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Limelight Networks Operations Center

Limelight Networks Operations Center in Tempe, Arizona supports all the online media streaming for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. by Jason Perlow

Tags: Jason Perlow, Online Media, olympics, media streaming, internet, datacenter

Image galleries 2008-08-17

Olympic online gold

Thanks to Microsoft's Silverlight streaming video software, more people than ever before are tuning in...err...logging on to watch the Olympics online. CNET's Kara Tsuboi reports on the popularity of the free service and the technology involved in transmitting that gold-medal relay race from Beijing to your home computer.

Tags: Desktops, Digital Video, Hardware, ina fried, internet, kara tsuboi, microsoft, NBC Universal Inc., News, olympics, Personal Technology, Productivity, silverlight, Web Site Development, Web Technology

Videos 2008-08-15

Gallery: Tech behind the Beijing Olympics

Technicians for this summer's 2008 Olympics from Beijing are training for their sport--IT. by Andy Smith

Tags: Olympic Games, Beijing, Workforce Management, Strategy, Human Resources, Management, Andy Smith, Olympics, tech, infrastucture

Image galleries 2008-05-09

Additional Resources

Copenhagen countdown

Will he or won't he? To go, or not to go? That is the question. Some MSM outlets say Obama will skip Copenhagen. Yet political leaders in the U.S. and abroad are urging him to attend. The international climate change...

Tags: Copenhagen, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-25

Some prepare for Copenhagen climate meeting

Here in the U.S. most folks don't even know where Denmark is. Hint, it's just a little east of Kennebunkport. But elsewhere the positioning before the December climate talks in Copenhagen has begun. In Britian, for example, all three major political parties actually admit there's global warming. ...

Tags: Copenhagen, Leadership, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Uncle Sam: less wasteful?

At first thought, the idea of ......disconnecting elevators to the first six floors sounds like a great idea, but what about the handicapped - there would have to be a way to let them use the elevator ... universal access to all places and all that jazz ...LudoThis blog is...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, tax, Uncle Sam, dictator

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

IBM, Canonical partner to target Africa netbook market; Upend Microsoft

Their timing is quite goodRight at this moment, the Internet infrastructure in Central Africa is being upgraded with new underwater fiber optic cable links that will ultimately bring Africa's broadband capacity on par with the rest of the world by late 2010. Their timing couldn't be better.Why not red hat...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Divide-and-conquer, netbook, Language Support, Debian, Canonical, Red Hat Inc., Linux, Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Factoids Lite 1.1 (Mobile)

Factoids Lite has 20 random facts. Know facts about person of your dreams, participate in the Olympics, or even discover the meaning of life.

Tags: Mobile, Fact, Sperensis, Factoids Lite, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-07

Don't inhale...those emissions wafting in from China

Two ThingsOne: Please spell check things before you upload them. Expensive is spelled incorrectly on your post.Two: The general problem we have with China is that the investment in disposal does not exist. If they even spent a quarter of what we do on disposal, we would most likely not...

Tags: methane, landfill, greenhouse gas

Discussion threads 2009-08-11

Images: Tech timetable to 2012 Olympics

Company overseeing the tech for the London 2012 Olympic Games reveals how it's warming up in preparation for the starter's gun. by CNET News.com

Tags: CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-07-27

Trafficking in Michael Jackson

The news of Michael Jackson's death and subsequent coverage of his memorial service brought the Internet to a crawl and saturated even the most robust of content delivery networks. When the King of Pop died last week, I swore that I was going...

Tags: Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-08

Datenotes Complete Sports Package 1.2 - WITH NBA 2001-02 (Mobile)

This is the Complete Package of Major Sports Schedules aggregated to fit in 1 convenient spot: The Palm Datebook. Features Include:2001 NFL Season and preseason including week number and open dates.2001 NCAA Division 1A Football season listed by conference.2001 MLB Season and All Star activities.2001-2002 NBA Season and All Star...

Tags: Mobile, Palm Inc., NBA, Datenotes, Games, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-07-08

Optimum Ultra: So how fast is it?

Optimum Online's $99 per month Ultra DOCSIS 3.0 service is one of fastest residential broadband offerings available today. But is it really "Up to" 101Mbps as advertised? As I mentioned in a post last week about broadband service outages, Last Friday, I was...

Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Router, Network, Adobe PDF, Broadband, Server, NetGear, Ultra DOCSIS 3.0, CISCO DPC3000, Speed Test, OOKLA, SRXN3205, Network Technology, Routers & Switches, Modems, Home Networking, Cable, Firewalls, Broadband Internet, Networking, Telecommunications, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-07

China's porn obsession not just a coverup for political repression

China's porn obsession not just a coverup for political repressionOur children should be so lucky!If our government would protect our children from porn, maybe we wouldn't have may of the problems we have in our society with our children and sex!RE: China's porn obsession not just a coverup for political...

Tags: Chinese Government, porn obsession, repression, political repression, coverup

Discussion threads 2009-06-26

VW Passat Ling Yu hydrogen fuel cell vehicle photos

Volkswagen gave us a chance to drive its hydrogen-powered Passat, developed from its lab in China and used at the Beijing Olympics. This Passat has electrically driven wheels, with an onboard hydrogen fuel cell system to generate electricity. by CNET News.com

Tags: Fuel Cell, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, VW, Photograph, Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, Emerging Technologies, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-05-20

Living with a netbook: The performance penalty

No one claims that netbooks can match the performance of laptops that cost hundreds or even thousands more. The real question is whether the performance of a netbook is good enough. Over the past few weeks, I've been doing some testing on five netbooks with 10-inch displays:...

Tags: Performance, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-05-19

News to know: Real Q1, Wolfram Alpha, Vonage, Psystar netbook, Google cloud

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Real misses for Q1, swings to loss; mentions "Facet" Garett Rogers: Wolfram Alpha has Google's attention ...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Vonage Holdings Corp., Sam Diaz, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Home Entertainment, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Tv & Home Theater, Hardware, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Blog posts 2009-05-08

Why the London Olympics is closed source

Why the London Olympics is closed sourceHeaven ForbidFrom the article quoted:[i]BT will be responsible for providing all communications services including those for the workforce, venues, athletes, national Olympic committees and the media. It will also manage voice and data networks.[/i]Amazing, they have awarded the telecoms contract to a telco. Whatever...

Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, OPEN SOURCE, Telecom & Utilities, British Telecommunications, London Olympics, voice

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

Why the London Olympics is closed source

This is about the fact that BT won the IT contract last year, plus its marketing rights. BT is a phone company. Phone companies are among the last hold-outs against open source. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Phone, Telephone Company, British Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-05-07

Can 3D save Blu-ray?

Can 3D save Blu-ray?No upgrade plannedI already have an HD TV. Cable provides me with movies and TV shows in HD. I see no compelling reason to upgrade to Blu-ray. Maybe when my current DVD player inevitably dies, I'll go with Blu-ray.I am blind in one eye,...

Tags: 3D

Discussion threads 2009-04-27