Archive for June 16th, 2009
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The UK Government has published the Digital Britain report today and the main points were outlined in parliament today. Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw outlined the future of the UK’s digital infrastructure in parliament this afternoon following the publication of Communications Minister Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report today. The main parts of the report include: Universal access to today’s broadband services by 2012 Next Generation fund for investment in tomorrow’s broadband services Upgraded mobile networks and liberalisation of 3G spectrum A three-year National Plan to boost Digital Participation Robust legal and regulatory framework to combat Digital Piracy Support for public service content partnerships and revised digital remit for Channel 4 Funding options for national, regional and local news Programme of Digital Switchover in Public Services, including upgrading all Radio stations to digital by 2015 Bradshaw announced that the Government is planning a 50 pence-per-month supplement on fixed-line connections as part of a national fund to help pay for the next-generation of broadband. He said that private investment alone wouldn’t be enough to guarantee a nationwide rollout of fibre broadband. ” Left to the market, true super-fast broadband will only reach two thirds of homes and businesses in the next decade, ” claimed Bradshaw. The national fund created by the broadband tax would raise enough money to roll out the next-generation of broadband to the remaining third of the UK’s population by 2017, said the report. The Government will also legislate to stop illegal file-sharing and said it will provide ” a framework that encourages the growth of legal markets for downloading that are inexpensive, convenient and easily accessible for consumers. ” Regulator Ofcom will be tasked with securing ” a significant reduction in unlawful file sharing by imposing two specific obligations: notification of unlawful activity and, for repeat-infringers, a court-based process of identity release and civil action. ” In order to encourage inexpensive but legal digital content distribution, the report says that the Government will ” make some changes to the legislative framework around copyright licensing.
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UK Government releases Digital Britain report
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Last week Microsoft announced that it would be discontinuing Microsoft Money , the company’s personal finance application. Download Squad readers came up with a number of great suggestions for anyone looking for a replacement. But the 800 pound gorilla in the room is Quicken. And now Intuit, the company behind Quicken are reaching out to Microsoft Money customers by offering tools to import Money data to Quicken . The company is also offering discounts of up to $50 on Quicken software. Those coupons start at $20 off the price of Quicken Deluxe, bringing the price down to $39.99. You can also get $30 off the price of Quicken Premier or Home& Business, or $50 off the price of Rental Property Manager. Or if your finances aren’t that complicated, you could just try Quicken Online for free
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Quicken offers coupons to attract abandoned Microsoft Money users
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GameTrailers has uploaded a pretty sweet video looking at Capcom’s upcoming sequel, Lost Planet 2 . Looking specifically at the promised co-op , this video shows off some of the teamwork that will be demanded of you and your squadmates while running around E.D.N. III. Check out the video past the break. Gallery: Lost Planet 2 Original source: www.joystiq.com , delivered by rss-farm.ru
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Spezify is a kind of freeform search tool that incorporates websites, videos, images, microblog posts and more into a grid of results. It’s not going to beat Google at finding some specific thing you’re looking for, but it’s impressive if you’re looking to get an overview of a topic, especially if you’re a visual person. Instead of showing text results, like Google, Spezify is more like a multimedia wall that you can scroll across vertically or horizontally to take in information at a glance. Spezify also provides a list of related words at the top of the results screen, which can help you explore a topic further. Videos in the results are all embedded, and can be played without leaving the site, and a lot of the text results feature slightly longer previews than Google results do. All in all, I don’t think Spezify is meant to replace any of the major search engines, but you might consider using it when you want a visual summary of a given topic. Original source: www.pheedcontent.com , delivered by rss-farm.ru
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Spezify combines several media types into an impressive visual search tool
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