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Nigel Robinson

Netflix Instant Accounts For 20 Percent of Peak U.S. Bandwith Use | Epicenter... - 0 views

www.wired.com/...rcent-of-peak-u-s-bandwith-use

netflix bandwidth internet US

shared by Nigel Robinson on 23 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Streaming media — real-time entertainment — accounts for 43% of peak period traffic in the U.S., according to Sandvine, which helps ISPs manage their networks and thus has access to buckets of information about usage patterns. But Netflix alone accounts for nearly half of that between 8 and 10 p.m., and that usage comes from only 1.8 percent of the service’s subscribers.
  • Per-user, Netflix is the heaviest user of downstream bandwidth in North America:
  • Good news for Hulu, Amazon Unbox and even YouTube, should its movie rentals service gain traction. Better news for the content creators, assuming they can come up with a killer streaming revenue model and as if they needed any more proof that on-demand, internet delivery is the future. Bad news for cable and satellite
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  • But Hastings does see that streaming is the engine for Netflix now. “In fact, by every measure, we are now primarily a streaming company that also offers DVD-by-mail,” Hastings said
  • “At the same time, the introduction of our streaming offering in Canada in late September has provided us with very encouraging signs regarding the potential for the Netflix service internationally.”
Nigel Robinson

Dave deBronkart: Meet e-Patient Dave | Video on TED.com - 1 views

www.ted.com/...nkart_meet_e_patient_dave.html

1.8_globalization_cultural_diversity 2.4_health 3.3_networks 3.4_internet 3.5_per_public_com

shared by Nigel Robinson on 28 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Nigel Robinson on 28 Oct 11
     
    "When Dave deBronkart learned he had a rare and terminal cancer, he turned to a group of fellow patients online -- and found the medical treatment that saved his life. Now he calls on all patients to talk with one another, know their own health data, and make health care better one e-Patient at a time." - TED.com
Ben Feigert

Separating You and Me? 4.74 Degrees - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...n-you-and-me-4-74-degrees.html

1.3_privacy_and_anonymity 1.8_globalization

shared by Ben Feigert on 22 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Ben Feigert on 22 Nov 11
     
    Adding a new chapter to the research that cemented the phrase "six degrees of separation" into the language, scientists at and the University of Milan reported on Monday that the average number of acquaintances separating any two people in the world was not six but 4.74.
Bettina Fisman

Sharper Surveillance and NATO Coordination Aided Rebel Advance - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...22nato.html

security government 1.7 surveilliance

shared by Bettina Fisman on 24 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Bettina Fisman on 24 Aug 11
     
    They talk about the help that is giving survelliance and the NATO coordination to the rebels in Lybia. With airplanes it saw which rebels were in danger and helped them.
Ben Feigert

Software to Rate How Drastically Photos Are Retouched - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...ally-photos-are-retouched.html

3.2_software 3.6_multimedia_digital_media 1.11_people_and_machines

shared by Ben Feigert on 29 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Ben Feigert on 29 Nov 11
     
    The photographs of celebrities and models in fashion advertisements and magazines are routinely buffed with a helping of digital polish. The retouching can be slight - colors brightened, a stray hair put in place, a pimple healed.
Nigel Robinson

HTTP Status Cats - a set on Flickr - 0 views

www.flickr.com/...6508023119

3.4_internet

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  • Nigel Robinson on 15 Dec 11
     
    Learn HTTP status codes and have a laugh as well
Nigel Robinson

Researchers Hack Into Cars' Electronics - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...10hack.html

hack automobile security

shared by Nigel Robinson on 23 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • “These cellular channels offer many advantages for attackers,” the report said. “They can be accessed over arbitrary distance (due to the wide coverage of cellular data infrastructure) in a largely anonymous fashion, typically have relatively high bandwidth, are two-way channels (supporting interactive control and data exfiltration), and are individually addressable.”
Nigel Robinson

The Electronic Wasteland - 0 views

www.cbsnews.com/...watch

environment e-waste video

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  • Nigel Robinson on 23 Mar 11
     
    Where do the millions of computer monitors, cell phones and other electronic refuse our society generates end up? Scott Pelley reports.
Ben Feigert

Dunkin' Donuts Opens Shop in Sims' Universe - 0 views

mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/...ts-opens-shop-in-sims-universe

internet socialnetworking

shared by Ben Feigert on 19 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Ben Feigert on 19 Aug 11
     
    Players of The Sims on Facebook will now be able to buy, and give as gifts, coffee and donuts online.
Ben Feigert

London riots: BlackBerry to help police probe Messenger looting 'role' - 3 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...s-blackberry-messenger-looting

1.7_surveillance 2.6_politics_and_government 3.2_software 3.5_personal_and_public_communications

shared by Ben Feigert on 23 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Ben Feigert on 23 Aug 11
     
    Did the encrypted (and difficult to surveil) BB Messenger service allow recent riots in England to grow out of control? What role should government play in tracking communications technology, during normal or extraordinary times? To what extent should private companies assist in government investigations, and is it justifiable under the laws of one country, but not in another?
Nigel Robinson

Connected | An Autoblogography about Love, Death & Technology - 0 views

connectedthefilm.com

1.11_people_machines 2.4_health 2.5_home_leisure 3.4_internet 3.5_per_public_com

shared by Nigel Robinson on 04 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • “Examining everything from the Big Bang to Twitter… a cinematic clickstream…incredibly engaging!” -The New York Times
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      Nigel Robinson on 03 Oct 12
       
      This is a great resource for films about technology.
  • Nigel Robinson on 04 Oct 11
     
    This film is currently (Oct 2011) being screened in the US and around the world. However, it can be purchased for educational purposes. Check out the What's Next section of the site - http://connectedthefilm.com/interdependence/whatnext/
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