Thursday, March 22, 2012

IP&TV World Forum, Day 1: Disrupting a Disruptive Technology

IP&TV World Forum, Day 1: Disrupting a Disruptive Technology

IP&TV World Forum, Day 1: Disrupting a Disruptive Technology

Posted: 21 Mar 2012 12:44 PM PDT

Internet-delivered television was once thought of "disruptive," but it looks like it's about to be firmly adopted by common television programming suppliers worldwide and incorporated into their delivery systems. Looking around at the IP&TV World Forum, I'm seeing a whole bunch of monkey wrenches sitting on the sidelines. I'm at the stunning Victorian-era Olympia exhibition hall in a surprisingly sunny London. The three-day Internet Protocol Television Show is the must-attend event for this technology.

Birdman Takes to the Sky on a Wing and a Wii

Posted: 21 Mar 2012 11:22 AM PDT

Dutch mechanical engineer Jarno Smeets created a stir on YouTube recently with a video that shows him flying by flapping a set of wings attached to his back -- without any connection between the wings and his arms. However, many questions have been raised regarding the video's authenticity. Smeets claims to have used two Nintendo Wii controllers held in his hands to transmit his arm motions to accelerometers via Bluetooth. These signals were in turn directed to two electric motors that flapped the wings.

Does Your IaaS Environment Have Sleeper Cells?

Posted: 21 Mar 2012 05:00 AM PDT

As many active users of IaaS can tell you, IaaS, whether implemented by an external service provider or provided by an internal service provider team, arguably grants you much more control of the underlying technology "substrate" than other cloud deployment models. In some cases, this is a good thing; for example, when you have unique legacy constraints or technology requirements that must be satisfied for applications to work properly. This control over the environment is generally perceived by customers as a security and operational benefit.

The New iPad Is a Sizzler in More Ways Than One

Posted: 21 Mar 2012 08:34 AM PDT

During the new iPad's first weekend out of the gate, the tablets sold like peanuts at a baseball game, but it didn't take long for a potential problem to crop up with the device. Concerns raised in online Apple forums about heat produced by the tablet set off a string of stories that culminated Tuesday with the company, typically taciturn about problems with its products, denying that the new iPad is suffering mass malfunctions. The third-generation iPad operates well within Apple's thermal specifications, the company said.

TEA: A Smooth Text Editor That Hits the Sweet Spot

Posted: 21 Mar 2012 05:00 AM PDT

The TEA Text Editor is a very handy writing tool that delivers a much different user interface. For most computer users cranking out words or program code for digital consumption, text editors are often preferable to feature-bloated word processors. TEA pours on features yet keeps from getting too steamy. If you have tried very basic text editors such as Leafpad or gEdit, the TEA text Editor will greatly surprise you. If you are familiar with the Geany Text Editor, you will find TEA a very similar writing tool.
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