Days before recessing for the year, the Senate has at last passed the Broadband Data Improvement Act. It directs the FCC to gather far more detailed (and useful) information about the US broadband market, including better deployment maps and price information.
September 2008
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Tue 30 Sep 2008
Tue 30 Sep 2008
If you are an Apple iPhone or iPod touch owner, you’ve likely noticed that nearly every time you check out the App Store, there are several updates available for applications you’ve downloaded.
Tue 30 Sep 2008
Visual Studio 2010 to come with airline like ‘black box’
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In the next version of its developer tool suite, to be known as Visual Studio 2010, Microsoft plans to include the ability to record the full screens of what testers are seeing, as well as data about their machine. When a test application crashes, the technology will enable developers to see the bug as it occurred, a sort of “TiVo for debuggers.”
Tue 30 Sep 2008
Delta Airlines Runs Linux in Planes w/ In-Seat Entertainment
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I was flying Delta the other day and caught this (blurry) photo with my iPhone. The pre-flight video caused the system to crash and when they rebooted, the lil’ Linux Penguin was on screen clear as day. This is the system that runs their games, flight information, and television on touchscreens.
Tue 30 Sep 2008
Camera makers are jumping into the 3D photo market more than 20 years after the format was laughed out of town and ended up as Michael Jackson’s sidekick in Captain Eo. Last week, Fujifilm announced a two-lensed camera that takes images and movies in 3D and captures wide-angle photos of single scenes simultaneously. As a result, we’ve heard some…
Tue 30 Sep 2008
The real problem here is that the easiest way to get an MP3 that isn’t crippled by some kind of DRM is still to buy the physical CD. What’s worse, when DRM systems go offline (as they are at Wal-Mart) people are going to be extremely hesitant to go digital again.
Tue 30 Sep 2008
Landfills to Fertilize Biofuel Crop With Trash-Juices
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Two British landfills could soon use their trash’s syrupy excretions to irrigate and fertilize on-site biomass crops.A developer, Waste Recycling Group, hopes to construct two 18-foot-deep lagoons near landfills to produce fertilizer from the leachate that oozes from the trash piles.
Tue 30 Sep 2008
Rare Plant Thought Extinct Re-discovered in Upstate New York
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A salt-marsh plant thought to have vanished from upstate New York is back. But it has not come back to the inland salt marshes, of which only four remain (three in New York and one in Michigan). Rather, the rare goldenrod was found growing alongside local streets, probably competing well where run-off from winter road salt suppresses other plant..
Tue 30 Sep 2008
‘Going Green’ has never been so popular so it is hardly surprising that there are so many sites about being Eco Friendly. An awesome list of popular websites that deals with eco friendliness and environment.
Tue 30 Sep 2008
New Facility Uses Algae to Turn Coal Pollution Into Fuel
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A coal fired power-plant in Oregon has started a pilot project to curb pollution by using algae to harvest greenhouse gases and make fuel and other useful products