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V7 N30 - 13 Jan 2008
HOMELAND SECURITY ZONE
BOEING MUST SHOW 787 NET ACCESS IS SAFE, SEPARATE FAA wants to ensure hackers, hijackers can't control plane Before Boeing Co.'s new 787 jetliner is approved to fly passengers, the aircraft-maker will have to prove that offering Internet access in the cabin won't leave the flight controls vulnerable to hackers and hijackers.... http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/01/10/BUJOUC4S4.DTL
NATURAL DISASTER ZONE
CYBERZONE
FORMER OLPC CTO AIMS TO CREATE $75. LAPTOP A laptop under US$100 could reach desks if a new venture formed by former chief technology officer of One Laptop Per Child, Mary Lou Jepsen, can deliver on its promises. A "spin-out" from OLPC, the company, Pixel Qi is looking to create a $75 laptop and trying to advance low-cost computers and power-efficient laptops, mobile phones and other consumer electronics that are sunlight readable. http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG_002570DE00740E18002573CB006D79D0.html?ref=technology&pagewanted=print
THE LEADING "EDGE" IS PLASTIC FIBRE TO SLASH NETWORK COSTS A new European project using plastic fiber and off-the-shelf components could make optical networking so cheap and simple that in the future, anyone could install it, bringing ultra-high speed (1 to 10 gigabits/sec) telecom lines into every home. http://physorg.com/news119110397.html
APPLE MAY ENTER MOVIE-RENTAL BUSINESS Apple is rumored to be entering the online movie-rental business. The company sells movies through iTunes, and the new service would allow users to rent movies through iTunes and watch them via their computer, iPod, iPhone or AppleTV http://www.dmnews.com/Apple-may-soon-take-on-downloadable-video-rentals/article/100498/
HD DVD HAS THE BLUES Blu-ray Pulls Ahead of HD DVD, but Old Discs Will Stick Around http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/08/AR2008010803866.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter
THE REFRIGERATOR THAT FEEDS THE EYES & BRAINS Ellen Lee An iPod and a fridge. As if storing food wasn't enough, Whirlpool's $1,999 Central Park refrigerator now does double-duty with attachments that dock an iPod, display digital photos, hold a tablet PC and serve... http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/b/a/2008/01/09/techchron-ces_fridge_of_t.DTL
3M HAS PROJECTOR SMALL ENOUGH FOR CELL PHONES, CAMERAS For several years people have been talking about the idea of miniaturizing a projector so that it's small enough to fit inside a cell phone or digital camera. Now it's finally been done, and 3M is demonstrating a prototype of such a device at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show. http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/08/3M-projector-small-enough-for-cell-phones-cameras_1.html?source=NLC-TB&cgd=2008-01-08
FLASH-MEMORY HARD DRIVES SanDisk displayed "hard drives" that are pure flash memory at CES. This is a big, big deal. Flash-memory hard drives have no moving parts, so they're infinitely more rugged and long-lasting than mechanical, spinning drives. They're also much faster (SanDisk says that Windows Vista starts up in about half the time), much smaller (5 millimeters thick), much quieter (silent, in fact) and much lower in power consumption (0.4 watts instead of 1 watt).
In fact, they're superior to regular hard drives in every single way except two: capacity (maximum 72 gigabytes) and price. Clearly, SanDisk feels that the planets have finally aligned for flash hard drives to reach everyday laptops despite those drawbacks. (If the Internet rumors are right, Apple may feel that, too; according to blogger speculation, the company will unveil a superthin laptop next week with just such a flash "hard drive.")
FULL ITEM FROM A REVIEW OF CES INTRODUCTIONS http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/10/technology/personaltech/10pogue.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=technology
FEDS FUDGE IPv6 MANDATES Federal agencies have six months to meet a deadline to support IPv6, But most agencies are not grabbing hold of the new technology and running with it, industry observers say. http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=020000N67J1O&nl=2
COMING TO A TV: THE INTERNET At the Consumer Electronics Show, Matsushita announced what it is calling the industry's first IP-enabled plasma display, capable of displaying online video through one-click access to YouTube. http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=0200029PU1GC&nl=2
LG, HARRIS LAUNCH NEW MOBILE TV BROADCAST TECHNOLOGY LG Electronics in partnership with Harris announced new technology that the pair claims will enable U.S. TV broadcasters to transmit signals to portable electronics such as cell phones as early as next year. The relatively inexpensive add-on device will make it easier or broadcasters to transmit programming to mobile devices through Mobile Pedestrian Handheld (MPH) broadcasts. The technology requires handset makers, such as LG, to also install reception chips into handsets. http://www.wirelessweek.com/News-LG-Harris-New-Mobile-TV-Technology.aspx
ENERGY CRISIS: WHERE'S AN OUTLET WHEN YOU NEED ONE? As gadgets get better and more numerous, ways to keep them powered are failing to keep up. It's a problem that screams for a solution, says columnist Mike Elgan. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2612011/1423585/94055/2/
OPEN SOURCE ZONE
THE 22-YEAR-OLD BEHIND EVEREX CLOUDBOOK'S LINUX OS A little more than a year ago, David Liu was sitting in a lecture hall at UCLA. Today, the young native of West Covina (a suburb 30 miles east of Los Angeles) is heading development of an operating system that is, in its own small way, throwing down a big challenge to Windows Vista. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2612011/1423585/94061/2/
SCIENCE ZONE
ENERGY ZONE
INVENTOR AIMS TO CUT SOLAR COSTS IN HALF The Johnson Thermoelectric Energy Conversion System has no moving parts. It's similar to a fuel cell: it circulates hydrogen between two membrane-electrode assemblies. Unlike a fuel cell, however, it is a closed system. No external hydrogen source. No oxygen input. No wastewater output. Other than a jolt of electricity that acts like the ignition spark in an internal-combustion engine, the only input is heat. http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/earth/4243793.html
MONITORING TOOLS HELP CUT HOME ENERGY USE Giving people the tools to monitor and adjust their electricity use lowers their bills and could reduce the need to build new power plants, according to a government study. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/10/technology/10energy.html?th&emc=th
ENVIRONMENT ZONE
RICH LIFE EMERGES FROM NATURE'S FREEZER Tiny channels in the Arctic ice support creatures that play a crucial role in climate-affected ecosystems. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/sci/tech/6903857.stm
"PAPER OR PLASTIC?" THE ECO-FRIENDLY ANSWER IS "NEITHER-REUSABLE" Paper or plastic grocery bags - which are better for the environment? You probably think you know the answer. And you're probably wrong. Paper bags are not necessarily better for the environment than plastic - despite... http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/12/21/MN20TSCUD.DTL
AUSTRALIA WANTS TO END PLASTIC BAGS Australia says it wants to phase out free plastic bags by the end of 2008, after a similar move by China. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7180365.stm
ASIA PACIFIC ZONE
JAPAN'S DEMOGRAPHIC CRISIS: ROBOTIC CURE? Rejecting Immigration, Japan Turns to Technology as Workforce Shrinks - http://letters.washingtonpost.com/W0RT01671D55F02BE2BE43701F0780
WIRELESS ZONE
NEW WI-FI TECH MATURES WHILE OTHER NETWORKING OPTIONS EMERGE Companies at CES debuting cheaper 802.11n gear, plus options for adding the faster standard without getting rid of your existing equipment. - http://letters.washingtonpost.com/W0RT0165D50F402BE2BE437364CAB0
PASSPORT CARD WITH CHATTY RFID CHIP DRAWS PRIVACY IRE http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2605571/255221/93718/2/
SPRINT TAKES ON PARTNERS TO BOOST WiMAX http://letters.washingtonpost.com/W0RT0165D57CD02BE2BE437364CAB0
WI-FI VIRUS OUTBREAK IS POSSIBLE, RESEARCHERS SAY If criminals were to target unsecured wireless routers, they could create an attack that could piggyback across thousands of Wi-Fi networks in urban areas like Chicago or New York City, according to researchers at Indiana University. http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/04/Wi-Fi-virus-outbreak-possible-researchers-say_1.html?source=NLC-WIRELESS&cgd=2008-01-10
SITE CITES
"LAUGHS" NOT EXCLUSIVE TO HUMANS The basis for laughter may have originated in an ancient primate ancestral to both humans and modern apes, a study suggests. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7167878.stm
Marty Plotnick's CyberZone is a weekly review of Hawaii technology and international technology news. The Hawaii Technology Calendar is available on the front page of this site, with links and descriptions of events relevant to the Hawaii technology and telecommunications community. CyberZone takes special interest in researching and collecting links to stories from international technology news sources of interest to CyberZone's readers. If you have any comments or suggestions for improvements to his site and information resource please contact Marty Plotnick at martycri@clearwire.net
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