An Orchestra formed by Youtube consisting of musicians from more than 30 different countries gave their a performance in the YouTube Symphony Orchestra in New York.
Youtube held a contest that allowed anyone, anywhere to upload a clip of themselves playing. A selection went to a popular vote.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8001253.stm
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Spam 'produces 17m tons of CO2'
This is just amazing...something you never really think about!
'A study into spam has blamed it for the production of more than 33bn kilowatt-hours of energy every year, enough to power more than 2.4m homes.
The Carbon Footprint of e-mail Spam report estimated that 62 trillion spam emails are sent globally every year.
This amounted to emissions of more than 17 million tons of CO2, the research by climate consultants ICF International and anti-virus firm McAfee found.'
from: news.bbc.co.uk
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8001749.stm
'A study into spam has blamed it for the production of more than 33bn kilowatt-hours of energy every year, enough to power more than 2.4m homes.
The Carbon Footprint of e-mail Spam report estimated that 62 trillion spam emails are sent globally every year.
This amounted to emissions of more than 17 million tons of CO2, the research by climate consultants ICF International and anti-virus firm McAfee found.'
from: news.bbc.co.uk
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8001749.stm
There is No Web 3.0, There is No Web 2.0 - There is Just the Web
While doing some research for a recent essay on digital media technologies I came across this article, 'There is no Web 3.0, there is no web 2.0 - there is just the web'. There are some interesting points made in it so I have a read and see what you think.
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/there_is_no_web_30_there_is_no_web_20.php
"The points of contrast [between Web 2.0 and Web 3.0] are actually the same points that I used to distinguish Web 2.0 from Web 1.5. (I've always said that Web 2.0 = Web 1.0, with the dot com bust being a side trip that got it wrong.)," wrote O'Reilly last fall. In otherw words, the versioning of the web is silly. Web 1.0, 2.0, or 3.0 is all really just whatever cool new thing we're using the web to accomplish right now.
I won't use the term "Web 2.0" in my reply, I'll just tell them that we write about the web, what you can do with it now, and what you'll be able to do with it in the future.
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/there_is_no_web_30_there_is_no_web_20.php
"The points of contrast [between Web 2.0 and Web 3.0] are actually the same points that I used to distinguish Web 2.0 from Web 1.5. (I've always said that Web 2.0 = Web 1.0, with the dot com bust being a side trip that got it wrong.)," wrote O'Reilly last fall. In otherw words, the versioning of the web is silly. Web 1.0, 2.0, or 3.0 is all really just whatever cool new thing we're using the web to accomplish right now.
I won't use the term "Web 2.0" in my reply, I'll just tell them that we write about the web, what you can do with it now, and what you'll be able to do with it in the future.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Quest 3D
For anyone interested in 3D animation...Quest3D is a development tool for creating real-time 3D applications. Using your mouse and keys, you can navigate your way around the scenario.
There are some really nice exmaples on this site.
http://quest3d.com/index.php?id=15
There are some really nice exmaples on this site.
http://quest3d.com/index.php?id=15
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