'Testimony of Sir Timothy Berners-Lee
I appear before you today to discuss the future of the World Wide Web. I am offering to you some of my experience of having designed the original foundations of the Web, what I’ve learned from watching it grow and how excited I am to see the challenging developments that I can see in the future of the Web. Since I made the Web it has become something that could not have been designed by a single person or organization, it has become a public resource upon which many individuals, communities, companies and governments depend upon. The Internet is a far more speech-enhancing medium than print, the village green, or the mails.... The Internet may fairly be regarded as a never-ending worldwide conversation. Therefore it is incumbent on all of us to understand what our role is in fostering continued growth, innovation, and vitality of the World Wide Web.
The success of the World Wide Web, itself built on the open Internet, has depended on three critical factors: 1) unlimited links from any part of the Web to any other; 2) open technical standards as the basis for continued growth of innovation applications; and 3) separation of network layers, enabling independent innovation for network transport, routing and information applications. Many people take these opportunities for granted. The last decade has seen so many new ecommerce start-ups, some of which have formed the foundations of the new economy that we now expect that the next blockbuster Web site or the new homepage for your kid's local soccer team will just appear on the Web without any difficulty.
How did the Web grow from nothing to the scale it is at today? From a technical perspective, the Web is a large collection of Web pages (written in the standard HTML format), linked to other pages (with the linked documents named using the URI standard), and accessed over the Internet (using the HTTP network protocol). In simple terms, the Web has grown because it's easy to write a Web page and easy to link to other pages. The growth of the World Wide Web can be measured by the number of Web pages that are published and the number of links between pages. A current example of the low barriers to reading, writing and linking on the Web is the world of blogs. Blogs hardly existed five years ago, but have become an enormously popular means of expression for everything from politics to local news, to art and science. The Web has not only been a venue for the free exchange of ideas, but also it has been a platform for the creation of a wide and unanticipated variety of new services.
The Web will continue to get better at helping us to integrate and analyze data. Today, the Web is quite effective at helping us to publish and discover documents, but the individual information elements within those documents cannot be handled directly as data. Today you can see the data with your browser, but can't get other computer programs to manipulate or analyze it without going through a lot of manual effort yourself. As this problem is solved, we can expect that Web as a whole to look more like a large database or spreadsheet, rather than just a set of linked documents.
We ensure that both technological protocols and social conventions respect basic values and that the Web remains a universal platform: independent of any specific hardware device, software platform, language, culture, or disability. That the Web does not become controlled by a single company -- or a single country.
My Response to the Testimony
I believe that ‘Sir Timothy Burners-Lee’ has made some very valuable and intriguing points about the way in which the World Wide Web has grown and influenced our society. The Web is a necessity in many of our everyday lives whether you use it for communication, इन्फोर्मतियो even shopping. The Web will continue to grow and get better and better but this also could be dangerous because everyone will then generate all their trust towards the internet which could malfunction. On the other hand it is a great invention that will guide everyone on where they need to go for information and feed everyone’s lust for knowledge.

Falling Sales On Mobile Music Services ,Prepare To Rise!!!

Mobile music services have been on a falling rate in the last few years but prepare to see the rise in these sales because this month three new mobile music services are being launched which will send the sales flying.

Since the release of the new iPhone you may think that its the talk of the town...well the new unlimited downloads service which has been launched from Vodafone and Nokia's new music store have also been in mention all around the world. Although CD sales have decreased globally on a vast scale since 2000, many people can see a better future by using new mobile music services. The industry is developing itself to create an easier and wider way to attain music and also do this legally which provides closure for the audience and money for the institution.

IFPI director of technology Richard Gooch believes "There are cultural differences, and there are network differences at play so it's not simply the fact of having a mobile music service but in those countries where they have moved towards the ‘holy grail’ it's generally been on the back of mobile.” This shows that "Mobile is obviously extremely important because you have the market reach and secondly, the types of demographics that are very important to the music industry will almost certainly have music-enabled mobile phones."

The UK network ‘Orange’ displays the rise in music sales and how they have increased by 70% through the year and is expected to double by the end of 2007. They expect the UK mobile music market to almost double from a predicted $83m this year to $156m in 2011. The music industry's optimism is underscored by several barriers to mass market mobile sales that have disappeared, such as high data delivery tariffs. Although prices have fallen, payment is simpler and handsets easier to use, telecoms experts still list several obstacles to record labels' fortunes being transformed.

"Can something like this save the music industry? Well, Music Station per se in the short term no. Because firstly it's only on Vodafone at the moment and secondly it's very cheap, meaning that the actual revenue for the music industry per user can only be quite small."

You be the judge!!!!

1. In what ways will the new services appeal to there target audience?
2. What two main networks are structuring the new services?
3. How will the new services negatively and positively affect the institution?
4. Do you think the new services will be good for the institution and why?

iPhone Or noPhone???

iPhone, iPhone, iPohone the new technology that everyone is talking about, well . . . is it all that its cracked up to be?

An iPhone has the same general features of an iPod, although it has bluetooth, 2.0 megapixel and an amazing 8GB storage capacity.

What an amazing invention, but lets analyse this new technology to see how great it really is.

Advantages

- Advanced technology has made this phone an MP3 player, digital camera, browser and general explorer of communication systems such as MSN and others.

- There is a spelling correction fascility that alternates your spelling mistakes even without you knowing. ( I dont know why they need this though because a large amount of people who txt use grammer like they have never had an English lesson before >>>
Wubu2= "What you been up to?"
c u l8r= "See you later"
>>> how they gonna correct these aaay?)

- It has a built in WiFi for you music fans and also Bluetooth which i have heard has a very fast and strong connection towards other Mobiles.

- Orientation screen switches from portrait to landscape simply by the flick of a botton that is located on the side of the phone.

- The multi touch screen allows users to navigate on screen controls by their bare fingers.

- The iPohone is also very thin (11.6 millimeters) and light.


Disadvantages

- The price of the phone is compared to its GB which goes up to a whopping £600.

- The phone is locked to Cingular GSM networks that also means it is not compatible to the latest 3G networks.

- The on screen keyboard is an issue because it can be hard to navigate if you have large hands ( Well you know what they say about large hands guys. . . . it means its hard to use the iPhone . . . you dirty people lol) "PS Dont expell me mr White"

Well guys the question comes down to this, is the iPhone for you or isn't it for you because it seems that its flaws aren't too bad at this moment in time, but hey, this is only the beginning because when it is released I will be back to give you information about the problems that people have experienced with their new iPhone all over the world.

Bye Bye

Google Pushes Into Mobile Phones!!!!

Google has created a software that is designed to speed up the process of making new mobile phones but most of all they will be cheaper. Google’s new system will be based on a computer code that only applicants can use which is a cheaper and easier form of applying a new mobile industry. Mobile manufacturers such as Motorola, LG, HTC and Samsung have also joined with this “Software Stack” and it is said that the software will be available in late 2008. Many software systems such as Palm, Symbian, Research in Motion and Microsoft are about to have large competition on their hands with Google’s new software because it is going to provide a new and easier way of making money from the consumers and also providing a service for a wider audience.

The leading chief executive of Google, Eric Schmidt believes that the ‘partnership will aid to unleash the potential of mobile technology for billions of users around the world.’ Many other executives in research and mobile software have also made statements about how the new Google software will be useful for everyone. Researchers such as Adam Leach are very proud to see how many people are already committing to the service. He truly believes that the software it is very ‘impressive’ and is a vision of what is to come in the near future with many of other mobile industries. Mr Schmidt has a strong passion and belief in the new software as he wants to create a whole new mobile experience for users and that he has taken into consideration about his audience’s needs because more people ‘want the same applications on the phone as they use on the internet’ for quicker, cheaper and easier access for communication.

There have also been criticisms of the new software by different organisations and researchers involved in the business such as Mr Leach who believes that ‘the move would create “yet another” competing service and not a “truly open platform.”’ There are many queries to do with the new software but competition will be on the rise the day it is released, so if I were ‘a competitor, I would be sitting up and paying attention.’
Questions
1. Who is the leading chief executive of the new Google software?
2. Name three leading mobile manufacturers that have joined with the new Google “Software Stack”?
3. In what way will mobile users who join the Google software and the institution benefit from this New Media Technology?

NMT---New Media Technology---New Media Tech>>>Or Whatever You Wana Call It!!!! What isit Dominic?

New Media Technology...

Well if you hav'nt notcied NMT is in your everyday life, it is where you look, where you talk, how you talk etc and if you your really struggling to understand what it is well heres a nice little starter for you to pick up on because what I am about to tell you guys is going to haunt your sorry little souls forever. . . . naaa im kidding, but be prepared to be shocked about the information your about to witness.

New Media Technology is a tool that we as the audience let run our everyday lives. If you hav'nt heard about web 2.0 or web 2.5 or web 3.456865 and all that shabang then your not looking closely enough. You may think you don't let new technology run your life but you do without noticing. What happened to using your phone to play snake 1 or 2, or even to take a picture but you can now take videos, send videos, listen ot music, make music whatever, but do you understand abit now? Do you rememebr the days when you used to tape your favourite film on your trusty VCR, or watch a television programme wishing you could go back a step and watch the last part again. . .well boys and girls all these things are happening, with the latest technology theres not much it cant do...... >>>>>>>>>BUT IS THAT TRUE?

I have decided to research the new latest and greatest version of a Digital Versatile Disk, which is called non other than a Blue Ray Disc...but how much better than a DVD can it get and also how much more films will come out that we buy that we have not got already?...... and you cant tell me when the new "Dirty Dancing" special edition came out you didn't feel like buying it or watching again.
The blue ray disc has many plus sides which the DVD does not. . . thats what we think:

-Blue ray disc can store up to 25 gigabytes and a DVD can hold up to 4 gigabytes.

How does this make much difference to our viewing pleasure and also how much more do we really want to see on a DVD except, maybe, umm. . . the film?

-It has a shorter wavelenght of 405mm which means more data can be stored.

Yes this is a great factor but really and truley why do we want to buy blue ray discs, is it not because of its inhanced quality?

-The blue ray data layer is much closer to the surface of the disc compared to a DVD which therefore means less scratches.

umm im sorry but if i drop my new blue ray disc on the floor i think it may scratch just as much as a DVD.

But hey thats just me

It looks like to me after years and years of development to ensure we get our just deserves, everything goes round and round in a cycle. We are at the point when two majorly big functions of media "CASH"...sorry i mean "CLASH" together to repeat history all over again. First it was the VCR against the DVD and now its Blue ray, well i wonder who will win over all. . . .

MONEY....MONEY....MONEY......MONEY....MONEY......MONEY

New media technology.... great or fake?

You decide

That was DCee Double E with my first post and i will be back very soon to display more news upon New Media Technology that i find interesting or that you find interesting.

me

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