http://eastwood-inet.com WEB 2.0 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:40:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Two weeks after the Recording Industry Association of America announced it had struck deals with top internet service providers to cut off unrepentant music sharers, not a single major ISP will cop to agreeing to the ambitious scheme, and one top broadband company says it's not on board. The RIAA's ... http://eastwood-inet.com/2009/01/top-internet-providers-cool-to-riaa-three-strikes-plan/ , , and put two key pieces of their plan in place to connect TVs to Internet-equipped widgets this year. Samsung agreed to support the technology inside of selected 2009 TVs, and Adobe said that it would port a version of its Flash Lite technology to the Intel Media Processor ... http://eastwood-inet.com/2009/01/samsung-yahoo-intel-put-tv-widget-pieces-in-place/ The good news, according to a second study from the same research group, is that a simple intervention -- in this case, an-e-mail from a physician -- made some of the teens change their risky behaviors. "I was surprised, at least to some extent, at how clearly teens were discussing ... http://eastwood-inet.com/2009/01/teens-divulge-risky-behavior-on-social-networking-sites/ Commerzbank, Infineon, United Internet: German Equity Preview Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies whose shares may have unusual price changes in Germany. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are from the previous close. DAX Index futures expiring in March rose 46.5, or 0.9 percent, to 5,024 at ... http://eastwood-inet.com/2009/01/commerzbank-infineon-united-internet-german-equity-preview/ BOSTON (AP) -- A bill sitting on Governor Deval Patrick's desk could allow Massachusetts Police Departments to use the internet to auction off unclaimed items. Under current law, State Police Departments can hold auctions to make money off unclaimed property in police custody. The new bill would allow departments to ... http://eastwood-inet.com/2009/01/new-bill-could-allow-police-to-auction-unclaimed-items-via-the/ January 1, 2009 9:54 AM PST My web site, which caters to individuals (rather than businesses), received 28% of its hits from Macintosh users in December. Also, 70% Windows, 2% Linux. January 1, 2009 10:25 AM PST Ahhh - so the worm is finally beginning to turn. January 1, 2009 ... http://eastwood-inet.com/2009/01/report-apples-internet-presence-grows/ has yet to restore most of its telecommunications network. Qwest disconnected SkyWi on Dec. 30 because of a billing dispute, leaving thousands of Internet and phone customers without service in the six states where SkyWi operates: New Mexico, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Colorado and Texas. The cutoff created a crisis situation ... http://eastwood-inet.com/2009/01/much-of-skywi%e2%80%99s-telecom-network-still-down/ January 1, 2009 (Computerworld) 's market share plunged by a record-setting amount during December, Web metrics vendor said today. Microsoft Corp.'s browser lost 1.6 percentage points of its market share last month, ending December with a 68.2% share, down from November's 69.8%. Since the end of October, IE has ... http://eastwood-inet.com/2009/01/ie-share-slides-record-amount-ends-2008-down-10/ In January, Yahoo and Intel plan to show off their new Yahoo Widget Channel at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) which plans to bring online interaction and social networking capabilities to digital TV watching. The Yahoo Widget Channel will showcase the ability to view Flickr albums with friends while watching ... http://eastwood-inet.com/2008/12/will-the-widget-channel-internet-tv-save-yahoo/ Guyana, Suriname to boost phone, Internet service GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana and Suriname plan to invest a combined $60 million in an undersea fiber optic cable to improve phone and Internet service. The 746-mile (1,200-kilometer) cable will run north through Trinidad to Florida, backing up an existing cable that ... http://eastwood-inet.com/2008/12/guyana-suriname-to-boost-phone-internet-service/