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Chats and Forums RSS FeedsHow about a Blu-ray/VHS Combi? - A Blu-ray disc recorder and a VHS video tape machine may seem unlikely bedfellows, but that hasn't stopped Panasonic from wrapping them up together in the same box for the DMR-BR630V. The 630V can write at six times speed, has digital and analog tuners, new second-gen MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 encoder chips as well as all the standard HDMI and analog connections and Panasonic's Viera link for device interconnectivity. It also records to DVD. And there's even a 320GB hard drive inside, capable of recording video and later letting you dub it. Gizmodo has a bit more and so does ...Feed Source: feeds.feedburner.com IEEE standardizes 801.11r fast Wi-Fi roaming - The IEEE has completed 802.11r, a standard that lets Wi-Fi devices roam quickly between wireless access points (WAP) and which improves the performance of VoIP on enterprise LANs. Traditionally, 801.11 devices can roam from one access point to another, but it takes about 100ms to re-associate, and several seconds to re-establish authenticated connections using 802.1x. Not good for time-critical apps like VoIP.According to InfoWorld, "the new standard, 802.11r, known as Fast Basic Service Set Transition, allows the network to establish a security and QoS state for the device at the new access point, before it roams between the two, so the transition can take place in less than 50ms - the standard required for voice roaming."The article explains that vendors have traditionally either used lower security options on Wi-Fi VoIP (i.e. easily cra... What's in Your Back-to-School Pack? - Is every kid in America (at least at a certain age bracket) heading back to High School (or even Middle School) this week with a cell phone and iPod? I'm sure there a many other variations of gadgetry in the average back-to-school back pack (or other notebook, pencil, paper, lunch carrying device), but that's got to be the one. Wait Maybe it's just the iPhone without anything else, but that would seem to be more appropriate for a higher demo that what I'm given to thinking. Or maybe the real debate is the iPod and a specific model of cell phone in tandem? Anyway, before I get myself all confused over thi... Microsoft develops Vi-Fi (Vehicle Wi-Fi). VoIP while driving baby! - A new technology developed by Microsoft in alliance with the University of Massachusetts (UMASS), and the University of Washington has resulted in a new technology called Vi-Fi (Vehicle Wi-Fi). Vi-Fi solves the problem of hopping from one Wi-Fi wireless access point (WAP) to another when signal strength diminishes. According to the article, the goal of Vi-Fi could be to power VoIP calls, Internet, and radio in cars of the future.Ironically, Andy wrote a controversial blog this week about VoIPing while flying (using Ai... Everything in the World's Going Wireless - In Singapore, the Dutch consumer electronics maker Philips is designing a multimedia server to stream audio and video through the air, from the Internet to any device in the home. In Munich, a former unit of Siemens envisions a cordless phone that would double as a music player, wirelessly drawing music from home computers. In Japan, members of Sony's global "digital home team" are redesigning 90% of the company's home electronics components to connect wirelessly to the Internet by 2011.Across the consumer electronics industry, the leading players are revamping their audio and video equipment for a future centered around the Internet, a w... Woz: The Engineer Behind the Apple - At the 2008 Intel Developer Forum, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak (right in photo) took the main stage to talk about his love of engineering and science, the process behind developing the Apple II personal computer, and what it's like to be "Employee No. 1" at Apple. Wozniak also spoke of the impact Steve Jobs (left in photo) still has on Apple and its slew of successful products, from the iPod to the iPhone. If he had his wish, he would have remained an engineer for life at Hewlett-Packa... Intel's Third Tablet Ready for Back to School Ride - Intel has unveiled the third generation of its low-cost laptop for students, which branches out from the standard clamshell design with a tablet-style option and includes a touch screen.Introduced at the recent Intel Developer Forum 2008 in San Francisco, the new Classmate PC -- slated for deployment by the end of this year -- is aimed primarily at students worldwide in grades 3-8."We spent a lot of time with ethnographers, building this Classmate with students in mind," said Jeff Galinovsky, regional manager for the Classmate PC. "We've been collecting over two years of research to help develop the best PC for students."Since its initial releas... Opentape Picks Up Where Muxtape Left Off - With web music fan favorite Muxtape currently out of commission due to "a problem with the RIAA," an open source -- if no more legal -- alternative has appeared: Opentape. Opentape describes itself as "a free, open-source package that lets you make and host your own mixtapes on the web." Or, in other words, a Muxtape clone that's free and open source.The demo mixtape is basically a straight up clone of the Muxtape site. The software uses PHP 5, Apache, and requires curl. The version 0.1 release hit the web a couple of days ago. Get more at ... Asterisk GUI 2.0 launches - Yesterday, afternoon I mentioned Asterisk GUI 2.0. Later that evening, Digium "officially" announced Asterisk GUI 2.0 and included some screenshots, which you can check out here: here's a few screenshots to wet your whistle: ... Digium Headquarters Tour - During my tour of Digium's headquarters in Huntsville, Alabama I snapped quite a few photos that I thought I'd share. I'll just share a few here, but if you want to see them all, go check out the online photo album I created specifically for Digium: http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/photos/digium/ Be sure to check my other photo albums as well: http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/photos/ The new Digium headquarters is very impressive. I couldn't help but be in awe of what Mark Spencer created. Obviously, there is money to be made in open source, an... Treo 800w: Now Finally We Get Wi-Fi ... - The first Treo device with built-in Wi-Fi connectivity is worth a look for companies running a Microsoft back-end infrastructure or for die-hard Treo users. Alas Although the Treo 800w is likely the best Treo smart phone Palm has delivered to date, Palm's late adoption of technology now standard on many competing mobile devices leaves the Treo 800w as a middle-of-the-road option for many casual buyers. At long last, Palm has added Wi-Fi connectivity to a Treo, as the 800w features an 802.11b/g radio in addition to a new integrated GPS receiver. Given how astronomically long it has taken Palm to implement Wi-Fi in any of its devices, it is ... Apple's Got a Few Blemishes of Late ... - So much good news and now so much bad news. The Apple rumor mill is churning, but this week it's about software fixes instead of new products. News reports are raising expectations of yet another iPhone software fix next month. Apparently software update 2.0.2 didn't fix connection problems -- in fact, it created new issues for some iPhone users even as others are wrestling with MobileMe foul-ups that make receiving e-mail on the handset sketchy. The software fix Apple was reportedly related to a chip inside the iPhone. BusinessWeek reported last week that Apple was working on a remedy through a software upgra... Amazon To Re-Kindle Its Popular eBook Reader - Amazon will reportedly ship new versions of its Kindle e-book reader before year's end. The original reader launched last November sold out in its first week and had Amazon scrambling to fill holiday orders. While sales have been brisk, estimates vary.A Seattle newspaper confirmed late last week that Amazon.com is in the late stages of rolling out two new versions of Kindle. Reports unconfirmed by Amazon indicate there will be at least two new devices -- one with a new user interface, but the same dimensions of the original paperback-sized reader, and another the size of an 8-by-11-inch sheet of paper. Other tantalizing details are that the new readers may sport color choices.The or... fring touchtone DTMF support - uh hello? - I've been playing around with fring for awhile now. I like fring which I like to call "the Swiss army knife of mobile VoIP and IM", since it works with Skype, SIP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, and AIM. Because it supports SIP, I'm able to configure fring to work on Asterisk-based systems to be able to make and receive phone calls. ... Digium Asterisk Appliance AA1080 or AA1060? - Bill Miller commented I may have seen some yet-unreleased products during my tour. During my tour of Digium's headquarters, I snapped some photos, so I thought perhaps one of my photos might contain some top secret Digium product, so I planned to give them a closer look. Sure enough two of my photos caught my eye. I zoomed in on the photos and noticed a Digium Asterisk Appliance with a model number printed that says "AA1080" or "AA1060". I can't be sure which model number is correct. Although my Canon Powershot G9 is 12.1 mexapixels, I was too far away when I snapped the photo to get a good resolution shot of the model name. I put on my best CSI and CIA photo enhancement techniques (aka Photoshop) to try and enhance the image, but I still can't make out if it's AA1080 or AA1060. Nevertheless, it would appear Digium has a yet-unreleased 1U appliance called the AA1080 or AA1060. Today, Digium has only announced the Digium AA60, AA300, and AA350 appliances. So th... Digium AsteriskNOW News and more... - As I hinted last week, I would have some "interesting" news to tell after my visit to Digium's brand new headquarters along with colleagues Greg Galitzine and Dave Rodriguez. Before I get into the MAJOR news being made by Digium, let me cover what else I learned on my trip. It had been 3 years since I last visited Digium down in Huntville, Alabama. After getting a grand tour of the new Digium building we ... What Gadget Are You Buying This Weekend? - It's just about prime time for back-to-school shopping so why not add a gadget to the list of pencils, Sharpies, three-ring binders, etc., that make up the usual back-to-school shopping list? So I'm asking you: "What gadget are you buying today?"And let's make it a lot more than a pencil sharpener (although that will come in very handy during the school year.)
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... Meeting with Digium - I had a very interesting meeting with Digium today in Huntsville, AL. Just got back to my hotel and fly back tomorrow. Stay tuned for more on what I learned.Sent from my Windows Mobile? phone.
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Awesome Adtran & Digium article -
Jul 08, 2008
D... Moto Looks To Get Its Mojo Back - Motorola, the world's third-largest handset maker, has just unveiled two new low-end phones on that allow users to listen to songs and surf the Web. Facing stiff competition from handsets such as Apple's iPhone and the Nokia line, Motorola has said it would launch 50 new devices this year, including advanced phones, trying to come up with a strong follow-up to its once-lauded Razr phone. One new handset is a music-enabled camera phone -- the W388 -- that sells for under $100. The second device is a low-end third-generation (3G) mobile phone -- the VE538 -... Presto! Intel Wants To Make Wires Disappear - Intel has made progress in a technology that could lead to the wireless recharging of gadgets and the end of the power-cord spaghetti behind electronic devices. It says it has increased the efficiency of a technique for wirelessly powering consumer gadgets and computers, a development that could allow a person to place a notebook on a countertop to power it. This could bring the consumer electronics industry a step closer to a world without wires.The chip maker plans to demonstrate the use of a mag... Seinfeld To Battle Mac Guy in Ads - Microsoft, weary of being cast as a stodgy oldster by Apple advertising, is turning for help to Jerry Seinfeld. The software giant's new $300 million advertising campaign, devised by a newly hired ad agency, has been closely guarded. But Mac-loving Seinfeld will be one of the key celebrity pitchmen, say people close to the situation. He will appear with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates in ads and receive about $10 million for the work, they say. (If you offer enough money ) I say, "No soup for you! See more at the ... Microsoft Debuts Its Surface 30" Interactive Screen at Sheraton - Microsoft is putting its touchy-feely side to the test at the Sheraton Hotel.The software giant recently showed off its new Surface technology at five Sheraton hotels nationwide. The demonstration allowed the public to get a feel for Microsoft's first fully touch-screen computer.The table-like Surface computer operates entirely through a 30-inch interactive screen, which works along the same lines as Apple's iPhone. But the Surface also recognizes and interacts with objects such as iPods and digital cameras that it comes in contact with, allowing users to edit photos or play music on the spot. The display, which rotates, can also recognize mul... Internet Finally Takes Off into the Clouds - American Airlines began offering Internet access on long-haul domestic flights today, making American the first U.S. airline to offer full in-flight broadband, according to a Reuters report. 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 Los Angeles, and New York and Miami. Airlines have been racing to get reliable Internet access on their flights in hopes of gaining a competitive edge in the troubled airline industry. (And making some money since the cost of fuel is sucking the life out of the industry.) Other... Oh No! Don't Spoil Our Fun! Wii Gets Slapped with Patent Infringement - Hillcrest Labs has apparently filed a complaint for patent infringement with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in Washington, D.C., and a separate patent infringement suit in the U.S. District Court in Maryland, against Nintendo, related to the Wii video game system. At issue are Hillcrest's U.S. Patent Nos. 7,158,118, 7,262,760, and 7,414,611, which relate to a hand-held 3-D pointing device, and U.S. Patent No. 7,139,983, which relates to a navigation interface display system that graphically organizes content for display on a television. Since 2001, Hillcrest Labs has pioneered technology that allows consumers to interact with digital media on television using mot... Apple's Battery Problems -- Now with iPods! - Remember not all that long ago when just about every computer notebook manufacturer was having problems with batteries -- like catching on fire! Now we have battery problems with cell phones! Apple is blaming a problem its problem with overheating iPods in Japan on faulty batteries.In r... Muxtape: The Day the Music Died (Again) - The music has stopped at Muxtape.com, the free, online music site that allows users to create a playlist or mixtape of up to 12 songs and share the list with friends. It was temporarily shutdown as the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) flexed its copyright protecting musclea. The Manhattan-based startup has informed users that it "will be unavailable for a brief period while we sort out a problem with the RIAA." The RIAA has been cracking down on illegal sharing of copyrighted music on the Web for the past few years. Muxtape has previously said that it does not violate any copyright infringement laws because it is not an online service that allows consumers... AC/DC & Wal-Mart? Go Figure ... - Who would have figured that Wal-Mart would have become the exclusive retailer for classic rock bands coming back to life?In the latest news in this area, the king of retailers revealed that the new AC/DC album, Black Ice, will be sold exclusively in Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores starting in late October.The deal is part of a wider strategy for the world's biggest retailer to get exclusive deals to sell CDs. It is the latest album to be sold under such an arrangement, as Wal-Mart got exclusive rights to sell albums by the Eagles and Journey in recent months.(And don't forget that AC/DC has one of the all-time top selling albums -- can you believ... VoSKY Exchange Pro VISIP-EX SIP PBX-to-Skype gateway - VoSKY just announced the VoSKY Exchange Pro VISIP-EX, a SIP-to-Skype gateway product that bridges the Skype network with SIP-based IP-PBXs and SIP gateways. The VoSKY Exchange Pro VISIP-EX enables companies with SIP-enabled PBXs to add Skype trunks for inexpensive calling. This isn't the first SIP-to-Skype gateway, I've written about others here, here, ... Digium AA50 1.2 Software Released - Yesterday, Digium released version 1.2 for the Digium Asterisk Appliance 50 (AA50). It's been awhile since I've heard any news about the AA50, so I'm glad to see Digium is still developing for the AA50 even with their new Switchvox-based AA60 appliance offering and their even newer AA300 & AA350 offerings. Actually, I discussed whether Digium's AA60, AA300, and AA350 would compete against their original AA50 Asterisk appliance, which might be worth... You Be the Judge! At CES! - If you're a member of the press, an independent designer or an engineer, we want you! (Actually, the International Consumer Electronics Show -- CES -- wants you. And that is some show! This is one that draws hundreds of thousands of people so that the Las Vegas Convention Center -- and some other LV venues -- is filled to overflowing.)Here's what you need to know for now: Are you able to volunteer a little of your time to judge one of the most prestigious awards programs in the consumer electronics industry? Do you consider yourself a knowledgeable consumer electronics design professional, with expertise in any of the 34 Innovations... Re: DIY orbital scanner - Thanks LockerGnome. Have you worked on the IA planetary scanner? ... Re: DIY orbital scanner - Bounce the lighting off matte white reflectors.
Shape the reflectors to even the lighting.
The lights and reflectors need to be out of the view of the cameras reflected off the glass plate.
... Re: Greek letters - It appears to be the sort of garbage output from an OCR
engine trained only in latin scripts. The same mess happens at the beginning of many books where there is a mixture of fonts, particularly the t ... Re: Another removal - Done. ... Another removal - The author has asked that this be taken off
http://www.archive.org/details/PartnersInHateNoamChomskyAndTheHolocaustDeniers ... Commentarii in Vergilii carmina - I am sure I have browsed a latin commentary to Virgil's Bucolics. It must have been from Archive.org. However I cannot find such a text anymore, neither on the site nor on my harddrive. Have I dreamt? ... Re: Please remove - Somewhere Crumb is laughing his head off ... Please remove - http://www.archive.org/details/WhenTheGoddamnJewsTakeOverAmerica
Uh people who are familiar with the things I post know I don't shy away from sensitive issues, and like to post controversial things ... building news and engineering journal - My grandfather recently gave me the Building News And Engineering Journal Vol 29 1875.
I am trying to find out some more info on this publication.
How many were there printed? etc.
Would appreciate an ... Re: Extremely slow download speeds - Librivox can report what the circumstances are at his end of the node, not what is happening at the host server. I'm not meaning to be an appoligist for anyone, simply an observer of realistic expecta ... Re: Extremely slow download speeds - Believe me, kiteman, I also am grateful to those who operate the site. It has given me access to books which I could never hope to read otherwise. But gratitude is not the issue. The aim of the arch ... Re: Extremely slow download speeds - Your post states all of the reasons the host simply cannot do as you would ask. When you log on from (whether from Scotland or New York) your local lines, networks and servers have far more impact on ... Re: Extremely slow download speeds - This is a good idea (P2P solutions). Duplication is the best form of preservation.
The thought has occurred to me of downloading a copy of every book (half-million or so) but then I did the calculat ... Re: How do Microsoft digitize texts? - Are they still digitising?
I though Microsoft have wound their digitisation initiative down... Re: Extremely slow download speeds - Greetings!
I'm also concerned with this issue, and in addition for donations which are truly useful for other areas of the IA project as well, I really urge the Archive to make use of ... Attention Framen - The guy that likes to review some of the stuff I uploaded and is apparently an Aussie - I thought you might get a kick out of this
http://www.archive.org/details/PocketGudieToAustralia
Maybe we can ... Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands - http://www.archive.org/details/ReportOnTheUsTrustTerritoryOfThePacificIslands_489
I keep getting a system slowness message, even though I haven't had the promblem with books of comparable size. Could ... Re: posting a new zine - =)
We feel like we've had a little car accident on the side of a motorway. So many passers by having a look, but no one stops!
Have we posted this question in the wrong place? or is it hard to answe ... Re: Extremely slow download speeds - Thanks for the info, stbalbach. I understand that the site relies largely on voluntary sources and things don't always run smoothly because everything's stretched to the limit, but that's no excuse f ... Re: Extremely slow download speeds - One thing we can all do to help is send in yearly donations. In the states we have Public Television (in the UK it is the BBC) - IA needs that kind of broad base user support, in addition to the fundi ... Re: Extremely slow download speeds - It seems that things can only get worse. I got a download speed of .9 kbps yesterday - yes, less than one kbps.
I happened to visit the Librivox website today, and they have an announcement that arc ... posting a new zine - Hello.
We had a bit of a look around, but couldn't find anything that obviously answered our question (so, sorry if we did miss something obvious).
We are about to start posting content for a new we ... Re: Copyright Question - I am just now working on a British author who died in 1934, whose copyright thus expired in 2004. A few of his books have been reissued in modern facsimile, i.e. not re-set by a publisher, so I don't ... Extremely slow download speeds - I've been collecting public domain ebooks for two or three years now, but only recently came across this truly fantastic site. I couldn't believe the range and quality of texts available - all for fre ... Re: Copyright Question - Correction-- it's late--- instead of Late 19th Century, read after 1911. Nothing before 1911 is still in copyright in the U.K, but after 1911 many works are, because the authors lived past 1945.
Bert ... Re: Copyright Question - P.S. to get Google off the hook a little, there is an interesting legal copyright problem concerning British authors who died after about 1945 or so. It also applies to other online American archives . ... Re: Copyright Question - Yes, that's exactly what I'm talking about. Few people have noticed this about Google.
Unlike the now-gone Microsoft Live Book Search, oftentimes Google will make their clearly pre-1923 works unavail ... Re: Copyright Question - What about their pre-1923 scans that are inaccessible apart from snippits? There is a lot from the late nineteenth century. ... Re: Copyright Question - Thanks.. that's great news.
Now, if only Google will use them to do copyright checks on their post 1923 scans, and then release them if they're PD! (you can never ask for too much ) ... Re: Copyright Question - *mouth hangs open*
Thanks for the link, very useful! ... Re: Copyright Question - Coincidentally, Google just announced yesterday they have created a single database of all the copyright records from 1923-63 available for download.
http://booksearch.blogspot.com/2008/06/us-copyrig ... Re: Please remove - Done. ... What happened to all of Microsoft Live's journal scans? - Related to the question right below, Microsoft claimed that they scanned a tremendous number of journal articles for their now defunct scholar search. Something like millions.
What happened to all o ... Re: Copyright Question - If the work was published before 1923, then it's in the public domain in the U.S., so anyone can use it.
After 1923, up to 1964, it's in the public domain unless copyright was officially renewed. All ... Re: Potential for a collections of newsletters, magazines, newspapers, comics? - Some of the better periodicals are often re-issued in bound volumes and thus get caught up in the scanning efforts so if your lucky they can be found - but I agree 100% periodicals have been a neglect ... Potential for a collections of newsletters, magazines, newspapers, comics? - Currently the Archive's concentration in the text sector is for books and e-books - however, there is generally many less ongoing efforts to save actual periodicals (magazines, newletters, newspapers, ... Re: DIY orbital scanner - Bump! ... Re: Copyright Question - The archive, as part of the scanning process, has tried to give hints to those that want to use the books. But the archive does not know about copyright-- it is insanely complicated.
So, you can use ... Re: Copyright Question - If it's in the public domain-- which is what 'not in copyright' means-- then you can do anything you want with it. You can even claim you wrote it yourself-- if you can get away with it
I believe ... Re: No support for "resume" downloads? - It's strange. I use XP with Firefox and Download Accelerator Plus, but the direct link from the Archive web page doesn't work right-- when the server gets queried a file size 'unknown' comes back as w ... Why don't more public libraries subscribe to JSTOR? - Glancing at a list of California libraries that are subscribers to the JSTOR database, I was amazed at how few there are-- and only one public library, San Francisco, as well as just a small number of ... Request regarding 'Sort by Date' function - Hello,
First of all I should say that I really, really, really love this website. Thank you!
My problem is that when I search for books and wish to sort them by the order of their published year (ie . ... Copyright Question - Hi,
I am new to this list. I live in the United States. Do I need written permission to transcribe, edit, and use the text from a book listed as NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT and which was submitted by Miscrosof ... Greek letters - I've opened several books including polytonic Greek texts like Polyaenus, P. Oxy vols 1 to 14 and tried to download the text files. While latin characters were OK, the Greek is a mess. It is not unico ... Re: No support for "resume" downloads? - The Archive supports http 1.1 for almost all downloads (and all book downloads), so it should work with resume. What platform are you having this issue with?
-brewster
... Re: Has anyone else noticed this about Google Books? - The reason for the discrepancy must be that in the EU and so Britain, copyright extends 70 years after the death of the author, so a book published in the US in 1923 (and so out of copyright there now ... No support for "resume" downloads? - I have a slow connection, and would often use the "resume" download function of my browser to access Archive texts through Microsoft Live Books. It worked great.
But I notice that with dire ... Re: Has anyone else noticed this about Google Books? - By the same token, we can't access any of that great archive of 50's classical music recordings that are available in Europe!
BTW, when does the public domain kick-in in the U.K.? Here it's pre-1923 . ... PDF's in Windows/IE fixed -
A few readers have mentioned they have had a hard time with our PDF's in Windows/IE recently. (please tell us about these issues as they come up!)
It seems it has to do with the "linearizati ... Re: Has anyone else noticed this about Google Books? - You think that's bad -- in the UK I can only seem to view and download books that are pre-1880. I wonder why the UK's Google Books are so restricted? Everything after about 1880 is only available in s ... Copyright © 2008, Chicago Best Price. All Rights Reserved. |