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"What happens when every wireless user has an iPhone, a Palm Pre, or a BlackBerry Tour?" Speaking at CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment in San Diego today, FCC head Julius Genachowski has said that he wants to "close the spectrum gap" -- the difference between the spectrum it's making available for wireless data versus enormous usage projections (400 petabytes a month by 2013, he says) that'll be brought about by smarter, easier-to-use devices and ubiquitous high-speed data through a handful of initiatives including the promotion of the smart use of existing spectrum through the use of femotcells, WiFi, and smart antennas, and -- more importantly -- reallocation of existing spectrum. Genachowski says there are "no easy pickings" for reallocation, but the Commission is aggressively pursuing additional airspace that can help keep 4G rollouts on track. He's gone on to say that they'll be adopting the widely-discussed "shot clock" policy for placement of new towers, giving locales a limited window to protest placement of cell sites that'll help spread 4G services over wider footprints. The guy seems genuinely concerned about keeping 4G rollouts rolling, so let's see just how far the guys in Washington are willing to go to do that.
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FCC says there's a 'looming spectrum crisis' originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted by on under custom search, millis, google, welcome news, snippets, wikipedia, search products, handful, new features |
Google has just announced the release of a handful of major new features for its Google Custom Search products, including a new set of themes, improved use of rich snippets in custom search, and a new Wikipedia search. The announcements aren't especially related, but they'll be welcome news to the millions of sites that have deployed Custom Search.
For those that don't know it, Wikipedia's search is powered by Google Custom Search behind the scenes. Update: Google says that Custom search is actually only used if you install the Google Custom search skin. The new Wikipedia skin that they're launching today is quite slick — it's inline so you won't have to leave the page, and it allows you to restrict your search to pages that are linked to from whatever Wikipedia entry you're reading.
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For a "behind the scenes," this clip doesn't reveal much in terms of the technical wizardry behind Avatar. But it does offer a handful of CGI I don't think any trailer has revealed yet. [Wired]
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Posted by on under quantic dream, mature game, heavy rain, somee, opposable thumbs, quiet moments, subtlety, storytelling, grabs, handful, release date, lighting |
As the February release date for Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain nears, several publications have gotten a chance for some hands-on time with the game and seem to be intrigued by what they saw. Quoting the Opposable Thumbs blog: "The game grabs you during the quiet moments where nothing 'happens.' When you look at a picture your child drew. When you're questioning someone about a crime. When you're trying to figure out how to react to a violent situation. The preview we were sent put me in different situations as I played a small handful of characters, and each one provided a few tiny moments that were surprising in terms of storytelling or subtlety." Eurogamer's previewer had a similar reaction: "To my great delight as well — Heavy Rain isn't a mature game because it has unhappy families and moody lighting, it's a mature game because it anticipates an adult response from the player and is prepared to receive it."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Posted by on under shortest day of the year, winter solstice, snowy scenes, snowy days, mday, december 21st, day of the year, solstice, handful, photographs |
Last Monday was December 21st - the Winter Solstice, or the shortest day of the year (in the Northern Hemisphere). Collected here are a handful of recent photographs of these snowy days for those of us in the north.
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