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About Half of U.S. TV Stations Ready for DTV
Approximately 56 percent of full-power television broadcasters are ready for the February 2009 digital television transition, while 41 percent are still working to meet their goals, according to a Thursday report from the Federal Communications Commission. Of the 1,798 broadcast stations in the country, 1,002 have completed the necessary work and need only turn off their ...
Greenbox Energy-Monitoring Tech Starts Trials
For most people in the US, there's no easy way to ascertain why the power bill is so high. There's a meter outside the house or in the basement that measures energy consumption, but why it reads the way it does remains a mystery, as do techniques for reducing those bills. But power doesn't need to ...
Democrats Criticize McCain's 'Dial-up Campaign'
Leading Democrats on Tuesday attacked the Bush administration's broadband policy and the technology track record of GOP presidential hopeful John McCain, while leading tech companies pushed for a more tech-savvy and innovative federal government. “The Obama campaign is the broadband campaign and the McCain campaign is the dial-up campaign," said Edward Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat and ...
Google Launches Gears Location-Based API
Google on Friday announced the release of Gears Geolocation API, a platform designed to provide Web sites with location-based information without the aid of GPS. The new API has already been used by two third-party developers to create apps for Windows Mobile. European travel site lastminute.com used the platform to develop an app for locating nearby ...
Hands-off with the Intel-Yahoo HDTV Widgets
On Wednesday, Intel and Yahoo announced a surprisingly broad plan to add widgets to HDTVs. When I say “surprisingly broad," it's because of all of the support the plan received: content providers (ABC, CBS), CE makers (Sony, Samsung, Toshiba), and Yahoo, of course. Just not Microsoft, which has acknowledged but not responded to my requests for ...
Google, Verizon Reportedly in Search Deal
(Reuters) - Mobile service provider Verizon Communications Inc. is nearing an agreement with Google Inc. on a wide-ranging partnership, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the situation. The deal under discussion would make Google the default search provider on Verizon devices and give it a share of ad revenue, the paper said. The ...
Internet Users Fear iPod Tunes Blocked in China
BEIJING - The downloading of music for iPod players has hit a mysterious glitch in China, stumping scores of users and raising fears the government has blocked Apple's iTunes site over pro-Tibet lyrics, analysts said on Thursday. Since Monday, more than 60 people have posted messages in an Apple Inc discussion forum complaining that they could ...
Judge: Copyright Owners Must Consider 'Fair Use'
A case involving the YouTube “dancing baby" video will continue after a California judge ruled that content owners must consider 'fair use' before sending Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notices. “In order for a copyright owner to proceed under the DMCA with 'a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained ...
American Airlines Kicks Off in-Flight Internet Service
CHICAGO - AMR Corp's American Airlines began offering Internet access on long-haul domestic flights on Wednesday, making American the first U.S. airline to offer full in-flight broadband. The world's largest airline said its passengers on Boeing 767-200 aircraft can pay $12.95 for Internet access on nonstop flights between New York and San Francisco, New York and ...
Intel Launches $100k Innovation Awards
SAN FRANCISCO -- A conference dominated by chips, servers, and wireless radios really owes it all to just a good teacher. And if not that, than someone doing a small, good thing. In a keynote address opening the Intel Developer Forum here, Intel chairman Craig Barrett announced four $100,000 prizes that will be awarded next year. ...
