TV channels to phones. While companies such as MobiTV and SmartVideo already bring live TV to some phones and PDAs, they stream the shows over Internet connections, with a separate stream going to each user who demands it. Direct television broadcasts, on their own chunk of radio spectrum, are much cheaper to deliver to a mass audience because they don't clog up Internet pipes or a bunch of individual cellular connections."
LINKS: MobiTV
LINKS: SmartVideo
Metropolis Magazine - Smart City 2020
Metropolis Magazine - Smart City 2020:
"These days computers are mostly devices in drag. The gadgets that surround us wear the distinctive gear and play the varied roles of telephones, MP3 players, digital cameras, watches, and date books. Under the surface, microchips and software are what make these otherwise inert lumps of metal and plastic useful. The same goes for domestic appliances, automobiles, laboratory equipment, prostheses, and the electrical and mechanical systems of buildings. Our cities are fast transforming into artificial ecosystems of interconnected, interdependent intelligent digital organisms. This is the fundamentally new technological condition confronting architects and product designers in the twenty-first century. At the MIT Design Laboratory, my colleagues and I work with teams of students to explore the emerging opportunities this condition provides."
LINKS: SENSEable City
"These days computers are mostly devices in drag. The gadgets that surround us wear the distinctive gear and play the varied roles of telephones, MP3 players, digital cameras, watches, and date books. Under the surface, microchips and software are what make these otherwise inert lumps of metal and plastic useful. The same goes for domestic appliances, automobiles, laboratory equipment, prostheses, and the electrical and mechanical systems of buildings. Our cities are fast transforming into artificial ecosystems of interconnected, interdependent intelligent digital organisms. This is the fundamentally new technological condition confronting architects and product designers in the twenty-first century. At the MIT Design Laboratory, my colleagues and I work with teams of students to explore the emerging opportunities this condition provides."
LINKS: SENSEable City
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
New York Times - At Last, Movies to Keep Arrive on the Internet
New York Times - At Last, Movies to Keep Arrive on the Internet:
"Until now, the only downloads the studios have offered have been online rentals, which can be watched only for a 24-hour period — an idea that has not caught on with consumers. But the high prices and technological limits of the new permanent downloads suggest that they may not be an instant hit."
LINKS: Movielink
LINKS: CinemaNow
"Until now, the only downloads the studios have offered have been online rentals, which can be watched only for a 24-hour period — an idea that has not caught on with consumers. But the high prices and technological limits of the new permanent downloads suggest that they may not be an instant hit."
LINKS: Movielink
LINKS: CinemaNow
Monday, April 03, 2006
informitv - Cablevision RS-DVR tests remote control storage case
informitv - Cablevision RS-DVR tests remote control storage case:
"Comcast and Time Warner executives are welcoming an initiative by New York cable operator Cablevision Systems to offer a network video recorder that removes the need for set-top box storage."
"Comcast and Time Warner executives are welcoming an initiative by New York cable operator Cablevision Systems to offer a network video recorder that removes the need for set-top box storage."
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