Standardized 3D Glasses
Panasonic, Samsung, Sony and XPAND 3D have partnered to adopt a standard when it comes to 3D glasses.
In a joint statement, these companies stated that they “Will Seek Development of Joint Licensing on ‘BLUETOOTH® ENABLED RF’ and ‘IR’ Consumer 3D Active Glasses“.
A standardized version of these glassed are to be released next month whilst the full version, “with the new IR/RF protocols will be made available in 2012, and are targeted to be backward compatible with 2011 3D active TVs.”
Indie Labels Hit By London Riots
A major distribution center operated by Sony has been destroyed in London, England.
The three story building, in which CDs and DVDs from indie labels XL Recordings, 4AD, Beggars, Pias, Domino and Rough Trade were stored, was burned down according to Billboard.
Pias is a major independent music distributor, representing 150 labels. They also distribute DVDs and games.
Is Your Internet Provider Net Neutral ?
Does your internet provider throttle traffic to and from legitimate sites because of favoritism ? Are they trying to steer you to specific sites by slowing down connections to and from those other sites ?
Internet providers are supposed to be neutral. But of course how does someone find out when they aren’t ? They certainly wont admit to doing it and no technology exists to analyze their transfers. Right ?
Well, researcher Dan Kaminsky has been working on a program called N00ter to do this.
Basically it times transfers to and from sites using different methods and compares the resulting information to find throttling.
Additional information on this new program can be found on Forbes.
4G Deals Near The Border ?
AllthingsD reported that the Canadian and American government has struck a deal to share the 700 MHz band along the border. This may result in 4G wireless broadband service deals for communities along the border after the implementation of digital television in Canada on September 1st.
Canadian Gov. Publishes Anti-Spam Site
A new federal government site offering tips on how to avoid unsolicited commercial email, a.k.a spam, can be found at fightspam.gc.ca.