XM-Sirius Vote Hangs on New Conditions
A long-delayed merger between the nation's two satellite radio providers may be facing another hurdle after a key regulator yesterday told the companies they would need to make stronger concessions on pricing and minority programming to gain his...
From: washingtonpost.com - Technology 3 hours 58 minutes ago
In Architectural Design, Brains and Talent Trump the Best Software
Fast computers and sophisticated software give architects unprecedented ability to generate powerful designs. ...
From: washingtonpost.com - Technology 3 hours 58 minutes ago
NTT Donates IPv6 Bandwidth to Open Source
ISC, a host of the Linux kernel, Mozilla and FreeBSD, receives free transit from the Tier 1 carrier, with an eye to spurring IPv6 adoption. ...
From: InternetNews Realtime News for IT Managers 8 hours 58 minutes ago
European Researchers Developing Touchy-Feely Robots (TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The Feelix Growing project is developing software, cameras, and sensors that help robots detect facial expressions, voice, proximity, and other parameters to determine a person's emotional state....
From: Yahoo! News: Technology News 13 hours 19 minutes ago
Identi.ca implements the Twitter API
Recall that identi.ca is an open source Twitter-like "micro blogging" service. When it appeared, earlier this month, I wrote: "First thing --> looking for an API." I wanted to see an implementation of the Twitter API, so that all the code that I...
From: Scripting News 18 hours 2 minutes ago
Google offers Android updates only to challenge winners
Google employee's accidental e-mail reveals that updated Android software development kits have been offered to winners of a coding contest, while the broader community of developers has been complaining about a lack of SDK updates. ...
From: Latest from Computerworld 18 hours 58 minutes ago
Where everyone works at home
Chorus, a provider of clinical, practice management and financial software for health care providers, closed its Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., headquarters in early June and its other office, in Stafford, Texas, in early July. That means all of the...
From: Latest from Computerworld 18 hours 58 minutes ago
Customer Satisfaction with Email Archiving Systems
(Source: Sunbelt Software) Osterman Research conducted a primary survey asking organizations about a variety of archiving systems. The purpose of this research was simply to understand the level of satisfaction that customers of Sunbelt Exchange...
From: Latest from Computerworld 18 hours 58 minutes ago
Wormlike malware transcodes MP3s to try to infect PCs
A new variety of malicious software could pose a danger to those who download music files on peer-to-peer networks. ...
From: Latest from Computerworld 18 hours 58 minutes ago
New Worm Transcodes MP3s to Try to Infect PCs (PC World)
PC World - A new variety of malicious software could pose a danger to those who download music files on peer-to-peer networks....
From: Yahoo! News: Technology News 20 hours 28 minutes ago