7 posts tagged “internet”
interesting, mildly amusing... The Dad is Wink Martindale.
A pre-conceived version of the internet.
On the American frontier, one sure sign that a wide-open town had aspirations to respectability was when Miss Kitty’s Saloon cleared the soiled doves out of the upstairs rooms and went into the hotel business. Today, as the Internet’s Wild West days give way to commerce and industry, we’re seeing the same sort of thing.
Ning, a service that lets users build their own social networks, announced today that as of Jan. 1, it would close down (and maybe hose down) its Red Light District, the neighborhood it set aside for adult networks. Not that Ning has anything against sex or the free expression thereof — it’s just the never-ending hassle of it all...
"Misleading" Internet claims lead to ban of iPhone ad in UK
By Jacqui Cheng | Published: August 27, 2008 - 12:48PM CT
A British advertising group has deemed the claims made in one iPhone commercial "misleading," and says that it can no longer be aired in the UK. The misleading part is not about the new iPhone being blazingly fast or anything like that, but the fact that "all the parts of the Internet are on the iPhone." Because the iPhone is unable to play Flash files or support Java, the Advertising Standards Authority says, it doesn't actually support all parts of the Internet.
"Because the iPhone doesn't support Flash or Java, you couldn't really see the internet in its full glory," ASA spokesperson Olivia Campbell told the BBC. "They made a very general claim that you can see the internet in its entirety, and actually that's not quite true...
...This isn't the first time claims made in iPhone ads have come under fire. In a recently-filed class-action lawsuit over the iPhone 3G, another commercial's claim of the new device being "twice as fast for half the price" was brought up as evidence that Apple wasn't entirely honest when it launched its marketing campaign. Although Apple's claims in these ads tend to be a little less contentious than, say, those made in the Get a Mac ads, they're apparently still pushing people's buttons.
Tom Brokaw Announced as Moderator for 2008 Town Hall Presidential Debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.
The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) announced today that Tom Brokaw, current host of "Meet the Press" and a special correspondent for NBC News, will moderate the 2008 Town Hall Presidential Debate at Belmont University on Tues., Oct. 7, 2008. The town hall format differs from the traditional debate format by allowing the invited participants to pose questions to the candidates. In addition, for the first time in the history of general election debates, the moderator can choose to use questions submitted via the Internet.
Judge Orders YouTube to Give All User Histories to Viacom
By Ryan Singel July 02, 2008 | 7:16:54 PM
Google will have to turn over every record of every video watched by YouTube users, including users' names and IP addresses, to Viacom, which is suing Google for allowing clips of its copyright videos to appear on YouTube, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Viacom wants the data to prove that infringing material is more popular than user-created videos, which could be used to increase Google's liability if it is found guilty of contributory infringement...
...Although Google argued that turning over the data would invade its users' privacy, the judge's ruling described that argument as "speculative" and ordered Google to turn over the logs on a set of four tera-byte hard drives...
...The order also requires Google to turn over copies of all videos that it has taken down for any reason...
Heh... I'm still waiting on the Vista "bugs" to be worked out. At this rate I may never have to use Vista.
Windows 7 confirmed for January 2010
Vista's successor will be with us in 18 months
The next version of Windows – Windows 7 – will be available in 18 months, according to a letter company senior vice president Bill Veghte has sent to Microsoft customers.
Veghte said Windows 7 will become available three years after Windows Vista became widely available, thus setting the target release date for the new operating system as January 2010.
The letter - titled 'An Update on the Windows Roadmap' - told customers: "You have told us you want a more regular, predictable Windows release schedule", following the 5-year gap between the release of XP and Vista.
Veghte also said Microsoft had learned from the application compatibility problems customers have experienced with Vista, promising the migration process between Vista and Windows 7 will be "straightforward".
"You've also let us know you don't want to face the kinds of incompatibility challenges with the next version of Windows you might have experienced early with Windows Vista. As a result, our approach with Windows 7 is to build off the same core architecture as Windows Vista so the investments you and our partners have made in Windows Vista will continue to pay off with Windows 7."
Veghte's discussion of Windows 7 was part of an effort to clarify the June 30 XP deadline that will see the operating system removed from retail shelves and OEM hardware, and to tout the virtues of Windows Vista.
Source: Email and PC Advisor
