February 1st, 2012 by
David Goldstein
Exclusive rights deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars to broadcast live events could be at risk after a court ruled yesterday that shows could be recorded and screened “near live” without breaching copyright.
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December 17th, 2011 by
David Goldstein
by Ben Goldsmith, Senior Research Fellow at Swinburne University of Technology
Light on detail and raising many more questions than it answers, yesterday’s Convergence Review interim report is still bold and far-reaching, driven by a fundamentally optimistic view of the future for Australian culture, content and communication.
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December 7th, 2011 by
David Goldstein
When city services can autonomously go online and digest information from the cloud, they can reach a level of performance never before seen. First up, water systems that automatically know when it will rain and react accordingly.
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December 5th, 2011 by
David Goldstein
The threat of cyberattacks on the U.S. power grid should be dealt with by a single federal agency, not the welter of groups now charged with the electric system’s security, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology reported on Monday.
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August 30th, 2011 by
David Goldstein
The Government said it may incorporate provisions for a separate regulatory framework for different forms of communication services under the Next Generation Network (NGN) as part of New Telecom Policy-2011. … more
July 9th, 2011 by
David Goldstein
TV makers are expected to ship more than 500 million sets with Internet connectivity by the end of 2015, according to a report from research firm DisplaySearch. This year alone, around 25 percent of all flat-panel sets will come with some form of Internet capability and this trend is expected to grow to 47 percent by 2015. … more