Simple Thoughts (Technology) – Newsletter for March 7, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
3.1M Cablevision customers face Oscar night without broadcast amid unyielding feud with ABC
3.1M customers face Oscar night without broadcast
NEW YORK – Millions of cable subscribers faced the prospect of Oscar night without the Academy Awards broadcast Sunday after ABC’s parent company switched off its signal to Cablevision customers and the two companies blasted each other for failing to reach a deal in a dispute over fees.
In dueling … Read : 3.1M Cablevision customers face Oscar night without broadcast amid unyielding feud with ABC.
How Data Centers Handling Cyber Terrorism
??Jill Eckhaus , chief executive, AFCOM, the leading association of data center management professionals, said that today’s IT managers are facing big challenges about how to handle cyberterrorism . AFCOM is going to hold a Data Center World show between March 7-11 in Nashville, Tenn where the participants will learn different upcoming menace for cyber [..] Read the original article: here.
Oscar broadcast party crash: ABC switched off for Cablevision’s 3.1M customers in NY amid feud
Oscar party crash: No deal in Cablevision-ABC feud
NEW YORK – ABC’s parent company switched off its signal to Cablevision’s 3.1 million customers in New York at midnight Saturday in a dispute over payments that escalated just hours before the start of the Academy Awards.
In dueling statements dispatched early Sunday, the two companies blamed each other … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Oscar broadcast party crash: ABC switched off for Cablevision’s 3.1M customers in NY amid feud.
Oscars broadcast imperiled for 3.1M customers in NY cable dispute as midnight deadline looms
Midnight deadline looms in Cablevision-ABC feud
NEW YORK – With a midnight deadline looming on a threat to pull the plug on Cablevision’s 3.1 million customers in New York a day before the Academy Awards, there was still no word Saturday night on whether ABC’s parent company and the cable operator have reached a decision.
Cablevision Systems … Original article on : Oscars broadcast imperiled for 3.1M customers in NY cable dispute as midnight deadline looms.
AMD reduces pay package for its CEO by 14 percent in 2009 to $4.5 million
AMD reduces pay package for CEO by 14 pct. in 2009
SAN FRANCISCO – Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the world’s No. 2 maker of computer microprocessors, reduced its CEO’s pay package 14 percent last year. The company cut executives’ pay in response to falling sales.
CEO Dirk Meyer received a package for the 2009 fiscal year that …. Read the original article : AMD reduces pay package for its CEO by 14 percent in 2009 to $4.5 million.
Courts now barring jurors use of social media, blogs and Internet while serving on trials
Courts finally catching up to texting jurors
SAN FRANCISCO – Enough with the tweets, the blogs, the Internet searches.
That’s the message being communicated by courts across the country as jurors using their portable electronic devices continue to cause mistrials, overturned convictions and chaotic delays in court proceedings.
Last year a San Francisco Superior Court judge … Read more »»».
IFAB ends possibility of goal-line technology being implemented, backs human decision-making
IFAB decides against goal-line technology
ZURICH – Goal-line technology won’t be introduced in soccer after the sport’s rule-makers voted Saturday to end all experiments and rely on referees to rule on disputed goals.
The International Football Association Board’s decision, which was opposed by the English and Welsh associations, came after listening to presentations by leading developers of … Read more >>.
Founder Of Facebook Accused Of Hacking
NEW YORK, (GaeaTimes.com)- Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, a famous social networking site, has ended up in trouble as he has been allegedly accused of hacking his contender’s email accounts and profiles back in the year 2004. He has also been accused of hacking the email accounts of Journalist of Harvard … Read more »».
Microsoft’s Tablet PC, Courier will Function as “Digital Journal”
?????? As Apple recently launched iPad across the globe, Microsoft delivered some??good news with its tablet PC. I found some interesting??stuff from different??trusted news sources about the gadget and I love to share the leaked information with you. The Microsoft Courier is a “digital journal”??which is??less than??one inch think, weighs less than half a kg … Original article on : Microsoft’s Tablet PC, Courier will Function as “Digital Journal”.
Oscars broadcast imperiled for 3.1 million customers in NY cable dispute
Deadline looms in Cablevision-ABC feud
NEW YORK – Cablevision’s 3.1 million customers in New York could lose access to the Academy Awards on Sunday if ABC’s parent company follows through on a threat to pull the plug at midnight Saturday in a dispute over payments.
The Walt Disney Co. is seeking an additional $40 million a year … Read more : Oscars broadcast imperiled for 3.1 million customers in NY cable dispute.
Brit man becomes first person in the world to sell house on Twitter
LONDON – A British man is said to have become the first person to sell his house on social networking site Twitter.
Peter Bouvier, 33, revealed that he got so fed-up waiting for buyers that he ditched his estate agent and turned to the social network site, and …. Original source : Brit man becomes first person in the world to sell house on Twitter.
Green Air Conditioner
NEW DELHI, INDIA (GaeaTimes.com)- Those who cannot bear the scorching summer heat in Delhi but do not want to buy a costly appliance like air conditioner now have an alternative. It is a greener option as well. The Green air conditioner, as it is being called, is the brainchild of a retired journalist named M. … Read more »»».
Nissan Micra India Expected May 2010
DELHI, INDIA (GaeaTimes.com)- Nissan took the wraps off its brand new B-segment eco-friendly car at the Geneva Auto Show 2010. The newly launched Nissan Micra India will soon undergo a superb revamp session with supercharged and direct injection versions that is due to come in a few months from now. So, the standouts at the … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Nissan Micra India Expected May 2010.
Microsoft’s Pink Pure Phone: First impression
The web is abuzz with Microsoft’s Project Pink. What all the phone-enthusiasts were eagerly looking for is the first look at Microsoft Pink Phone. Gizmodo leaked the first glimpses of Project Pink phone Pure, the Turtle sidekick. What’s interesting, the new phones bears minimal resemblance with Window Phone 7. The software is distinctly different …. Source : Gaea News Network.