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The News Hound Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 1:08PMFake weed sticks around The marijuana-like substance K2 will remain on the shelves of some Nebraska stores until at least next year.
Going for Google's Goods in Oxford Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 12:27PMIf Google wants to bring the Internet to everyone in a community, the city of Oxford would like to roll out the welcome mat for them.
Austin's Google campaign hits the Web Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 9:19AMAustin's efforts to get Google's attention have moved quickly, just like the ultra-high speed fiber that members of the local business community hope will come to this city.
DGAP-News: GK Software AG: GK SOFTWARE AG Signs Strategic Partnership Agreement with Hornbach Baumarkt AG Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 9:11AMDissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer / publisher is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
add. formats Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 6:59PMI'm all fine, praise be to Allah, I got sick a little during time of fall, it was cold and damp then, strained to the supplies, there was no normal food and there was a huge operation carried out against us in the woods.
EA Ditches SecuROM From Bad Company 2 Steam Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 6:52PMSay goodbye to SecuROM, Steam gamers! SecuROM - Recreation - Steam - Digital rights management - BioShock
Council members urging support for 'Google Fiber' Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 6:49PMYpsilanti City Council Member Brian Robb said that if the city of Ann Arbor was able to become a recipient of the Google Fiber project, it would mean great things for the entire county.
The Night Note: Massive Overtime Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 6:14PMThe Night Note is your one-stop shop for the evening's best headlines. Read it. Use it. Love it.
Preliminary results: IE9 tech preview performs 7.8 times better than IE8 Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 6:08PMIn the first series of comprehensive performance tests comparing Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 technical preview, released yesterday, to stable Web browsers in current use today, Betanews confirmed superb speed gains by the IE9 chassis in specific categories.
Portland City Council backs Google Fiber bid Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 5:50PMPORTLAND, Ore. -- Should Google adopt Portland as a beta test market for its ambitious 1-gigabit-per-second ultra high speed broadband network? City Council heard from a well organized pro-Google and high-tech contingent of Portlanders Wednesday, including Intel representatives, Personal Telco Project's president, Russell Senior, software developer and wiki inventor Ward Cunningham, and others ...
Swimming with sharks Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 3:55PMThe mayor of Sarasota swims in a shark tank to get Google’s attention.
DT Revamp Puts FTTH in Focus Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 3:38PMDeutsche Telekom AG (NYSE: DT ) today unveiled a new strategy that further reinforced its focus on mobile data, high-speed broadband, and IT services, and which, it hopes, will enable it to double revenue from five specific growth areas by 2015.
Act 'Fast' -- You Can Bring Google Internet To Pittsburgh Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 3:29PMPittsburgh is pushing to be chosen for a new high-speed Internet project, and you can sign a petition to help twist Google's arm.
Act 'Fast' -- Make Pittsburgh A Test Site For Google Internet Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 3:15PMThe push is on for Pittsburgh to be chosen for a new high speed Internet project.
Eyes on the Google prize Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 3:12PMUnlike in Topeka, Kan. – where officials have temporarily renamed their town “Google, Kan.” – there are no plans to rename Apple Valley, says Mayor Mary Hamann-Roland.
Lafayette competing for Google experiment Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 3:04PMGreater Lafayette is hoping to be one of the first communities in the United States to serve as an experimental site by Google.
IE9: Microsoft's new browser gets no respect at all Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 2:19PMYesterday, influential web designer Jeffrey Zeldman wrote "there is no such thing as a calm discussion of improvements to a Microsoft browser," and then proceeded to accidentally prove his own case. Zeldman aimed a withering broadside at Microsoft and its "enforced bragging" about Internet Explorer 9. Unfortunately, Zeldman's entire argument was based on a four-month-old speech and refuted by ...
Dakota Future seeks ultra-fast connects Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 1:46PMDakota County may be headed into the information age at world-class speed. An initiative to attract Google to possibly invest up to $300 million to build and test ultra high-speed fiber networks countywide is under way.
Scottsdale, Fountain Hills courting Google Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 1:44PMCities in joint bid to attract Internet giant's bid to launch experimental high-speed fiber network.
Nexus One from Google Coming to Sprint; Availability Date Announced Soon Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 1:44PMOVERLAND PARK, Kan.----Nexus One, the first wireless phone sold through Google™’s web store, is planned for Sprint’s 3G Mobile Broadband Network. Sprint will announce pricing and an exact availability date soon.
E-Textbooks Transforming Publishing Industry Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 6:55AMMany students and educators are going digital and dumping traditional school and university textbooks.
Milan Police Briefs Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 6:53AMCharges dropped in Craigsbay.com investigation
Internet Explorer 9 previewed Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 5:33AM(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft has released the preview version of Internet Explorer 9, which has HTML5 integration, background compiled Javascript, and scalable vector graphics (SVG) capability.
Rochester, Monroe County woo Google Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 4:18AMRochester and Monroe County are collaborating on an application for a high-speed network Google is planning to build and test.
Marshall urges community to join Google campaign Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 3:52AMAssociated Press - March 17, 2010 4:45 AM ET HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - Marshall University is urging people to tweet, post videos on YouTube and write songs or poems about how much they want...
Microsoft previews IE9 - with support for HTML5 Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 3:35AMSVG, video, compiled Javascript.. but still lacking on the Acid3 front Microsoft is previewing Internet Explorer 9 - and it promises to add a stack of new technologies that may make it one of the most advanced browsers out there. No, really. Among the elements that Microsoft is touting are SVG (scalable vector graphics) capability, background compiled Javascript for greater speed, and - gasp ...
Port's effort grows in competition to become Google network test site Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 3:20AMNEWBURYPORT and mdash; A movement to name the city as a test site for Google's new high-speed network is gaining momentum. In the weeks since the search engine Google announced plans to hold a contest and pick a test site, or sites, to build a new high-speed network, members of the group Google Fiber for Newburyport have been working hard to build up community support for the initiative.
Microsoft Finally Catches Up to the Competition With Internet Explorer 9 Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 2:46AMToday at Microsoft 's Mix conference in Las Vegas, the company showed off the next generation of their venerable (and oft-maligned) web browser, Internet Explorer 9. It's a huge step in the right direction, but it will literally leave some users behind. What Microsoft showed off was just a demo, a developer's build, but already IE9 is faster and more responsive to web standards than its ...
Microsoft Touts HTML5, SVG Support in IE9 Platform Preview Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 11:21AMWith a stated love for web standards such as HTML5, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) 3 and Scalar Vector Graphics (SVG), Microsoft has released a Platform Preview of Internet Explorer 9, the next version of its browser, which promises to be more interoperable than ever.
Microsoft modernizes Web ambitions with IE9 Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 11:18AMMicrosoft has gradually restarted its browser development. With the preview version of IE9 now available, it shows it's back at full steam.
feature: Platform Preview gives Web developers first taste of IE9 Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 11:16AMMicrosoft today released the Windows Internet Explorer Platform Preview to the public. The release is meant to demonstrate the capabilities of Internet Explorer 9 to Web developers while at the same time providing feedback to the IE9 team. Microsoft says it is committed to updating the Platform Preview to keep a more effective rhythm for discussion, and it will be updated every eight weeks or so ...
Microsoft IE9 developer preview with HTML5 support ready for download Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 11:07AMOn March 16, Microsoft is making a first developer preview of Internet Explorer (IE) 9 available for download from www.IETestDrive.com and is discussing its plans for supporting HTML5, CSS3 and SVG2 with the next release of its browser during Day 2 of its Mix 10 conference.
T-Mobile HSPA+ Speed Test: 3G Gets Pumped Up to 21Mbps [Tmobile] Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 10:19AM# tmobile Streaming HD video. Uploading gigantic files. Surfing the web comfortably . These aren't things you'd normally expect on 3G. But T-Mobile's beefed up HSPA+ network, which I tested recently in the first city to launch, handled these tasks beautifully. Simultaneously. More »
CNN - FCC Feels The Need For Internet Speed Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 10:11AMThe United States Has Big Problems With Broadband Access, Speed And Cost, But The Federal Communications Commission's Solutions May Be Too Weak To Have Any Lasting Impact.
Mistaken 'disaster' announcement sows panic at French rail service Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 10:07AMParis - A report of a deadly explosion on a French high-speed train posted on the web site of the public railway authority SNCF created panic among its workers and on the internet, until it was shown to be practice exercise posted by mistake, French ...
Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke Remarks at National League of Cities Congressional City Conference Washington, D.C. Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 9:52AMHello everyone. It's great to be here this week, along with so many of my colleagues from the administration.
Tri-Lakes makes push for Google broadband project (UPDATE) Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 9:15AMLocal government officials and business leaders are teaming up to make a pitch to Google to pick the Tri-Lakes area as a site to test an ultra-fast fiber-optic network.
Report on Eastern Europe, Russia, Caucasus and Central Asia - issue # 7/2010 Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 4:07AMRussia is in talks with Italy on the purchase of up to 1,000 armored vehicles, an Italian news agency reported on Tuesday. According to Ansa, the Russian military would like to buy up to 1,000 IVECO M65 (LMV) Light Multirole Vehicles.
Why Google should pick Baltimore Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 3:30AMOur view: City offers ideal testing ground for ultra-high-speed Internet access B altimore might not be willing to follow the lead of Topeka, Kan., and rename itself Google for a month to catch the attention of the search engine giant, but there are plenty of reasons why Charm City would be the ideal place for the company's ultra-high-speed Internet pilot project.
Local news in brief: OK likely for speedy Internet test Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 2:23AMOakland At tonight's Royal Oak City Commission meeting, officials expect to approve an invitation to join Google Fiber for Communities. That's the name of a pilot test of "ultra-high speed broadband networks in a small number of trial locations across the country," Royal Oak City Manager Don Johnson said.
TOEFL: 10 tips to take you to the top Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 1:19AMHere are some pointers and resources to help you get on your way to score well for the test.
Tasmania starts NBN roll out Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 11:27PMTASMANIAN customers of iiNet, Internode and Primus could soon be enjoying up to 100Mbps internet access speeds as the trio signed up with the Tasmanian NBN Co.
Google pushes broadband, Gainesville in the running Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 11:18PMGoogle plans to make broadband Internet look slow, and Gainesville might be one of the first cities to surf the new ultra-high-speed Web.
Chugach tries energy monitors to lower power costs Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 6:22PMANCHORAGE, Alaska - Chugach Electric Association is looking to high-tech options to help customers lower costs. The southcentral Alaska utility and a Colorado company, Tendril Inc., are working ...
FCC launches broadband test site for consumers Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 4:11AMThe U.S. Federal Communications Commission has added tools to the Broadband.gov Web site to help users measure their broadband speeds or report that they do not have broadband available.
Google Pep Rally Plans Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 2:02AMMASON CITY, IA-- Folks in Mason City are being encouraged to help sell their community to Google. The city is one of several across the country preparing to pitch themselves to the internet giant.
TigerText app goes international Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 12:11AMAn iPhone application that lets people delete text messages after they have been sent out has been released.
City Chooses To Go For Google Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:05AMThe Yankton City Commission supported an application process Monday night in the hope that Google will help the community get a jump-start on the future.
Ames wants to be test site for fiber-optic network Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 11:53PMAssociated Press - March 10, 2010 12:44 AM ET AMES, Iowa (AP) - The City of Ames plans to submit an application to be a test market for a high-speed fiber optic network offered by the Internet...
Ames wants to be test site for fiber-optic network Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 11:49PMAMES, Iowa (AP) - The City of Ames plans to submit an application to be a test market for a high-speed fiber optic network offered by the Internet company Google.