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Andrew Beadle

Windows XP Users Speak Out | Technologizer - 0 views

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  • 5,000 Windows XP users have to say about their current operating system of choice, why they haven’t moved to Windows Vista, and what they think about Windows 7.
    • Andrew Beadle
      Andrew Beadle on 19 Aug 09
       
      Social Issue: Use of old interface systems- XP users think about switching over to windows 7 after vista flops...
anonymous

South Korea halts rocket launch - 0 views

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  • Officials said an automatic abort system was triggered during the countdown when weak pressure was detected in a fuel tank.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Aug 09
       
      Social > Relaiability
  • "The automatic launch sequence automatically turned off due to a problem that was detected in the countdown," said Lee Sang-mok, the deputy minister of science and technology policy.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Aug 09
       
      IT systems > Hardware
  • The rocket, intended to place a satellite into orbit, has been developed with the help of Russia
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Aug 09
       
      Impact > Bussiness, Science.
Zaheen Ahmad

BBC NEWS | Technology | 'Exploding' iPhones investigated - 0 views

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shared by Zaheen Ahmad on 27 Aug 09 - Cached
  • iPhones and iPods heating up or bursting into flames in the US and the UK.
    • Kavita van der Loop
      Kavita van der Loop on 27 Aug 09
       
      hardware issue - IT systems
  • The system issue alerts for multiple products every week, sometimes leading to mass product recalls, but often with no consequence.
    • Kavita van der Loop
      Kavita van der Loop on 27 Aug 09
       
      consumer safety system it systems
  • "I took it out of my pocket and held it to my ear and saw the screen crack up like a car windscreen," he told AFP.
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  • It has been reported that the device's lithium ion batteries could be the source of the problem.
  • Apple, which has sold 26 million iPhones and 200 million iPods to date, said it was aware of the reports.
Chalana Perera

Controlling editing on Wikipedia Pages - 0 views

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shared by Chalana Perera on 27 Aug 09 - Cached
  • site will require that revisions to pages about living people and some organisations be approved by an editor.
    • Eunice Vincent
      Eunice Vincent on 30 Aug 09
       
      Social : security, control, reliability
  • The online encyclopaedia Wikipedia
    • Eunice Vincent
      Eunice Vincent on 30 Aug 09
       
      IT SYSTEMS: communication (internet)
  • If a page has a number of controversial edits or is repeatedly vandalised, editors can lock a page, so that it cannot be edited by everyone.
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  • The two-month trial,
    • Eunice Vincent
      Eunice Vincent on 30 Aug 09
       
      areas of impact : politics&government
Kavita van der Loop

Digital TV fails - 0 views

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shared by Kavita van der Loop on 27 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Americans who only gets TV signals over the air, you may find yourself with some new options,
    • Kavita van der Loop
      Kavita van der Loop on 27 Aug 09
       
      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
      Kavita van der Loop on 27 Aug 09
       
      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
      Kavita van der Loop on 27 Aug 09
       
      more TV = not better quality
Chalana Perera

West Africa looses and regains internet connection - 0 views

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shared by Chalana Perera on 18 Aug 09 - Cached
  • A cable fault that caused a major blackout
  • causing severe problems for its banking sector, government and mobile phone networks.
  • Services were severely disrupted or knocked out in Togo, Niger and Benin.
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  • Countries had to either reroute traffic overland or use expensive satellite links to maintain connectivity.
  • Nigeria was particularly badly hit because around 70% of its bandwidth is routed through neighbouring Benin.
  • SAT-3 cable lands in eight West African countries as it winds its way between Europe and South Africa.
  • by Suburban Telecom, was set up to bypass Nigeria's principal telecoms operator Nitel which runs the SAT-3 branch cable which lands in Nigeria.
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