Research firm says planned internet capacity upgrades will fall 60% short by 2010
Posted Nov 20th 2007 9:23PM by
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A new study published by the Nemertes Research Group indicates that demand for bandwidth will outstrip capacity by 2010 — and that planned infrastructure upgrades will fall some 60-70 percent short of making up the difference.
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The online for the just quietly went live on our side of the world with two downloadable PSP titles, 16 PSone titles, and a handful of themes, wallpapers, and videos. Wipeout Pure and Syphon Filter: Combat Ops are the first two $10 PSP games out of the gate, and highlights of the PSone list include Twisted Metal 2, Crash Bandicoot, and Tekken 2, all for $6. (Read content ‘PlayStation Store for PSP goes live in the US’…)
San Francisco - Mozilla has released a beta version of , moving its next-generation browser one step closer to general release. ADVERTISEMENT
Close to 75,000 developers have been testing early "alpha" versions of Firefox 3.0 code for several months now, but this first beta release of the code, unveiled Tuesday, should open up the software to a much larger group of testers, said Mike Schroepfer, Mozilla's vice president of engineering. (Read content ‘Firefox 3.0 beta release adds security, search (InfoWorld)’…)
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - MTV's "Rock Band" video game took the stage on Tuesday, a new entrant in the fast-growing genre of musical games that could boost the fortunes of the flagging music industry. ADVERTISEMENT
More a rock band simulator than a game, the title takes on the hit "Guitar Hero" series that has sold millions and become a cash cow for publisher Activision Inc (ATVI.O). (Read content ‘MTV’s new music game set to rock music industry (Reuters)’…)
We’ve already seen and (er, an avid fanboy) get down with their bad selves and celebrate with cakes that represent their respective milestones, but Solid Alliance is out to make sure no one gets shunned from the festivities. That’s right kids, even the USB obsessed can find a reason to party down, as the limited edition four-port USB cake enables you to connect up a of to keep your person toasty while surfing through the cold, blustery days that lie ahead. (Read content ‘Solid Alliance celebrates with four-port USB cake’…)
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Porsche this month revealed it had made EU3.6bn from share options in the year to July, compared with about EU1bn from sales of its cars. The news provoked comments from some analysts that the German luxury marque was acting more like a hedge fund than a carmaker. (Read content ‘Balancing industrial enterprise with financial speculation (FT.com)’…)
Today we got an exclusive look at that unit we spotted last week, and it seems to do exactly what it says on the box. If you missed it, the miShare is a little Linux-based device with a pair of iPod docking ports that can shuttle files from one iPod to another. We got to see it in action with a pair of nanos, and the operation was pretty painless — if a little sluggish, they’re claiming about 500K a second, at the low end of the USB 2.0 spectrum. (Read content ‘Hands-on with miShare’…)
San Francisco - The Software Freedom Law Center, an organization focused on protecting open source and free software, has filed copyright lawsuits against two U.S. companies, alleging that they are redistributing software in violation of the GNU GPL (General Public License). ADVERTISEMENT
The SFLC filed lawsuits Monday on behalf of the developers of BusyBox against High-Gain Antennas of Parker, Colo., and Xterasys of City of Industry, Calif. (Read content ‘Free software group files copyright lawsuits (InfoWorld)’…)
San Francisco - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has awarded the license for 10MHz of valuable wireless spectrum to a public safety organization in anticipation of the spectrum being used to build out a nationwide emergency communications network. ADVERTISEMENT
The FCC awarded the license for the spectrum in the 700MHz band to the Public Safety Spectrum Trust Corp. (Read content ‘FCC awards spectrum to public safety group (InfoWorld)’…)
So last night at midnight Harmonix — former developers of the Guitar Hero series — and MTV’s new rock and roll simulator, , had its first ever gigs. Of course, fans have been shredding for weeks, and probably aren’t about to sell one faux guitar for another (especially if it’s ). So which are you buying (or asking for)? What’s that, you want our take? (Read content ‘Poll: Rhythm game nation - Rock Band or Guitar Hero 3?’…)
