Rush expected on .eu domain. A surge of applications for addresses with the new .eu domain is expected when it launches next week. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

 

12:03:56 PM    

 

Skype adds in video to net calls. Popular net phone service Skype is adding video calling to rival similar services by MSN, AOL and Yahoo. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

 

12:03:16 PM    

 

Primavera Excellence Award Winners (Primavera).

Primavera Recognises Best Business Practices With 2005 Excellence Awards

From: Primavera
Type: Press Release

[CADwire.net - AEC CAD industry news]

 

12:00:54 PM    

 

Bloggers weigh in on plagiarist of the year. Blog: News.com is constantly encountering examples in the blogosphere of blatant rip-offs of our stories and blogs. Text is lifted... [CNET News.com]

 

12:00:00 PM    

 

Autodesk Releases MapServer Enterprise to Open Source (AECnews.com).

Autodesk Release of MapServer Enterprise to Open Source Draws Cheers and a Rebuke

From: AECnews.com
Type: News Report

[CADwire.net - GIS industry news]

 

11:59:05 AM    

 

Google Earth Maps Bird Flu News (GISUser.com).

Innovative and Graphic Way to Monitor Emerging News on Bird Flu

From: GISUser.com
Type: Press Release

[CADwire.net - GIS industry news]

 

11:56:50 AM    

 

Podcast hijacked by 'extortionist'. Give us the dosh or the RSS feed dies [The Register]

 

11:56:02 AM    

 

Hibernate Object Relational Mapping. First in a two-part series by Java guru John Hunt [The Register]

 

11:55:13 AM    

 

The Man Who Makes Mario Funny. A Mario scriptwriter discusses snowboarding, sentient suitcases and the mustard of your doom. Plus: Photos of Japanese schoolgirls' panties are the ultimate punishment. From the Wired News blog Game|Life. [Wired News]

 

11:54:21 AM    

 

IE bug lets hackers phish with Google Desktop.

(InfoWorld) - A bug in Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer (IE) browser gives phishers a way to scan the hard drives of Google Desktop users, according to an Israeli hacker. Because of a flaw in the way IE processes Web pages, a malicious Web site could use the attack to steal sensitive information like credit card numbers or passwords from the hard drives of its visitors.By Robert_McMillan@idg.com (Robert McMillan). [InfoWorld: Top News]

 

11:52:01 AM    

 

EU ministers agree on length of time for data retention.

(InfoWorld) - European Union justice and home affairs ministers agreed on Friday that telecommunications companies and ISPs (Internet service providers) should keep call data for up to two years to enable law enforcement officers to track suspected terrorists.By Simon_Taylor@idg.com (Simon Taylor). [InfoWorld: Top News]

 

11:50:30 AM    

 

AEC Dimensions and Grids. When working with structural grids, differentiating between the grid line itself and other geometry within the drawing through different linetypes is done to make the drawings easier to read. Using the default OOTB setup the grid extension lines use the following linetype: CENTER2

I am sure most, if not all, of you are aware of the AEC dimensions and how simple this can be to dimension your grid lines.  [Will render for food...]

 

11:48:48 AM    

 

How does the 'MySpace Generation' intreract with the landscape, urban and natural?

 The MySpace Generation. theodp writes "They live online. They buy online. They play online. Their power is growing. BusinessWeek reports on The MySpace Generation, aka Generation @, for whom being online is a way of life. Preeminent among the virtual hangouts is MySpace.com, who boasts 40 million members and claimed the No. 15 spot on the entire U.S. Internet. And in When murder hits the blogosphere, MSNBC reports on MySpace's sometimes surreal role in popular news stories." [Slashdot]

 

11:46:55 AM    

 

Eleksen Introduces Electro Fabric. DigitalDame2 writes "Eleksen, a small UK-based firm is introducing electronic fabric, essentially carbon-embedded nylon sandwiched between layers of nylon mesh that, when a milliamps charge is passed through it, can recognize touch, pressure and even the direction and path of a stroke. This thin, flexible, and washable fabric connects to a small 8-bit processor, which then can be connected to a standard electronic device like an iPod. Eleksen company executives said the washable fabric can also withstand extreme pressure; they've rolled a car over it without any ill effects." [Slashdot]

 

11:44:42 AM    

 

Ever wondered about Wikipedia?

Rex Hammock on the authority of Wikipedia. [Scripting News]

 

11:43:15 AM    

 

New GIS Tutorial Book Provides Self-Study Instruction for ArcView 9. All GIS users, from classroom instructors to field surveyors, can now turn to a common resource to enhance their work. [ESRI.com: News]

 

11:39:57 AM    

 

Still trying to tie together disparate programs in analysis and project management?  This is ESRI's effort.

Middleware is in the Open, Finally. As Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) gains traction, developers are looking to loosely couple disparate components into an enterprise service bus (ESB) independent of the underlying protocols. This article shows how ESRI and other companies are using open-source middleware. [ESRI.com: News]

 

11:38:51 AM    

 

Like it or not, you LAs, all, must come to grips with digital video...

Back when the US was first considering digital TV, computer graphics pioneer Alvy Ray Smith argued that the new standard should eliminate legacy video baggage such as interlacing and non-square pixels. That battle was lost years ago, but the debate looks amazingly like the bellhead/nethead conflict that's going on now. [Hack the Planet]

 

11:36:34 AM