Thursday, September 29, 2005

SHOCKING POWER-GRID INTERNET| The common electric socket will serve as your home's connection to broadband with a new chip developed by Matsushita -- doing away with all the ethernet cables or the hassle of hooking up to a wireless network device. The technology has been around for some time -- including in the United States -- but Matsushita's (MC) system is unique in that it delivers fast-speed broadband information at up to 170 megabits per second, which is faster than ethernet.

Attach a special device made by Matsushita to a socket and all you have to do is plug your TV or other gadgets into a socket for instant connection to broadband, which allows for faster transmission of online information than dial-up telephone connections. Matsushita hopes to eventually sell refrigerators, TVs and other products with the chip already installed. |Wired|
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Saturday, September 24, 2005

P2P BANKING| Zopa lets people who have spare money to lend it directly to people, like them, who want to borrow it. To minimise any risk, the money each lender puts in is spread amongst at least 50 borrowers (and likewise each borrower gets their money from a number of different lenders).|PPF|
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Saturday, September 17, 2005

FLOCK - A BROWSER DESIGNED FOR SOCIAL SURFING| A 'social' web browser has been created to meet the needs of a new generation of web users who want to edit, comment on and share web content, rather than just peruse it. With the underlying capabilities of a basic web browser like Microsoft's Internet Explorer or Mozilla's Firefox, the new browser, called Flock - after the buzz it hopes to create - adds features specifically designed to make writing, editing, sharing and displaying web content faster and easier... |Putting People First||New Scientist|
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