Tap New Markets Using ArcGIS Business Analyst. Free seminar from ESRI's online Virtual Campus develops market awareness [ESRI.com - News]

 

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World Cup Gadgets and Gizmos. With passions for the international tournament reaching a fever pitch, soccer-related novelties can add to the fun. Griffin Wright fills you in with a gadget gallery. [Wired News: Top Stories]

 

9:04:39 AM    comment []

 

Ruby on Rails for DB2 Developers. An anonymous reader writes "Ruby on Rails seems to be the new hotness in the world of web development, right up there with Ajax. IBM DeveloperWorks has a helpful howto on how to bring the worlds of Ruby on Rails and your DB2 framework together. From the article: 'Because Rails emerged from the open source world, until recently you had to use MySQL or PostgreSQL to work with it. Now that IBM has released a DB2 adapter for Rails, it's possible to write efficient Web applications on top of your existing DB2 database investment.'" [Slashdot]

 

9:03:41 AM    comment []

 

BitTorrent Speeds Up Downloads. The latest version of the P2P software should make users happy while helping ISPs defray costs. Plus: New wireless headphones could finally solve the cable problem. In Listening Post. [Wired News: Top Stories]

 

9:00:21 AM    comment []

 

France Launches Maps Site. French government creates a website with high-resolution images to challenge Google Maps. By Eli Milchman. [Wired News: Top Stories]

 

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Wonderful World of Wireless. EarthLink's dream of blanketing an entire city with Wi-Fi will come true when Anaheim, California, flips the switch later this month. The company hopes to use the bold experiment as a blueprint for the future. From Forbes.com. [Wired News: Top Stories]

 

8:58:19 AM    comment []

 

Virginia Puts ArcView in Classrooms (GISUser.com).

Virginia Department of Education Adopts ESRI Statewide ArcView License

From: GISUser.com

[CADwire.net - GIS industry news]

 

8:56:18 AM    comment []

 

ArcPad to Support U.S. Census 2010 (ESRI).

ArcPad Mobile GIS Technology to Support U.S. Census 2010

From: ESRI

[CADwire.net - GIS industry news]

 

8:53:32 AM    comment []

 

ITV signs deal for net broadcasts. ITV shows will be on the internet and mobiles for up to a month after they have been on TV under a new deal. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

 

8:52:12 AM    comment []

 

Channel 4 to air TV shows online. Channel 4 announces plans to show programmes simultaneously on TV and the internet. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

 

8:51:05 AM    comment []

 

Mobile TV entices football fans. The World Cup in Germany is being used as a test bed for watching TV on your mobile phone. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

 

8:49:34 AM    comment []

 

Niche TV growing quickly online. The spread of broadband is giving rise to new TV channels online devoted to niche interests. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

 

8:48:16 AM    comment []

 

Internet to Blame for Lack of Close Friends. Anonymous Coward writes "Duke and University of Arizona researchers are citing the Internet as one of the main contributing factors to a shrinking of social networks among Americans. People say they have fewer people they can talk to about important stuff, even if they are talking to lots more people from all over the place about unimportant stuff online." [Slashdot]

 

8:46:39 AM    comment []

 

Video: Is video on the Net the new television?. Video: Is video on the Net the new television?. At Supernova 2006, CNET's Neha Tiwari sits down with Jeremy Allaire, Brightcove founder and president, to discuss the future of videos on the Web.
[CNET News.com]

 

8:43:38 AM    comment []

 

A gallery of alternative keyboards. Blog: We thought we'd seen just about all the design variations offered by computer keyboard manufacturers, but we couldn't have been... [CNET News.com]

 

8:42:41 AM    comment []

 

Video: Ask.com keeps it simple, clean and user friendly. Video: Ask.com keeps it simple, clean and user friendly. CNET's Neha Tiwari converses with Ask.com Jim Lanzone about search engine expansion, the world's weirdest queries and what sets Ask.com apart from other search tools.
[CNET News.com]

 

8:41:33 AM    comment []

 

2006 FIFA World Cup Soccer and Autodesk. The FIFA World Cup is a large soccer/football tournament that occurs every 4 years. It is also one of the largest viewed events worldwide. This year the world cup is also being televised in HDTV format for the first time.

If you have been watching, chances are that you have seen content and commercials that were touched by an autodesk product. Rough overview of products include: Maya, Inferno, Flame, Smoke and Combusition. The original article can be found here.

[Will render for food...]

 

8:40:19 AM    comment []

 

Warning: mobiles and lightning don't mix.

Conversation killer

UK doctors are advising mobile-addicted Brit youth to lay off the chat during thunderstorms - or risk the consequences.…

[The Register]

 

8:38:11 AM    comment []

 

Planet X a bigger threat than malware.

Black helicopters and unauthorised apps

Letters Right, let's get down to it cos there's some top-notch footie to be watched and much beer to be simultaneously drunk this fine Friday afternoon.…

[The Register]

 

8:35:53 AM    comment []

 

Nice video shows policing of the future.

Computer surveillance with a human face

Nice Systems, the Israeli firm trying to sell extreme surveillance software to the British police, has put out a promotional video depicting the way our friendly bobbies will police our communities a year from now - if they use its latest software.…

[The Register]

 

8:34:00 AM    comment []

 

Civil 3D Extension 2007 for Google Earth-Technology Preview Intro'd (PR Newswire).

Autodesk Announces Civil 3D 2007 Extension for Google Earth-Technology Preview

From: PR Newswire

[CADwire.net - AEC CAD industry news]

 

8:30:33 AM    comment []

 

PeopleSoft apps vex N.D. colleges. A $40 million PeopleSoft implementation isn't working as promised and is forcing the North Dakota state university system to customize the software to ensure that it can handle required tasks. [Computerworld Breaking News]

 

8:23:32 AM    comment []

 

World Cup: Apple technology broadcasts soccer updates. Highlights from the world's most popular sport are being prepared using a variety of Apple products and technologies. [Computerworld Breaking News]

 

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