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Initiative Announced to Create a Connected Tennessee
The Tennessee Broadband Task Force announced today that national non-profit Connected Nation has begun work toward ensuring the State of Tennessee becomes a leader in the wired world by launching a statewide initiative called Connected Tennessee.
Subjects: Rural/Hard to Reach Areas, Healthcare, Individual State, Entertainment, Technology, Advocacy, Business
Type: News Item
State(s): Tennessee
1st-Mile New Mexico
New Mexico 'open' broadband initiative.
Subjects: Rural/Hard to Reach Areas, Healthcare, Individual State, Entertainment, Technology, Policy, Education & Research, Advocacy, Business, Government, Economic Development, General Public, Rates, History
Type: Network/Service Provider, Publication, News Item, Organization, Policy/Regulation, Application, Mailing List, Presentations, Quote, Legislation
State(s): New Mexico
Downloads of flicks get battle testing
Jonathan Sidener, Personal Technology Editor writes about what's coming in on-demand movies. Apple Computer is about to take over Hollywood the way it has dominated the portable digital music arena with its iPod. And you know your boss expects you to write about the terrain-altering news when official word comes out.
So you drag yourself into the office only to find out that the Earth hasn't shattered. Apple is going to sell Disney movies on iTunes. Whoa. Hold the presses.
Subjects: Entertainment, Technology, General Public
Type: News Item
State(s): NONE
Gaming Technology and Business IT Begin to Meld
Games are serious business, and business is a serious game. There's always been some crossover between frivolous entertainment and cutthroat commerce, but advances in user interfaces, graphics, interactivity, and visualization technologies, as well as the need to manage the complexities of modern game development, have brought the two worlds together.
Businesspeople and entertainers have a lot to learn from each other. Not only is the industry maturing and adopting the tools and techniques of software development from the business world, he says, but insights from gaming and virtual worlds are changing business.
Subjects: Entertainment, Technology, Business
Type: News Item
State(s): NONE
BitTorrent Goes Legal in Warner Film Deal
San Francisco's BitTorrent Inc., the file-sharing site that became popular for offering free, illegal downloads of pirated movies and television shows, said Tuesday that it has struck a deal with Warner Bros. to make some of those same films and shows legally available online.
Subjects: Entertainment, Technology, General Public
Type: News Item
State(s): NONE
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