"The government will not exempt universities, libraries and small businesses providing open Wi-Fi services from its Digital Economy Bill copyright crackdown, according to official advice released earlier this week. This would leave many organisations open to the same penalties for copyright infringement as individual subscribers, potentially including disconnection from the internet, leading legal experts to say it will become impossible for small businesses and the like to offer Wi-Fi access."

Open Wi-Fi ‘outlawed’ by Digital Economy Bill - ZDNet.co.uk
@1 year ago
#news #technology 

"The players from Google and Vimeo do present a pretty serious problem, though. Each of these require a proprietary H.264 codec to be able to view them. These codecs aren’t compatible with the royalty-free web standards that the rest of the web is built on. The fact that they are being so unabashedly hyped along with the new darling of the web – HTML5 – means that most people don’t understand that something very dangerous is taking place behind the scenes."

Christopher Blizzard · HTML5 video and H.264 – what history tells us and why we’re standing with the web
@2 years ago
#news #technology #internet 

British TV Live with VLC any computer! 

I have created a program that lets you watch 44 British TV channels! It works on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. You must have VLC installed to the default location for your platform in order for it to work. Note: You must run the Linux version inside a terminal.

@2 years ago
#news #technology 
The History of the Internet in a Nutshell

The History of the Internet in a Nutshell

@2 years ago
#news #science #technology #internet #digitalenvironments 

"The Conservatives have unveiled plans to deliver a “nationwide super-fast broadband”, part of which could be funded from the BBC licence fee.
Shadow chancellor George Osborne said a Tory government would deliver speeds of 100 megabits per second (Mbps) to the “majority” of homes by 2017."

BBC News - ‘Super-fast broadband’ in UK homes by 2017 - Tories
@2 years ago
#technology #news 
“…not everyone needs a PC. Think about it – the modern PC is a massively overpowered piece of kit for the average consumer. I don’t mean the average geek, I mean the average consumer. Nearly everything we geeks love and adore about a general-purpose computer is a pain point for the average consumer. Browsable file system: They lose their files. Modularity and customizability: They have no clue where to start with the complexity. RAW POWAH: For what, typing in Word? Multitasking plus WIMP UI: They can’t tell what app they’re in.” (via The Apple iPad, explained to geeks)

“…not everyone needs a PC. Think about it – the modern PC is a massively overpowered piece of kit for the average consumer. I don’t mean the average geek, I mean the average consumer. Nearly everything we geeks love and adore about a general-purpose computer is a pain point for the average consumer.

Browsable file system: They lose their files.

Modularity and customizability: They have no clue where to start with the complexity.

RAW POWAH: For what, typing in Word?

Multitasking plus WIMP UI: They can’t tell what app they’re in.”

(via The Apple iPad, explained to geeks)

@2 years ago
#news #technology 

"The Adobe Flash 10.1 pre-release player is now available for your perusal (download link).   Flash 10.1 promises much improved performance via GPU acceleration and other tricks which should make tasks like watching full screen Hulu and 1080p YouTube much easier on the CPU."

Flash Player 10.1 improves performance but much more to come | 9 to 5 Mac (via karlentwistle)
@2 years ago
#news #mac #technology 

"Instead of working on updates to our apps, we find we are trying to make each app work for multiple versions of the OS and different hardware capabilities,” says Chris Fagan, co-founder at Froogloid, an Android focused application development company. “We are not complaining about all the growth, but if you are a small or a new Android developer coming in and trying to learn I could see your head exploding. It would be overwhelming,"

Android’s Rapid Growth Has Some Developers Worried | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
@2 years ago
#news #technology #android 
"The government will not exempt universities, libraries and small businesses providing open Wi-Fi services from its Digital Economy Bill copyright crackdown, according to official advice released earlier this week. This would leave many organisations open to the same penalties for copyright infringement as individual subscribers, potentially including disconnection from the internet, leading legal experts to say it will become impossible for small businesses and the like to offer Wi-Fi access."
Open Wi-Fi ‘outlawed’ by Digital Economy Bill - ZDNet.co.uk


#news #technology 

 

"The Conservatives have unveiled plans to deliver a “nationwide super-fast broadband”, part of which could be funded from the BBC licence fee.
Shadow chancellor George Osborne said a Tory government would deliver speeds of 100 megabits per second (Mbps) to the “majority” of homes by 2017."
BBC News - ‘Super-fast broadband’ in UK homes by 2017 - Tories


#technology #news 

 

"The players from Google and Vimeo do present a pretty serious problem, though. Each of these require a proprietary H.264 codec to be able to view them. These codecs aren’t compatible with the royalty-free web standards that the rest of the web is built on. The fact that they are being so unabashedly hyped along with the new darling of the web – HTML5 – means that most people don’t understand that something very dangerous is taking place behind the scenes."
Christopher Blizzard · HTML5 video and H.264 – what history tells us and why we’re standing with the web


#news #technology #internet 

 

“…not everyone needs a PC. Think about it – the modern PC is a massively overpowered piece of kit for the average consumer. I don’t mean the average geek, I mean the average consumer. Nearly everything we geeks love and adore about a general-purpose computer is a pain point for the average consumer. Browsable file system: They lose their files. Modularity and customizability: They have no clue where to start with the complexity. RAW POWAH: For what, typing in Word? Multitasking plus WIMP UI: They can’t tell what app they’re in.” (via The Apple iPad, explained to geeks)


#news #technology 

 

British TV Live with VLC any computer!→

I have created a program that lets you watch 44 British TV channels! It works on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. You must have VLC installed to the default location for your platform in order for it to work. Note: You must run the Linux version inside a terminal.


#news #technology 

 

"The Adobe Flash 10.1 pre-release player is now available for your perusal (download link).   Flash 10.1 promises much improved performance via GPU acceleration and other tricks which should make tasks like watching full screen Hulu and 1080p YouTube much easier on the CPU."
Flash Player 10.1 improves performance but much more to come | 9 to 5 Mac (via karlentwistle)


#news #mac #technology 

 

The History of the Internet in a Nutshell


#news #science #technology #internet #digitalenvironments 

 

"Instead of working on updates to our apps, we find we are trying to make each app work for multiple versions of the OS and different hardware capabilities,” says Chris Fagan, co-founder at Froogloid, an Android focused application development company. “We are not complaining about all the growth, but if you are a small or a new Android developer coming in and trying to learn I could see your head exploding. It would be overwhelming,"
Android’s Rapid Growth Has Some Developers Worried | Gadget Lab | Wired.com


#news #technology #android