Viva Pinata Sequel Takes Shape
- May
- 15
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Once again, NeoGaf plays host to the idle gossip, word being that the new VP will include drop-in co-op play, not to mention some rather flashy support for the Live Vision Cam. The camera will apparently be used to enable players to scan cards, unlocking unique in-game content.
The cards will reportedly usher new animals, new [...]
Avaya’s Jim Smith on the Advantages of SIP in the Call Center
- April
- 25
Question: You’ve positioned the announcement as allowing companies to offer “faster service with a personal touch.” Can you explain what you mean by “personal touch”?
Jim Smith: Customers interact with businesses for a variety of reasons. They could be seeking information, shopping for a new service, trying to solve a problem, seeking an update, exploring additional [...]
MAC BLOG SAFARIMac Bloggers Fantasize Over Fresh MacBooks, Bicker Over Apple TV Resolution
- April
- 13
iPods Alive and Still Kickin’
In an article appearing in the UK’s The Independent (and later syndicated with permission by MacNewsWorld), writer James Daley kicked up a storm of criticism by suggesting that Apple’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) software updates intentionally beat up and eventually knock out older iPods at about the time they reach two years [...]
Grant to Help Expand Rural Telemedicine
- April
- 6
A $15.5 million grant from the Federal Communications Commission to the Center for Telehealth and Cybermedicine Research at the Health Sciences Center will be used to design, build, operate and evaluate a Southwest Telehealth Access Grid, a broadband network largely serving rural areas that typically lack such technology.The grant to increase the bandwidth will be [...]
Funerals go online for distant mourners
- April
- 6
Association president Neil Little said technology had changed the format of services and more funeral directors were changing with the tide.
Where once people would play a song during reflection time, the song is now accompanied by a DVD slideshow of images.
Directors were asked weekly to arrange funerals that involved friends and relatives overseas, he said. [...]
EXPERT ADVICEExchanging Real Money in Virtual Worlds
- March
- 18
Creating a Payment Environment
The concept of a virtual currency has to be created to allow for trading within the virtual world. Second Life has introduced Linden Dollars; Cyworld trades in Acorns; and World of Warcraft users pay for their transaction with virtual gold. In addition, an efficient payment mechanism has to be installed within the [...]
ANALYSISDispelling the Mystery of Android
- March
- 18
Not an Operating System
Let us be clear on this: Android is an open Linux application platform — a good one at that — which provides a framework for third-party developers to create applications based on a ‘unified’ application programming environment.
Let us also be clear on this: Android is NOT a mobile Linux operating system (even [...]
EXPERT ADVICEWhat’s in Store for SOA in 2008?
- March
- 18
Additional influences will be felt from three major technology trends:
Commoditization, including open source and large data centers;
Software abstractions, including modularity , inversion of control and increasing use of patterns; and
Deployment options, including virtualization, grid, multicores and other operational impact changes.
Trends for SOA in 2008 will be influenced by a combination of cultural and technological issues.
Cultural [...]
Asus Eee PC to Get a Little Less Linuxy
- March
- 18
‘Greater Enhancements’
“The Eee PC has been a tremendous success since our initial launch in October last year, and feedback gathered from consumers have aided us in providing even greater enhancements with our new range of Eee PCs,” noted Jonathan Tsang, vice chairman of Asus.
“With the new Windows-based offerings, a greater amount of work ease is [...]
