9th September 2012 Archive
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Thomson joins vid-streamers' rush for MPEG-DASH
Web vid spec has Microsoft on board, but Apple's still hanging back
Now that the web vid spec MPEG DASH has been published and interoperability testing is well underway, vendors are starting to put their cards on the table with serious deployments. One of the first to build DASH into products is Thomson Video Networks, which is now supporting it in its ViBE VS7000 multi-screen video platform, …
Media 9 Sep 10:03
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Laptop innovator Moggridge dies aged 69
Remember the Grid Compass?
The British designer of the world’s first clamshell-style laptop, Bill Moggridge, has died aged 69. His creation, the GRiD Compass (below), was a 4.6-kg, $8,000-plus monster – but it was influential enough for Moggridge to be honoured in 2010 with the Prince Philip Designer Prize, and as noted in this story from the time, his …
PCs & Chips 9 Sep 23:11
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NZ beaks give climate skeptics the bird
Warming records weren’t cooked
A group of climate skeptics that includes Australian Dr Bob Carter has failed in its bid to have New Zealand’s High Court hear its complaint against that country’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). Dr Carter lined up with retired journalist Terry Dunleavy and computer modeler Bob Dedekind under the …
Science 9 Sep 23:46
