McDonough to Keynote AEC-ST/EcoBuild Federal (AECnews.com).

"Hero of the Planet," Architect William McDonough to Give AEC-ST and EcoBuild Federal Keynote

From: AECnews.com
Type: News Report

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5:07:52 PM    

 

VectorWorks Users Win Design Awards (Nemetschek NA).

VectorWorks Users Win At AIA-NYC and AIA-NYS Design 2005 Awards

From: Nemetschek NA
Type: Press Release

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5:07:05 PM    

 

I hate to say this but I think I'm going to buy a video iPod today. I went down to Best Buy yesterday and got the demo. I was pretty enchanted. I hate Steve Jobs for getting me to do this, though. :-( [Scripting News]

 

5:03:45 PM    

 

BitTorrent Does a Hollywood Deal. The company scrubs links from its website to discourage users from downloading pirated movies. But the software still lets determined downloaders get the goods. [Wired News]

 

5:02:48 PM    

 

The Ultimate Geek Gift Guide. Hunting for media streamers, GPS navigators or a home robot for the special techie in your life? Look no further. By Christopher Null and Robert Strohmeyer. Plus: The Buy Nothing Day founder speaks out. [Wired News]

 

5:01:43 PM    

 

Internet TV 'to boom' in Europe. TV delivered via broadband will become increasingly popular in Europe, new research predicts. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

 

5:01:02 PM    

 

GIMP's 10th Anniversary Splash Contest. Lalakis writes "Barely in time for GIMP's tenth birthday is the 10th Anniversary GIMP Splash Contest. This new contest requires a tutorial with the submissions, so get out your favorite text editor and show us all of the beautiful things you can make your GIMP do. Submit those entries and wait to see if there is a gimp-2.2.10 with your entry as the very special release splash. Here are all the current submissions. The contest will be open until Sunday the 27th of November, at which point the winner will be announced and committed to CVS. Happy Birthday GIMP!" [Slashdot]

 

4:59:52 PM    

 

If you're feeling bored over the holidays, the IBM Journal of Research and Development published an issue about BladeCenter. There are a few easter eggs in here, but I don't want to spoil what's coming later. [Hack the Planet]

 

4:58:56 PM    

 

Why Slackware Still Matters. An anonymous reader writes "In a rebuttal to the recent opinion column "Does Slackware still matter?" at Linux Watch, cRaig Forrester provides insight into Why Slackware DOES still matter--and not just to "hard-core group of hobbyists" or "highly professional" Linux server administrators--but desktop users and newcomers too." [Slashdot]

 

4:58:08 PM    

 

The Register: These supercomputers could be yours. A photographic review of the Supercomputing conference. [Hack the Planet]

 

4:57:09 PM    

 

Converged network gives Canadian ski resort a lift. Some IT managers are looking harder at whether converged networks supporting data, voice and video really pay off. For CanadaÂ’s Sunshine Village Ski & Snowboard Resort, which began a convergence project three years ago, the answer is a definite yes. [Computerworld News]

 

4:55:23 PM    

 

VoIP use to soar in Asia, In-Stat says.

(InfoWorld) - The market for VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) services in Asia, including Japan, is expected to grow at rate of around $1 billion per year between 2005 and 2009 to more than $10 billion, as the number of users more than doubles, according to market researcher In-Stat.

At the end of 2004, VoIP services revenue in Asia totaled $5.5 billion, with 8.7 million local VoIP lines. Service providers have been leading the VoIP charge in Asia through offering customers discount mobile phone or home rates on long distance calls that are transferred to the IP network, according to Victor Liu, an In-Stat researcher based in Singapore.

That's why VoIP revenue for long distance calling has outpaced local VoIP calls by a huge margin, with 85.4 percent of all revenue from long distance and the remainder for local calls, according to In-Stat. In Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore, a large portion of long distance calls have already migrated to the IP network.

By Dan_Nystedt@idg.com (Dan Nystedt). [InfoWorld: Top News]

 

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