On April 3, a class at the University of San Francisco plans to assemble the first “flash mob supercomputer,” in the school gym (SlashDot). Flashmob Supercomputing was born while brainstorming about how to build a home-brew computer powerful enough to be added to a list of the world’s 500 fastest computers. It’s built on the [...]
Spotnik Mobile, Canada’s leading wireless Internet service provider, has launched hotspot internet access on trains in partnership with VIA Rail traveling between Montreal and Quebec City in Canada. Designed specifically for the transportation market with partner TELUS Mobility, Spotnik’s MobileSpot solution provides Internet connectivity to passengers in transit. Passengers traveling on trains, commuter rail, buses [...]
And now, here’s Jeff Jarvis with Today’s Buzz: Clear Channel has cut off Howard Stern. When Janet Jackson’s outfit opened, it opened a door not on her breast but on censorship. Clear Channel even sent out a press release bragging about cutting off Stern. MarksFriggin, the unofficial Stern site, says those stations are in Pittsburgh, [...]
Image Semantics has launched ImageFun, a personalised multimedia application. It uses intelligent face detection on a customer’s own photo to produce personalised graphics that customers can use to send a new type of photo message. The service allows customers to send in a photo from a camera phone. A WAP page is then returned, showing [...]
Salida, Colorado has deployed a single Vivato 2.4 GHz Outdoor Wi-Fi Switch that covers the entire downtown area of this popular tourist destination. The Salida Police Department will use the wireless cloud with laptop computers in patrol cars among other applications. Vivato’s flat-panel 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi Switch covers a 110 degree swath, with multiple integrated [...]
Broadband Reports has a Skype review. I had a chance to play around with Skype this week, and came away impressed. Skype is another “internet phone” product for PCs but with a few key differences. Skype boasts it has been downloaded over 7 million times, and as of the time of writing this article has [...]
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