Monday, December 2, 2002

categories: Culture, Biz Companies focus on camera-print standard CNET News.com - In a move contrary to current proprietary practices, six companies are now rooting for an industry standard to allow photos to be printed through a direct camera-to-printer connection. Proposal Aims to Ease Digital Photo Printing PC World Harmonious photo printing PC Advisor Electronic Publishing Magazine - Digital Camera Reviews and News - MacWorld - CW360.com - and 14 related » Google Technology News The next step in the continuing commoditization of color printing is all this is. If you are looking for "pleasing color" not "match color" this may be the right technology for you. Eventually you'll see smart printers that will know which ink, paper, and resolution is loaded and will transform image embeded color profiles to produce true "match color" prints.   2:38:49 PM  Google It!  comment

categories: SciTech, Biz Feds give OK to IBM-Hitachi deal The Federal Trade Commission grants approval for Big Blue to sell its money-losing hard-drive business to Hitachi, in a transfer expected to take three years. This is the last hurdle for the transfer of 70% of IBM's magnetic hard drive business to Hitachi. What is significant is this represents an end of life cycle play for the magnetic hard industry. What's next? The two technologies I see racing toward market are optical (duh, we already have CD and DVD), let me be more precise, holographic optical, and nanotechnology storage. The holo-cube has been an idea, then a reality in IBM labs. A one centimeter cube that has no moving parts and holds 10 GB of information. Read about it. IBM has also developed a nanotechnology molecular-scale device in a project named "Millipede." To get an idea of just how encompassing the storage achievement is, IBM estimated that Millipede is dense enough to house 25 million printed textbook pages on a surface the size of a postage stamp. And it's rewritable! Read about it. I have several articles on this page and this page. IBM research has an article that covers the history of IBM in magnetic media drives here. Search on the future of holographic storage technology Get ready for an explosion in storage capacity during the next three years.   2:00:49 PM  Google It!  comment

categories: Financial, Legal, Biz, Politics Airlines' Official Warns on Security Costs The president of the airlines' trade association said that unless the industry's problems are fixed soon, it might be necessary to nationalize the airlines. By The New York Times. New York Times: Business   1:05:02 PM  Google It!  comment

categories: Financial, Biz, Politics United Talks of Total Savings as It Pushes for Federal Help United Airlines said Tuesday that its recovery package would yield savings of $14.1 billion in the next five and a half years. By Micheline Maynard. New York Times: Business   1:03:24 PM  Google It!  comment

categories: Financial, Biz, Politics Powerful Allies Lobbying Hard for United Aid A lobbying battle has broken out over whether to award $1.8 billion in federal loan guarantees to United Airlines, with the House speaker supporting the airline. By Richard A. Oppel Jr. with Micheline Maynard. New York Times: Business   1:01:45 PM  Google It!  comment

categories: Culture, Legal, Politics Drilling near ' sacred ' lake gets Bush OK San Francisco Chronicle - The Bush administration gave Calpine Corp. permission Tuesday to develop a 48-megawatt geothermal power plant beside Medicine Lake in California's volcanic far north, reversing a decision in 2000 that blocked the project and angering American Indians who ... Controversial Geothermal Project Gets Go Ahead Environment News CLINTON RULING OVERTURNED Calpine gets OK on power plant at sacred lake Contra Costa Times Newsday - Oakland Tribune - GamblingMagazine.com - Wichita Eagle - and 35 related » Google US News   12:56:33 PM  Google It!  comment

categories: Medical/Health, Culture, Legal, Politics "Clear Skies Initiative" Results in More Pollution Environmental News Network - BRUNSWICK The Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF), like the rest of New England, is outraged by the Environmental Protection Agency s (EPA) announcement on Friday of regulatory changes to the Clean Air Act that will allow thousands ... Policy change marks new era of environmental degradation Seattle Post Intelligencer Excuse Pollution Always Palm Beach Post Salon - Middletown Times Herald Record - Conconrd Monitor - Baltimore Business Journal - and 13 related » Google US News   12:54:49 PM  Google It!  comment