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Message from the CHEA board. (Messages).(Editorial)
Technology! Our first thoughts are computers and change. And, as Gale Smith said at the opening of our 2002 Technology@home conference held in Ottawa, even an instrument as simple as a needle is a testimonial to evolving technology. Technology is constantly changing our world. Technology evokes hope for the future. Technology offers tools and processes we believe will help us grow enough food for all, provide affordable housing, improve our health care, educate and entertain us, and save us time and energy in our everyday life--whether it be at school, at home or at work. Technology allows access to instant information and communication locally and globally.
Some people embrace technology. Others look at it with caution, uncertainty and sometimes fear because it is constantly changing and difficult to control or predict. How will we keep informed when the latest technology has been surpassed before we can even learn it? New computers are obsolete before they are unwrapped and plugged in. Can we afford new technology? Can we afford not to adopt new technology? Who owns the technology? Where does old/used technology go when it is no longer functional? How do technology and its rapid change impact on individuals, families and communities? Who will take the time to study and research these questions? Who will bring us the information that will help us make choices, choices that reflect our ...
- BROWNS MARKS 35 YEARS AT FASHION'S EDGE.
- Magazine article from: WWD Conti, Samantha January 4, 2006 700+ words
...ve watched the store become a point of reference for the entire industry." Early customers at Browns included Julie Christie, Linda McCartney and Claire Bloom. "Linda was fabulous," Burstein said. "She'd buy all of the Albini T-shirts. I remember...
- Vietnam regulator ends Internet monopoly.(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: Screen Digest May 1, 2002 700+ words
...awarding Internet Exchange Provider (IXP) licences to military-run Vietel and Corporation for Financing and Promoting Technology (FPT). Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications (VPT) previously held Internet access monopoly through affiliate Vietnam...
- Euro screen ad group acquired by rival.(RMB bought by Carlton Communications...
- Newspaper article from: Screen Digest May 1, 2002 700+ words
...circuits, including AMC, Ster Kinekor, Warner Village, Kinepolis and UGC. Also a key driver of deal, Thomson is actively engaged in digital cinema and this gives it access to exhibitors and advertisers needed to push new technology.
- Intertainer in satellite VoD pact.(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: Screen Digest May 1, 2002 700+ words
...content to cable TV operators via satellite, thus eliminating the need for manual input. Combination of the two companies' technology will enable cable operators offering their own VoD content using Intertainer's delivery system to manage their programming...
- Microsoft releases iTV programme guide.
- Newspaper article from: Screen Digest May 1, 2002 700+ words
...Microsoft has introduced new interactive programme guide (IPG) technology that is compatible with set-top boxes made by Motorola...International, which works with middleware from Liberate Technologies, Microsoft's major set-top box operating system rival...
- Google in pioneering Web services drive.(Online company seeking to increase...
- Newspaper article from: Screen Digest May 1, 2002 700+ words
...google.com), which is exploring ways of increasing its revenues in advance of an IPO later this year, has opened its technology so that other developers can tie in to its catalogue of 2bn documents. When Google released the application programming interface...
- IBM to help Viacom deliver digital content.(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: Screen Digest May 1, 2002 700+ words
Computing giant IBM is to provide technology and consulting services to Viacom that will enable the media company to deliver its properties over digital platforms. IBM (USA...
- Philips HomeLab to pilot smart homes.('HomeLab' intelligent consumer technology...
- Newspaper article from: Screen Digest May 1, 2002 700+ words
...intended as fully-functional study of intelligent consumer technology in controlled environment. Prototypes in development and...for virtual reality gaming. More conceptual trials will see technology embedded into household items or centralising multiple home...