[telecom-cities] Atari founder plans playground for adults | CNET News.com

http://news.com.com/Atari+founder+plans+playground+for+adults/ 2100-1043_3-5805833.html?tag=nefd.lede Atari founder plans playground for adults By Daniel Terdiman http://news.com.com/Atari+founder+plans+playground+for+adults/ 2100-1043_3-5805833.html Story last modified Wed Jul 27 04:00:00

[telecom-cities] track terror suspects from London to Rome by cell

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22989-1714245,00.html In a joint intelligence operation between Rome and London, agents were led to the address by monitoring the mobile telephone of the bomber’s brother. Police refused to say if Hussain Osman had been in contact with members of his

[telecom-cities] States Move on Sex Offender GPS Tracking

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/29/ AR2005072901154_pf.html States Move on Sex Offender GPS Tracking By DAVID A. LIEB The Associated Press Friday, July 29, 2005; 11:14 PM JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Technology that helps the military align targets and motorists find

[telecom-cities] Technology Review - Reaching Safe Ground

http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/07/wo/wo_072605wolman.asp? trk=top Reaching Safe Ground By David Wolman July 26, 2005 If a major earthquake happened in the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a tectonic plate margin similar to the one where the devastating earthquake and tsunami occurred

[telecom-cities] Wired News - Koreans Find Secret Cybersauce

Koreans Find Secret Cybersauce By Jonny Evans Story location: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,68361,00.html 02:00 AM Aug. 08, 2005 PT There's more to online social networks than matchmaking, and South Korea's Cyworld is showing the way. The online service blends homepage building

[telecom-cities] Fwd: [IP] The new threat to Hollywood: Darknets

The new threat to Hollywood: Darknets PRIVATE, ENCRYPTED FILE-SHARING NETWORKS SET TO GROW. By Dawn C. Chmielewski Mercury News http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/12306819.htm Fresh from its victory in the Supreme Court Grokster case, Hollywood faces a new Internet threat --

[telecom-cities] CNET - Making sense of sensors

Making sense of sensors August 12, 2005, 4:00 AM PT By Michael Kanellos Staff Writer, CNET News.com Accenture is watching you. Somehow, that statement just doesn't ring with ominous, Big Brother overtones. The consulting firm, however, is placing a big bet on remote devices and sensors

[telecom-cities] InternetWeek | Government Bridging The Digital Divide

good summary of recent developments in the Muni WiFi struggle in the US --- http://www.internetweek.com/168601371 August 12, 2005 Government Bridging The Digital Divide By Christopher T. Heun InternetWeek During the last four years, as the United States slipped from fourth to 16th in

[telecom-cities] Hotels dumb down alarm clocks for weary guests - Yahoo! News

a major pet peeve of mine... --- http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20050815/tc_usatoday/ hotelsdumbdownalarmclocksforwearyguests Hotels dumb down alarm clocks for weary guests By Roger Yu, USA TODAY 2 hours, 52 minutes ago How difficult can setting an alarm clock be? That's a

[telecom-cities] Technology Review - Wearable Computing for the Commons

http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/04/12/wo_simson120104.0.asp By Simson Garfinkel December 1, 2004 One of his most successful inventions, says Georgia Tech professor Thad Starner, is a four-inch strip of Velcro that sticks his Twiddler keyboard to the side of his shoulder bag. The

[telecom-cities] Ethiopia leaps into the information age - Times Online

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20411-1732539,00.html August 12, 2005 Ethiopia leaps into the information age By Holden Frith, Times Online One of the world's poorest countries hopes that a broadband internet network will give it a badly needed break Good news often seems to

[telecom-cities] Fwd: [IP] Broadband Reality Check

interesting # - urban broadband penetration in US is double that of rural areas Begin forwarded message: Free Press, the Consumer Federation of America and Consumers Union released a report today detailing the ways in which the FCC's recent positive assessment of US broadband

[telecom-cities] Will Sticks Lick Broadband Fix? - Newsweek

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8938152/site/newsweek/ MSNBC.com Will Sticks Lick Broadband Fix? By Steven Levy Newsweek Aug. 22, 2005 issue - When Bob Dylan sang Time passes slowly up here in the mountains, he wasn't referring to the speed of Web pages loading on his computer. But this

[telecom-cities] Solutions for Transforming Government - Intel® Digital Communities

http://www.intel.com/business/bss/industry/government/digital- communities.htm A growing number of city and government leaders are implementing eGovernment services using innovative technology to enhance safety and security, citizen satisfaction, and a greater return on tax revenues.

[telecom-cities] TIME.com: The Invasion of the Chinese Cyberspies (And the Man Who Tried to Stop Them) -- Sep. 05, 2005 -- Page 1

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1098961,00.html unday, Aug. 28, 2005 The Invasion of the Chinese Cyberspies (And the Man Who Tried to Stop Them) An exclusive look at how the hackers called TITAN RAIN are stealing U.S. secrets By NATHAN THORNBURGH It was another routine

[telecom-cities] Katrina's Impact Is Spreading - Forbes.com

i'm cross-posting selected articles to TELECOM-CITIES, but the bulk of clips from New Orleans are going to CATCOMM (archives at http:// www.mail-archive.com/catcomm%40forums.nyu.edu/) http://www.forbes.com/home/economy/2005/08/31/katrina-hurricane- impact-cx_sr_0831impact.html The

[telecom-cities] Fwd: cell phones and crime

From: Mitchell Moss Date: September 1, 2005 8:52:29 AM PDT To: Anthony Townsend Subject: cell phones and crime Ch 4's Rob Morrison reported at 5:11 am that a Manhattan restaurateur now faces public lewdness charges after allegedly flashing a woman on the subway's R line. The female victim

[telecom-cities] Department of Homeland Screw-Up - What is the Bush administration doing? By Tim Naftali

http://www.slate.com/id/2125494/nav/tap2/ --- You are currently subscribed to telecom-cities as: archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set DIGEST mode and only receive one list message per day with all the daily traffic, please visit the list

[telecom-cities] Fwd: BellSouth Updates Impact of Hurricane Katrina (fwd)

-- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 23:41:39 GMT From: Fergie (Paul Ferguson) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: BellSouth Updates Impact of Hurricane Katrina For what it's worth. [snip] ATLANTA, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BellSouth (NYSE: BLS)

[telecom-cities] Television Signals Plug the Holes in GPS - Popular Science

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/computerselec/ 7a924c3ee4d05010vgnvcm104eecbccdrcrd.html Television Signals Plug the Holes in GPS GPS is indespensable, but reception is spotty indoors and in urban areas. A new system that uses digital television signals should clear the way for anytime,

[telecom-cities] Battle robots could join dogs on S. Korea border (not a joke)

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/09/23/ MTFH10852_2005-09-23_17-20-30_WRI344795.html Battle robots could join dogs on S. Korea border Sep 23 1:12 PM US/Eastern SEOUL (Reuters) - Armed, six-legged robots may one day work alongside man's best friend on the southern side of the Korean DMZ.

[telecom-cities] real time google maps of Dublin's rail network

http://www.mackers.com/projects/dartmaps/ --- You are currently subscribed to telecom-cities as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Manage your mail settings at http://forums.nyu.edu/cgi-bin/nyu.pl?enter=telecom-cities RSS feed of list traffic:

[telecom-cities] Wi-Fi Networking News: Can Google Pay for SF Through Clicks?

many of you are no doubt aware of Google's ambitious plan to unwire all of San Francisco, for free http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/10/01/ MNGG9F16KG1.DTL --- http://wifinetnews.com/archives/005898.html Can Google Pay for SF Through Clicks? BY GLENN

[telecom-cities] Bilbao UN summit -2nd World Summit on Cities and Local Authorities in the Information Society

http://www.it4all-bilbao.org/ What is the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)? The Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is a work process, endorsed by the UN, to develop a common vision and understanding of the Information Society, and to put into operation a jointly agreed

[telecom-cities] MercuryNews.com | 10/11/2005 | GPS helps your PDA know where you are

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/12871983.htm GPS helps your PDA know where you are By Mike Langberg Mercury News I'm being beckoned into the courtyard of Project Artaud, a co- operative residence and work space for artists in San Francisco's Mission District.

[telecom-cities] Toronto Star - Cellphones and iPods are turning public space into private space

http://tinyurl.com/9v39a Toronto Star Oct. 9, 2005. 01:00 AM CHRISTOPHE ENA/AP The iPod Nano. It's all in your head Community, that is. Cellphones and iPods are turning public space into private space, a phenomenon that's changing how we relate to each other. KENNETH KIDD Wade

[telecom-cities] E-mail and SMS eroding 'snail mail': ZDNet Australia: News: Communications

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/ E_mail_and_SMS_eroding_snail_mail_/0,261791,39216730,00.htm E-mail and SMS eroding 'snail mail' Jeff Turnbull, AAP October 12, 2005 URL: http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/

[telecom-cities] The Korea Herald : Mobile taxi cops to make cab-riding safer

http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/ 2005/10/11/200510110014.asp Mobile taxi cops to make cab-riding safer Seoul city government will introduce a mobile taxi cop service to ensure safer cab-riding, an official said yesterday. Each taxi will have a specific bar code inside and

[telecom-cities] Email makes you fat | The Register

i hope this doesnt mean the New Urbanist / sprawl makes you fat gang will come out against the internet http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/17/email_fattening/ Email makes you fat Sport England combats electronic obesity menace By Lester Haines Published Monday 17th October 2005

[telecom-cities] Call a Bike

this is so cool http://www.callabike.de/kundenbuchung/process.php? proc=englishf=500key=72fdf51493309a44547e879546fe75d5...1 Discover Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne or Munich by bike! Are you visiting Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne or Munich and want to hire a bike? Call a Bike is a

[telecom-cities] BBC NEWS | England | Cambridgeshire | Singing benches let loose in city

whew! that's about $200,000! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/4077680.stm Singing benches let loose in city Robotic bins that move and chuckle, benches that flock together and sing when the sun comes out, have been unleashed in Cambridge. The Junction, one of the

[telecom-cities] Business week - Handing Over the Keys

http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/oct2005/ id20051017_303716.htm OCTOBER 17, 2005 • Editions: N. America | Europe | Asia | Edition Preference INSIGHT By John Maeda Handing Over the Keys Allowing consumers access to a product's innards is vital to a lasting relationship,

[telecom-cities] Internet Use by State

he who maps this first and shares with the group gets a prize... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/27/ AR2005102701474_pf.html Internet Use by State By The Associated Press The Associated Press Thursday, October 27, 2005; 4:39 PM Percentage of

[telecom-cities] NYT - Location, Location, Location. Research, Research

The New York Times November 5, 2005 Your Money Location, Location, Location. Research, Research. By DAMON DARLIN Three years ago, Matthew Haines was remodeling a five-family brownstone he bought in Harlem when inspiration hit him. There were all these abandoned buildings that were holding

[telecom-cities] Discover - How to cut through the info blitz and actually get some work done

http://www.discover.com/issues/nov-05/departments/emerging-technology/ Emerging Technology E-mail Making You Crazy? How to cut through the info blitz and actually get some work done By Steve Berlin Johnson DISCOVER Vol. 26 No. 11 | November 2005 | Technology The Institute of Psychiatry at

[telecom-cities] CNN.com - MIT maps wireless users across campus - Nov 4, 2005

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/11/04/wireless.campus.ap/index.html MIT maps wireless users across campus CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (AP) -- In another time and place, college students wondering whether the campus cafe has any free seats, or their favorite corner of the library is occupied,

[telecom-cities] Fwd: AIANY - SOM Technology Symposium 2005

Begin forwarded message: From: Paul Seletsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: November 15, 2005 6:00:36 AM PST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AIANY - SOM Technology Symposium 2005 Special Event SOM BUILDING SCIENCE DESIGN RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM '05 Date: Friday, November 18th, 2005 Time: Morning

[telecom-cities] The REgister - Toilet-disposed mobiles menace Helsinki's sewers

thanks to Martin Dodge for this... talk about unintended consequences Toilet-disposed mobiles menace Helsinki's sewers Tech down the pan By Jan Libbenga Published Wednesday 16th November 2005 12:52 GMT More and more mobile phones are turning up in the sewage system of the Helsinki

[telecom-cities] Machines and objects to overtake humans on the Internet: ITU

Machines and objects to overtake humans on the Internet: ITU Nov 17 7:55 AM US/Eastern Machines will take over from humans as the biggest users of the Internet in a brave new world of electronic sensors, smart homes, and tags that track users' movements and habits, the UN's

[telecom-cities] Guardian | Growing up with the wired generation

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,16376,1637572,00.html Growing up with the wired generation Today's teenagers use technology to stay in touch with friends at all times - turning their bedrooms into 'connected cocoons' Natalie Hanman Thursday November 10, 2005 The Guardian

[telecom-cities] Newsday - How to tell if your spouse is cheating

How to tell if your spouse is cheating BY PAT BURSON STAFF WRITER November 7, 2005 You're reading the newspaper, and your husband or wife could be cheating on you at this very moment. Not possible, you think? Of the 19,000 U.S. adults responding anonymously to a national survey about

[telecom-cities] UPI - Paris rioters get an edge with cell phones

http://www.upi.com/Hi-Tech/view.php?StoryID=20051108-113941-3173r Paris rioters get an edge with cell phones By SHIHOKO GOTO UPI Senior Business Correspondent WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- As violence continues to rage in the suburbs of Paris, tension runs high between the rioting immigrant

[telecom-cities] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Korea’s digital wave travels far

South Koreans spent more than $1.6bn shopping online in the first quarter of 2004, twice as much per capita as US consumers http://digiens.blogspot.com/2005/11/koreas-digital-wave-travels-far.html Korea’s digital wave travels far South Korea’s Digital Media City is intended to be a

[telecom-cities] Cell phones plug Africa's poor into mobile banking - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051101/tc_nm/africa_banking_dc Cell phones plug Africa's poor into mobile banking By Rebecca Harrison Tue Nov 1,11:39 AM ET SOWETO, South Africa (Reuters) - After years of stashing his cash under the mattress, Jeremiah Mpanza now transfers money with a flick

[telecom-cities] New Hi-tech park in Seoul

anyone close to Georgia Tech know more details of their involvement? http://english.seoul.go.kr/today/news/city/1227153_3326.html On Nov. 25, the Seoul Metropolitan Government signed an agreement with Seoul National University of Technology, Korea Electric Power Corporation and Korean

[telecom-cities] Fwd: Big Easy Launches Free Wireless System

Big Easy Launches Free Wireless System By Associated Press November 29, 2005, 1:54 PM EST NEW ORLEANS -- In an attempt to boost its stalled economy, the hurricane-ravaged city of New Orleans is starting the nation's first free wireless Internet

[telecom-cities] Top 10 Online Shopping Cities

Top 10 Online Shopping Cities 1) Tampa, FL 2) San Diego, CA 3) Philadelphia, PA 4) Houston, TX 5) Miami, Fl 6) Washington, D.C. 7) New York, NY 8) Dallas, TX 9) Chicago, IL 10) Pittsburgh, PA http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePageart_aid=36582

[telecom-cities] Miami Police Take New Tack Against Terror

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/11/28/D8E5RPBO5.html Miami Police Take New Tack Against Terror Nov 28 9:28 PM US/Eastern By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press Writer MIAMI Miami police announced Monday they will stage random shows of force at hotels, banks and other public places to keep

[telecom-cities] Fwd: DIFFUSION eBooks: 7 new titles published in 2005

Begin forwarded message: From: Giles Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: November 30, 2005 7:42:53 AM PST To: announce@proboscis.org.uk Subject: DIFFUSION eBooks: 7 new titles published in 2005 Proboscis is pleased to announce the publication of three new eBooks in addition to four published

[telecom-cities] Fwd: ITP, NYU Winter Show - Dec 18-19, 05

Begin forwarded message: From: Midori Yasuda [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: December 1, 2005 1:23:29 PM PST To: Announcements of ITP (Multimedia) Events itp- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ITP, NYU Winter Show - Dec 18-19, 05 Reply-To: Midori Yasuda [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is an email list for the

[telecom-cities] The Dispatch - N.C. judge dismisses voting machine case, vendor may pull out

http://www.the-dispatch.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051128/APN/ 511280948 November 28. 2005 9:45PM N.C. judge dismisses voting machine case, vendor may pull out By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press Writer One of the nation's leading suppliers of electronic voting machines may decide

[telecom-cities] sfweekly.com | Craig$list.com

http://www.sfweekly.com/Issues/2005-11-30/news/feature.html From sfweekly.com Originally published by SF Weekly 2005-11-30 ©2005 New Times, Inc. All rights reserved. Craig$list.com The much-loved Web site is taking millions from Bay Area newspapers and causing layoffs that adversely affect

[telecom-cities] Missouri: State Spies on Drivers Through Cell Phones

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/06/696.asp Missouri: State Spies on Drivers Through Cell Phones The state of Missouri has begun a program to track individual movements on highways through cell phones. The Missouri Department of Transportation will spend $3 million annually on a program to

[telecom-cities] FW: [Locative] UC San Diego Call for Graduate Applications

-- Anthony Townsend Institute for the Future (aim/skype) anthonymobile (tel) +1 650 233 9522 (blog) http://future.iftf.org/ -- Forwarded Message From: Brett Stalbaum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 12:01:14 -0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Locative] UC San Diego Call

[telecom-cities] OECD - Globalisation driving increase in international offshoring of research and development centres, finds OECD report

Globalisation driving increase in international offshoring of research and development centres, finds OECD report 11/10/2005 - Offshoring of research and development is on the rise, with more multinationals setting up research and development (RD) laboratories abroad, according to

[telecom-cities] E-mail and SMS simplify contacts with nursing homes

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/15008.php E-mail and SMS simplify contacts with nursing homes Family members want to use SMS and e-mail messages to reach and maintain contact with personnel working with home-help services and the care of the elderly. These are some of the findings of a survey

[telecom-cities] SFGate: Underground, but not unconnected -- BART offers wireless service to riders

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/11/19/MNGF2FR6C11.DTL - Saturday, November 19, 2005 (SF Chronicle) Underground, but not unconnected -- BART offers wireless service to riders Michael Cabanatuan,

[telecom-cities] IT-Analysis.com - Is Big Brother watching you

Is Big Brother watching you? Clive Longbottom By: Clive Longbottom, Head of Research Quocirca Published: 4th December, 2005 Copyright © 2005 Quocirca Logo for Quocirca A little while back, Tesco utilised RFID tags to monitor who was picking up Gillette razors and blades in its

[telecom-cities] Daily Candy - Hybrid wireless taxis in NYC

Hybrid Power New York car services range from the stylish to the stinky. But they all have one thing in common: They¹re lumbering gas-guzzlers. (Yes, you should feel guilty for renting that hideous Escalade limo.) Ozocar, a new hybrid-only car service, is changing the formula. Because luxury

[telecom-cities] FW: AIANY Event - Interactive Simulation and Visualization tools for Architecture

-- Forwarded Message From: Paul Seletsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:32:24 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Conversation: AIANY Tech - December 2005 Event Subject: AIANY Tech - December 2005 Event December 2005 Event Date: Tuesday, December 13th, 2005 Time: 6:00pm to

[telecom-cities] The Baltic Life: Hot Technology for Chilly Streets - New York Times

http://nytimes.com/2005/12/13/technology/13skype.html?ei=5094en=bf2f575655c 1bf90hp=ex=1134536400partner=homepagepagewanted=print The New York Times December 13, 2005 The Baltic Life: Hot Technology for Chilly Streets By MARK LANDLER TALLINN, Estonia, Dec. 8 - Visiting the offices of Skype

[telecom-cities] BREITBART.COM - Hacker attacks in US linked to Chinese military: researchers

Title: BREITBART.COM - Hacker attacks in US linked to Chinese military: researchers My understanding is that this kind of state-sponsored information warfare is quite pervasive, especially by states like Singapore and Israel against their neighbors -

[telecom-cities] FW: Planum Newsletter - Special: Future Urban Research in Europe

-- Forwarded Message From: Planum Newsletter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:06:07 +0100 Subject: Planum Newsletter - Special: Future Urban Research in Europe Planum Newsletter - Special - Future Urban Research in Europe FUTURE Future Urban Research in Europe Call for

[telecom-cities] CNET - Can Wi-Fi make it in Manhattan?

I love how a city can only be planning its broadband strategy if its doing a wi-fi project. NYC released a comprehensive telecom strategy this past spring (which I helped write with Lower Manhattan-based consultants Appleseed, Inc). But I guess if its doesn't include wi-fi it doesn't matter!

[telecom-cities] Ubercool - Ultimate iPod Accessories: A New Car and Stereo

http://www.ubercool.com/2005/09/23/ultimate-ipod-accessories-a-new-car-and-s tereo/ Ultimate iPod Accessories: A New Car and Stereo September 23rd, 2005 Few carmakers realize it yet, but seamlessly integrating an Apple iPod with a new automobile is influencing a lot of car buyers. In January,

[telecom-cities] Someone ought to get down to N Orleans and write a dissertation about this project

What a case study this could be for looking at links between telecom investments and economic development Intelligent Infrastructure The Big Easy's Wireless Boost Dan Frommer, 12.01.05, 6:00 AM ET New Orleans officials hope a new municipally owned wireless network will help lure

[telecom-cities] Through His Webcam, a Boy Joins a Sordid Online World - New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/19/national/19kids.ready.html The New York Times December 19, 2005 Through His Webcam, a Boy Joins a Sordid Online World By KURT EICHENWALD The 13-year-old boy sat in his California home, eyes fixed on a computer screen. He had never run with the popular crowd and

[telecom-cities] FW: [IP] San Francisco leaders voice concerns about Wi-Fi project

-- Forwarded Message From: David Farber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ip@v2.listbox.com Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 19:48:27 -0500 To: ip@v2.listbox.com Subject: [IP] San Francisco leaders voice concerns about Wi-Fi project Begin forwarded message: From: Dewayne

[telecom-cities] WSJ - Telecommuting May Ease Chaos of Transit Strike

http://www.telcoa.org/id94.htm Telecommuting May Ease Chaos of Transit Strike December 11, 2002 8:38 p.m. EST Telecommuting May Ease Chaos of a Transit Strike Threat of Strike in New York City Puts Spotlight on Remote Access for Workers By STEPHANIE MILES THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE

[telecom-cities] InfoWeek - Workers Coping With NY Transit Strike By Telecommuting

Workers Coping With NY Transit Strike By Telecommuting Vendors for teleconferencing, videoconferencing, and remote-access tools are stepping in to help former commuters work from home. By W. David Gardner, TechWeb News Dec. 20, 2005 URL:

[telecom-cities] Independent - Britain will be first country to monitor every car journey

Britain will be first country to monitor every car journey From 2006 Britain will be the first country where every journey by every car will be monitored By Steve Connor, Science Editor Published: 22 December 2005 Britain is to become the first country in the world where the movements of all

[telecom-cities] Wireless lampposts

...A Singapore company, hired to provide street lights for the largest city in Cameroon, has devised a way to use the lampposts to provide internet access to residents. When the lights go on in the city of Douala next year, Nex-G Systems will also be providing technology to connect people

[telecom-cities] NYT Week in Review - For Workers, It's Face Time Over PC Time

Ideas Trends: For Workers, It's Face Time Over PC Time Author: TOM ZELLER Jr. Dec 25, 2005 IN the early hours last Tuesday, before most New Yorkers woke to learn that a transit strike had halted their subway and bus service, Judy Breck was at her computer, getting ready to work. Sitting in my

[telecom-cities] CRS report on Concentrated Critical Infrastructure

CRS ON CONCENTRATED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE A new report from the Congressional Research Service considers the problem of critical infrastructure assets that are located in a concentrated area. Critical infrastructure is often geographically concentrated, so it may be distinctly

[telecom-cities] Times UK - Car that lets you park and ride at 170mph

December 31, 2005 Car that lets you park and ride at 170mph From Chris Ayres in Los Angeles MOTORISTS may soon be able to drive at 170mph through the gridlocked streets of Manhattan ‹ from the safety of a Rotherham car park. A new concept car aimed at the baggy-trousered, baseball-cap wearing

[telecom-cities] The Korea Times : DMB Pushing Carmakers to Go IT

http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/biz/200512/kt2005121918475411900.htm DMB Pushing Carmakers to Go IT By Kim Yon-se Staff Reporter Carmakers are willing to form business alliances with information technology (IT) companies on the back of the introduction of digital multimedia broadcasting

[telecom-cities] Seoul's RFID Transit Payment system adopted in Malaysia

http://english.seoul.go.kr/today/news/traffic/1228102_3327.html Seoul's T-money system advances into Malaysia 12/23/2005 Seoul City's advanced transportation system has been attracting the world's attention and is becoming the subject of benchmarking. The Seoul Metropolitan Government and

[telecom-cities] Sides chosen in Logan WiFi battle - The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2006/01/02/sides_chosen_i n_logan_wifi_battle?mode=PF Sides chosen in Logan WiFi battle Wireless and airport lobbies join dispute By Peter Howe, Globe Staff | January 2, 2006 Logan International Airport officials' ongoing quest to ban airline

[telecom-cities] Owners' Web Site Gives Realtors Run for Money - New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/03/realestate/03madison.html?hpex=1136350800 en=784b03679e5f26a8ei=5094partner=homepage%3Cbr%20/%3E January 3, 2006 Owners' Web Site Gives Realtors Run for Money By JEFF BAILEY MADISON, Wis. - Across the country, the National Association of Realtors and the 6

[telecom-cities] Ci'num report - French Digital Futures Summit

http://www.cinum.org/index_uk.htm This was an even I participated in last fall in Bordeaux. It was a very interesting discussion about digital futures... Here is the proceedings/conference report, which is very well written orgnanized http://www.cinum.org/doc/CiNum2005-UK-web.pdf This is part

[telecom-cities] Technology Review: Traffic Avoidance

http://www.technologyreview.com/InfoTech/wtr_16020,308,p1.html December 2005 Traffic Avoidance A new service from Kirkland, WA-based Inrix predicts traffic slowdowns by crunching road sensor data, weather, history, and local events. By Erika Jonietz In the interminable battle against traffic,

[telecom-cities] FW: Cultural Space and Public Sphere in Asia conference

-- Forwarded Message From: 김신동 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:52:36 +0900 (KST) To: 김신동 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Cultural Space and Public Sphere in Asia conference Dear friends,I am pleased to announce a thought provoking conference in which I pleasantly invite you to

[telecom-cities] The Impact of Emerging Technologies: Robots as First Responders - Technology Review

http://www.technologyreview.com/NanoTech/wtr_16136,303,p1.html Wednesday, January 11, 2006 Robots as First Responders Rescue robots can help in incidents like last week's Sago Mine disaster in West Virginia, says roboticist William Red Whittaker. By Tom Mashberg William L. Red Whittaker is

[telecom-cities] The End of Cyberspace - a new blog

My colleague Alex Pang at the Institute for the Future has started a blog where he's writing about what he calls the end of cyberspace. It's basically the same thing we've been talking about here for some time - that eventually cyberspace would stop being something different form where we are all

[telecom-cities] Fiber to the home projects in Europe: Amsterdam and Paris

Interesting to see how European cities are taking the initiative on fiber to the home (FTTH) Paris http://www.muniwireless.com/municipal/bids/979/ Amsterdam http://www.muniwireless.com/municipal/971/ --- You are currently subscribed to telecom-cities as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send

[telecom-cities] Nikon Plans to Stop Making Most Cameras That Use Film - New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/12/technology/12nikon.html?pagewanted=print January 12, 2006 Nikon Plans to Stop Making Most Cameras That Use Film By MARTIN FACKLER TOKYO, Thursday, Jan. 12 - The Nikon Corporation, the Japanese camera maker, said Thursday that it would stop making most of its

[telecom-cities] Advocates of Wi-Fi in Cities Learn Art of Politics - New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/19/technology/circuits/19wifi.html?pagewanted =1 January 19, 2006 Advocates of Wi-Fi in Cities Learn Art of Politics By GLENN FLEISHMAN SEATTLE, Jan. 18 - The idea of building citywide wireless networks from the community level was suspiciously simple back in 2000,

[telecom-cities] Seoul and SF top wireless city list

And you wonder what I've been up too... -- http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?id=20060124152074dt=2006 0124152000w=AFPcoview= San Francisco tops in US wireless Internet spots while Seoul first worldwide SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - San Francisco has the most wireless Internet hot

[telecom-cities] Upcoming TELECOM-CITIES LIST MIGRATION to Google Groups

Well, the hammer has finally come down. I left NYU last May but they have only now come around to kicking our listserv off their system. As of February 1, I will migrate all TELECOM-CITIES lists over to Google Groups. You will automatically be moved. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING Except, of

[telecom-cities] a new supercomputer for the living room (forbes)

Holy Chip! Daniel Lyons, 01.30.06 IBM's radical Cell processor, to debut in Sony's PlayStation 3, could reshape entertainment and spark the next high-tech boom. Later this year millions of homes will get a new supercomputer for the living room. Or maybe the playroom. Sony's long-awaited

[telecom-cities] Trembicky: Bad Landlords We Have Known

http://trembicky.com/ This is a great blog where people submit stories about bad landlords! --- You are currently subscribed to telecom-cities as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Manage your mail settings at