I noticed the Vodafone Mobile Broadband Sharing Dock R101 in a Vodafone store in Sydney. This is a router which allows one USB wireless broadband device to be shared by several computers using WiFi and Ethernet. It appears to be similar to the Huawei D100 3G Router (which I have) and most likely is alsoRead… Read more »
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) announced version 1.0 of the “Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) Format” (10 March 2011). EXI represents XML data in a more compact binary format, with a claimed 100-fold performance improvement. W3C see this being used for smart phones, sensor networks, cameras, auto-mobiles, real-time trading systems, and high speed aircraft.Compression ofRead… Read more »
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) announced version 1.0 of the “Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) Format” (10 March 2011). EXI represents XML data in a more compact binary format, with a claimed 100-fold performance improvement. W3C see this being used for smart phones, sensor networks, cameras, auto-mobiles, real-time trading systems, high speed aircraft.So far EXIRead… Read more »
A free Workshop on Green ICT will be held at the International Hellenic University, Thessaloniki, Greece, 17 March 2011.The International Hellenic University organizes an event on Green ICT on Thursday March 17th 2011, in the University Auditorium at 17:00 – 19:30 Based on the interdisciplinary strategic research agenda of the European Union towards the 20-20-20Read… Read more »
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued bulletin number 27 cancelling the Pacific regional tsunami warning at 0636Z 12 MAR 2011. In all, 27 bulletins were issued for the earthquake near the east coast of the Japanese island of Honshu, at 0546 UTC 11 March 2011. Bulletin number 1 for a Tsunami Watch was issued atRead… Read more »
Sahana General BriefTo assist with recovery from the earthquake and tsunami in the Pacific,the Sahana Free and Open Source Disaster Management System Software is available in several languages, including English and Japanese.The Sahana Foundation (which I am a member of) has issued a request for volunteers to assist with software support.The Sahana project was initiatedRead… Read more »
Gary Gray, the Australian Special Minister of State, announced the release of data.gov.au 10 Mar 2011. This provides government information for commercial, research and community use. Data is provided by agencies including the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Geoscience Australia, the Bureau of Meteorology and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Original post
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued Bulletin number 1 for a Tsunami Watch at 0555 UTC 11 March 2011 for Japan much of the western and mid pacific are nearby areas. This was due to an earthquake at 0546 UTC near the east coast of the Japanese island of Honshu, Japan, then assessed at magnitudeRead… Read more »
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued Bulletin number 1 for a Tsunami Watch at 0555 UTC 11 March 2011 for Japan much of the western and mid pacific are nearby areas. This was due to an earthquake at 0546 UTC near the east coast of the Japanese island of Honshu, Japan, then assessed at magnitudeRead… Read more »
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued Bulletin number 1 for a Tsunami Watch at 0555 UTC 11 March 2011 for Japan much of the western and mid pacific are nearby areas. This was due to an earthquake at 0546Z 11 MAR 2011 near the east coast of the Japanese island of Honshu, Japan, then assessedRead… Read more »