29 May 2004

About Xcelsius Standard: "Using a simple point and click interface, you can create an interactive report based on an Excel spreadsheet and export it as a Macromedia Flash (SWF) file, making it available to over 97% of web users!

Xcelsius 3.0 is a simple and easy to use stand-alone application that is designed to bridge the gap between data analysis and visual presentation.  It allows users to create easily deployable visually stunning, interactive reports.  Xcelsius requires no programming and offers tight integration with existing Microsoft Office products.  Xcelsius is very flexible, allowing users to create interactive reports that can be used for a variety of applications.

  • 42 robust components including 9 charts, optimized for dynamic simulations

  • Flexible alert functionality for performance measurement

  • One click export to Microsoft PowerPoint and Outlook


  • Ability to import images as well as Macromedia Flash (SWF) files


  • Save results of what-if analysis back to Excel

  • Quickly create alternative visuals to your reports with Global Styles

  • Generate reports with live database connectivity (Pro Edition only)

Requirements:

• PC with Pentium 3 or equivalent processor with 128 MB of RAM (recommended)

• Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows XP

• Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP or Office 200"

27 May 2004

Elanza Technologies Inc. - Web Phones: "ElanzaWeb-VideoPhone™

The ElanzaWeb-Videophone™ would be a further improvement on the existing convergence through the ElanzaWebphone™, the difference being that a video conferencing camera running on the WIN CE NET (4.0) will be an integral part of the product. The product is expected to be widely accepted for video-conferencing requirements both by individuals, corporates and other institutions.

Video-conferencing is currently in huge demand but high costs of usage time and technology, has made it inaccessible to a lot of small and medium sized companies and even individuals. With the ElanzaWeb-Videophone™, users will be able to video-conference using the internet as a medium. This product is likely to be the first WIN CE based video-conferencing technology, and Elanza is working towards a launch in October 2004.

ElanzaWeb-Videphone™ would provide total convergence for voice, data and video, and comes with a 10.4' display for improved clarity and resolution of the video images.
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25 May 2004

USAToday's Hotspot Directory - So You Want to Be a Hotspot : Do It Yourself: "The Schlotzsky's Story


Austin-based Schlotzsky's Delis, a nationwide chain of franchised sandwich shops, has made both Wi-Fi and free in-store computer stations available to customers in some 30 stores, including all of its 13 Austin locations. The company, tested its first Wi-Fi hotspots over a year ago in company-owned stores, plans to bring the service to as many of its 650 stores as possible, depending on acceptance among franchise owners. Schlotzsky's Director of Communications, Monica Landers, credits Schlotzsky's CEO John Wooley with conceiving of Wi-Fi as a way of integrating Schlotzsky's restaurants into their communities. It was Wooley who insisted the service be free.


'It does great things for the restaurant and costs a lot less than other things we do, like repainting,' said Landers.


Landers also points out the company's mounting of a high-gain Wi-Fi antenna on the roof of a store near a University of Texas dormitory, providing access to the store's 'Cool Cloud' network for residents. And in downtown Austin, Schlotzsky's Wi-Fi signal splashes into the busy Sixth and Congress intersection at the heart of the city, and is accessible from the bar of the Intercontinental-Stephen F. Austin hotel, a block away, says Landers proudly.


But there's certainly more than good will in Schlotzsky's embrace of free wireless. Both Wooley and Landers have been frequent panelists at industry trade shows, and articles about the Cool Cloud have appeared in Wired, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal and other publications. All of this has raised Schlotzsky's profile in the crowded casual dining/fast food restaurant market.


For customers, Wi-Fi, along with a row of public access Apple iMacs available for use by those without laptops, is both a destination and a distraction. Besides a turkey sandwich or a pizza, customers find coffee, cookies and other baked good at Schlotzsky's, all of which, the company hopes, will go well with a little time on the Web. Landers says computer users typically spend around 30 minutes in the store, a statistic that has warmed initially skeptical franchise owners. -- By Shelly Brisbin"

14 May 2004


Aljazeera.Net - Rivals eye prize in private space race
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Likely winner, Spaceship One, must reach an altitude of 100km








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A $10 million prize for the first private company to put a craft into space may soon be won.



Peter Diamandis, the Ansari X-Prize Foundation chairman, expects to pay up within five months – though the winner is likely to have spent far more on the spaceship's development.


Speaking at the recent 41st Space Congress, held at Cape Canaveral in Florida on Wednesday, Diamandis backed aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan as the favourite to win.


And although a total of 26 teams are competing, some have already started to look at what they might do after the main challenge has been met.
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08 May 2004

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Live365.com - PRO Broadcasting: "PRO Broadcast

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All groups have something that they would like to share with the world (or at least some of its inhabitants!) … music, lectures, sermons, news, training or educational information, sports, speeches, meetings, events, or just good old-fashioned shameless self-promotion, it’s up to you … and Professional Broadcasting is the easiest, cheapest, fastest, and best way to do it. There’s no need to buy extra bandwidth, pay expensive server-licensing fees, or out-source your audio broadcast to expensive vendors. You will not find a better way to broadcast your audio over the Internet, in real-time or with archived content."
Live365.com - PRO Broadcasting: "PRO Broadcast

What is Professional Broadcasting?

Professional Broadcasting is the easiest and most inexpensive way to broadcast audio content from your organization to the world. Professional Broadcasting is a commercial-free service that is intended to help organizations like yours get their message out, share your perspectives and points of view, attract new customers or members, and build your community.

Is Professional Broadcasting right for us?

All groups have something that they would like to share with the world (or at least some of its inhabitants!) … music, lectures, sermons, news, training or educational information, sports, speeches, meetings, events, or just good old-fashioned shameless self-promotion, it’s up to you … and Professional Broadcasting is the easiest, cheapest, fastest, and best way to do it. There’s no need to buy extra bandwidth, pay expensive server-licensing fees, or out-source your audio broadcast to expensive vendors. You will not find a better way to broadcast your audio over the Internet, in real-time or with archived content."

07 May 2004

Australian IT - Digital radio clears hurdles (Vincent Blake, APRIL 06, 2004): "Digital radio clears hurdles
Vincent Blake
APRIL 06, 2004

THE age of digital radio has arrived and a large-scale trial of the technology in Sydney has the organisers, Commercial Radio Australia, excited.

Test transmissions of the CD-quality signals of 12 radio stations began in Sydney in December.

The L-band and VHF band III transmissions have cleared their main hurdles and CRA chief executive Joan Warner says tests can now move on and involve consumers.

The main snag was to overcome interference with television (analog and digital) and FM radio signals from the same Willoughby tower.

Consumers will get to see what all the excitment is about later this month when a special display will be opened in Harvey Norman's Auburn store.

See it they will, because digital radio offers at least two or three lines of scrolling text that can display the song title, its lyrics, and other material related to the broadcast.

The system handles text, GIF, JPG and HTML files, and streams MPEG4 video, although there are as yet no receivers to support that feature.

Warner says Australia has come into the digital age at the right time, despite the long delay in getting the trial going.

Digital radio has been broadcasting in Britain for almost a decade, giving broadcasters and receiver manufacturers time to develop their offerings."
"Digital Radio is the next generation of radio. It is a new way of broadcasting radio via a network of terrestrial transmitters. It has the capacity to provide listeners with more services, clearer reception and sound quality and a range of other features, including text information and graphics.

We're yet to see how Digital Radio will be rolled out in Australia. Current Digital Radio trials in Sydney and Melbourne are designed to assist the Federal government and radio broadcasters to decide on the right digital broadcasting systems for our particular population and geographic needs."

Digital Radio: