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Comcast’s Web limits: Saving bandwidth or stifling innovation?
The first computer I ever bought had a whopping six-gigabyte hard drive inside - far more storage capacity than anyone might have ever dreamed of using some ten years ago. Back then, no one was really downloading music or uploading digital photos, let alone streaming video or placing VoIP phone calls. Today, in a digital and data-heavy world, six gigs is laughable. Even the basic version of Windows Vista needs 15 gigs for an installation. Innovation has prospered by the exponential growth in technologies such as chips, storage capacity and Internet speeds. Now, that very growth could face a real threat by the likes of Comcast and the companies that are sure to follow in its footsteps. Starting Oct. 1, Comcast ...
Gemtek Adopts Black Duck Software’s Protex as Policy Framework for Hybrid Product Development (Centre Daily Times)
Black Duck Software, the leading global provider of products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source software, today announced that Gemtek, a world-leading provider of wireless broadband solutions, has deployed the Black Duck(TM) Protex platform to manage their hybrid product development process -- or development that involves the assembly of ...
YouTube Cheers Dismissal of Veoh Copyright Suit
In a ruling that could have implications for Viacom's $1.65 billion lawsuit against YouTube, a California federal court on Wednesday dismissed a copyright-infringement lawsuit against online video-sharing site Veoh Networks.IO Group, an adult entertainment company, had sued Veoh, alleging the site was displaying its content in violation of copyright laws. Veoh had uploaded IO Group's content without permission. However, Judge Howard Lloyd of the U.S. District Court in San Jose disagreed with IO Group's argument. The judge ruled that Veoh is protected by the safe-harbor provision in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. That provision protects against copyright infringement if action is taken after notification of a copyright violation."Veoh has a strong DMCA policy, takes active steps to limit incidents of infringement on its Web site and works diligently to keep unauthorized works off its site," Judge Lloyd wrote in his decision.Google Applauds RulingGoogle-owned YouTube was quick to praise the decision. YouTube Chief Counsel Zahavah Levine applauded the court for confirming that the DMCA protects services like YouTube that follow the law and respect copyrights. Zahavah then reiterated Google's oft-repeated statement:"YouTube has gone above and beyond the law to protect content owners while empowering people to communicate and share their experiences online."We work every day to give content owners choices about whether to take down, leave up, or even earn revenue from their videos, and we are developing state-of-the-art tools to let them do that even better."What About Viacom's Suit?Viacom could not immediately be reached for comment.Viacom filed a suit against Google in 2006 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Viacom called YouTube a "significant, for-profit organization that has built a lucrative business out of exploiting the devotion of fans to others' creative works in order to enrich itself and its corporate parent, Google."Google might...
Phone Tied to Google Puts HTC in Spotlight
The introduction of the first cellphone powered by Google's software is a coming-out party for another more obscure but no less ambitious company -- HTC.HTC, a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer, was chosen by Google more than two years ago to build the first mobile phone based on its Android software in large part because of its proven ability to design and build head-turning mobile devices.For HTC, it amounted to another victory in its efforts to do battle for the high end of the phone market with the likes of the iPhone maker Apple, BlackBerry's maker, Research In Motion, and others."I think we are ready," said Cher Wang, a Taiwanese plastics mogul's daughter who helped found the company in 1997 and serves as its chairwoman. "We have a strong customer base of people who want our devices."HTC accounted for about one in six smartphones in the United States in the first half of this year, but the overwhelming majority of them do not carry the HTC brand, according to Nielsen Mobile.For much of the past decade, the company operated in relative obscurity as a contract manufacturer for companies like Compaq, Palm and many cellphone carriers, who stamped their own brands on the products.About two years ago, HTC decided to come out of the shadows with an ambitious goal: establish a global consumer electronics brand that its executives hope will become synonymous with quality."We are far from being there," said John Wang, HTC's chief marketing officer. But Wang said the company was off to a good start. It has sold two million units of the HTC Touch, introduced last year, and in just three months, one million units of the Touch Diamond, a slick and slim device that reviewers have compared to the iPhone.The Google-powered phone, which was scheduled to be presented Tuesday...
Lightweight, Linux-compatible browser evolves (DesktopLinux.com)
DesktopLinux.comtakes a look at Dillo 2.0."The eight-year-old Dillo project has released version 2.0 of its Linux-compatible, ultra-lightweight HTML browser for embedded systems, antiquated PCs, and other low-powered devices. Dillo 2 adds support for anti-aliased text, multiple languages, and tabbed browsing, while improving table rendering and lowering memory usage, says the project."
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