Word: giante
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance. But here on Earth, lasers?which in more humble household varieties nestle deep inside your DVD player, reading data from the discs?are at the center of an epic movie battle of another kind: an escalating showdown among Japan's giant electronics manufacturers over the next generation of DVD technology. This fight may not decide the future of humankind, but the stakes are plenty high. The winners may be able to chart the course of the video industry for years to come, dictating the type of technology that goes inside your next...
...academy, as well as several twin-bed "art rooms" designed by young up-and-coming conceptualists. There's everything from the stark sculpture of Nicolas Touron (who has covered the walls of room 407 with 600 kilograms of "crooked ceramic objects") to the installations of Orna Wertman (whose giant jigsaw puzzles-cum-installations plaster room...
...protests began on an incredibly uplifting note. On Sunday I marched to Madison Square Garden alongside 500,000 people in a procession that lasted hours into the afternoon. The march was entirely peaceful—with the exception of the giant paper dragon that went up in flames. We were united in our rising frustration with the Bush administration and our genuine fear of the consequences of its actions. There was nothing but hope and enthusiasm in the eyes of everyone I saw. Even the police officers lining the streets were exceptionally calm and relaxed (at least that...
...just at the national level but also at the international level, and they know what businesses want." Many expect the Socialists to intervene in business less than the PP did. Four out of five of Spain's largest companies - Telefónica, oil company Repsol, BBVA, and utility giant Endesa - have chairmen appointed by the previous government. Some fear they will get turfed out. But while the government is said to have quietly encouraged Telefónica to invest more in broadband, for instance, few expect it to get heavy-handed. A drastic bloodletting, says José Manuel Campa, professor...
...from over $300 for each end-user connection to under $100, according to Ransom. Alcatel hopes to ship enough DSLAMs and cards to make 22 million new connections this year, up from 7.8 million in 2002. Of course, DSLAMs are just part of the VOD story. The "video servers" - giant terabyte-sized computers that store films for viewer use - have also improved. Next in line: VOD is poised for another push forward as compression technologies like MPEG-4 and Microsoft's Windows Media 9 start to halve the amount of bandwidth required to send video...