Update: It seems that using the gxine plugin, it is possible to view those video streams on Ubuntu anyway. Some people at least got it to work using Epiphany. I can confirm that this does work, but for some reason, it won't work for me with Firefox. ... (more in the full post)
Vodem stick officially appears online on Vodafone
You can finally find it - the Vodafone Vodem Stick is here.
With 7.2mbps HSDPA (where available) and 900MHz 3G coverage support included, it's a miniature device but more advanced than the Vodem.
Pricing for it seems to vary across pages though:
- $199/$99 for 1GB/3GB plan (respectively) on 24mths
- $99/FREE for 1GB/3GB plan (respectively) on 24mths
Digital Strategy due Thursday
Revised strategy comes three years after version 1.0
Wireless Power shown at Intel Developer Forum 2008
I am sitting through Day 3 keynotes and now it's the Research and Development keynote session with Justin Rattner. Lots of pictures to load later, but I wanted to post this one because I think it's the big thing out here: wireless power transmission.
Unlike those "wireless power" gimmicks shown at CES, which require special connectors and devices actually touch the power source, this one transmits power over the air - we are talking about 60 watts power over two feet, at 75% power efficiency.
Based on principles proposed by MIT physicists, Intel researchers have been working on a Wireless Resonant Energy Link (WREL).
WREL promises to deliver wireless power safely and efficiently. The technology relies on strongly coupled resonators. Intel says that with this technology enabled in a laptop, for example, batteries could be recharged when the laptop gets within several feet of the transmit resonator. Many engineering challenges remain, but the company's researchers hope to find a way to cut the last cord in mobile devices and someday enable wireless power in Intel-based platforms.
Here are some pictures:
Judge dissolves gag order against MIT students
Legal director frames the dispute as a First Amendment issue
Apple iTunes shows how New Zealand ISPs are not providing Internet Service
Apple has released its iTunes Movies service in New Zealand last week, and this has shown us how badly the ISPs are performing.
First we have the problem with "data caps". Most people I know are on 10GB or 20GB plans, which means that they either pay a premium for any excess traffic during the billing period, or have their connection throttled down to dial-up speeds. yes, dial-up speeds!
Take for example this comment from someone with Vodafone:
Going to take me about 3 hrs. Its 2 Gb which will be over my d/l cap for day !! ( Ihug) so Ive stopped for today and continue tomorrow to complete
Two gigabytes a day? Two days to download the movie?
I am using TelstraClear cable-modem service and downloaded a 1 GB movie in 20 minutes. But not even TelstraClear is free of problems as we can see in the same discussion:
... [I] bought groundhog day just to test the waters and the download speed was soooo slow, 3 hours nearly!
Three hours on a 10 Mbps cable-modem connection?
I hope the launch of Apple iTunes will show ISPs three things:
1. Not every heavy downloaded is a pirate downloading copyright material being illegaly distributed;
2. There's demand for a service with a bigger monthly data allowance, and
3. Their concept of "fast" is off.
FryUp: Microsoft Photosynthed
Photosynth overload, irksome Ebay, and great steaming piles of net neutrality
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