High-tech companies led by Intel joined in an international effort to support wireless technology and applications for governments and communities. The Digital Communities initiative supports 13 communities that are desiging, developing, and deploying Wi-Fi, mesh, or other wireless networks and applications. In the United States, Portland, Oregon; Corpus Christi, Texas; Philadelphia, and Cleveland are participants. […]

Warner Music Group plans to launch an online business model called an e-label that will use digital downloads rather than compact discs to distribute music. Artists will release music in groups of three songs every few months rather than a CD every few years. Artists who sign with the e-label will also retain copyright and […]

Despite mixed or negative ratings from students, universities offering legal music and movie download services plan to continue doing so for two reasons: students have come to expect it, and legal file swapping remains part of higher education’s plan to reduce Internet piracy.
Colleges signing up for the services for the first time point to the […]

Sun Microsystems announced the Open Media Commons initiative in an effort to rally support behind an open source standard for digital rights management (DRM). The company is releasing code from the Project DReaM (DRM/everywhere available) program under the open source Community Development and Distribution License. The initiative involves developing a device-independent DRM standard called DRM […]

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Despite the availability of legal online music services on a growing number of college and university campuses, many students continue to get their music from illegal P2P downloads. At American University in Washington, D.C., only about half of the 3,800 students use the Ruckus music service. A similar percentage was reported for the 10,000 students […]

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced that over the next five years it will provide an additional $150 million to the TeraGrid, beyond the $98 million it has already spent on the project. The TeraGrid, which came online in late 2004, is a coordinated system of computing devices, storage capacity, and databases at eight […]

Acting on a recommendation from a cyber infrastructure advisory committee, Purdue University has announced a new Cyber Center that will coordinate computing resources across the university. Officials said the new center will increase the university’s research capabilities and will serve as an incubator for new technologies developed at the university. Ahmed Elmagarmid, professor of computer […]

A group of leading technology companies has started a program to offer cities resources and discounts to encourage development of wireless networks, both for city services and for residents. The “Digital Communities” program is supported by Intel, Cisco, Dell, and IBM, among others, and more than a dozen cities around the world are currently participating. […]