8,158 source-backed technology facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 80 of 82.
“According to Facebook's own policy, children should not register to use the website until they are aged 13.”
“at least 2Mbps”
“the third of the country”
“by 2012”
“some 40 communities around the UK are looking at installing their own fibre networks, which will offer speeds of up to 100 Mbps.”
“around 400,000 subscribers”
“next few weeks”
“for a year”
“Artists, musicians, engineers and hackers from around the world recently descended on Manchester for a three day celebration of digital culture.”
“Now in its 15th year, FutureEverything (previously called Futuresonic) has quietly established itself as an annual gathering for the technology avant garde.”
“With a £10,000 prize up for grabs for the best innovation, the stakes were high for the exhibitors at a local pop-up art gallery called The Hive.”
“The first prize went to Eyewriter, a team who developed a pair of glasses designed to track and record eye movement, enabling people to draw pictures using their eyes.”
“"You could put it together at home without a soldering iron for about £30."”
“Groups in five cities around the world including Sao Paulo and Sendai joined the conference via a network system called Glonet designed specifically for one day of the event and co-ordinated on big screens.”
“Manchester's newly-opened Fab Lab also threw open its doors with an eight hour challenge for anyone with a good idea to make a prototype product using the lab's computer controlled 3D printers, laser cutters and wood carver for free.”
“In the real world, Argleton is an unmarked field in Lancashire. One visitor who took up the challenge was visual artist Rosie Farrell. She was inspired by an anomaly on Google maps to create a signpost for the town of Argleton, which does …”
“Figures from research firm Comscore show that Yahoo mail still dominates the free e-mail market in the US, with Microsoft in second place.”
“It claims to have more than 360 million members and it handles more than eight billion messages per day.”
“It claims to have more than 360 million members”
“it handles more than eight billion messages per day”
“the tighter connection to its latest version of Office ... will not happen until the autumn of 2010”
“Windows Live Hotmail is currently the world's biggest e-mail provider. It claims to have more than 360 million members and it handles more than eight billion messages per day.”
“Google's Gmail service is quickly adding to its market share.”
“However, said Mr Harp, the tighter connection to its latest version of Office - launched last week - will not happen until the autumn of 2010.”
“Most of the elements of the refresh will be available after the summer update.”
“The launch of Office 2010 was seen by many analysts as a direct response to Google, which offers its own suite of Office software - known as Docs - for free online.”
“Within the first day something like two million people had downloaded the trailer”
“Sky has more than two million landline phone customers”
“Customers on its Sky Talk Freetime package will now pay for calls between 0700 and 1900, rather than between 0600 and 1800.”
“It is following the recent example of BT and Talk Talk, who have both announced similar tariff changes.”
“The new Sky charges, which start on 1 June, involve a 12% rise in the cost of daytime calls to 5.9 pence per minute.”
“Sky has about 2.3 million customers for both its Freetime and Unlimited landline packages”
“the latter offering free calls to other landlines at any time, but for a monthly fee of £5”
“If customers don't change their calling habits, they could see hundreds of pounds added to their annual bill.”
“We're holding our breath to see if Virgin Media will follow suit”
“It is thought that modern vehicles have about 100 megabytes of binary code spread across up to 70 ECUs.”
“In one attack, the team transformed the instrument panel into a clock that counted down to zero from 60 seconds.”
“The team are presenting a paper on their results at the IEEE symposium on Security and Privacy in California on 19 May.”
“Law and Order has been shelved after 20 years.”
“It has also said it will produce a contemporary remake of 1970s detective series The Rockford Files”
“The network is also planning a special programme to mark the 35th anniversary of comedy show Saturday Night Live.”
“Creator Tim Kring said it would return to its roots during its fourth season”
“Desktop lawyer, an online service offering a range of legal documents has seen a 17% increase in the number of pre-nups it has drawn up over the past year.”
“26m German homes have wifi according to official figures.”
“Greyson Chance has had more than 10m hits on YouTube for his piano rendition of the hit single.”
“He was appearing on Ellen DeGeneres' US chat show when Lady Gaga phoned in to wish him luck.”
“Sony plans to launch 3D televisions this June, along with 3D-ready video games.”
“It is the first underground system in the world that has encountered the problem of traffic jams,”
“the London Underground, with 3.5 million passenger journeys a day,”
“the London Underground is 1.6 times larger than the Moscow one.”
“the London Underground, with 3.5 million passenger journeys a day”
“Around 4.5 trillion of these remnants find their way into the environment every year.”
“Capable of surviving up to 15 years in the sea, cigarette ends contain chemicals that are toxic to many forms of fish.”
“The scientists found that by immersing the butts in water they were able to extract nine different chemical compounds, including nicotine.”
“China itself has no shortage of cigarette butts for scientists to experiment with - one third of the world's cigarettes are consumed there.”
“Cigarette Butts and Their Application in Corrosion Inhibition for N80 Steel at 90C in a Hydrochloric Acid Solution”
“"We believe that consumers should be able to freely access their favorite content and applications, regardless of what computer they have, what browser they like, or what device suits their needs," the letter reads. "No company - no matter…”
“"While Adobe's Flash products are widely available, this does not mean they are open, since they are controlled entirely by Adobe and available only from Adobe."”
“Amongst other criticisms, he also said Flash performed poorly when used on touchscreen smartphones and handheld devices.”
“But Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen described Mr Job's letter as a 'smokescreen' and said the decision had made it 'cumbersome' for developers who were forced to have 'two workflows'. Adobe has said it will stop making the tools. The new letter…”
“But Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen described Mr Job's letter as a 'smokescreen' and said the decision had made it 'cumbersome' for developers who were forced to have 'two workflows'.”
“Adobe has said it will stop making the tools.”
“"We publish the specifications for Flash — meaning anyone can make their own Flash player," it reads.”
“"If the web fragments into closed systems, if companies put content and applications behind walls, some indeed may thrive - but their success will come at the expense of the very creativity and innovation that has made the internet a revol…”
“"In the end, we believe the question is really this: Who controls the world wide web? And we believe the answer is: nobody — and everybody, but certainly not a single company."”
“In response to the letter, an Apple spokesperson said that the firm also believes in 'open web standards' such as HTML5, the latest version of a programming language used to build web pages. 'Flash is not an open web standard like HTML. It…”
“In early April, Apple also clamped down on the tools that it allowed developers to use to create applications for the iPhone and iPad. By changing the terms of the licence that software developers must sign when writing code to run on Appl…”
“Mr Jobs described Adobe's software - used on many websites for video and animations - as a "closed system" and "100% proprietary". [...] Amongst other criticisms, he also said Flash performed poorly when used on touchscreen smartphones and…”
“No company - no matter how big or how creative - should dictate what you can create, how you create it, or what you can experience on the web.”
“The software - Creative Suite 5 -contained tools that automatically translate Flash code into programs that will run on Apple gadgets.”
“Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen described Mr Job's letter as a 'smokescreen' and said the decision had made it 'cumbersome' for developers who were forced to have 'two workflows'.”
“We publish the specifications for Flash — meaning anyone can make their own Flash player.”
“In early April, Apple also clamped down on the tools that it allowed developers to use to create applications for the iPhone and iPad.”
“Mr Jobs later justified the changes in his letter by saying that experience had shown that it could result in 'sub-standard ' applications.”
“Flash is not an open web standard like HTML. It is a proprietary Adobe product. Just ask the W3 consortium that controls web standards - they have chosen HTML5 as the open web standard to move forward with.”
“Up to 100,000 copies of Saving Private Ryan in Blu-ray format have been recalled because of an audio error.”
“Copies of Saving Private Ryan on Blu-ray without the fault are expected to be available by 18 May.”
“The problem has been blamed on Technicolor, the company which transfers films into the latest Blu-ray format.”
“to bring super-fast services to two-thirds of the UK.”
“were due to reach around 40% of the population by 2012.”
“A £1bn investment will see the project roll out to a further 20% of the population by 2015.”
“The first four million people will be connected by the end of the year.”
“The telco had previously committed to spend £1.5bn on its fibre network by 2012 but is now able to invest a further £1bn, said Ms Garfield.”
“She said of the 66% of the population who will have access to the fibre network, one quarter will have fibre to the home.”
“has had enquiries from 200 other villages keen to do the same thing.”
“That will have download speeds of 100 Mbps and uploads of 30 Mbps, she told BBC News.”
“This will offer download speeds of 40Mbps, said Ms Garfield.”
“BT is now ready to invest another £1bn in superfast broadband, said chief executive, Ian Livingston.”
“BT said the £1bn investment, on top of an already announced £1.5bn spend, would mean two thirds of UK homes would have access to super-fast broadband by 2015.”
“It said four million homes will have access to superfast broadband by the end of this year.”
“Entertainment Weekly said there would be no announcement at a 17 May autumn schedule presentation given by the show's makers Fox to advertisers.”
“Though the show remains TV's number one programme, the ratings are down, making the judges' panel a natural target," he said.”
“An online security company has suggested that 8,000 tickets for World Cup matches are currently being traded online, for prices of thousands of pounds.”
“BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, analysed the results of a survey of 35,000 people around the world.”
“Tyre sizes are restricted to 33 inches”
“Microsoft Office Web Apps will be available to more than 500 million people using free Windows Live services such as Hotmail, online storage Skydrive and Live Messenger.”
“Microsoft's free 25 Gigabyte online storage service”
“Microsoft dominates the office software space, with a market share of more than 94%, according to Gartner.”
“Microsoft has said that the suite will be offered free to its 400 million Windows Live users.”
“The software for PCs and phones was launched at an event in New York on 12 May.”
