http://www.ecoustics.com/latest/links Latest links, updated every five minutes http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-1023_3-10054717-93.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Consumers aren't happy with cable's offering, and they are looking more at what phone companies have to offer. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:16:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/pcw/news/151589 The cable provider's new cap should increase privacy, since the company won't sniff traffic. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:00:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/518319.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:45:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-1001_3-10053949-92.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Some of the world's leading phone companies complete the construction of an undersea cable to provide more Internet capacity between the U.S. and parts of Asia. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:04:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/517623.html Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:17:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17934 General Electric has announced the formation of a new joint partenship with consumer electronics maker Tatung called General Displays & Technologies. The new company will produce, market, and service a new line of GE-branded high-definition televisions. However, these won't be your ordinary HDTVS: they'll support IPTV via cable, satellite, and fiber right out of the bos, and the company will partner with NBC Universal (in which GE owns an 80 percent stake) to create an "open platform" for delivery of digital content directly to the televisions via the Internet."We are developing advanced, Internet capabilities for content delivery toRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:45:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-13846_3-10047706-62.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Online gaming is a brave new world of economic development. What can be learned from gaming may be applicable to open source as well. Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:49:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17917 If you use an iPhone 3G, then you should be aware that Apple might be recalling your USB adapter, since it’s prone to breakage.The recall only affects America and Japan. Some users have reported the adaptor prongs breaking off in the outlet, creating the possibility of electric shock and creating a safety hazard.For now Apple is advising users to charge their handsets by connecting the USB cable to a computer. Those who have the two-prong adapter with a green dot on the bottom are safe, however.As of October 10, users will be able to exchange their adapters for new ones at Apple stores or via the company webRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/guide/137 Got an Xbox 360? Use it to connect all the video, photos, and music on your home network and view them on your TV. In this step-by-step guide, we'll show you how to set up a UPnP sever on any Windows or Mac computer so the Xbox can access it, and then how to connect and browse your media. That way, when friends come over with their laptops, they can connect to your network and play their digital media too.To prepare, make sure your Xbox 360 is connected to your network either by Ethernet cable or by using the Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adapter. From the Xbox's main menu, go to the Media tab and sign into your user account by selecting the Sign In button at the top. WINDOWS XP/VISTA...Read | Permalink | Linking Blogs Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17913 Making a pitch to athletic iPod Shuffle users sick of fighting with tangled headphone cables, RCA on Friday released its new S2501 Jet Stream portable media player. The smallish PMP discards both wires and Bluetooth for proprietary Kleer wireless audio transmission technology, which RCA claims offers better battery life and audio quality.The thin, 3.63-inch tall player offers a 1-inch color LCD for browsing music, viewing photos and playing video, a splash-proof body with a clip, and 1GB of flash mRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:45:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/516116.html Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:50:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/516109.html Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:38:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/515228.html Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:58:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17865 Storage vendor Seagate has announced a new lineup of FreeAgent external hard drives for Macs and Windows PCs, including the new FreeAgent Go, which the company claims is the slimmest external hard drive on the market today at just 12.5mm thick. The FreeAgent Go also offers capacities up to 500 GB and a docking option so users don't have to deal with cables."The first FreeAgent storage solution offering introduced in 2007 unquestionably made a mark for Seagate in the consumer space, demonstrating that hard drives can be designed to provide a stylish complement to a computing environment," said Seagate senior VP for consumer solutions Pat KingRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:45:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17845 Today the British government will release the findings of its review into ways to increase broadband speeds for customers. The hope is to be able to increase speeds to 100 Mbps in the future.However, the minimum price tag attached is over $10 billion.Currently the average broadband speed is a little over 10 Mbps. Replacing old copper cables with fiber optic cables would enable much faster speeds. But one estimate is that it would cost over $56 billion to cover the entire country. Even taking fiber to street exchanges would cost $10 billion.But the BBC states that the report, written by former Cable and Wireless boss FrancRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17812 While many of us are concerned with our broadband speed, there are billions of people in developing nations for whom the word Internet might as well not exist. But that’s going to change; Google, along with HSBC bank and cable operator Liberty Global are set to help bring high-speed Internet access to around three billion people in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America using satellites, the BBC reports.Due to begin in 2010, the 16 satellites employed will use the 03b Networks system and tap into the burgeoning numbers of cell phRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:00:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/513571.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:27:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/513570.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:25:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/513569.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:22:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17809 Google has long been a huge player in online advertising, with its AdWords program practically being de rigueur on any side carrying ads, and the company famously making fortunes—many, many fortunes—on paid keyword-based search advertising. In 2006, Google began extending the reach of its ad platform into radio, and today the company ha announced a new partnership with NBC Universal that will have the company implementing its Google TV Ads platform on NBC cable networks like Sci-Fi, Oxygen, MSNBC, and CRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17805 It's the bane of all notebook computers: just when you think you've liberated yourself from the tyranny of the desktop…the battery dies. The result is that instead of being free and liberated and able to take your computer with you anywhere, your life devolves into a mess of power adapters, cables, extra batteries, and constant paranoid glances at your battery indicators.Although battery technology has yet to experience the sort of leapfrogging advances enjoyed by say microprocessors, HP does want notebook users to know it feels their pain…and that, correctly configured, it has shown that itsRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:45:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-1023_3-10035881-93.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Web giant is partnering with NBC Universal to act as broker for TV advertising time on some NBC cable channels through its Google TV Ads service. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:25:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-13772_3-10034909-52.html?part=ecoustics-cnet With MobiShow, you can run presentations from software PowerPoint from a mobile device without having to worry about cables. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:45:38 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17782 Home theater fans who have been looking for a way to push their high-definition video around their systems (and to different rooms) without the hassles of stringing cables (or drilling holes in the walls) have faced a choice between Ultra WideBand (UWB) and Amimon's Wireless HDMI (WHDI) technology. Although WHDI has been garnering industry support recently, video connectivity developer Gefen has gotten tired of waiting for a resolution, so it has decided to offer both UWB and WHDI products for folks who just can't wait to be wireless.First upRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:30:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17778 When the Federal Communications Commission decided to sanction Comcast for its network management practices that involved forging reset packets to shut down peer-to-peer networking applications like BitTorrent and Gnutella, the cable giant was widely expected to appeal the decision. Now, it has done so, filing a short appeal with the Washington D.C. Court of Appeals, arguing the FCC does not have the authority to sanction Comcast based solely on a policy statement, rather than actual enacted regulations.The dispute comes from the FCC's Internet Policy Statement, issued in 2005 (PDF) the states consumers areRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:30:00 -0400