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<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 07:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Japan bra lifts, um, spirits with words of support]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 07:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Triumph International Japan model Hikaru Kawai, who's from Sendai, joins a mannequin to model a &amp;34'Support Japan Bra&amp;34' and matching wraparound skirt in Tokyo today, the two-month anniversary of the quake and tsunami. (Credit:AFP Photos/Yoshikazu Tsuno)We have uplifting news from Triumph International, the company that brought us the solar-panel bra, the husband-hunter bra, and the environmentally minded No Plastic Shopping Bag Bra, among other novelty lingerie.  Today, on the two-month anniversary of the Japanese quake and tsunami, the company unclasped the &quot;Support Japan Bra,&quot; a strapless bustier and matching skirt covered in encouraging messages to disaster victims delivered from around the globe.  Now, it's probably safe to assume novelty lingerie isn't a priority for the many people still reeling from the epic natural disasters. Still, encouraging words from the global community, be they delivered by relief agencies, social media, or brassieres, will hopefully remind victims that they're still very much in hearts and minds the world over.  The bra delivers 54 encouraging messages from 36 countries, and if you look closely at the picture above (hey, hey, not that closely!), you'll notice a range of languages scrawled on the undergarment alongside images of flags from countries including Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Israel, Argentina, Switzerland, and Germany.  Hikaru Kawai, a Triumph representative from hard-hit Sendai who modeled the ensemble at today's unveiling in Tokyo, said she read every message herself.  &quot;Japan, with you 100%&quot; reads a message from France. Reads another from China, &quot;Those who have already left us let us know life is so fragile, and those who are alive let us know life is so strong.&quot; The Support Japan Bra is not for sale--yet, at least.  We're not sure who, exactly, penned the bra sentiments (it looks to be staff from Triumph affiliates and not foreign ministry representatives), and it's clearly a PR stunt. Still, we have to credit Triumph International Japan for donating 62,000 units of women's underwear (regular ol' undies, not the kind covered in international messages) for distribution to Japanese women in need. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Analyst: Flash may hog PlayBook battery life]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 08:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Despite Research In Motion's best efforts to silence them, questions about the battery life of its forthcoming PlayBook tablet have followed the company into the new year.In a sequel to his original research note suggesting the PlayBook's battery life is &quot;relatively poor&quot; compared to rivals, Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu reiterates that claim, saying he would be &quot;very surprised if PlayBook matches anywhere near the battery life of theiPad at 10 hours unless it uses a larger battery.&quot;The reasons for this are threefold:RIM&amp;39's PlayBook(Credit:RIM) 1. The PlayBook supports Flash, and Flash is a resource hog. Says Wu, &quot;As seen in recent tests for the new MacBook Air, use of Flash can cut battery life in half....From our understanding, the poor battery life of early PlayBook units may be due to its incorporation of Adobe Flash.&quot; 2. QNX, the operating system on which PlayBook is to run, wasn't designed for it. It was intended for devices drawing power from a wall socket orcar battery, not mobile platforms whose power sources are necessarily limited by their own mobility. 3. RIM's implementation of power management is not as well-integrated as that of its rivals--particularly Apple, whose homegrown A4 system-on-chip enables the company to deliver superior battery life. Obviously further work is needed to optimize the device's battery life' RIM admitted as much in its rebuttal to Wu's first note and, to be fair, this is a prerelease device--a work in progress. RIM still has a few months left yet to optimize the PlayBook's battery and get it to that &quot;comparable&quot; level it claims. But even fully optimized, Wu doesn't see it matching the iPad.&quot;Our sources indicate that the best that PlayBook can probably deliver is six hours as offered by the Samsung Galaxy Tab, which is nearly half of that offered by iPad,&quot; he concludes. &quot;And that is with significant re-engineering.&quot;Story Copyright (c) 2010 AllThingsD. All rights reserved.              h4 a{            text-decoration: underline !important'        }        addStories{            margin-bottom: 15px'        }        addStories li{            line-height: 1.8em'        }                            Additional stories from AllThingsD                                                        Making the Case for E-Commerce (i.e., Amazon) in 2011                                                                        Retailers Expected to Report Best December Since 2006                                                                        Apparently Two Motorolas Are Better Than One                                                                        Australia&amp;039's Scoopon Won&amp;039't Sell URL for $286,000, So Groupon Sues                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Level 3 pushes for Comcast-NBC merge conditions]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The public spat between Level 3 Communications and Comcast continues, as Level 3 now urges federal regulators to impose conditions on Comcast's merger with NBC Universal.On Thursday evening, Level 3 sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission and U.S. Department of Justice, asking the agencies to impose conditions on Comcast's impending merger that would require Comcast to allow Level 3 and other Internet backbone providers to interconnect their networks with Comcast's network for free. The company also asked that Comcast be required to connect to Internet backbone providers &quot;on nondiscriminatory, fair, and reasonable terms (in any event no less advantageous than the terms effectively provided to its affiliates).&quot;Level 3 set off a public-relations war with cable and broadband giant Comcast last month, when it accused Comcast of violating Net neutrality principles. To sum it up, Comcast is asking Level 3 to pay a fee for sending additional traffic over the Comcast broadband network. The additional traffic, which will more than double the amount of traffic that Level 3 sends to Comcast, will come as a result of a deal that Level 3 has struck with online-video heavyweight Netflix.The two companies' dispute comes down to whether Level 3, which will double the amount of traffic it will soon send to Comcast's network as a result of the Netflix deal, should have to pay to interconnect its network to Comcast. Level 3 says it should not have to pay, since it has a peering arrangement with Comcast. Comcast disagrees and says it should pay to send more traffic on its network, since the traffic between the two companies will be drastically out of balance. Since it waged its war against Comcast, Level 3 has claimed that the dispute has broader implications regarding how traffic is handled on the Internet. Meanwhile, Comcast has maintained that it is nothing more than a commercial &quot;peering&quot; negotiation.&quot;Comcast's recent decision to charge for the delivery of content to Comcast, which has been requested by Comcast's subscribers clearly, has important competitive and public-policy implications,&quot; James Crowe, CEO of Level 3, wrote in his letter. &quot;While Comcast has attempted to portray Level 3's disagreement with the charges that Comcast wants to impose as merely an 'old-fashioned peering dispute' or merely a 'commercial disagreement,' it is clear to us that much broader policy implications are at stake, significantly impacting competition in the delivery of all video programming and the future of the Internet. Comcast defended itself in a letter of its own today. The cable operator said in its letter to the FCC that it has presented a number of options to Level 3 to settle their dispute. At a high level, Comcast said its proposal would provide a real-world assessment of Level 3's proposal' be fair to both parties and respect Level 3's immediate business concerns' and ensure that network performance and services were not degraded or artificially manipulated. But after face-to-face discussions that lasted up until this week, Level 3 walked out on the talks. &quot;Rather than engage in any discussion, Level 3's response to (our) offer was to terminate the meeting, and file its December 16 letter with the FCC and the Department of Justice--with no reference to Comcast's good-faith offer,&quot; Lynn Charytan, vice president of legal regulatory affairs for Comcast, wrote in her letter. &quot;Level 3's actions in this regard are in bad faith, and its insistence that this is not a peering dispute rings hollow, as we have previously explained in other submissions. Indeed, under Level 3's proposed regime, the FCC would, for the very first time, insert itself into regulating the interconnection of thousands of constituent IP networks, which have, for over a decade, worked out efficient and mutually beneficial means of interconnecting, in the U.S. and around the globe, without government intervention.&quot;Charytan went on to accuse Level 3 of asking the government to regulate those parts of the Internet that would benefit large backbone providers, such as Level 3. Level 3's CEO attempted to paint a different picture of the negotiations between the two companies in his letter to federal regulators.  &quot;Although we have tried to resolve matters amicably with Comcast by offering to deliver the content as close to its subscribers as is technically feasible at no cost to Comcast, it is apparent to us that no resolution is possible because, fundamentally, Comcast wants to charge for delivery of content to its subscribers, regardless of any network-engineering concessions we offer.&quot;The dispute with Level 3 comes at a tricky time for Comcast, which is hoping that its merger with NBC Universal will get final approval from the FCC by the end of the year, as expected. Some news agencies are reporting that it could have a decision as early as next week. Comcast plans to buy a 51 percent controlling stake in the TV network, in a deal announced in December 2009. The FCC is also about to vote on Tuesday for new Net neutrality rules it has been drafting for more than a year. Several companies and public-interest groups have proposed putting certain conditions on the Comcast-NBC merger' Level 3 is just the latest company to make such a request. But Comcast's legal team says Level 3's letter asking for conditions is out of line in the context of the dispute the companies are having. &quot;Level 3's attempt to interject this dispute into the NBCU transaction review is grossly improper,&quot; Comcast's Charytan said in her letter. &quot;A significant number of parties have already sought to use this particular transaction review process to advantage themselves in business dealings with Comcast or NBCU, but Level 3's approach represents an exceptional affront to the commission--and to the Justice Department.&quot;Charytan went on to say that in all the documents filed with the FCC regarding the merger, and in all the hearings held before Congress and questions requested by the FCC regarding the merger, not once has anyone brought up the issue of peering.AT&amp;T, which is a backbone provider and a last-mile broadband provider, has publicly criticized Level 3 for its attack on Comcast. In a blog post today, the company said Level 3's calls for additional regulation on Internet connections are unnecessary.&quot;This is a pretty remarkable call for regulation of Internet interconnection arrangements that have worked remarkably well without regulation,&quot; Hank Hultquist, vice president of federal regulatory affairs at AT&amp;T, said in the post. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft developing a touchscreen that lets you feel objects]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rasbugabvasicu</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has filed a patent application for a new kind of &amp;''tactile&amp;'' touchscreen which allows you to feel an on-screen object when you touch it.The display uses technical feedback technologies to make you feel the ridges, bumps and textures of a displayed image, like the one pictured, according to New Scientist. The idea is aimed at large table-sized computing displays such as Microsoft&amp;'s Surface technology, according to the patent application.The Microsoft screen can reportedly produce a real texture, using pixel-sized memory plastic cells that can be ordered to protrude from the surface of the display upon demand.Others working on this kind of technology include Nokia, Disney&amp;'s research arm in Pittsburgh, Penn., and Finnish firm Senseg. Those companies are working on &amp;''vibrotactile displays,&amp;'' which use voltages of different frequencies, applied to a grid underneath the touchscreen, to trick your fingers into feeling a variety of touch sensations. The problem with those screens is that they can emit an audible buzz, New Scientist said.Microsoft&amp;'s patent, published on Sunday, shows that the company uses a layer of shape-memory plastic placed above a large touchscreen. It distorts the surface when different wavelengths of ultraviolet light strike its pixels from beneath. The inventor is Erez Kikin-Gil. A projector within a Surface display can project an image onto a tabletop from below. As the user touches the images, the infrared technology detects the movements and triggers changes in the plastic sitting atop the display.Well, it doesn&amp;'t take a rocket scientist to figure out that the porn industry will be looking forward to these kinds of displays. Seriously, though, the technology could take displays one step closer to presenting illusions so realistic that you can&amp;'t tell whether the images in front of you are fake or real.Next Story: Microsoft says 2.5M Kinect motion-sensing units sold in first 25 days on market Previous Story: What does Kleiner&amp;'s drift from cleantech mean for green investingPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Microsoft SurfaceCompanies: Disney, Microsoft, nokia, SenseqPeople: Erez Kikin-Gil          Tags: Microsoft SurfaceCompanies: Disney, Microsoft, nokia, SenseqPeople: Erez Kikin-GilDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat.VentureBeat 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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<title><![CDATA[The iPod Nano Watch Nears $1 Million In Crowdsourced Funding From&nbsp'Kickstarter]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[About a month ago, we wrote about how the TikTok and LunaTik multi-touch watch kits were about to become the all-time leader in funding through Kickstarter, the crowdsourced fundraising startup. The project needed over $345,000 to grab the title. Well, it got it a4&quot; and a whole lot more.With just about 2 hours to go before the funding closes, the project to turn iPod nanos into watches is closing in on a million dollars in funding. Yes, they&amp;'re now way more than double the next closest project in terms of funding through Kickstarter. In total, over 13,000 people have contributed just over $918,000 for the project.What&amp;'s especially insane is that the initial goal for the fundraising was $15,000. Clearly, the project&amp;'s creator,a4sScott Wilson, underestimated demand.So will it become the first $1 million Kickstarter company It should be close. More than 1,000 people have pushed the total up over $100,000 in just the past day. &amp;''We&amp;'ve seen numerous projects rally strongly in their final 24 hours. a4sWe&amp;'re unsure if it can make the $1M milestone, but we&amp;'re excited about the prospect and we&amp;'ll be watching!,&amp;'' Kickstarter&amp;'sa4sJustin Kazmarktells us.The first batch of watches are set to launch at the end of this month, with the rest coming early next year. You can watch it being manufactured in China here.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ding-ding-ding! Electric cars likely to be required to make noise]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In one particularly hilarious scene in the TV show Weeds, Mary-Louise Parker&amp;'s soccer mom/drug dealer character inspires a scary drug lord to buy several Toyota Priuses after he successfully carries out a drive-by shooting while riding in hers.The selling point The quietness of the hybrid.&amp;''Good for sneaking up on mother******s,&amp;'' he cackles.That might no longer be the case with a piece of legislation that recently passed the Senate and looks to be cleared for approval in the House. The Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act would require electric cars and hybrids to make noise, and would fund the Department of Transportation to create a set of rules for automakers, who would be allowed some leeway in how they carry out the guidelines.Green cars like the Prius don&amp;'t make noise when running off their batteries. Whether you have an armed drug dealer as an enemy or (more likely) happen to cross the street without looking, hybrids are more likely to hit you than regular cars, especially when operating at low speeds when gas engines aren&amp;'t engaged, according to a study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. All-electric vehicles like the Nissan Leaf could be even more of a threat.Of particular concern was the potential danger to blind pedestrians. But researchers and writers have also challenged that study, saying the methodology was flawed.Automakers have tried their own cures for the issue. The Chevrolet Volt has tried to ward off this problem with a quieter horn built into the car &amp;8212' you pull the turn signal towards you, and it emits a muffled, friendlier honk that workers internally call &amp;''the hybrid hello.&amp;'' The Nissan Leaf automatically makes noise after you go over 12 miles an hour. Lotus Engineering has created a &amp;''spaceship-sounding&amp;'' system that can be installed in the Prius. As Green Car Reports notes, the legislation would allow for a common set of standards, rather than than a motley crew of approaches attempted by various automakers.One opportunity for automotive marketers and startups is the emerging business of supplying drivetones, the automotive equivalent of cell-phone ringtones. Want your green car to rev like a Ferrari or BMW Just buy the right drivetone and crank up the exterior volume.There&amp;'s been some argument over whether or not the legislation is really necessary &amp;8212' if the original government study was wrong, then maybe not. But if it&amp;'ll make pedestrians safer at no great cost to the electric car industry, it&amp;'s hard to see how this will hurt beyond the annoyances of government bureaucracy. Either way, it looks like fictional drug warlords will be out one weapon.Next Story: HTML5 vs. Flash: How will the battle play out in 2011 Previous Story: Delicious dilemma: Who will buy Yahoo&amp;'s faded Web 2.0 starPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: drivetones, electric cars, electric vehicles, Leaf, Prius, VoltCompanies: Chevrolet, Lotus Engineering, Nissan, Toyota          Tags: drivetones, electric cars, electric vehicles, Leaf, Prius, VoltCompanies: Chevrolet, Lotus Engineering, Nissan, ToyotaIris Kuo is the VentureBeat's lead GreenBeat writer. She has reported for The Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, Houston Chronicle, the McClatchy Washington Bureau and Dallas public radio. Iris attended the University of Texas at Dallas and lives in Houston. Follow Iris on Twitter @thestatuskuo (and yes, that's how you  pronounce her last name).VentureBeat 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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