http://tech-industry-news.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for Tech Industry News en Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:50:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2751139 unknown@Digg.com One of the most closely watched copyright infringement lawsuits brought by the RIAA appears to have come to a screeching halt, much to the music industry's delight. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:50:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2751139Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2751032 unknown@Digg.com An old computer art form is making a comeback as a newer way to evade spam filters. For decades, computing fans have enjoyed a form of expression called ASCII art that shows pictures or messages as a low-resolution graphic, a grid made of numerous computer characters encoded with the venerable ASCII standard. With a photo digitized with ASCII art Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:37:54 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2751032Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2750653 unknown@Digg.com Steve Knightley is one half of ?Show of Hands?, an award-winning acoustic and folk duo from the UK. Steve says he is thankful to the people that pirate the band?s music and go out of their way to promote the band. In fact, he says the band utterly depends on them. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:32:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2750653Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2750262 unknown@Digg.com An awesome list of some of the best and most noteworthy sites Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:20:54 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2750262Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2750201 unknown@Digg.com Over the last year, UK residents accused of sharing games like Dream Pinball have been threatened by lawyers Davenport Lyons. Stuck in a trap of not having enough money to defend themselves, many choose to pay compensation demands - guilty or not - fearful of a much bigger punishment if things go bad. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:00:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2750201Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2749562 unknown@Digg.com Badwithcomputer gets interviewed by the LA Times and gives his $0.02 about Digg. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:50:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2749562Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2749544 unknown@Digg.com Shape-shifting robots that become whatever machine is needed are already in the works in Intel's labs. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:00:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2749544Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2749168 unknown@Digg.com Google has gone from innovative upstart to fat-and-happy industry leader in what seems like record time. Put simply, the search giant has lost its mojo. That's good news for Microsoft, and it could affect how you use Google's cloud computing services. Google looks as if it's on top of the world right now, holding an ever-increasing lion's share... Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:56:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2749168Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2749104 unknown@Digg.com Digg is introducing Digg Dialogg, where we take your questions and present them in front of notable people, newsmakers & the like. We're kicking this off by interviewing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Weds, August 27th live from the Democratic National Convention, and are taking questions until 11:59pm August 26th. Submit your questions today! Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:50:01 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2749104Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2749024 unknown@Digg.com A worker at Google tells us the company is taking evening meals off the menu: "Google has drastically cut back their budget on the culinary program. Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin had promised shareholders they'd add perks, rather than cut them. Google has long milked its cafeterias for their publicity value Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:50:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2749024Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2748839 unknown@Digg.com Google is in hot water again over invasive Street View photos that ignore private roads and "No Trespassing" signs. While privacy's existence is still being debated, perhaps the company just needs a lesson in how to read. Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:40:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2748839Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2748809 unknown@Digg.com P4P is touted as the new and improved P2P. The technology has the potential to lower bandwidth costs for ISPs and speed up downloads for P4P enabled filesharing clients. There is a dark site to this new technology though. The strong anti-piracy connections are fuel for conspiracy theorists, and Net Neutrality might be at stake. Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:40:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2748809Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2748448 unknown@Digg.com Yahoo?s stake in Yahoo Japan is often cited as one of its most valuable assets, and indeed Yahoo is considering selling it as a quick fix to appease angry shareholders in the U.S. Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:10:43 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2748448Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2748234 unknown@Digg.com Intel on Thursday showed off a wireless electric power system that analysts say could revolutionize modern life by freeing devices from transformers and wall outlets. Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:30:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2748234Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2747308 unknown@Digg.com These sites let you crunch the numbers, analyze the data, or just look up who that one guy is in that one movie. Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:40:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2747308Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2747233 unknown@Digg.com Yves Rossy soars over Switzerland yesterday strapped to a jet-powered wing. The flight was a test run for a cross-Channel attempt next month Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:10:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2747233Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2747035 unknown@Digg.com Each tale ends the same way: A promising start, shuttered amid fear, uncertainty, and doubt. Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:10:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2747035Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2747036 unknown@Digg.com Mozilla is leveraging an impressive new optimization technique to bring a big performance boost to the Firefox JavaScript engine. The code was merged today (but is not yet ready to be enabled by default in the nightly builds) and is planned for inclusion in Firefox 3.1, the next incremental update of the open-source web browser. Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:00:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2747036Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2746991 unknown@Digg.com We?re calling for questions for our next virtual Townhall which will take place next Thursday, August 28th at 1:30 pm PST/4:30 EST. Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:10:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2746991Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2746837 unknown@Digg.com Yesterday, the FCC ruled that Comcast?s network management practices that specifically targeted BitTorrent users, were unfair. The ruling is a small victory for Net Neutrality, but it wont stop ISPs from going after the heavy bandwidth users, not at all. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:31:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2746837Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2746596 unknown@Digg.com Driving around in sheer panic looking for a Starbucks (but hoping for a Panera, which offers free Wi-Fi) or hopping on a neighbor's unsecured signal has become commonplace. (To read about the Wi-Fi strategies at Starbucks, Panera, McDonald's and Borders, see "Should Retailers Offer Free Wi-Fi to Customers?") Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:23:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2746596Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2746382 unknown@Digg.com Mozilla Labs announces the winners of their official Extend Firefox 3 Contest, and they're an impressive crop of new and updated extensions for your favorite browser. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:35:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2746382Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2746289 unknown@Digg.com Comcast is offering more details about the "protocol agnostic" throttling solution that will replace its current, FCC-denounced approach to network management. Heavy users will be "deprioritized" for 10 to 20 minutes at a time. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:50:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2746289Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2746270 unknown@Digg.com In this post we review 10 promising developer platforms for the Web. We're not talking about the obvious ones either, like Facebook, iPhone, OpenSocial or even Twitter. Those have been covered extensively already. The list below features some of our favorite 'lesser known' web developer platforms. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:00:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2746270Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2746224 unknown@Digg.com As the U.S. election season hits full swing, we?re bringing this momentum to the upcoming political party conventions in Denver and St. Paul. Digg, along with Google & others, will be sponsoring the first ever new media center at the DNC. We?ve teamed up with MySpace, Rock the Vote and others to sponsor an event with the Impact Film Festival at the RNC. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:50:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2746224Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2746225 unknown@Digg.com Verizon's Chief Technical Officer talks about his philosophy of network management and why building a network that delivers every bit without delay is, in his view, impractical. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:30:01 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2746225Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2746104 unknown@Digg.com After reviewing the more than 14,000 comments left by living human beings, the FTC yesterday amended its Telemarketing Sales Rule to ban most types of robotic telemarketing calls. By this December, any recorded calls will have to lead off with an automated opt-out option; by September 2009, telemarketers will need written permission to contact you. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:10:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2746104Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2746105 unknown@Digg.com In the nation's first such ruling, a federal judge on Wednesday said copyright owners must consider fair use of their works before sending takedown notices to online video-sharing sites. The Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:00:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2746105Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2745872 unknown@Digg.com "Surrender, Comcast!" declares the FCC in its Order on P2P blocking. The agency also calls on the public to stay vigilant on the issue and aligns itself more closely with the net neutrality movement. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:40:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2745872Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2745703 unknown@Digg.com The fastest quantum computer bit that exploits the main advantage of the qubit over the conventional bit has been demonstrated by researchers at University of Michigan, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and the University of California at San Diego. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:18:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2745703Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2745612 unknown@Digg.com The Pirate Bay has decided to fight the decision of an Italian judge after it ordered ISPs to block access to the popular tracker. The blocks didn?t prove particularly effective as traffic from Italy only increased but nevertheless, The Pirate Bay is determined to reverse the decision. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:50:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2745612Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2745562 unknown@Digg.com The video below shows a scenario that is likely to become real as industrial robots improve: a human and a robot work together to assemble an object from its parts. But in the clip from the University of Minho, Portugal, not everything is going to plan. The human gets a stern warning from the robot that they are doing it wrong. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:06:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2745562Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2745125 unknown@Digg.com These are totally crazy. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:30:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2745125Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2744893 unknown@Digg.com While the British government puts huge amounts of pressure on ISPs to clamp down on file-sharers, it is doing some pirating of its very own. It seems that Prime Minister Gordon Brown?s own website is in serious breach of copyright, as it is based on a ripped-off Wordpress theme. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:00:01 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2744893Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2744633 unknown@Digg.com This week, close to two million people have downloaded the Olympics opening ceremony, which makes it the most pirated TV-show of the week - again. The International Olympic Committee is not too happy about it, and they are urging the Swedish government to take on The Pirate Bay. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:10:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2744633Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2744543 unknown@Digg.com "Now reader Alex McRoberts details how he uses the two excellent features to turn his Gmail account into a killer to-do list manager. Here's how he did it..." Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:20:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2744543Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2744347 unknown@Digg.com A little digging on social networks, blogs and Internet search engines lets you put together information about people like pieces of a puzzle?And it's not a pretty picture for security or privacy. I decided to conduct an experiment to see how vulnerable people's accounts are to mining the Web for information. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:20:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2744347Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2744196 unknown@Digg.com One of the longest running file-sharing lawsuits has come to a close, as Denise Barker and the RIAA have mutually agreed to settle a three-year-old lawsuit for $6,050. Barker has been represented by Ray Beckerman, known for his Recording Industry vs The People blog, who used the case as a platform to attack the foundations upon which the RIAA Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:20:01 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2744196Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2744174 unknown@Digg.com Come on, internet. Just bring us proper movie streaming already. If any more proof were needed that physical media needs to go, and soon, we bring you exhibit A: The Netflix Outage Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:40:01 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2744174Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2743994 unknown@Digg.com Defend Net Neutrality! Don?t force ISPs to spy on their customers in the name of copyright enforcement! Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:00:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2743994Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2744301 unknown@Digg.com Defend Net Neutrality! Don?t force ISPs to spy on their customers in the name of copyright enforcement! Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:00:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2744301Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2743896 unknown@Digg.com The team behind the Shareaza client have recently had a tough time, having been the victim of a music industry conspiracy to steal their brand name and destroy goodwill. Undeterred they are fighting back and today proudly announce the development of a brand new filesharing client with BitTorrent support - Project Panthera. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:10:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2743896Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2743643 unknown@Digg.com The first mobile phone based on Android, which is software supported by Google, will debut this fall. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:29:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2743643Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2743527 unknown@Digg.com Another Fairness Doctrine sighting this week. This one from Republican Commissioner Robert M. McDowell. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:40:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2743527Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2743466 unknown@Digg.com Google wants to take the fight for white space broadband to the people, launching its own pro-white-space Web site, with considerable help from activists, public interest groups, and professors. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:00:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2743466Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2743446 unknown@Digg.com In an official letter to Swedish Minister of Justice, the International Olympic Committee has asked for "assistance" from the Swedish government with preventing video clips from the Beijing Olympics to be shared on The Pirate Bay. The Pirate Bay, however, does not plan to take anything down, and renamed their tracker to The Beijing Bay. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:30:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2743446Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2743104 unknown@Digg.com Critics of the Government's proposed changes to the Copyright Act have launched a Cyber crusade to fight the Controversial Copyright Bill. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:30:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2743104Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2743041 unknown@Digg.com In part one of our look into the anti-piracy efforts at universities, we saw that Missouri S&T used a simple home grown system, ignoring the favorites of the entertainment industry. In part two, we look at Ohio University, Texas A&M University, Tulane University and others that do use one of the methods preferred by the RIAA and MPAA. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:00:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2743041Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2743018 unknown@Digg.com Every day, all over the world, millions of us use Google. Founded 10 years ago by two students, it is now so powerful that it threatens to swallow up all other media while global leaders queue for its blessing. But just as we seek knowledge from Google, so Google gleans secrets from us. Has the cool baby grown up into a sinister corporate threat? Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:40:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2743018Tech Industry News http://web2announcer.com/go/2742992 unknown@Digg.com As the site grew increasingly popular, it became the target of more and more users who wanted to game the system; entire companies sprouted up offering to promote stories for money and homogenized groups worked together to promote their own agendas and content. The site administrators eventually rolled out new algorithms that necessitated a. . . Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:09:43 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2742992Tech Industry News