Archive for July, 2008

YouTube faces $799m lawsuit in Italy

Mediaset, the media empire founded by Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, is seeking at least €500 million (US$779 million) in damages against Google’s YouTube service for allegedly misusing video produced by Mediaset, an Associated Press report said.
In a lawsuit filed with Rome civil court, Mediaset said it had identified on YouTube at least 4,643 video clips [...]

DirecTV Leaves the Competition Behind

DirecTV, a satellite television provider, was launched 13 years ago. As it stands today, they have rose above their original customer count of 320,000 and gained over 16 million customers with the expectation to grow another million by the end of the year. When you see those numbers, you can easily understand why DirecTV has [...]

Office Furniture: Organizing and Planning your Workplace

A positive atmosphere improves the climate in the workplace. That includes versatile office furnishings that promote communication and team spirit. For several years, we’ve been providing good reasons to choose office furniture systems by MAiSPACE. You may select from among our exclusive modular systems to fit your space and budget. While purchasing office furniture, it [...]

Direct TV ist the Best Sattelite Provider!

DirecTV was created over thirteen years ago to provide satellite TV reception. As it stands today, they have rose above their original customer count of 320,000 and gained over 16 million customers with the expectation to grow another million by the end of the year. With numbers like that, it is not difficult to understand [...]

The Right Vacuum Cleaner Makes It Easier

Without a vacuum cleaner, where would you be? That might seem like a silly question, but it’s really not. Instead, it’s important to be aware of the kinds of tools you use on a daily basis and what they can mean for your time and abilities to get your house really clean. Sure, you can [...]

What is DMA?

DMA is Direct Memory Access.
DMA is a system that allows memory to be controlled without passing through the CPU.
Under most situations, the CPU handles the movement of memory for security and stability reasons. However, DMA can be enabled for certain operations, such as reading from a CD-ROM, so that the data read from the CD [...]

What is a USB device?

A USB device is any peripheral hardware that connects and runs on a computer’s Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface – a standardized socket that allows connection and disconnection of devices without having to reboot the computer. USB controls the peripheral devices in a master/slave relationship.
The USB interface expands a computer’s plug and play capabilities, as [...]

What is Jitter?

Jitter is technically defined as a variation of a periodic signal or pulse from its ideal position in time. It is most commonly encountered in telecommunications (also called packet delay variation – PDV – the variation in the time of arrival of packets in a high-speed data transmission) and in electronic systems (the deviation in [...]

The City of Houston, Texas, Signs ELA with ESRI

Staff looks forward to simplified access to GIS tools and accelerated [...]

Strong Financial Results from Wasp Barcode Technologies Shows Small Business Forging Ahead Despite Soft Market

Company pushes revenue, profits up in second quarter as small companies [...]