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42% of US adults get their political news from the Internet

42% of Americans those ages 18 to 29 say they regularly learn about the campaign from the internet, according Pew Internet & American Life Project. In January 2004, just 20% of young people said they routinely got campaign news from the internet. The proportion of Americans who say they regularly...

Tags: campaign, national public radio inc., internet, nb

Blog posts 2008-01-14

NPR file suit in net radio royalty conflict

National Public Radio has joined the ranks of online radio broadcasters objecting to recent ruling to increase music royalty fees, reports the Associated Press.NPR filed a notice with the DC Circuit Court of Appeals this week, stating that it would challenge the ruling by a panel of copyright judges that...

Tags: courts, congress

Blog posts 2007-06-01

NPR for Media Center (msi)

NPR is an internationally acclaimed producer and distributor of noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming. Through the Media Center, you can listen at your convenience to current and past editions of NPR's most popular programs including Morning Edition, All Things Considered and Fresh Air. Using Media Center's radio tuner, you...

Tags: media center pc, npr, national public radio inc., media center pcs, personal technology, home entertainment

Software downloads 2005-10-05

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Last.fm is rocking on various mobile operating systems

While I enjoy listening to music, I actually have a very small personal collection and primarily listen to the FM radio or stream my music over the internet. The recent iPhone 2.0 update opened my eyes to Pandora, AOL Radio, and Last.fm on mobile devices. I enjoy listening to Last.fm...

Tags: apple iphone, microsoft windows mobile, nokia corp., mobile, operating system, music, last.fm, advertising & promotion, tablets, marketing, hardware, notebooks & tablets, matthew miller

Blog posts 2008-08-07

Talking Firefox security with Mozilla's Window Snyder

LAS VEGAS -- Mozilla security chief Window Snyder wants to open-source much more than the Firefox browser. During a sit-down chat at the Black Hat security conference here, Snyder announced plans to launch three new initiatives around threat modeling, training and vulnerability metrics that push the envelope...

Tags: mozilla firefox, window, training, web browser, mozilla corp., window snyder, web browsers, security, internet, ryan naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Microsoft contracts stymie IBM laptop Linux plans

Microsoft contracts stymie IBM laptop Linux plansWhere had you read that?[i]When it comes to new hardware, most makers charge you for Windows even if you don’t get it. They do this to maintain their relationship with Microsoft[/i]Actually, I hear that these companies charge you for FreeDos, (though they claim it...

Tags: operating systems, ibm corp., microsoft corp., oem, lenovo group ltd., microsoft windows, agreement, linux

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

The social media corporate identity crisis

The recent "hijacking" of the ExxonMobil brand for Twitter use made a whoosh as the news traveled around the socialsphere. It also brought into view a lot of questions around brand validity and responsibility in terms of social networking. Joel Postman, principal of Socialized, authored this guest piece on the...

Tags: brand, social media, twitter, joel postman, popeyes chicken, q., branding, social networking, marketing, online communications, advertising & promotion, jennifer leggio

Blog posts 2008-08-06

CLEAR has a "Senior Moment"

CLEAR has a "Senior Moment"Not reassuredWhat happened to the laptop during the week it was missing? How do we know where it was or wasn't?I work in public health, where the release of such "limited personal information" as was described in the article would be taken very seriously. ...

Tags: healthcare, clear

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

Sensors to detect oral cancer in saliva

According to the American Cancer Society ACS, there will be about 35,000 new cases of oral cancer in the U.S. this year. The ACS also estimates that 'when oral cancer is identified in its early stages, patient survival rate is almost 90 percent, compared with 50 percent when the disease...

Tags: university of california at los angeles, team, researcher, protein, sensor, molecule, cancer, protein sensor, dr wong, team management, management, roland piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-08-06

IBM should spend another $1B to sell its Symphony OpenOffice-Linux desktop to the masses

IBM is enlisting the help of the top three Linux distributors to help its desktop Office and messaging software gain ground. It's a small step forward but Big Blue must reach out to the masses to win this game. At LinuxWorld, IBM announced that Canonical/Ubuntu, Novell and Red...

Tags: microsoft office, ibm corp., linux, open source, unix, operating systems, desktops, software, hardware, paula rooney

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Paris for President: Energy crisis solved

Slightly off-topic but call it proof that YouTube still has a role to play in politics. Always ready to ride a publicity wave, Paris Hilton has responded to John McCain's famous ad juxtaposing Barack Obama with Hilton and Britney Spears with an "ad" of her own, posted on the Funny...

Tags: offshore, paris, advertisement, hilton hotels corp., john mccain, barack, outsourcing, it operations, business operations, outsourcing & subcontracting, richard koman

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Time for Google to take out Sprint

Time for Google to take out SprintWhy change the name?The Sprint name stands for poor quality. Google has a reputation for high quality.I assume that, along with the name change, Google might institute policy changes which would decrease dissatisfaction with the brand, in order to protect its own good name.Sprint...

Tags: wimax, product marketing, wi-fi, wireless, branding, telecom & utilities, google inc., sprint communications

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

Zittrain explains the future of the Internet

Zittrain explains the future of the InternetThe internet is...A series of tube-like structures that can get clogged with too much information. Some tubes will be made bigger in the future to enhance the flow of information, but in reality we will discover that the new, wider tubes, will be filled...

Tags: e-mail, zittrain, internet

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

Zittrain explains the future of the Internet

Oxford professor and Harvard pioneer Johnathan Zittrain came to the CBS Interactive offices in San Francisco on Tuesday to speak and sign copies of his new book "The Future of the Internet... and How to Stop It". His presentation was called Civic Technologies. ...

Tags: router, technology, zittrain, internet, routers & switches, networking, andrew mager

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Welcome Zack and other good stuff

We're beefing up resources by adding in Zack Whittaker as a contributor. For those that don't know, Zack is already contributing under the iGeneration banner. That makes him the perfect candidate for Alley. Tough, knowledgeable, a great communicator and a product of the computing generation, he's the go-to guy on...

Tags: twitter, development tools, strategy, software development, software/web development, management, dennis howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-06

MIT team working on $12 'Apple II' desktop

MIT team working on $12 'Apple II' desktopAwesome, butThe Apple ][ was based on the 6502 processor, which I'm not even sure is even produced today. They'd probably have better success with a Zilog Z-80 derivative or even a Motorola Dragonball which powered the Palm Pilots. At least the 68000-derived...

Tags: team management, desktops, apple ii, mit team, massachusetts institute of technology, apple inc., team, desktop

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Sony BDP-S350

Sony has been the public face of Blu-ray since the format's inception, and while most of the focus during the bitter Blu-ray vs. HD DVD format war was on the company's PlayStation 3, Sony has been making standalone Blu-ray players from the start, beginning with the $1,000 BDP-S1. Unfortunately, that...

Tags: consumer electronics, dvd, game players, media players, monitors & displays, tv & home theater, sony bdp-s350, sony corp., sony playstation 3

Product reviews 2008-08-05

NETGEAR RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Router WNDR3300 - wireless router

The Netgear RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Router WNDR3300 features a rather misleading name. The router doesn't support true dual-band wireless-N, nor does it offer very good range. It's a basic router with two separate access points AP, one of which supports Wireless-N and can operate in either 2.4GHz or...

Tags: routers & switches, network technology, networking, home networking, wireless, wireless router, router, wndr3300, netgear, netgear rangemax, netgear rangemax dual band wireless-n router wndr3300

Product reviews 2008-08-05

LinuxWorld video: Merrill Lynch moves to stateless computing

LinuxWorld video: Merrill Lynch moves to stateless computingThis guy has been drinking too much clould computing Kool AidPutting your fate in someone else's hands is simply not a good idea. You may get away with doing so once or twice, but eventually you will get bitten very badly. As for...

Tags: corporate communications, now here, stateless computing, linuxworld, computing, merrill lynch & co. inc., video

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Sonos Digital Music System BU150

Sonos has been around since 2005, when the small company introduced its first multiroom digital music system to glowing reviews (including a CNET.com Editors' Choice Award). The product was comprised of two base stations and a unique for the time remote with a full-color screen that allowed you to wirelessly...

Tags: digital music, digital media, wi-fi, zp120, zoneplayer zp120, sonos

Product reviews 2008-08-05