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NBC brings new media player features to Winter Olympics and NFL

At the NewTeeVee Live conference in San Francisco, Vertigo CEO Scott Stanfield shows new HD video player features for the Winter Olympic Games, adding to its existing Sunday Night Football coverage. The new video player includes PVR features such as slow motion, fast-forward, and rewind, and gives users the ability...

Tags: NBC Universal Inc., NFL, Video, Video Player, Media Player, Media Players, Corporate Communications, DVR, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Home Entertainment, Olympics

Videos 2009-11-16

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

Apple ads dodge the network coverage issues

Misleading advertising is in Apple's DNAWhy would their carrier be otherwise?RE: Apple ads dodge the network coverage issuesI saw the "What time's the movie" add last night. In the real world, it would not play out the way it is shown. The fine print at the end of...

Tags: Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, RSS, HTC Hero, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Apple Inc., advertisement, TELUS Corp., 3G, network

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

The medical home is reform without objections, so far

Medical HomeThis path is already being broken. At my company, the $56/paycheck credit for not taking a company medical insurance plan has been replaced with a $20 credit IF you participate in a company-sponsored "wellness" program. You have to have a screening on company time - weight, BP,...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Financial Planning, United HealthCare, DUI, public entity, insurance

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Google makes Chrome OS open source today

I like itThe ChromeOS demo looked pretty cool!I'm almost 100% webapp-based already, so I could see myself using a simple, fast & no maintenance OS like that the majority of the time.I like it too, but, for me, I need to compile and run programs locally. I would imagine that...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, open source, Google Inc., Chrome, operating system, ChromeOS

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Tickets.com services for Vancouver Winter 2010 Olympic Games crashes during first release of tickets

People looking to buy tickets for the Vancouver Winter 2010 Olympics wound up shutting down the system. by Doug Hanchard

Tags: Tickets.com, Doug Hanchard

Blog posts 2009-11-16

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