http://www.demoroomtv.com DemoRoomTV brings together the best of news, blogs, videos, photos, products and much more on peoples favourite subjects. tarsis1@cd-writer.com EN Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:13:21 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.demoroomtv.com/8-7-55333/16983/In_Depth_How_to_make_your_website_mobile_compatible.html The days of building websites targeted solely at desktop or laptop environments are over Users can and will access your website from a variety of internetenabled devices Accessing the web from mobile devices is far from new However the popularity of smartphones and cheaper data packages from network providers have driven a sharp rise in mobile web usage whic http://www.demoroomtv.com/8-7-55333/16966/Official_Twitter_iPad_app_released.html The official Twitter app for iPad has been released today with a host of new features to keep Twitter fiends happily poking away at their Apple tablet039s screen for the foreseeable futureTwitter039s official iPad app is far more than a mere expanded version of the iPhone app offering an entirely newlooking interface which lets users see links to webpages pi http://www.demoroomtv.com/8-7-55333/16964/In_Depth_7_of_the_coolest_gadgets_on_show_at_IFA_2010.html Wandering around the halls of the Messe Berlin for IFA 2010 it039s easy to be blas about new technology Especially when there are 26 exhibition halls crammed with 3D televisions brand new laptops camcorders 3D Bluray players and all manner of computing and AV hardware It makes defining the 039best039 kit at an IFA show a tricky task What really stands out Wh http://www.demoroomtv.com/8-7-55333/16949/Another_data_win_TfL_opens_up_bus_and_tube_timetables_for_developers.html Lobbying by London Mayor Boris Johnson has paid off once more and put the city further forward in the open data stakesTube train on time Photo by fabbio on Flickr Some rights reservedWant to get the bus and underground timetables in a zippy XML format You can right now via the London Datastore As the page explains The data available in the attached zip file http://www.demoroomtv.com/8-7-55333/16942/Apple_drives_a_nail_into_Sony039s_coffin.html Apple has stolen a march on its rivals again with the new TV and music service Ping says John NaughtonYou have to feel sorry for Sony sometimes I mean to say there it was on Wednesday in Berlin at the IFA consumer electronics show launching a new music and video download service called Qriocity it039s like curiosity only it couldn039t get the domain name I s http://www.demoroomtv.com/8-7-55333/16937/Star_Wars_The_Force_Unleashed_2_preview_Force_Majeure.html Star Wars The Force Unleashed 2 is little over a month from launch and during my time playing it here at PAX it was pretty obvious how far along the game has come LucasArts has shown the same area of the game both at E3 and ComicCon but now it039s been fleshed out and more importantly we were finally able to play it Gallery Star Wars The Force Unleashed 2Co http://www.demoroomtv.com/8-7-55333/16934/Apple039s_Ping_succumbs_to_the_spammers.html New social network built inside iTunes fails to keep out the spammers showing a curse of social media even inside proprietorial wallsApple chief Steve Jobs039s trumpeting of the 160 million credit card holders on iTunes was a siren call to spammers As if they needed any invitationThe most common incidence of scamming on Apple039s latest social venture Ping http://www.demoroomtv.com/8-7-55333/16926/Navteq_tries_to_make_GPS_directions_more_039human039.html Company creates a way to make GPS directions far more understandable to the average driver http://www.demoroomtv.com/8-7-55333/16685/23_Things_They_Don039t_Tell_You_About_Capitalism_by_HaJoon_Chang__Book_review.html HaJoon Chang offers a masterful debunking of some of the myths of capitalism writes John GrayThe world is awash with books that claim to explain the global financial meltdown Not many are written by economists Ignorant of history including that of economics itself most economists not only failed to forecast the crash but mesmerised by the spurious harmonies http://www.demoroomtv.com/8-7-55333/16683/Bomber_County_by_Daniel_Swift__Book_review.html An attempt to reclaim the forgotten work and lives of airborne war poets is admirable but doesn039t always hit the targetFew hostages have been offered up so eagerly to fortune In 1864 Victor Hugo wrote to the balloonist and pioneer aerial photographer Flix Nadar in praise of Nadar039s experiments with heavierthanair flight The aeroplane thought Hugo who sho http://www.demoroomtv.com/8-7-55333/16622/Guide_How_to_build_the_ultimate_media_centre.html There are a scary number of ways of playing back your library of movies and music through a TV screen You can stream them over the LAN via a games console play them directly from the cloud on an Internet ready TV or simply hook up your laptop via an HDMI cable You can even play directly off of your iPod Many go down the route of least resistance and opt for http://www.demoroomtv.com/8-7-55333/16610/Hands_on_Panasonic_DMPBDT100_review.html With the DMPBDT100 Panasonic has extended its 3D Bluray proposition down to the mass market While the the brand039s first player the DMPBDT300 was a highlypolished performance machine this model not so much cuts corners as neatly bevels themPerhaps the first thing you need to know is that this player has been designed to work in an HDMI 14 environment There0 http://www.demoroomtv.com/8-7-55333/16579/In_Depth_Upgrading_to_a_Wireless_N_router_what_to_look_for.html Wireless routers are everywhere these days Sign up with most ISPs and they039ll even give you one for free why would you need anything more Well let039s see We039ll randomly pick one of the UK039s biggest ISPs Be It provides an excellent service but the free router is very basic It039s an 80211g model with no support for the newly ratified N standard so per http://www.demoroomtv.com/8-7-55333/16458/Google_offers_free_calls_via_Gmail_in_US.html The search company is aiming to undercut international call rates and set up phone boxes in universities and airports for its call productGoogle has added free voice calls over the internet to its free email service Gmail in the US although some UK users have found they can also use the service to make calls to the US for freeThe service unveiled on Wednesd http://www.demoroomtv.com/8-7-55333/16454/How_the_internet_is_altering_your_mind.html A new book claims the amount of time we spend on the internet is changing the very structure of our brains damaging our ability to think and to learnLike nearly all the Guardian039s content what you are about to read was and this will hardly be a revelation written using a computer connected to the internet Obviously this had no end of benefits mostly pe