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48ò0of teenagers would watch a full length film on their cell phones

48ò0of teenagers would watch a full length film on their cell phonesThe apocalypse is nighWhat are the imagined scenarios under which this would happen? During their feature film-length commute on a bus, when they aren't in any proximity to a screen that allows comfortable viewing? I'd love to hear...

Tags: apocalypse, length film, phone, cell phone

Discussion threads 2006-02-13

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Vendor claims Acrobat 9 passwords easier to crack than ever

Password recovery software vendor ElcomSoft claims that the password verification mechanism in the new Adobe Acrobat 9 is weaker than the one used in the previous version of Adobe's product, thereby allowing them to improve the brute forcing speed a hundred times faster. The company's claim comes right after Adobe's...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Password, Passphrase, Adobe Acrobat, ElcomSoft, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-12-02

The Paparazzi Social Media Problem

Jevon McDonald, someone whose opinions I rate highly, has posted a stellar piece on 'The uncertain future of Blogging' today. The idea of user-generated content was once almost exclusively owned by blogging. Blogging was the conversation, blogging was the vehicle, blogging was the...

Tags: Collaboration, Blog, Jevon, Blogging, Internet, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Mumbai Attacks : Knowledge is Power

There is a huge difference between verified information, speculation, incorrect information and disinformation. The net is buzzing about the communication enabled by Twitter, Flickr, youtube, wikipedia and bloggers from Mumbai, with CNN stating "It was the day social media appeared to come of...

Tags: Event, Knowledge, Twitter, Attack, Wiki, Security, Online Communications, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-11-28

News to know: Macs on sale, YouTube goes wide, Twitter, Cisco

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: A rare occurrence: Macs on sale Jason D. O'Grady: Apple retail stores to match prices Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple prepares for Black Friday blow-out! ...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, YouTube Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Cisco Systems Inc., Twitter, Telemarketing, AJAX, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Digital Media, Marketing, Marketing Research, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-26

What mobile video users watch

Type of Video Subscribers, 000 % of mobile audience Music Videos 639 32.8% Full TV/film 622 31.9% Movie Trailers 617 31.7% Comedy Videos 596 30.6% Weather Information 581 29.9% Local/National/World news 563 28.9% Sports action or...

Tags: Mobile, Video, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, NB

Blog posts 2008-11-25

YouTube getting ready for full length, wide-screen movies?

It was reported a couple weeks ago that Google is finalizing a deal that will allow users to stream full length movies on YouTube from some film studios. There are two things that Google needs to address in order to make this a success -- support for higher quality...

Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-11-25

The case for Scala

Programming languages are like screwdrivers for developers. One size does not fit all, so good programmers keep several in their tool belt. The problem is, new languages are coming out all the time and you've only got so much room on your belt and in your schedule to learn them....

Tags: Function, Method, Functional Programming, Language, Scala, Seq, List, Scala System, HQ9+, env:Env, David J. Biesack, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-11-24

Lines out door, around corner for BlackBerry Storm

The day has come, the time is near, and RIM's BlackBerry Storm has arrived in a store near you. So what kind of reception are we looking at here -- a mile-long frenzy like that for the Apple iPhone 3G, or the collective sigh for the T-Mobile G1? ...

Tags: Page, RIM BlackBerry, St., Ave, Storm, Handhelds, 3G, Hardware, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Top 10 camcorders

This year's hottest product category is arguably digital video, and there are a ton of options available on the market. So which camcorder should you choose? To aid you in your search for the best gadget for your visual adventures, here's my list...

Tags: Camcorder, Video, Canon Inc., Canon HG10, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-11-19

On-Demand Video Consumption, three-Month Average Ending August 2008

Type of Video Subscribers, 000 Share of audience Amateur Video Clips 1,346 37.9% Music Videos 1,224 34.5% Comedy Videos 1,179 33.2% Movie Trailers 1,074 30.2% Full TV/film 727 20.5% Local/National/World News 645 18.1% Entertainment/Celebrity News 629...

Tags: On-demand, Corporate Communications, Cloud Computing, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, NB

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Echosign prepares for tipping point of e-signatures

Electronic signatures aren't new. In fact, they've been equivalent to written signatures since 2000, under the Federal E-Sign Act. But adoption has been slow. Sure, my tax accountant may be submitting my electronic signature on my tax returns but recently, when it came time to put my out-of-state home on...

Tags: Signature, Echosign, Taxes, Free Trade, Sales Strategy, Financial Planning, Finance, Sales, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-18

SaaS competition in PPM and GRC heats up

More SaaS movement from a major software vendor CA yesterday announced the availability of two software as a service SaaS solutions. One is targeted for the IT management space while the other is oriented around governance. CA is taking its on-premise enterprise...

Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, Solution, Information Technology, On-demand, Computer Associates International Inc., PPM, GRC, Virtualization Technology, PPM Solution, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Tools & Techniques, Emerging Technologies, Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-11-17

News to know: Intel, Adobe; Kindle economics; OLPC

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: New update of Microsoft codename tracker available now Larry Dignan: Intel launches Core i7; Who's buying? Paul Murphy: How Intel's Nehalem...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Industry, SOA, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management

Blog posts 2008-11-17

Oerlikon Solar sees a shining future despite dark clouds over Wall Street

Wafer processing equipment and personnel. Courtesy: Oerlikon I blogged about Oerlikon last summer. Now the publicly-traded, Swiss-based company has come out with a new version of its turn-key thin solar panel manufacturing gear. Oerlikon Solar has developed new equipment that promises 50% more...

Tags: Solar Panel, Tax, Manufacturing, Oerlikon Solar, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-16

Fujifilm resurrects the "Polaroid" and announces Instax 200 instant film camera

For those who were sad to see Polaroid discontinue its instant film production, you don't have to wait for the Tomy Xiao to make it to the U.S. or make do with the Polaroid PoGo printer. Fujifilm announced today that it will be releasing its Instax 200 instant film camera...

Tags: Polaroid, Camera, Fujifilm, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2008-11-14

LG, Sharp admit to LCD price fixing; affected Apple, Dell, Motorola

LG Display, Sharp, and Chunghwa Picture Tubes agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges for participating in a liquid crystal display price-fixing conspiracy and pay $585 million in fines, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday. The three companies worked in concert to set prices on thin-film...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., LG Electronics Inc., Apple Inc., Sharp Corp., Price, LCD, Motorola Inc., Monitors & Displays, Sales Strategy, Corporate Law, Hardware, Components, Sales, Business Operations, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-11-12

A Kindroid in every pot?

A Kindroid in every pot?We need open source text books as well. Text books are still way tooexpensive, and the friction of paying the licenses and keeping track of them would kill this kind of roll-out.Silliest idea everIf you start mixing and matching functions of different devices, you turn it...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Text Book, Electrovaya, Kindroid, pot, tablet

Discussion threads 2008-11-10

Can we finally realize Alan Kay's Dynabook for $100?

The Dynabook. Source: A Personal Computer for Children of All Ages, Alan Kay, XEROX PARC 1968. November 5th, 2008 was the 40th anniversary since computer scientist Alan Kay devised the "Dynabook", a theoretical computing device which was aimed toward higher education and...

Tags: Device, Student, Alan Kay, Dynabook, E-books, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Personal Technology, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-11-09

Introducing the world's smallest 802.11n adapter

I'm not sure there was a groundswell of opinion asking networking manufacturers for tinier USB-based network adapter, but smaller is always better, right? At least that's the thinking from Planex, which claims to have built the world's smallest, lightest 802.11n adapter in the form of the GW-USMini2N. (See a comparison...

Tags: WPA, Network, Adapter, IEEE 802.11n, GW-USMini2N, Wi-Fi, Networking, Wireless, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-11-09