http://www.wifiblogger.info Your Wireless News Updates Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:11:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Stellian writes "The Federal Communications Commission adopted a Second Report and Order that establishes rules to allow new, sophisticated wireless devices to operate in broadcast television spectrum on a secondary basis at locations where that spectrum is open. It's the first time we have access to clear specifications for these ... http://www.wifiblogger.info/fcc-publishes-white-spaces-rules/ JTRipper writes "Monty Python seems to have done the right thing. Instead of issuing take down notices of their videos on YouTube, they are doing it better themselves with their own YouTube channel. They are putting all their clips (including snips from their movies) up in a decent resolution, with ... http://www.wifiblogger.info/monty-python-banks-on-the-long-tail-via-youtube/ nk497 writes "Over the summer, the London travelcard ticketing system — called Oyster — fell over twice, forcing the transport authority to offer free travel to the six million Londoners using the system. After that, it cut its contract with the supplier of the system, a consortium called TranSys. But ... http://www.wifiblogger.info/londons-oystercard-gets-new-contract-but-same-suppliers/ SnT2k writes "Adobe recently released the beta version of Alchemy which compiles C/C++ code into AS3 bytecode (which runs on AVM2) that can run on the Flash or Flex platform and boasts increased performance for computationally-intensive tasks (but still slower than native C/C++). It was demonstrated last year during the ... http://www.wifiblogger.info/adobe-releases-cc-to-flash-compiler/ raque writes "Appleinsider is reporting that the new MacBooks/MacBookPros have built-in copy protection. Quote: 'Apple's new MacBook lines include a form of digital copy protection that will prevent protected media, such as DRM-infused iTunes movies, from playing back on devices that aren't compliant with the new priority protection measures.' Ars ... http://www.wifiblogger.info/apples-new-macbooks-have-built-in-copy-protection/ coondoggie writes "NASA is trying to decide between eight space exploration missions that include further exploring Venus and comet composition as well landing on an asteroid or examining the space around Jupiter. The space agency today began accepting solicitations for these space exploration opportunities and will ultimately pick one of ... http://www.wifiblogger.info/nasa-exploring-8-new-space-expeditions/ thricenightly writes "After more than 20 years in IT I've learned that the most valuable people in a team are frequently the old timers. Young pups straight out of college might (think they) know all the latest buzzwords and techniques, but in the real world, where getting working products delivered ... http://www.wifiblogger.info/interviewing-experienced-it-people/ T-Mobile USA will provide Yahoo's OneSearch search engine on its phones, a Yahoo executive said Wednesday. More: continued here http://www.wifiblogger.info/yahoo-onesearch-coming-to-t-mobile-usa/ savuporo writes "NASA and its industry partners organized a two-week lunar in-situ resource utilization field test in Hawaii. The tested machines included a few different rovers and prototype plants for generating oxygen and water from lunar regolith. Astrotoday has a picture gallery and a video report. This follows on the ... http://www.wifiblogger.info/lunar-oxygen-and-water-production-tech-tested/ CWmike writes "Gregg Keizer sifted through many threads of e-mails released under the 'Vista Capable' lawsuit to dig up this jewel...More than a year before Windows Vista's release — and long before Apple started poking fun at the OS — Microsoft officials were already worried about comparisons between Mac OS ... http://www.wifiblogger.info/microsoft-feared-mac-vs-vista-in-05/