http://www.ecoustics.com/latest/links Latest links, updated every five minutes http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-10784_3-9975050-7.html?part=ecoustics-cnet An article out of Europe quoted the top-level exec as saying Microsoft would bid for a Yahoo with new management, but the software giant says such words were never uttered. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:34:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-13505_3-9969231-16.html?tag=rsspr.6241714&part=ecoustics-cnet Featured links from the CNET Blog Network Windows Vista's big problem--Microsoft's popularity with developers is in free fall, thanks to Vista. Can it repair the problem? Honda produces first commercial hydrogen cars--Japanese automaker produces first commercially available hydrogen fuel cell cars for lease programs in California and Japan. What's in a (concocted) name?--In a New York Times article, Tim Leberecht came across a new twist in the naming game: meta-tagging your brand. Anti-swimmer system bad news for frogmen--Submerged surveillance system uses software, sonar to detect malicious swimmers. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:06:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-13953_3-9969375-80.html?part=ecoustics-cnet The Associated Press wants to create guidelines for excerpting from its news articles. But fundamentally the Net is a place where new material is factored out of antecedent matter and connected in an information "web" via links and snippets. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:58:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17000 Verizon Rolls Out Three New LG Phones This week might be all about the iPhone 3G—which isn't even available yet—but Verizon Wireless wants customers to know it's still in the game…and has three new handsets from LG to prove it. The LG Dare, LG Decoy, and LG Chocolate 3 are designed to appeal to multimedia fans, mobile professionals, and music lovers. Read the full story Digital Trends Articles And Features  Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/feature/85 The new iPhone is finally (almost) here, and not a moment too soon, as the original models have all but disappeared. Although iPhone 2.0 makes good on promises like 3G data speeds, Assisted GPS, and stereo Bluetooth, it's still a work in progress. Here are five things we'd like to see in iPhone 3.0. 1) More Memory 8GB and 16GB? Still?! This may have helped keep the iPhone's price down, but we are definitely ready for a 32GB version. Adding a microSD slot would be a nice touch too, though that raises som... Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/16947 There's no question that the online reference site Wikipedia is the darling of online reference sites. Despite its share of scandals and debate surrounding the validity of citing Wikipedia articles in schoolwork and research, there's no question that the online encyclopedia made up entirely of community-generated content has been a hit with the Internet community: in terms of traffic, Wikipedia is one of the Internet's top "brands."The stodgy and stalwart Encyclopedia Britannica has consistently poo-poo-ed Wikipedia—when it deigns to m Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:30:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/tl/21993/ Windows Media Player is a media player for all your digital media (audio, photos and video) for computers running Windows XP and Vista. It is available as a downloadable application for Windows XP directly from Microsoft or via Windows Update and ships with Windows Vista as its default player. It is also available on Pocket PC and Windows mobile based devices. In the following sections, I will show you the basic interface, library management, ripping/burning audio cds to the library and how to sync your media to a portable MP3 player. This article focuses on Windows Media Player 11. The Interface Windows Media Player 11 (WMP11) is the latest version on Microsoft's Media Player. It has undergone a complete overhaul from previous versions and sports a slicker user interface. It is pretty simple to navigate and access your media by just a few clicks of the mouse. You can use it to share media with other pcs, media streaming devices (XBox360, PS3, Netgear EVA8000, etc.), to rip and burn cd's to and from your library and sync your media to/from portable media players (both audio and video). There are 5 main buttons on the interface, they consist of the "Now... Fri, 16 May 2008 11:15:06 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/16716 Big Shake-Up At AMD For some time the perception has been that AMD has been lagging behind rival Intel in innovation. There have been problems, most recently one with the quad-core server processor that led to the resignation of chief technical officer Phil Hester in February. Read the full story Digital Trends Articles And Features TomTom ONE XL S Review Fri, 16 May 2008 09:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/16703 French encyclopedia Larousse has been around for a century and a half in print. But now they’re trying a new venture – an online version of its encyclopedia that would be akin to Wikipedia – but with a difference, according to The Independent.Like its model it would be free-access, and would encourage contributions. But whereas Wikipedia’s writers are anonymous, and sometimes unreliable, Larousse’s writers would have their names on the articles, which would then be protected.The company plans to have 10,000 images and 150,000 articles from its print versio Thu, 15 May 2008 09:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/video/n/2310062 When the CERN particle collider goes online this summer, it could shed new light on how the universe was formed. (May 12) Mon, 12 May 2008 12:12:31 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/16643 HTC Touch Diamond Adds 3G, One-Finger Use HTC has unveiled the HTC Touch Diamond, an update to its popular HTC Touch smartphone. The device packs 3G data capability, the company's TouchFlo touch-screen interface designed to be used with just one finger, and Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional for enterprise-class communications and integration needs. And the HTC Touch Diamond sports a distinctive look, with gem-like geometric facets and a large, 2.8-inch display. Read the full story Digital Trends Article Fri, 09 May 2008 02:56:06 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/16591 When the new iPhone is released later this year, will it cause as big a stir as the first version in 2007? Quite possibly, according to an article by Mike Wendland in the Detroit Free Press, which reports that rumors are flying among iPhone geeks about what might be on the new version. It’s certain that the phone will be 3G, rather the using the not-so-good EDGE network. Additionally it will have exchange e-mail capacity, so users with Microsoft Exchange – meaning a lot of corporate people – will be able to use it, widening the market. There Mon, 05 May 2008 11:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/16494 Western Digital Adds VelociRaptor Drives Western Digital took its Raptor line of high-performance hard drives a step further on Monday with the introduction of the VelociRaptor. The company claims its newest SATA drive performs up to 35 percent faster than the last generation.  Read the full story   Digital Trends Articles And Features  Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:00:00 -0400 http://www.cnet.com/8301-13556_1-9925358-61.html?tag=rsspr.6238101&part=ecoustics-cnet Featured links from the CNET Blog Network Ubuntu's Hardy Heron is here -- With its scheduled April 24 release of Ubuntu 8.04, which also goes by the alliterative moniker "Hardy Heron," Canonical will ship its second "long-term support" (LTS) version. Baidu's William Chang: 'No reason for China to use Wikipedia' -- William Chang, chief scientist for China's leading search engine, said it's natural for Chinese to use Baidupedia rather than the foreign Wikipedia. The world's 50 most innovative companies -- BusinessWeek has published its annual "World's 50 Most Innovative Companies" list, a survey put together in collaboration with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Of course Apple is No. 1. Yet there are some surprises. About Microsoft -- What does an article in ComputerWorld say about Microsoft? Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:21:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-10784_3-9919800-7.html?part=ecoustics-cnet As part of restructuring efforts, company plans to retire service enabling members to participate in real-world bidding, according to a Reuters article. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:08:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-10784_3-9918237-7.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Bacteria might not be able to drive a car or win at game shows, but they know how to make magnetic particles. Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:22:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/16344 Mitsubishi Intros New DLP and LCD TVs Mitsubish Digital Electronics America has announced a slew of new DLP and LCD high-definition televisions—seven new models in each category—and announced a nama for its new laser-powered television technology: LaserVue. Read the full story  Digital Trends Articles And Features Toshiba Qos Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/16310 The European Commission's Article 29 Data Protection working group has been examining how Internet search engine operators like Google, Yahoo, and WIndows Live search comply with European privacy regulations. The group's new report recommends that search engines discard personal search data after six, which may set the EC at odds (again) with the everyday practices of giant Internet companies, which routinely retain search data much longer.In part, query data saved by Internet search engines consists of search terms and phrases that users enter into the search engine. In and of themselves, these terms are often innoc Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-10784_3-9912874-7.html?part=ecoustics-cnet According to an article in Digitimes, Sony is looking to capture 50 percent global market share for its Blu-ray products in 2008. Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:40:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-13578_3-9910636-38.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Recording Industry Association of America responds to my article from earlier this week, saying that a federal judge's recent ruling in New York was more of a win than a loss. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:15:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-10784_3-9905964-7.html?part=ecoustics-cnet That's right, Wikipedia now has 10 million articles. But participation in this global brain-share is restricted in China. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:26:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-13772_3-9905726-52.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Including entries in approximately 250 languages, user-created encyclopedia marks a milestone. Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:05:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-10784_3-9905448-7.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Europe's CERN laboratory is a defendant in a lawsuit that asks for more time to assess the safety of the Large Hadron Collider, the world's biggest particle accelerator. Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:58:00 -0400 http://www.cnet.com/8301-13526_1-9897491-27.html?tag=rsspr.6234846&part=ecoustics-cnet Featured links from the CNET Blog Network Starbucks shocks by being too mainstream -- Starbucks, mainstream? That's hard to believe. Microformats (II): The limitations of microloans -- In an article in this week's New Yorker, James Surowiecki ("The Wisdom of Crowds") scrutinizes the effectiveness of microloans in bolstering the economies of developing countries. Dell refutes solid state drive failure claims -- Dell is refuting a report citing a high rate of solid state drive failures. Bruce Perens campaigns to join the OSI -- Bruce Perens wants to be on the OSI board. What has he done to deserve this? Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:22:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/16034 The BBC has reported that Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has been accused by Jeffrey Merkey, the former chief scientist at Novell, of agreeing to edit Merkey’s Wikipedia page in exchange for a $5,000 donation to the Wikimedia Foundation.On a mailing list, Merkey published as statement he’d released to AP."Wales agreed that in exchange for a substantial donation and other financial support of the Wikimedia Foundation projects, Wales would use his influence to make Merkey's article adhere to Wikipedia's stated policies with regard to internet libel 'as a courtesy' and Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:00:00 -0400