Open Media
RSS Open MediaMicrosoft Silverlight 2.0 ready for action
News Microsoft on Monday announced it is ready with a final version of its Silverlight 2 media player. That is an open platform," he said. Silverlight 2 will be available for download starting Tuesday,... [14 Oct 2008]
BBC iPlayer gets portable with Windows Media
News BBC iPlayer will now work on portable devices that support Microsoft Windows Media-protected content, opening the service up to more portable devices than ever. Users will be able to transfer - or sideload - BBC TV... [10 Oct 2008]
"Be cautious of the message, not suspicious of the tools"
Comment We're seeing a lot of commercial usage of Twitter from companies like Dell, JetBlue, Comcast, and Whole Foods as well as organisations like Nasa, LAFD, The Red Cross and media companies like CNN and The New York Times. [10 Oct 2008]
Jimmy Wales
AS Profile Jimmy Wales, founder of Wiki Media - and creator of the popular and sometimes controversial user-generated online encyclopedia Wikipedia - is back on the Agenda Setters list after a year-long hiatus. Wales made his... [07 Oct 2008]
Eliminate Spam, Gain Productivity
White Paper That is, when they are not attacking so powerfully via the infamous "Storm Worm Botnet" for example, as to force a shutdown of a nation's banking, media and police websites, and other systems. See how spammers have more... [01 Oct 2008]
Open-Source PC-Based Software Routers: A Viable Approach to High-Performance Packet Switching
White Paper This paper considers IP routers based on off-the-shelf Personal Computer (PC) hardware running the Linux open-source operating system. On the other hand, open-source software provides the opportunity to... [01 Oct 2008]
BBC iPlayer gets smart on N96
News Nintendo Wii and Virgin Media cable. Erik Huggers, the recently appointed BBC director of future media and technology, said the BBC has worked "tirelessly" to put the iPlayer on as many platforms as... [08 Sep 2008]
BBC reveals iPlayer user habits
News Writing on the BBC blog, Anthony Rose, head of digital media for BBC Future Media and Technology, said: "It's great to have some solid evidence to back up our ideas on how people were using the service,... [06 Aug 2008]
LiMo adds browser-based UI kit to arsenal
News The bridge, therefore, makes it possible for an application to launch services, such as media engines or instant-messaging engines, via a browser-based user interface (UI). Rauste said: "For example, when you play a song... [05 Aug 2008]
O2 to offer "free" broadband in UK
News Earlier this year Virgin Media announced a free speed upgrade to 10Mbps for some of its broadband users. The offer is open to people signing up to O2 Mobile Broadband between 1 August and 31 October who... [31 Jul 2008]
Is the UK an open source laggard?
News Andrew Jackson, head of IT at B2B media group Huveaux, said: "We will be increasing the usage of open source in our organisation. CIOs are split on the controversial issue of adopting more... [21 Jul 2008]
Total IT Infrastructure Solution 2004: IBM and Tennis Australia Serve Up an Ace to the World
White Paper For the 2004 tournament a wireless network was installed for in the media workroom, allowing the more than 200 media onsite, fast and easy access to publish their stories, whilst removing the substantial... [03 Jul 2008]
Black Hills Corporation and Daksoft Secure New Efficiency Running Linux on IBM eServer iSeries Platform
White Paper The iSeries architecture enables BHC to run Motion - an open source, Linux-based digital media solution - and to store critical security footage via a highly manageable Linux partition. In keeping with... [03 Jul 2008]
Using Grid Computing to Create a Virtual Environment for Applications
White Paper Organizations are increasingly turning to clustered low-cost Intel architecture (IA) systems and open source software like Linux to lower their hardware and software acquisition costs, enhance overall performance of... [03 Jul 2008]
IBM Focuses on Realtime Customer Needs with Integrated Digital Media Library
White Paper IBM and IBM Business Partner Ancept designed and implemented an integrated, extensible, open standards-based solution that enabled WWIL to respond more effectively and in real-time to users’ need for promotional imagery. [03 Jul 2008]
