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Risa Yokoi

Switching TV signal from analogue to digital - 0 views

  • The process of turning off the analogue television signal in Wales begins
  • It means that viewers who do not have digital will not be able to see BBC Two from Wednesday, and then they will lose all channels within a month
  • Digital UK said 90% of homes in Wales already had digital TV
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  • process of turning off traditional analogue TV signals
  • "The UK is going digital, the US has already gone digital, some European countries as well.
  • It helps people of my age and it helps people who are very lonely," she said. "It brings life into the home when I can't get out. I couldn't be without it if I tried. I love my TV, I always have.
  • confusion leading to people being overcharged when changing
Elvira Russ

Digital Sales Gaining on CDs - 0 views

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    This article gives the reader the numbers and percentage on how fast the digital downloading of music is increasing and the purchases of CDs in stores decrease. By the information, we know that the CD purchases will stop by the year of 2011 because of the digital music revolution. It also discusses different companies that sell music legally online, their differences and how well they're doing compared to others.
dr tech

'Our notion of privacy will be useless': what happens if technology learns to read our ... - 1 views

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    "In a world first, in September 2021, Chilean law makers approved a constitutional amendment to enshrine mental integrity as a right of all citizens. Bills to regulate neurotechnology, digital platforms and the use of AI are also being worked on in Chile's senate. Neuro rights principles of the right to cognitive liberty, mental privacy, mental integrity, and psychological continuity will be considered. Europe is also making moves towards neuro rights. France approved a bioethics law this year that protects the right to mental integrity. Spain is working on a digital rights bill with a section on neuro rights, and the Italian Data Protection Authority is considering whether mental privacy falls under the country's privacy rights."
Kavita van der Loop

Digital TV fails - 0 views

  • Americans who only gets TV signals over the air, you may find yourself with some new options,
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      social impact = no TV available for people
  • The cold economic facts are that broadcasters collectively spent $10 billion just switching over to digital TV. And content is expensive: Producing just one evening newscast can cost tens of thousands of dollars.
    • Kavita van der Loop
       
      economic impact on T.V. companies
  • we've got the digital TV," Copps says. "Now what are we going to do with it?"
    • Kavita van der Loop
       
      more TV = not better quality
Sung Won Kwak

BBC NEWS | Technology | Sony cuts price of PS3 consoles - 0 views

  • Sony Entertainment has announced it is reducing the price of its PlayStation 3 games consoles.In Europe the price has been lowered to 299 euros, in the US to $299 and in the UK to £249.99.
    • YooJin Jung
       
      area of impact-business
  • new slim-line PS3 would be available from the first week of September. "It has the same features and functionality [as the old PS3], but now it is 32% smaller, 36% lighter and consumes 34% less power," he said.
    • YooJin Jung
       
      it systems-Basics:hardware
    • YooJin Jung
       
      socialðnical issue-people&machines
  • a new digital reader for the PSP - called Digital Comics - that will allow users to read Spiderman, Fantastic 4 and other DC comics on their portable, along with a range of graphic novels.
    • YooJin Jung
       
      it systems-basics:software
Shih-Chen Chiu

Spider-Man, X-Men comics coming to PSP - Games - msnbc.com - 0 views

  • NEW YORK - Sony is adding a digital reader service that will allow owners of its handheld gaming system, the PlayStation Portable, to download comics.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      social & ethical issues---intellectual property
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      IT systems in a social context----software & application
  • Users will be able to read classic and new comics page by page or frame by frame. Sony says PSP owners will be able to access a range of media through the digital reader service, but it gave no further details.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      areas of impact---art entertainment & leisure
Jason Carlson

If You're Not Seeing Data, You're Not Seeing | Gadget Lab | Wired.com - 0 views

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    As you shove your way through the crowd in a baseball stadium, the lenses of your digital glasses display the names, hometowns and favorite hobbies of the
Elvira Russ

Google reveals secret on how to scan without damaging - 0 views

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    Google is cagey about exactly how it scans books for its digital library effort, but a patent reveals details--and the hurdles competitors face. Read this blog post by Stephen Shankland on Cutting Edge.
Elvira Russ

Google Books and Chinese Authors - 0 views

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    This article discusses the problem going on between Google and Chinese authors because Google digitalizes their books without permission and copyright. It gives percentages of the violation of copyrights as well as numbers within the deal Google is offering.
Elvira Russ

BBC News - Google is sued by Chinese author Mian Mian - 1 views

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    The Chinese novelist Mian Mian is suing Google for copyright issues after they digitalized her book without permission and take commercial for it. This is my stimulus article.
Elvira Russ

What is Spotify? (Spotify) - 1 views

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    Spotify is a digital music service that gives you access to millions of songs. It is free and legal and you can make your own playlists.
Chalana Perera

Experts work to untangle cyber attacks (MSNBC) - 0 views

  • zombie’ computers
  • hackers may have simply used zombie computers
  • digital battlefield
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  • 100,000 zombie computers linked together in a network known as a "botnet."
  • basic hack job
  • blizzard of digital requests
  • federal government is still very vulnerable in terms of its cyber security and that agencies have miles to go to plug the holes.
  • intrusion problem."
  • fast-spreading e-mail worm from 2004 called "MyDoom
  • malware also appears to contain a destructive Trojan designed
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    This article discusses the US ad South Korean research into suspected cyber attacks from North Korea on private and govt websites in the two countries. It discusses the programs used, the impacts and effects and how the attack takes place from one computer, creates a network through botnets and installs malware into thousands of computers which then send repeated requests, simultaneously to the same website, attacking it.
Rafae Wathra

Twitter's Architecture (Digital Beat) - 0 views

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    Article about how improvements have and could be made to Twitter's technology
Elvira Russ

Inside the MP3 Codec - 4 views

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    Learn the science behind the amazing MP3 digital audio format - used with permission from MP3: The Definitive Guide.
Jeff Ratliff

Gone Forever: What Does It Take to Really Disappear? - 1 views

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    A man fakes his death to escape debts and collect life insurance, but using his digital footprint, he is found by authorities.
Sheila Trudgett

As Classrooms Go Digital, Textbooks May Become History - NYTimes.com - 5 views

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    Possible Portfolio piece.
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