In the latest sign the music distribution business continues to be roiled by change, Nine Inch Nails has released its new album in a variety of formats, including giving part of it away on file-sharing technologies such as BitTorrent. The musical act has released part of its latest recording, a two-hour collection of instrumental music known as "Ghosts I-IV," under a noncommercial Creative Commons license.
Via Technewsworld | Posted on 2008.03.03 at 16:56
Drupal, the wildly popular open source social publishing system which has been downloaded more than 2 million times since it was released in 2001, will soon be available as a commercial distribution. The news was announced at DrupalCon Boston 2008, a convention of Drupal users, being held in Boston March 3-6.
Via Technewsworld | Posted on 2008.03.03 at 16:29
Intel has settled on a new brand name for its family of low-power processors, which formerly were referred to by the code names "Silverthorne" and "Diamondville." Now dubbed "Atom," the new processors will find their way into low-power mobile Internet devices and ultra low-cost computers. Intel also announced the Intel Centrino Atom processor technology brand for MID platforms.
Via Technewsworld | Posted on 2008.03.03 at 13:42
Apple created quite a buzz in January when it announced the MacBook Air, an ultra-thin, lightweight laptop that Apple CEO Steve Jobs famously fit into an interoffice mail envelope. Within a couple of days, my husband and I had placed our order -- the first Mac for our PC family. We've been putting it through its paces for the past few weeks.
Via Technewsworld | Posted on 2008.03.03 at 13:08
I've been talking about heroes for several weeks now, most recently the folks at HP who are overcoming the company's internal bureaucracy to turn what had been a problem unit -- its PC unit -- into the most powerful PC entity in the world. But inside HP another group of unsung heroes are those that are transforming their aging IT shop into a cutting-edge showcase of technology, which is making the corporation more agile.
Via Technewsworld | Posted on 2008.03.03 at 12:34
At a university lab in a Tokyo suburb, engineering students are wiring a rubbery robot face to simulate six basic expressions: anger, fear, sadness, happiness, surprise and disgust. Hooked up to a database of words clustered by association, the robot -- dubbed Kansei, or "sensibility" -- responds to the word "war" by quivering in what looks like disgust and fear.
Via Technewsworld | Posted on 2008.03.03 at 10:44
It's the first week of March and Spring is on the horizon -- at least in name, if not in implementation. So it seems appropriate, given the fresh breezes that are surely coming our way, that Adobe should announce that it is planning to port its Adobe Integrated Runtime to Linux. The Linux community has long wished Adobe would port many -- if not all -- of its products to the platform.
Via Technewsworld | Posted on 2008.03.03 at 09:16
With data security threats becoming more ubiquitous, the market for products that simplify the process of managing that information appears to be growing. New York-based GridApp Systems is hoping to take a step in that direction with Clarity 4.5 database automation software that it is launching Monday.
Via Technewsworld | Posted on 2008.03.03 at 07:34
The European Commission is spending 55m euros (?42m) on making the net a safer place for children. The money will be spent over four years on educational efforts and ways to protect children from inappropriate content and cyber bullying.
Via Technology [BBC] | Posted on 2008.03.03 at 07:00
Microsoft has said it plans to cut the cost of its Windows Vista operating system sold at retail outlets. Although no exact date has yet been given, Microsoft said price cuts would be introduced in 70 countries.
Via Technology [BBC] | Posted on 2008.03.03 at 06:44