| Work, play on water keep area economy flowing | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 7:32:13 PM by Blog57 Team | | Even after 300 years, the creeks and channels that connect Tuckerton and its surrounding neighborhoods to the sea are still a foundation of the local economy. "I was in a boat ever since I was 5 years old," says charter fishing captain Robert Fricke, who takes his customers from the Maritime Marina dock on Tuckerton Creek. "My grandfather was a fisherman, and he used to peddle fish around town." In much of New Jersey, the boating season largely coincides with the beaches and boardwalks, and that part of the fleet tends to tie up after Labor Day. But the southern end of the Barnegat Bay estuary and neighboring Great Bay and the Mullica River are home to the hard core, an amphibious population who are still comfortable in boats on a cool day. "This is going to continue right until Mother Nature permits.... | |
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| | | Now how do you pronounce this…thing Wee, Why, Wee-Fee… | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 1:23:55 PM by Blog57 Team | | I was completely thrown in the dark the first time my gaming pals started to talk to me about Wii and its revolutionary mark on the gaming industry. Every word they said was babble to my brain until I decided to do some researching. I was really caught by surprise when one of my favorite websites Yahoo! decided to jump in the game and offer their own version of the Wii device. Before we get into details of Yahoo! Wii, let me give me you a brief overview of the Wii system. Wii, which is pronounced "We" was first introduced to the public in September 2006 under the Nintendo Company. The Wii system was built for fast internet connectivity for online gaming and other usage such as browsing the net. The system also includes a sensor bar that can be used for its wireless controller and a remote control that may be used as a handheld pointing device.... | |
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| | | YouTube garners big bucks, but other ventures have broader aims for TV on the Web | | Posted Saturday, October 28, 2006 7:30:08 PM by Blog57 Team | | Eyebrows went up when Google Inc. recently agreed to spend $1.65 billion for YouTube, the most popular website for free video clips. But that figure could be blown away one day if some emerging companies achieve their much broader visions for the future of online TV. These companies are building flexible online networks that can host content, serve up ads and dish out interactive features. While "viral" video-sharing sites like YouTube focus on individual clips _ many pirated _ these new Internet TV platforms are designed to host full-fledged channels that content creators can control. One of the best positioned is Brightcove Inc., which on Monday is taking the wraps off an Internet video network that handles virtually everything for content creators. Aiming to serve everyone from garage auteurs to major media companies, Brightcove offers free publishing tools and runs video wherever publishers want it.... | |
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| | | HD Radio(TM) Achieves Historic Milestone As 1,000th U.S. Station Begins Broadcasting in Digital | | Posted Monday, October 16, 2006 11:11:23 PM by Blog57 Team | | COLUMBIA, Md., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- With a flip of the switch, WIYY-FM 97.9 (98 Rock) in Baltimore, Maryland, made history recently as the 1,000th station in the United States to broadcast with digital HD Radio technology. "In just over a year, the number of HD Radio stations on the air has nearly doubled, and we expect to finish 2006 with 1,200 stations," said Robert Struble, president and CEO of iBiquity Digital Corporation, developers and licensors of HD Radio technology. "Equally exciting is the corresponding growth in HD2 multicasting, which provides listeners with increased content and program choices, and the rapid influx of new HD Radio receivers, that expands the range of product categories and price points. From a consumer standpoint, there has never been a better time to experience HD Radio." "Our motivation in upgrading to HD Radio technology was to provide listeners with the best radio experience possible, including CD-like sound quality, crystal-clear reception and innovative multicast programming," said Ed Kiernan, vice president/general manager WBAL/WIYY Radio.... | |
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| | | Cingular to turn on zoom, catch up with video | | Posted Wednesday, October 04, 2006 7:19:41 PM by Blog57 Team | | Cingular Wireless on Monday will turn on a faster network in the Triangle that will zip data at least four times quicker and let customers watch video on phones.The nation's largest mobile-phone company will compete with carriers such as Verizon Wireless and Sprint, which already sell such services in the market. Though a year later than rivals, Cingular is betting that its mix of channels -- including CNN, HBO and Fox News -- and a network that's faster than the one it now operates will attract subscribers."We might not be first to the dance, but we're the best dressed," said Laurie Parker, a spokeswoman for the company.Video is the newest front in the wireless wars, with mobile-phone companies rushing to add technical wizardry and wring more cash from customers. They've spent billions to move sound and images faster.... | |
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| | | Local TV stations created `nonevent' | | Posted Sunday, September 10, 2006 10:06:01 AM by Blog57 Team | | In reading about the needless costs Ernesto created in South Florida, I believe the blame is squarely in the hands of the South Florida news affiliates that spent three days creating needless hysteria in our community. They preyed on the fears Wilma and Katrina brought to this area last year. In realizing soaring viewer ratings and the revenue stream created by this event, the local affiliate channels filled our living rooms with endless hours of reporting that exaggerated what this storm would eventually bring. I saw each newscaster and meteorologist morph and twist the words of the National Hurricane Center experts to fit the "illusion" of impending disaster they wanted to create in every South Florida home. As a result, the public reacted by taking time off from work, spending hundreds of dollars in gasoline purchases, hurricane supplies and food.... | |
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| | | John Kelly's Washington Live | | Posted Friday, September 01, 2006 11:23:40 PM by Blog57 Team | | John Kelly writes five times a week about the joys and annoyances of living in Washington. He aims to show readers the Washington (and Silver Spring, Alexandria, Manassas, Bowie ...) that they know and take them places they don't know. He wants to make them see familiar things in unfamiliar ways and unfamiliar things in familiar ways. ("We may occasionally end up seeing unfamiliar things in unfamiliar ways," John says, "but such are the risks of the job.") His columns take a cockeyed view of the place the rest of the planet knows as the Capital of the Free World but that we all call home. ____________________ .... | |
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| | | You Can Take It With You: TV On The Small, Small Screen | | Posted Saturday, August 26, 2006 9:24:40 PM by Blog57 Team | | A 50-inch plasma display may be cool, but try fitting one in your pocket. We show you a variety of options for taking TV wherever you go--without a wheelbarrow. By James Turner TechWeb Aug 24, 2006 10:00 AM In an increasingly wired world, hardcore video addicts want their entertainment available 24/7, wherever they go. So if you're a cutting-edge information junkie, how are you going to get your fix when you're sitting in a taxi stuck in traffic? .... | |
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| | | Qwest plans 911 upgrade | | Posted Monday, August 21, 2006 3:41:53 AM by Blog57 Team | | CHEYENNE -- Qwest Communications International Inc. has announced plans to upgrade its 911 delivery system in Wyoming, largely to prevent a repeat of the Aug. 1 outage that left much of the state without service for hours.The upgrade will add a layer of redundancy to the fiber cable system but will not increase capacity, said Mike Ceballos, president for Qwest in Wyoming."I'm very excited about the solution," Ceballos said. "If you look forward, this will really help us address specifically what's happened, and put us in a much better situation."Meanwhile, the state Public Service Commission is preparing to initiate a "formal investigatory process" into the outage at its Tuesday meeting in Cheyenne. The "fairly intensive process" could include hearings and requests for data from Qwest, said Steve Oxley, secretary and chief counsel for the PSC.... | |
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| | | Cox tunes in changes | | Posted Tuesday, August 15, 2006 5:10:22 AM by Blog57 Team | | Teche Area channel surfers will have new cable television lineups to get accustomed to starting next week.Cox Communications is making several changes to its basic and expanded cable lineups.Customers' bills will change, too, with basic customers paying less and expanded customers paying more for service. Cox spokeswoman Sharon Kleinpeter said the changes are designed to bring the company's Acadiana customers in line with its Baton Rouge market.The good news for basic cable customers is rates will drop from $18.74 per month to $12.97, a decrease of $5.77, or 31 percent. The bad news is many of basic cable's popular networks are being dropped, as well, in favor of low-audience offerings.While the number of channels on basic cable will remain at 22, nine channels will migrate to expanded cable - TV Guide, CNN, ESPN, The Weather Channel, TBS, Headline News, Fox Sports Southwest, BET and Independent TV.The nine channels that will replace them are mostly local channels, including the Lake Charles NBC affiliate KPLC, the Opelousas America One network affiliate KDCG and two Lafayette-based public access stations.Kleinpeter said some of the changes were needed because of contractual obligations with programmers."I know that most people are concerned about The Weather Channel moving," she said.... | |
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