Europe ahead of US in interactive TV offerings
LONDON: Samantha Izon finds personal computers intimidating, so interactive television is an easy route to the Internet, and one she can use while bouncing her two-year-old son on her knee.
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FCC ruling could limit digital TV offerings
WASHINGTON — In a key ruling that could limit digital TV offerings, regulators are expected to deny Gemstar-TV Guide’s request to force Time Warner Cable to carry its interactive program guide for free.
The Key Vanishes: Scientist Outlines Unbreakable Code
A computer science professor at Harvard says he has found a way to send coded messages that cannot be deciphered, even by an all-powerful adversary with unlimited computing power. And, he says, he can prove it.
GDC Delivers Multimedia Solution to S & T Telephone for Distance Learning in Rural Kansas
General DataComm Industries, Inc. (NYSE: GDC) announced recently that it has delivered a turnkey multimedia solution to S & T Telephone Cooperative, an independent telephone company serving customers in north-west Kansas, to support distance learning applications for a consortium of schools in its operating area. The video network will eventually be used for telemedicine services […]
Broadband delay slows traffic on tech superhighway
So I’m driving on a two-lane highway. I’m in a hurry to get somewhere very important. Life-alteringly important. I have to get to my soccer game. I look up, and I’m closing in fast on a Ford Taurus. In the driver’s seat is a very small person topped by a hat — one with a […]
The Interface Revolutionary
The mouse and desktop computer could go the way of the green screen, says the father of the Macintosh.
Multicast
Multicast is a set of technologies that enables efficient delivery of data to many locations on a network. Network multicast capability is crucial for a variety of applications, including distance learning, digital video libraries, and online collaboration tools. Internet2’s non-commercial research and education networks have made the speedy deployment of multicast possible. Through the work […]
Consumers Choosing DSL Over Cable
The majority of consumers are choosing DSL over cable for their high speed service, but a greater percentage of cable users are satisfied with their broadband service according to recent findings from The Strategis Group.
A Virtual World Is Taking Shape in Research Labs
Technology: The Internet of the future will surround users with sights, sounds, even smells.
Viewers change art with wave of wand at Boston U. exhibit
(U-WIRE) BOSTON — Van Gogh was able to do it with just his brush. But as the eyes of the “Mona Lisa” seem to mystically follow her viewers, modern artists and scientists have created a new virtual reality system with which the wave of a wand can alter artistic perspectives.