BIT320 Remix: News Archives

Texas to get broadband over its power lines

two texas companies plan to offer high-speed internet over the power grid

In del.icio.us/jbartko, 12/20/2005 | Original | Archive

take me to the mall

This article praises Walmart.com, Amazon, Apple and eBay for high online holiday sales. It’s interesting because actual results aren’t released until January, but predictions are made based on the amount of traffic between these sites and their shipping sites. If web users are browsing items and clicking on links to ship, they’re probably buying. Online shopping is predicted to grow about 24% this holiday season. That doesn’t surprise me, but I don’t think I’ll be included in that statistic. During the rest of the year, I do sometimes appreciate the convenience of online shopping - even though actually seeing/touching my purchase is a lot more fun. But during the holidays - I think it’s more than seeing the items, it’s actually experiencing the stores. What’s Christmas shopping without all the decorations and music surrounding you at the mall? That’s my opinion - and I’m sure it isn’t shared by all, especially those who hate the crowds more than they love the atmosphere.

The article makes a good point about a different use for online retail sites: research.

…retailers such as Target Corp. and Best Buy Co. may be coming up short in terms of converting traffic into Web sales. It was not clear, however, if this was due to some other dynamic — whether shoppers were simply looking at products online that they would later buy in stores, for example.

I do this all the time - and it can really make your trip to the store easier. Especially when you have to learn a significant amount about the purchase before you buy - like computers or other electronics.

In jb's blog, 12/20/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

Hershey sues publisher

No kisses for book cover: Hershey files copyright suit

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

High-tech visas dropped

Plan to add visas for high-tech workers dropped

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

A washer with power PhD

Researchers start project testing 'smart' appliances

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

In Texas, 'Net's power trip

Texas utility to provide Internet over power lines

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

Tech tames traffic jams

Short on road money, states use tech to unsnarl traffic

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

Relief from Parkinson's

Gene therapy appears to relieve Parkinson's symptoms

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

Need clouds? Add water

Scientists excited for Wyoming cloud-seeding

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

Tech giants' tough market

Big tech companies shuffle their assets

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

Icahn's issue with Google

Icahn seeks to derail Google as partner of AOL

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

Digital TV gets deadline

Digital TV deadline could be 2/17/09

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

Iran bans western music from radio and television

Radio and tv are no longer allowed to play any western music at all

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

Computer decodes Mona Lisa's smile

Sounds ridiculous to me, but they used a program that figures out what emotions a smile indicates

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

House sets digital TV deadline for 2009

The bill mandates that TV affiliates switch to all digital broadcasts, appropriates $1.5 billion

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

Bill Gates, Bono, and Gates' wife named Time Persons of the Year

They were named Persons of the Year for working to eradicate poverty and AIDS.

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

Bush spies on citizens and creates database of them

This is an interesting example of databases being used to improve a process

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

Times Syndication Service - Indiatimes

Find a FAQ and order form for authorised content from The Times Of India Group and material from stablemates The Economic Times, Femina, Filmfare, Navbharat Times and Maharashtra Times.

In del.icio.us/supermatt, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

Start-up sues Microsoft

Mobile e-mail start-up sues Microsoft

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/17/2005 | Original | Archive

Time Warner touts tier

Cost of Time Warner's new family tier raises eyebrows

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/17/2005 | Original | Archive

Gifts of Christmas future

Technology's just getting started

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/17/2005 | Original | Archive

webservices.xml.com

Web Services XML.com subsite. Development resources and solutions, features timely news, opinions, and tutorials, interactive forums, and newsletters.

In del.icio.us/supermatt, 12/17/2005 | Original | Archive

Mobiles: New ball and chain

Study finds cellphones are interfering with family life

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/15/2005 | Original | Archive

Will video kill phone star?

See eye to eye with video calls

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/15/2005 | Original | Archive

Planets in the making?

Astronomers may have found developing solar system

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/15/2005 | Original | Archive

Human Clone Follow Up

Cloning pioneer to withdraw paper, doctor says

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/15/2005 | Original | Archive

Game sales slump

Video-game sales slump ahead of holiday season

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/15/2005 | Original | Archive

USATODAY.com - MTV, Microsoft to develop online service

Microsoft & Mtv

In del.icio.us/zeenah, 12/14/2005 | Original | Archive

Time Archive online for free

In response to Matt’s blog about how much he enjoys Time Magazine, there is some useful information that I just found out. I have been an avid reader of Time for the last 3 years. I like it so much because it provides news in all subjects and focuses on technology as well. Their technology section does a great job of keeping people informed.

Now, Time is offering a new reason to become a subscriber. Now subscribers have FULL ACCESS to ALL Time articles in their online archive back to 1923. This is awesome. I really like using past articles from Time or Newsweek to understand the perspective at a specific time in history and now I can do this without going through a database or library.

I recommend getting Time if you are choosing between a news related magazine, especially with this new free offering. Its pretty cool.

In musings of william h, 12/14/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

MTV, Microsoft to launch online music service

Microsoft and MTV are teaming up to offer 'Urge' for both individual downloads and subscription service

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/14/2005 | Original | Archive

DirecTV fined for do-not-call violations

DirecTV has been fined for violating the do-not-call list - have been fined $5.35 million by the FTC, making it the largest fine to protect consumers

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/14/2005 | Original | Archive

Rising doubts surround cloning claims

Top cloner, Hwang, from South Korea has faced accusations that his advances in stem cell research have been fabricated

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/14/2005 | Original | Archive

Human cloning in doubt

Korean's cloning research thrown into doubt

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/14/2005 | Original | Archive

Robot serves spot of tea

Honda robot serves tea, pushes mail carts

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/14/2005 | Original | Archive

MTV's new musical URGE

MTV, Microsoft to develop online service

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/14/2005 | Original | Archive

Stock scam at fingertips

Stock-fraud scam uses text messages

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/14/2005 | Original | Archive

Xbox 360 gets a soft start in Japan

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/14/2005 | Original | Archive

DuPont settles Teflon dispute

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/14/2005 | Original | Archive

First Wireless City

Tempe in Arizona will be the first city (of its size) to offer wireless to all its residents in February

In del.icio.us/supriya, 12/14/2005 | Original | Archive

Save Tookie

Story of Tookie Williams

In del.icio.us/zeenah, 12/13/2005 | Original | Archive

Verizon wins case against telemarketers

Verizon got a ban on telemarketers that were using auto-dialers to call its customers

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/12/2005 | Original | Archive

Sprint Offering Movies on Service

Sprint is offering a service in which you can buy movies and watch it on your cell phone

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/12/2005 | Original | Archive

CNN.com - Web site focuses on happy news - Dec 12, 2005

happynews.com only prints good news - founded by PageWise, Inc chief executive Byron Reese - learn the good news that they won't tell you on TV

In del.icio.us/jbartko, 12/12/2005 | Original | Archive

CNN.com - School districts go hi-tech to teach - Dec 12, 2005

using palm pilots in the gradeschool classroom

In del.icio.us/jbartko, 12/12/2005 | Original | Archive

HappyNews.com - All The News That's Fun To Print

only good news welcome here - all good news website

In del.icio.us/jbartko, 12/12/2005 | Original | Archive

Paramount buys Dreamworks

Paramount paid 1.6 billion in cash and debt for Dreamworks, the production studio founded by Katzenberg, Geffen, and Spielberg. This positions paramount to have a chance to dominate the industry in the future.

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/12/2005 | Original | Archive

Cheap computers for people in the developing world

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) media lab run by Nicholas Negroponte will produce a few million hand cranked computers for people in the developing world that want coomputers that can access the internet.

“United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has welcomed the development of the small, hand-cranked lime-green devices, which can set up their own wireless networks and are intended to bring computer access to areas that lack reliable electricity.” - MSNBC Article

The first few million will be distributed to schoolchildren in Brazil, Thailand, Egypt and Nigeria. The cost for school-children is $100. The cost to the general public is $200.

This is a great idea for spreading internet acess to people that are currently removed from the vast opportunities for learning and business that the internet offers. This can allow a person from Egypt that whittles fancy wooden rockinghorses to sell them on the internet through ebay if he wanted for American currency. Access to that can really help business out for small businesses. I hope more companies innovate like this.

In musings of william h, 12/12/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

Town decked with wireless

Arizona town will go wall-to-wall wireless

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/12/2005 | Original | Archive

Now there's HappyNews

Website takes a happy approach to the news

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/12/2005 | Original | Archive

Scientists: Fissure could become new ocean

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/12/2005 | Original | Archive

Yahoo makes tasty deal

Yahoo acquires social network del.icio.us

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/12/2005 | Original | Archive

Pretty up your iPod

Related Advertiser What's this? VONAGE: Get your first month FREE! Save big on your home phone bill with Vonage broadband phone service! Unlimited local/LD calling only $24.95/mo. www.vonage.com

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/12/2005 | Original | Archive

Like chocolate for mobiles

Tech guru dials into gaming's social side

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/12/2005 | Original | Archive

Katrina deaths lead to real-life 'CSI'

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/12/2005 | Original | Archive

Author apologizes for fake Wikipedia biography

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/12/2005 | Original | Archive

Ariz. Town Will Go Wall-To-Wall Wireless - Yahoo! News

Ann Arbor should seriously do this

In del.icio.us/zeenah, 12/11/2005 | Original | Archive

NewsIsFree: Your Personal News Portal

Use RSS feeds to create your new portal

In del.icio.us/supermatt, 12/11/2005 | Original | Archive

Blogdigger : RSS / Atom Search Engine - Search Blogs

Search RSS feeds

In del.icio.us/supermatt, 12/11/2005 | Original | Archive

http://www.livejournal.com/users/jacob667/data/rss/

An RSS feed on a livejournal??

In del.icio.us/supermatt, 12/11/2005 | Original | Archive

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/rss/index.xml

Sample RSS feed to help me understand it

In del.icio.us/supermatt, 12/11/2005 | Original | Archive

Is nothing sacred?

The Grateful Dead, the original proponents of improvistational rock shows and having tapers record the shows for the benefit of all who care to listen, has responded in poor taste to the changing music industry. As they do not tour and most music sales come from iTunes and paying for top-sound quality shows from their own website, the Grateful Dead forced free sites to take off their concert performances.

Fans became enraged as they felt abandoned by one of the only sacred things left in their lives. Petitions flew through the internet threatening to boycott the purchase of all Grateful Dead memorabilia. The Dead rethought the situation and pulled a 180. They decided to let the sites distribute their concerts for free to fans and all are happy again. But, this is a sad moment. When the technological innovation and desire for profits makes a group of individuals that stood for the sharing of free music to stop what they have been doing since the mid 1960’s. This article describes the situation in further detail.

In musings of william h, 12/11/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

ROI on MBA education

A study to show how worthwhile and how valuable an MBA degree is from each school

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/11/2005 | Original | Archive

Domain name '.eu' open for business

Now people within the European Union can use .eu instead of a global one like '.com' or one of a specific country like '.fr'

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/11/2005 | Original | Archive

FBI: Internet terror attack unlikely

Terrorist groups are said to lack the capability of launching very effective internet terrorism

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/11/2005 | Original | Archive

Xbox 360 ready to take Japan

Xbox 360 will launch in Japan this Saturday, but with reported problems with the console, it may not be so well recieved in the technology knowledgable Japanese

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/11/2005 | Original | Archive

Explanation of the Southwest crash at Midway Airport

NTSB: Crew says jet's reverse thrusters didn't kick in promptly

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/11/2005 | Original | Archive

$100 laptop launched for computer access in places without electricity

This is a hand-cranked device that functions as a computer and can utilize wireless networks. Over a million are planned to be sent to schoolchildren in Brazil, Thailand, Egypt and Nigeria in 2006

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/11/2005 | Original | Archive

U.N. adopts two-track approach on warming

UN sets up talks about how to stop global warming, but the U.S. is not included as Bush refuses to acknowledge the serious threat of global warming

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/11/2005 | Original | Archive

Mars Rovers

Mars Rovers
The Mars Rovers must be running on Energizer batteries because they just keep going and going… They were originally only supposed to last for 90 days after landing on the red planet, but the rovers have proven to be much more resilient than anyone ever predicted, surviving longer than a full Martian year (687 Earth days). Together, the rovers have taken over 130,000 photos! Sadly, though, according to a recent article on News.com, the rovers are beginning to show signs of aging:

Nonetheless, signs of fatigue are beginning to show. Around 10 days ago, the mechanical arm on Opportunity stopped moving. The problem, the rover teams believe, lies with the shoulder joint of the arm. If they can get the elbow of the arm out of the T-shaped housing where the arm rests, the arm can still collect samples.

I am inspired by what several brilliant minds and some very advanced technology can accomplish. Who would have ever thought that it would be possible to send two rovers to another planet, have them drive around, take photos, and send those photos back to us here on Earth! The potential to do great things should never be underestimated. It’s a great time to be alive.

Opportunity image of outcrop called Olympia along the northwestern margin of Erebus crater

In Kevin's Blog, 12/10/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

Google Transit

Google recently released Google Transit, a new service that allows users to map out the most direct public transportation route. The service is currently limited to the Portland, Oregon metro area, but plans are to launch the service on a global scale. While the idea is not innovative (transit sites have been providing this functionality for years e.g. http://routes.aata.org/), it’s refreshing to see a service like Google improve upon the concept and bring everything under one roof. Now, instead of going to several different transit web sites, people can use one familiar interface for several different metro transit systems. It would be interesting to see if the service is able to combine different forms of transportation, such as take the train to location A, then switch to the bus, which will bring you to location B, etc.

In Kevin's Blog, 12/10/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

Radio dials up digital

Radio companies form HD digital radio group

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/07/2005 | Original | Archive

Cellphones you can lose

Chipmakers drive race to $20 cellphones

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/07/2005 | Original | Archive

NBC makes deal with Apple

NBC cues up shows for iPod

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/07/2005 | Original | Archive

Report: AOL, Microsoft close to ad alliance deal - Dec. 7, 2005

microsoft might soon team up with AOL to strike back against google, yahoo - the two firms will collaborate in online advertising

In del.icio.us/jbartko, 12/07/2005 | Original | Archive

CNN Pipeline

CNN feed of multiple simultaneous live news events

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/06/2005 | Original | Archive

CNN.com - Asia to get Xbox 360 by early March - Dec 5, 2005

the new Xbox is in Europe December 2, Japan December 10, and Asian markets outside of Japan by March

In del.icio.us/jbartko, 12/05/2005 | Original | Archive

CNN.com - Review: Apple tiptoes into Media Center domain - Dec 2, 2005

the new iMac G5 - when operated with Front Row software - is a media center with a few things to complain about

In del.icio.us/jbartko, 12/05/2005 | Original | Archive

Mileage deduction lowered

As gas prices fall so does mileage deduction

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/04/2005 | Original | Archive

AOL sued over billing

Lawsuit: AOL cheats customers with illegal billing

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/04/2005 | Original | Archive

Video game ban shot down

Federal court strikes down Illinois video game law

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/04/2005 | Original | Archive

Will Google's bubble burst?

Google stock: Bargain or bubble?

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/04/2005 | Original | Archive

IE flaw gooses Google

IE flaw lets intruders into Google Desktop

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/04/2005 | Original | Archive

Digital Music News

Pretty Interesting website on Digital Music Going-Ons

In del.icio.us/zeenah, 12/04/2005 | Original | Archive

Electronic Voting Examined as the Deadline Nears

Inability to produce a receipt of a vote (double counting worse than in florida) among others is causing major issues as January 1st is approaching.

In del.icio.us/pinkfootsie, 12/01/2005 | Original | Archive

Economy levels off

Economic Indicators fall to pre-hurricane levels

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/01/2005 | Original | Archive

Want a video revolution?

Websites dive into video iPod revolution

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/01/2005 | Original | Archive

FCC: Let viewers choose

FCC: Let users set cable TV lineups

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/01/2005 | Original | Archive

Digital pen lets fly

Digital pen lets fly with high-tech cool

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/01/2005 | Original | Archive

Microsoft offers classifieds

Microsoft develops classified service to compete with services such as craigslist etc

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/01/2005 | Original | Archive

TiVo becomes more than DVR

TiVo adds movie tickets, photos to offerings

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/01/2005 | Original | Archive

Microsoft Joining the Fray with Live.com

The other day while surfing the internet I came across a new portal called Live.com. It seems to be an improvement over the personalization features offered by both Yahoo and Google IG. Similar to start.com (also a Microsoft web site), Live.com takes it a step further by allowing visitors to save search queries and data from their PC. The site is tied to the desktop, allowing people to share file folders with instant messaging buddies or view recently opened documents. Additionally, several interesting gadgets can be added to the site through microsoftgadgets.com. It’s good to see Microsoft start delivering software as a service. Keep in mind that it’s still in beta and has much to be desired.

In Kevin's Blog, 12/01/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

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