items tagged with Standards
AOL: Password problems threaten user security
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-05-08 13:45:19
Although AOL lets you type in 16 characters for your password, an online report and reader comments suggest that password is truncated to 6 or 8 characters in a blow to user security.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-05-08 13:45:19
Although AOL lets you type in 16 characters for your password, an online report and reader comments suggest that password is truncated to 6 or 8 characters in a blow to user security.
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In defense of photo quality ink
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-05-08 10:30:09
iTWire colleague Stan Beer, like many people, has clearly had to suffer the pain of buying new ink cartridges for a colour printer many times over the years, with one undeniable truth: ink is expensive. But when it comes to quality print outs, the quality of your ink matters!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-05-08 10:30:09
iTWire colleague Stan Beer, like many people, has clearly had to suffer the pain of buying new ink cartridges for a colour printer many times over the years, with one undeniable truth: ink is expensive. But when it comes to quality print outs, the quality of your ink matters!
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HP to offer Blu-ray/HD DVD hybrid
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-05-08 01:35:03
Hewlett-Packard is expected to announce this week an optional dual-format Blu-ray/HD DVD drive for some of its PC models.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-05-08 01:35:03
Hewlett-Packard is expected to announce this week an optional dual-format Blu-ray/HD DVD drive for some of its PC models.
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Institute of Medicine gives U.S. Congress good snacks for kids: Adults should eat them, too!
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-04-25 16:33:37
Obesity is widely spreading across the United States and it’s a big problem. Congresspersons wanted to do something positive about helping kids eat better in school. So, they asked food and nutrition scientists at the Institute of Medicine for their expert opinions.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-04-25 16:33:37
Obesity is widely spreading across the United States and it’s a big problem. Congresspersons wanted to do something positive about helping kids eat better in school. So, they asked food and nutrition scientists at the Institute of Medicine for their expert opinions.
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Nokia & Samsung team to push DVB-H mobile TV
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2007-04-16 16:27:13
Samsung and Nokia say they plan to work together to achieve interoperability between their DVB-H (digital video broadcast - handheld) enabled mobile devices and the open standards based Nokia network services system in a bid to encourage greater adoption of broadcast mobile TV services and accelerate service deployment.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2007-04-16 16:27:13
Samsung and Nokia say they plan to work together to achieve interoperability between their DVB-H (digital video broadcast - handheld) enabled mobile devices and the open standards based Nokia network services system in a bid to encourage greater adoption of broadcast mobile TV services and accelerate service deployment.
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Office Open XML on fast track
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-04-05 18:34:22
Despite contradictions from 20 countries, the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) has fast-tracked the Office Open XML proposed standard into a ballot process that will end in early September.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-04-05 18:34:22
Despite contradictions from 20 countries, the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) has fast-tracked the Office Open XML proposed standard into a ballot process that will end in early September.
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EMI Music drops DRM, boosts BPS
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-04-02 17:21:56
EMI Music has taken a brave decision to offer higher quality, DRM-free digital downloads, which allow purchased tracks to be played on a wider range of devices other than Apple's iPods, the forthcoming iPhone and computers running iTunes.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-04-02 17:21:56
EMI Music has taken a brave decision to offer higher quality, DRM-free digital downloads, which allow purchased tracks to be played on a wider range of devices other than Apple's iPods, the forthcoming iPhone and computers running iTunes.
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Bluetooth suit drags in more defendants, including Apple
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-03-29 01:32:42
A patent infringement law suit involving UK-based chip manufacturer Cambridge Silicon Radio's (CSR's) Bluetooth implementation has spread to include Apple, Dell, Sony and other big names.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-03-29 01:32:42
A patent infringement law suit involving UK-based chip manufacturer Cambridge Silicon Radio's (CSR's) Bluetooth implementation has spread to include Apple, Dell, Sony and other big names.
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DS2 BPL chipset beats the WiFi bottleneck for online gamers
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2007-03-26 15:58:44
Broadband over powerline chip maker DS2 claims that its broadband over powerline chipset is the only one with sufficiently low latency and sufficient throughput to enable online gamers to interact in real time with others over their broadband networks.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2007-03-26 15:58:44
Broadband over powerline chip maker DS2 claims that its broadband over powerline chipset is the only one with sufficiently low latency and sufficient throughput to enable online gamers to interact in real time with others over their broadband networks.
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AMD in DASH to promote interoperability
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-03-26 06:17:50
Chipmaker AMD has announced new open source interoperability testing and development tools to enable vendors to build interoperable solutions for DASH - a new web-services based desktop and mobile PC management standard announced last week.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-03-26 06:17:50
Chipmaker AMD has announced new open source interoperability testing and development tools to enable vendors to build interoperable solutions for DASH - a new web-services based desktop and mobile PC management standard announced last week.
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Vendor group submits interoperability spec to W3C
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2007-03-25 20:34:43
A multi-vendor project to improve the interoperability of management tools has been submitted to the World Wide Web Consortium for standardisation.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2007-03-25 20:34:43
A multi-vendor project to improve the interoperability of management tools has been submitted to the World Wide Web Consortium for standardisation.
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Ericsson gives up on WiMAX
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2007-03-25 03:14:24
Ericsson has abandoned all its work on WiMAX infrastructure and has chosen, of all places, a WiMAX conference to tell the world about it.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2007-03-25 03:14:24
Ericsson has abandoned all its work on WiMAX infrastructure and has chosen, of all places, a WiMAX conference to tell the world about it.
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Open IPTV Forum faces hurdle
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2007-03-21 01:13:08
The idea of leading tech companies working together to standardise the elements required for interoperability along the IPTV delivery chain is good news for consumers and content providers alike. Who wants to be locked in to any one 'solution'?
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2007-03-21 01:13:08
The idea of leading tech companies working together to standardise the elements required for interoperability along the IPTV delivery chain is good news for consumers and content providers alike. Who wants to be locked in to any one 'solution'?
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Open IPTV Forum formed to develop IPTV standards
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2007-03-19 16:21:53
AT&T, Ericsson, France Telecom, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung Siemens, Sony, and Telecom Italia have formed the Open IPTV Forum, an industry consortium that will work to define an interoperable end-to-end specification for the delivery of IPTV services.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2007-03-19 16:21:53
AT&T, Ericsson, France Telecom, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung Siemens, Sony, and Telecom Italia have formed the Open IPTV Forum, an industry consortium that will work to define an interoperable end-to-end specification for the delivery of IPTV services.
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EU wants single mobile TV standard
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2007-03-18 22:29:51
In a strongly worded address to the CeBit IT show in Hannover, the European Union's Commission for Information technology, Viviane Reding, has urged member states and the IT industry to settle on a common standard for the delivery of broadcast TV to mobile devices.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2007-03-18 22:29:51
In a strongly worded address to the CeBit IT show in Hannover, the European Union's Commission for Information technology, Viviane Reding, has urged member states and the IT industry to settle on a common standard for the delivery of broadcast TV to mobile devices.
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Ta-da: Wiki is a new word in the OED
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-03-16 10:44:05
A stack of new words have wound their way into the Oxford English Dictionary, with one set to make Wikipedia very happy: the Hawaiian word ‘wiki’ is now, among others, an official new English word!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-03-16 10:44:05
A stack of new words have wound their way into the Oxford English Dictionary, with one set to make Wikipedia very happy: the Hawaiian word ‘wiki’ is now, among others, an official new English word!
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OASIS takes Open document format to China
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-03-15 18:10:01
OASIS, the international open standards consortium, backing the Open Document Format (ODF) is to open an office in Beijing and has launched a version of its web site in Chinese.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-03-15 18:10:01
OASIS, the international open standards consortium, backing the Open Document Format (ODF) is to open an office in Beijing and has launched a version of its web site in Chinese.
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HP rolls out energy-efficient PCs
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: ZDNet UK
2007-03-13 07:56:20
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: ZDNet UK
2007-03-13 07:56:20
HP on Monday released desktop PCs that will meet new energy ratings from the US Environmental Protection Agency.
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IPv6 Forum and vendors demo VoIP over IPv6
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Technology feature
Category: VoIP
2007-03-08 19:31:43
The IPv6 Forum, along with Viagenie, Stealth Communications and CounterPath Solutions has claimed "an important advancement in worldwide interoperability among VoIP technologies using IPv6," by placing a series of successful VoIP calls over IPv6.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Technology feature
Category: VoIP
2007-03-08 19:31:43
The IPv6 Forum, along with Viagenie, Stealth Communications and CounterPath Solutions has claimed "an important advancement in worldwide interoperability among VoIP technologies using IPv6," by placing a series of successful VoIP calls over IPv6.
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Microsoft works with Adobe on HD Photo ‘Photoshop’ plugin
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2007-03-08 06:35:57
A new ‘HD’ photo standard that’s twice as efficient as JPEG has been previously unveiled by Microsoft and is even built into Vista – now Microsoft releases an HD Photo plugin for Photoshop.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2007-03-08 06:35:57
A new ‘HD’ photo standard that’s twice as efficient as JPEG has been previously unveiled by Microsoft and is even built into Vista – now Microsoft releases an HD Photo plugin for Photoshop.
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