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RSS mp3Efficient High-Frequency Bandwidth Extension of Music and Speech
White Paper The use of perceptually based (lossy) audio codecs, like MPEG 1 - layer 3 ('mp3'), has become very popular in the last few years. However, at very high compression rates the perceptual quality of the signal is degraded, which is mainly exhibited as... [11 Jul 2008]
Bit Allocation for Advanced Audio Coding Using Bandwidth-Proportional Noise-Shaping Criterion
White Paper The bandwidth-proportional noise-shaping criterion has been proposed to be the optimum bit allocation criterion in the sense of minimizing segmental masking-to-noise ratio. A single loop bit allocation has been developed for ISO/IEC MPEG- 1layer 3... [10 Jul 2008]
T-Mobile UK slashes Euro data roaming costs
News T-Mobile UK is the latest mobile operator to crack under the steely gaze of EC telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding, and slash the price of data roaming and sending text messages in Europe. T-Mobile has announced it is reducing roaming charges by... [20 Jun 2008]
ISPs face fresh threat from file-sharing laws
News The government has renewed its threat to introduce laws to force ISPs to control online music and film piracy and file-sharing. But the Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) has hit back, warning the government that legislation could... [18 Jun 2008]
Stolen music still big with MP3 generation
News Young people are getting almost half of their music collection through illegal means. Record industry artist and publisher group, British Music Rights (BMR), claims the average 14- to 24-year-old now has almost 900 illegal tracks each on their MP3... [16 Jun 2008]
Broadband Blighty gets a rural flavour
News Broadband Britain is flying a tweed flag: fat pipe penetration in rural areas has outstripped urban areas for the first time, according to an Ofcom report. Across the UK as a whole, the statistics show there is a greater proportion of households... [22 May 2008]
Tesco to launch iTunes challenger
News Tesco is launching an online music service next month with more than three million tracks available to download and more content to follow. Tesco Digital will initially offer all of the tracks in Window Media format with around half (1.6 million... [15 Apr 2008]
Phishers attack social networking generation
News Social-networking websites are fast becoming a key target for online fraud, according to Symantec's latest Internet Security Threat Report. The report reveals that, for the second half of 2007, there were 87,963 "phishing hosts", an increase of 167... [09 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08
Round-Up Planes, trains and automobiles - the title of an amusing comedy flick starring Steve Martin is also a neat segue into the Round-Up's opening gambit, after a week gorging itself senseless on chocolate eggs and iPlayer programmes. [28 Mar 2008]
UK record industry in illegal file-sharing crackdown
News Illegal music downloads are being fuelled by file-sharing applications that allow people to share tunes online, the UK record industry has warned. More people than ever are able to illegally swap their music collections because BitTorrent clients... [27 Mar 2008]
'iPhone effect' ripples through smart phone market
News The 'iPhone effect' is filtering through the rest of the handset market as other manufacturers add new features to remain competitive in the face of Apple's touchscreen device. More on the iPhone Apple iPhone 'ready for business' diams... [25 Mar 2008]
Two IT Giants Tackle Globalization--Together
White Paper In this free News@Cisco podcast, you'll hear Achuthan Nair, VP of Wipro (one of the world's top 3 IT providers, based in Bangalore, India) speak on a recent strategic agreement with U.S.based Cisco. Nair holds forth on the implications of this... [15 Mar 2008]
Poll: MP3 player king of commuter gadgets
News The MP3 player has been named the most popular gadget for passing the time on the daily commute by silicon.com readers. The latest silicon.com poll found 31 per cent of respondents feel listening to their music MP3s is the best way to get though... [08 Feb 2008]
Which gadgets make it into your suitcase?
News It seems we're increasingly unable to get away from our gadgets - with many of us happily packing them for our holidays too. Cheat Sheets Mobile location-based services FMC 3G [29 Jan 2008]
Photos: HTC Touch gets the T-Mobile treatment
Photo T-Mobile UK is offering the HTC Touch Dual smart phone, rebranded as the MDA Touch Plus. The device, which is also available on the Orange network, combines a touchscreen interface with a slider phone's concealed keypad and is aimed at business users. [29 Jan 2008]
