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<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 07:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SF shelves cell phone radiation ordinance]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 07:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Renata86</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[San Francisco officials have indefinitely delayed implementation of the city's Right to Know ordinance, which would have required retailers to display a phone's Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) at the point of sale and distribute materials educating consumers on cell phone radiation. A revamped version of the legislation is likely to be introduced in its place, but no further details have been announced.First passed last June, the ordinance (PDF) quickly prompted a lawsuit from the wireless industry's lobbying arm, the CTIA. In addition to claiming that the law was unconstitutional because only the FCC and FDA have oversight over radio frequency emissions, theCTIA contended that the SAR provision was misleading to consumers and that it infringed on the First Amendment rights of retailers.As a result of the lawsuit, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors delayed the ordinance's implementation date several times--most recently to June 15--and held two closed door meetings with City Attorney Dennis Herrera's office to discuss the issue. Board members wouldn't tell CNET what transpired during the meetings nor would they comment on the CTIA's warning that the city would be stuck with its legal fees if the trade group won the lawsuit.It's clear, however, that the city isn't backing down completely. Supervisor John Avalos, who voted for the measure last year, could introduce amended legislation as early as next week. Though Frances Hsieh, one of Avalos' legislative aides, wouldn't discuss specifics, it's expected that any amendment will remove the SAR provisions.&quot;We're working with the Mayor's Office, the City Attorney's Office, and advocacy groups to vet out the specifics,&quot; she said. &quot;We want a solid set of amendments when we introduce them.&quot; Ellen Marks, the director of government and public affairs for the Environmental Health Trust, supported the original legislation. Marks said she's fine if the SAR provision is removed from the ordinance, but she'd like to see something similar to a new California State Senate bill that would require a radio-frequency warning label on phones and product packaging.The ordinance &quot;is only a temporary hold,&quot; she told CNET. &quot;I have positive feelings that the city will stand up to this frivolous lawsuit and move forward with amendments.&quot;A CTIA representative said in an e-mail that the group had no comment on San Francisco's decision at this time.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[British Library app brings Beowulf, The Beatles]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Renata86</dc:creator>
<category>Marketing and advertising</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Bewoulf, as viewed in the iPhone version of the British Library&amp;39's Treasures app(Credit:British Library)Injecting some high-brow culture into a smartphone realm more characterized by people texting at dinner and playing video games on the subway, the British Library has released an application to allow exploration of some of its collection.OK, so perhaps it won't mean people rushing to read Beowulf in the original Old English from 1,000 years ago. But it's nice to know the option is there, and the application comes with commentary from experts such as a video on Beowulf by linguist David Crystal.In any event, it is encouraging at least to this history and museum fan that the Treasures app gives a new digital lease on life to a wide range of historic cultural artifacts. The app will cost $4 foriPhone and Android and $6 foriPad once a half-price promotion ends January 24. Among Treasures' subjects:&amp;149' The Gutenberg Bible, Lindisfarne Gospels, and Sultan Baybars' Qur'an'&amp;149' Handwritten lyrics by The Beatles'&amp;149' Original scores by Mozart, Schubert, Handel, and Purcell'&amp;149' Charles Dickens' handwritten draft of &quot;Nicholas Nickleby&quot;'&amp;149' The writings of Jane Austen as a teenager'&amp;149' The battle plan of Admiral Horatio Nelson before beating the French at the Battle of Trafalgar'&amp;149' Letters by Galileo and notebooks from Leonardo da Vinci'&amp;149' Oracle bones from China about 2,000 years ago'&amp;149' And it's the British Library, so of course there has to be a version of the Magna Carta from 1215.I had problems running the app on an AndroidNexus One phone, though. First came a seemingly interminably waiting spinner. Next came a note that assets would have to be downloaded to my SD card, a bugaboo of the Nexus One's limited internal memory. Fine--but then the installation progress bar crawled up to 19 percent over something like an hour.Update 9:17 a.m. PT: After a little more futzing, I got the app to work better. Although an initial installation on an LG Optimus One faltered the same way as on the Nexus One, with the download eventually stopping altogether and the application not able to show any pictures or play any video or audio, a reinstallation went better.And I understand better why the download went so slowly: If you set the Android app to download all assets, it's a 1.16GB chunk of data. An option to download just photos is much smaller but obviously misses out on a lot of data.Happily, things are better on iOS. &quot;Our iPhone and iPad users...are not required to download all the assets and can stream the larger media files, such as images and video,&quot; said Sayoko Knight Teitelbaum, a representative of Toura, which helped develop the app. &quot; However, Android requires a user to download all...I believe there may be some changes in Honeycomb [the upcoming Android 3.0] that could help.&quot;A redesigned update to the Android version is due later this quarter, Teitelbaum said. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Snow Blaster: A Christmas light video game]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Renata86</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[It's literally lights out when the game's over.(Credit:Video screenshot by Christopher MacManus/CNET)The creator of the exceptional Christmas light Guitar Hero game from last year is at it again. Behold Snowball Blaster, a 26,000 LED- and incandescent-bulb Christmas light game by Ric Turner. The 50-year-old programmer, who has gotten nearly 3 million views on his YouTube channel, has become something of an Internet legend for making &quot;video games&quot; out of real Christmas lights. In his latest merriment, you sit in a &quot;electric training sled&quot; wrapped in green and red LEDs. Anyone else think it could be a side car for a Tron bike Players sit in the motorized seat and use a game controller to dodge snowballs. It's pretty wild because Turner really has the game instructions (spoken in a funny voice), music, and lights coordinated and played through speakers as shown in the video below. It's even broadcast on FM so people in cars can watch and listen. The audio &quot;does not blast through the neighborhood,&quot; according to Turner, but you have to wonder if the neighbors are in agony.    To play, you just guide the red arrow side to side to rack up the points (shown on an illuminated scoreboard) and reach the end. The game seems easy enough to beat, but &quot;nobody has done it yet,&quot; Turner says.  The setup is controlled by Basic Stamp microcontrollers, a PC, and a dose of ingeniousness. The bill isn't too bad, either, as the flashing lights cost &quot;about 1/2 cent per game, depending on how far you get.&quot; You'd definitely be the toast of the neighborhood with this dazzling display. But it also looks like you'd have to forfeit your garage door and driveway.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nissan's Leaf hitting the road]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 08:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Renata86</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Japan's Nissan Motor formally launched today its zero emissions Leaf vehicle, an electriccar boasting a range of 124 miles and billed as the first of its type to be sold on a large scale.Nissan is counting on an aggressive push into the nascent electric car market to boost its brand image--much as the Prius hybrid did for Toyota.Electric vehicles (EVs) are considered a promising alternative to internal combustion engine cars as governments seek to cut the world's dependency on fossil fuels, but their relatively short range and high price challenge the industry.&quot;When you take the scale of their (Nissan's) commitment, it's a big bet,&quot; said Kurt Sanger, auto analyst at Deutsche Securities.Nissan Leaf(Credit:Nissan)&quot;The challenge for Nissan is to capitalize on its early lead and solidify in consumers' minds the perception that EVs equal Nissan,&quot; Sanger said, adding: &quot;It's hard to find a car maker that's not planning an electric car over the next five years.&quot;Nissan said the five-seater hatchback is rated with a range of 124 miles on a full charge under Japanese test standards, although Californian authorities have rated it at 100 miles and the Environmental Protection Agency at just 73 miles.It comes with a suggested retail price of 3.76 million yen ($44,900), discounted to 2.98 million yen in Japan with government subsidies. In the United States, the Leaf will cost about $25,000 after a federal tax credit.&quot;With today's launch...we mark the start of a new era for the global auto industry as well as for a sustainable, low-carbon society,&quot; Nissan Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga, standing next to a sky-blue Leaf at Nissan's headquarters in the port city of Yokohama, told hundreds of journalists.Delivery of the car will start in Japan and select U.S. states this month, followed by the first European markets in January. Nissan has already filled a maximum initial order for 6,000 Leafs in Japan and 20,000 units in the United States, set to reach customers over the next year or so.Story Copyright (c) 2010 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo Still Silent On Today&'s Layoffs, But Employees&nbsp'Vent]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Renata86</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Yahoo may be tight-lipped about the layoffs that are taking place today within the company, but that&amp;'s not stopping employees who have been handed pink slips from going down quietly. A Yahoo employee in the Flickr group just Tweeted &amp;''All I got For Christmas from Yahoo is a pink slip. And hugs from Flickr. And a nice package. Adios Y! Good luck on your downslide.&amp;'' The Tweet was deleted moments later but we have a screenshot. The layoffs in the Flickr group are consistent with early reports  of cutbacks that we received. And the tidbit about a &amp;''nice package&amp;'' We received this anonymous tip yesterday:The atmosphere here has never been worse. I have heard of dozens of current employee\&amp;'s who have provided years of service who were recently asked by their managers if they wanted to be voluntarily let go in order to save someone elses job&amp;8230'I expect hundreds of Yahoo\&amp;'s who will be collecting lucrative severance packages in addition to having had months to secure new jobs for themselves in 2011&amp;8230'.Lucky me l get to enjoy an extravagant 6 week vacation abroad on Yahoo\&amp;'s dime starting just before xmas. I\&amp;'ve already booked travel and am actually going to be meeting up with several other employees who also did essentially the same as me&amp;8230' I have worked here for 5 years and I can say without question I have never seen this place in such shambles.Here&amp;'s another one we received today:Please keep this anonymous, but I was just laid off from Yahoo! and it sounds like there are more people getting laid off today.These reports are of course anecdotal, but join the throngs of emails that we are receiving from employees about the layoffs. From various tips and reports, it appears that Yahoo is laying off about 5 percent of its worldwide staff of 14,100, although some business and product units are getting hit harder than others.  The total numer of layoffs is rumored to be 650 to 700.We&amp;'ve reached out Yahoo, as we have repeatedly throughout these layoffs, but have yet to hear back from them. So far they refuse to even acknowledge publicly that layoffs are occurring. Wea4a4ll keep you updated if we hear any more news from Yahoo or its employees on the status of layoffs taking place at the company today. CrunchBase InformationYahoo!Information provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Verizon plans voice and video calling over 4G with VoLTE]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Renata86</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Verizon  Wireless has finally answered the question of how voice calls will be  handled for its 4G LTE network. The carrier is planning a new service,  tentatively dubbed VoLTE (voice over LTE), that will handle high quality  voice and video calls over 4G, CNN reports.Since  VoLTE will use Verizona4a4s 4G data network for voice service, subscribers will finally be able to use voice and data  services at the same time. The Verizon iPhone, as well as the carriera4a4s  other 3G devices, cana4a4t do voice and data simultaneously due to the  limitations of Verizona4a4s CDMA 3G network. VoLTE will also let the  carrier reduce strain on its 3G network, which is expected to be hit  with millions of new users thanks to the iPhone.Calls  between VoLTE devices will sound significantly better than 3G calling,  though quality will be reduced to what wea4a4re used to today when VoLTE  devices call other phones. When users step outside of an LTE coverage  area, VoLTE devices will seamlessly hop back to Verizona4a4s 3G  network. Video calls will be tied to subscribers&amp;' phone numbers and wona4a4t require any special applications, much as FaceTime  video chat works on the iPhone 4.The first phone to use the service will be LGa4a4s Revolution 4G, which was among the many 4G devices Verizon showed off at the Consumer Electronics Show last month. The Revolution is expected to be available mid-year, the company said.Ita4a4s  still unclear if every Verizon 4G phone will come equipped with VoLTE.  During CES, the company vaguely said that only some 4G phones would  support simultaneous voice and data service, the key selling point of  VoLTE. Ita4a4s possible then that some 4G phones will be limited to using  only Verizona4a4s 3G network for calls.Verizona4a4s 4G LTE network, which launched in December,  currently covers 110 million users, or about a third of the United  States population. The company expects its new network to match its  current 3G footprint by 2013.Verizon  will unveil VoLTE next week at the Mobile World Congress event in  Barcelona. The company wouldna4a4t comment to CNN on pricing, but we expect  to hear more next week.Next Story: Reddit hires to boost news site&amp;'s ad sales and uptime Previous Story: On the GreenBeat: Bridgelux raises $21 million, Nissan says it&amp;'ll deliver Leafs by summerPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: 4G, LTE, networks, smartphones, video calls, VoLTECompanies: Verizon, Verizon Wireless          Tags: 4G, LTE, networks, smartphones, video calls, VoLTECompanies: Verizon, Verizon WirelessDevindra Hardawar is VentureBeat's lead mobile writer and East Coast correspondent. He studied philosophy at Amherst College, worked in IT support for several years, and has been writing about technology since 2004. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can reach him at devindra@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @Devindra. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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