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Lockheed Martin, Microsoft To Create Military-Friendly Internet

10:27AM Rosa Golijan | Lockheed Martin is getting a $US31 million contract from the US government to work on reinventing TCP/IP for a new Military Network Protocol. Also lending a hand in this effort to create a proper cyber-arsenal is Microsoft. What a team! More »
Screens

Samsung LED TVs To Offer Online Content From NineMSN

1:52PM Nick Broughall | One of the coolest features in all the top of the line home entertainment kit coming to market over the next year or so is the inbuilt IP connectivity for access to online service. In Samsung’s upcoming LED backlit TV range, that content will be coming directly from NineMSN. More »
Entertainment

Panasonic’s Viera Cast Isn’t As Awesome As It Can Be… Yet

2:13PM Nick Broughall | Along with its new range of Blu-ray recorders and players, Panasonic were also showing off their new Viera Cast IP technology, which is built into pretty much everything in the new range. It’s an IP entertainment solution, and while it’s no Netflix or TiVo yet, it has the potential for greatness, if only they can get the right partners on board. More »
Software

Gmail Offering Automatic Location-Based Signatures

5:00AM Mark Wilson | If you’re a world traveller, or even if you’re travelling abroad for the first time and need absolutely everyone to know, Gmail now offers an option to include your location in the signature. More »
Press

President Bush Signs Bill To Create Cabinet-Level Intellectual Property Czar

5:47AM John Mahoney | President Bush signed into law today a bill that will create a centralised position in the executive branch, appointed by the president, to head up the fight against piracy and intellectual property violations. The Prioritising Resources and Organisation for Intellectual Property Act (PRO-IP) is backed strongly by the usuals–MPAA, RIAA, etc.–and yet faced some pushback from the Justice Department and the Bush administration itself as it made its way through the House and Senate. So what does it all mean? More »