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...other words, just like network television circa 1964. That's a revolution? A potentially huge one. For years, Microsoft and others have tried, and failed, to bring the Net to TV screens with duds like WebTV. But the Venice Project, renamed Joost (as in juiced), is doing the opposite: moving TV to the Internet. And unlike Apple TV, Slingbox and other hardware offerings, Joost requires nothing more than software. For now, it's by invitation only, but by this summer it will be open to the public. You'll download the free Joost software, then use it to watch channels...
...quality, full-screen video to millions of computers simultaneously. The trick, it turned out, was to employ distributed computer power, using viewers' own PCs to speed video along. Having developed similar person-to-person networks for Kazaa and Skype--to transmit music files and phone calls through the Net--Joost's engineers finally nailed the solution last summer. Shouts of joy went up when they streamed their first video. It depicted, appropriately enough, sharks circling prey...
...play that ranks as perhaps its best of the season. During those two final games, the Crimson proved it could do all of the things it had struggled to do all year: score even-strength goals, deliver on special teams, play solid defense, and even find some stability in net with the return of Tobe to a starting role. “All year, I think that our team has looked at it as: we have the right group of guys, we have the right systems from our coaches, we have the right personnel, it’s just...
...Denenberg and Clayton overpowered and outmaneuvered their opponents to an easy 8-3 victory, keeping the Jaspers on their heels with sizzling serves and a well-executed two-man net game. In the final game, Denenberg showed the extent of his comfort by redirecting an attempted passing shot into a feeble drop-volley and crushing an overhead on match-point straight to the back wall of his opponents...
...ECAC) has already played the Saints (27-6-3, 17-4-1) twice this season, losing both times, 4-2 and 2-1. The most recent game was deadlocked at 1 heading into the final minute before St. Lawrence’s Alison Domenico found the net with fifty seconds remaining to deal Harvard a heartbreaking defeat. Since then, the Crimson has gone 9-2-0 and is eager to get a shot to atone for the regular-season disappointments. “It stings a little bit,” co-captain Julie Chu said earlier this week...