Technology News

Redoctane Execs on a Roll with 'Guitar Hero'

Source: PC Magazine
July 15, 2008

DENVER - There were a lot of questions surrounding the “Guitar Hero" videogame when it first came out. Would gamers agree to pony up extra money for the special guitar-shaped controller needed to play it? Would the music industry agree to license master tracks? Would the addition of downloadable content be successful? The answer to all those questions has turned out to be a resounding yes. “Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock" has sold more than 8 million copies, and ...

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Trina to Supply Cells for Solar-Powered Plane

Source: PC Magazine
July 15, 2008

LOS ANGELES - For travelers weary of watching air fares tick upward due to soaring fuel prices, here's an encouraging piece of newsa plane that can fly around the world on solar power. On Monday, solar cell maker Trina Solar Ltd said it would supply nearly 300 photovoltaic cells to France's LISA Airplanes for its Hy-Bird solar and fuel cell powered airplane. The cells, which will be on the plane's wings and horizontal tail, will supply enough energy to power ...

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Pandora Radio Comes to iPhone 3G

Source: All About Jazz
July 14, 2008

Pandora Radio Leads The Best New Music-Related iPhone Apps

As the big day for fans of tiny gadgets that do big things, as Apple rolls out the new, speedier iPhone 3G. But perhaps the bigger news is the host of applications available in the new software update. The new toys include a bunch of games, news, sports and organizational tools, but the slate of music-related tools is pretty impressive. Most notable is the iPhone version of Pandora, the customizable Internet ...

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Inside iPhone 3G Users Brain

Source: All About Jazz
July 13, 2008

Personal Thoughts About the iPhone 3G, Visualized Through Cloud Tag 'Wordles'

Everyone, it seems, has the iPhone 3G on the brain today, but what are people really thinking, deep within the oblongata?

We wanted to find out so we decided to use the power of the Internet to create some interesting Word Tag Clouds using Jonathan Feinberg's Wordle program, one of the best and most colorful tag apps out there.

Worldle is a program that automatically generates “word clouds" from ...

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It's Boiling Down to Cable vs. Telecom

Source: Michael Ricci
July 13, 2008

Telecom and cable companies are fond of saying how much competition exists in their respective industries. Dissatisfied customers can always take their business elsewhere, the companies insist.

Is greater collaboration among telecom and cable companies good for consumers?

In fact, few telecom and cable companies actually compete head to head. And now, these businesses are forming unprecedented partnerships as the two industries vie for nationwide dominance over voice, video and Internet services. AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. and Qwest Communications ...

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FCC: Bar Comcast from Imposing Web Restrictions

Source: Michael Ricci
July 13, 2008

Net Neutrality at an Impass Federal regulators are prepared to take action against sellers of Internet access that want to restrict what their customers can do online.

If it turned out that the system accidentally or deliberately discriminated against online television, that would be anticompetitive because online television competes with Comcast. Marvin Ammori, the general counsel of Free Press.

Kevin J. Martin, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, said Friday that Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, should ...

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Bush Signs Spy Bill, ACLU Sues

Source: All About Jazz
July 13, 2008

File Under Big Brother or Oh Brother President Bush addressed reporters Thursday morning as he signed a bill expanding his surveillance powers.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit Thursday over a controversial wiretapping law, challenging the constitutionality of the expanded spy powers Congress granted to the president on Wednesday. The federal lawsuit was filed with the court just hours after Bush signed the bill into law. The ACLU is suing on behalf of journalist and human rights groups, asking ...

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Beatles All You Need is iPod

Source: All About Jazz
July 12, 2008

New Beatle iPod goes on sale at Bloomingdales

Though the Beatles' music remains unavailable on iTunes, Bloomingdales may play host to the first official meeting of the Fab Four and Steve Jobs' device.

The department store has acquired the rights to Beatles images from Apple Records and will produce a series of T-shirts, jackets and accessories that bear images from posters and album artwork. But the big news is that they will also produce a limited-edition Beatles iPod stocked with ...

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