Document | + Welcome | | | + Tuesday, August 23, 2005 | | | + Alan Joyce (alan@everythingdigital.org) | | | + EverythingDigital Podcast (http://everythingdigital.org) (http://everythingdigital.org) | + | + *Play: Podcasting Sweep | + *Play: EverythingDigital Voiceover (ol_dave from RadioDaddy.com) (http://radiodaddy.com) | + *Music: BML - Room 4 | + | + New Mic - Samson C01U | + | + *Music: News Theme (Quiet) | + 5 5 second technology headlines | | | + Sun Microsystems has introduced a DRM initiative, dubbed Open Media Commons, that includes specifications for a royalty-free DRM system (http://www.informationweek.com/reports/showReport.jhtml?articleID=169500246) | | | + Amazon.com is planning to allow downloads of short stories, and small pieces of books, for 49 cents in a new division called Amazon Shorts (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/22/amazon_shorts/) | | | + The U.S. Air Force was infiltrated by a hacker that extracted the private information of around 33,000 Air Force personnel from a database (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/22/AR2005082201259.html) | | | + AMD has released the Turion 64 MT-40 and MT-37 processors in a move that will bolster the company's line of 64-bit notebook chips (http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Launches-Two-New-Mobile-Processors-6711.shtml) | | | + The BBC has plans to make miniature versions of it's Doctor Who and Red Dwarf programs, available for cell phones at 17 pounds a show (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1746527,00.html) | | | + Links to full stories in show notes @ everythingdigital.org | + | + Google Desktop Search 2.0 (http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,122272,00.asp) | | | + Currently in beta | | | + New feature: Sidebar | | | | | + Access to e-mail, news, weather, photos, stocks, and RSS feeds | | | + New feature: Quick Find | | | | | + Allows searches using only part of an item's name | | | + Better synchronization with Microsoft Outlook | | | | | + Email search | | | | | + Contacts, appointments, and tasks search | | | | | + Result viewing from within Outlook | | | + MSN Messenger chat indexing | | | + Requirements: Windows XP and 2000 with Service Pack 3 | | | + Download Link (http://desktop.google.com/) | + | + Intel's New, More Efficient Chip Architecture (http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/08/22/cool/index.php) | | | + Yet to announce details | | | + Will lower power consumption of Pentium 4 and Xeon processors | | | + Will make it easier to make chips with multiple cores | | | + Intel will discuss it at the Intel Developer Forum this week | | | + Analysts expect that Intel will use a model similar to the Pentium M for most, if not all, of its processors in 2006 | + | + Xbox 360 Prices Set (http://www.edmontonsun.com/Entertainment/Spotlight/2005/08/21/1182142-sun.html) | | | + Two different models at different price ranges | | | + Xbox 360 Core System | | | | | + $399.99 | | | | | + No Extras | | | + Xbox 360 Deluxe | | | | | + $499.99 | | | | | + 20 GB detachable hard drive | | | | | + Wireless controller | | | | | + Xbox Live headset | | | | | + Hi-Def TV cables | | | | | + Xbox 360 media center remote | | | + 20 GB hard drive sold separately as well for $129.99 | | | + 64 MB memory cards for $49.99 | | | + Core system not worth the price | | | + Deluxe system expensive | + | + New Audis to be Treo 650 Compatible (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002447920_cartechphones22.html) | | | + Via bluetooth | | | + Drivers can make calls and answer calls without touching the Treo | | | + Audi Multi Media Interface allows Treo phone book and call history to be synced with dashboard screens | | | + Calls can be dialed via car controls or voice activation | | | + Market research shows that Audi buyers and PalmOne Treo owners are often the same thing | + | + Podsafe Music | | | + *Music: Digital Banzai - Warp Factor 10 | + | + Amazon and Shutterfly | | | + Shutterfly will provide online photo services for Amazon customers | | | + Services will be offered through links on amazon.com and a separate, co-branded website | | | | | + amazon.shutterfly.com (http://amazon.shutterfly.com) | | | + Users can upload digital pictures and order prints of them, or share them with other users online | | | + Cards, calendars, mugs, and shirts will be available, customized with users' photos | + | + Universal Music Group's Music Phone (http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2005-08-20T035118Z_01_HO013851_RTRIDST_0_TECH-CELLPHONE-DC.XML) | | | + Called MoveU Mobile | | | + Easy acces to ringtones, and music-related wallpaper | | | + Uses prepaid cell service from SingleTouch, contracting with Sprint PCS | | | + Phone ships with some popular music ringtones | | | + Users can pay a monthly fee for unlimited access to ringtones | | | + Phones will be branded for individual Universal artists | | | + $99.95 | + | + Warner Music's e-label (http://news.com.com/Warner+Music+readies+CD-free+e-label/2100-1027_3-5841355.html?tag=nefd.top) | | | + Artists release music in three-song groups every few months | | | + Three-song groups can be purchased and downloaded as an alternative to CDs altogether | | | + Warner says artists will enjoy a "supportive, lower-risk environment" | | | + Could replace CDs, although not likely yet | + | + 3D TV by 2020 (http://news.com.com/Japan+project+aims+to+create+3D+TV+by+2020/2100-1041_3-5839341.html?tag=nefd.ac) | | | + Would allow for hi-def images in 3D to be viewed from any angle | | | + Also allows for touching and smelling of objects on-screen | | | + Images would be projected upwards from the floor | | | + Ultrasound, electric stimulation, and wind pressure will aid artificial touch sensations | | | + A Japan project set to finish around 2020, with hopes for smaller, related achievements before then | + | + *Music: Monika Herzig - 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