Dot Hill (http://www.dothill.com), a provider of storage solutions and software for OEMs (original equipment manufacturers), open storage partners and system integrators, has expanded its channel program with the introduction of its next-generation AssuredSAN disk-to-disk data protection appliances targeted at small-to-medium businesses (SMBs).
Adobe has announced that Flash Media Live Encoder 3.1 for Mac OS X is now a free download. You can grab it at http://blogs.adobe.com/flashmedia/2010/03/flash_media_live_encoder_31_fo_1.html .
Features include: the ability to perform up to three simultaneous encodes; saving to local file during encoding; auto-adjust (helps manage the stream quality to stay live under poor network conditions); and support for H.264 and VP6 codecs. Flash Media Live Encoder is designed for content owners who want to stream live events like concerts, sporting events, web casts, and news.
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Beginning in the fall of 2010, all first year undergraduate students at Seton Hill University (http://www.setonhill.edu) will receive a 13-inch MacBook and an iPad. They’ll have complete access to these mobile technologies for classes as well as at all times for personal use.
Read MoreBook publisher Bloomsbury is planning digital editions of its books for the iPad, reports “The Guardian” (http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/mar/30/bloomsbury-books-harry-potter).
“It has not come to the UK yet, so that is a piece of business yet to happen, but I can certainly say that the iPad looks like a very exciting platform indeed,” Bloomsbury CEO Nigel Newton told the publication. “Obviously it is the most important development in ebooks in recent months, so we will certainly be talking to Apple.”
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There’s a flurry of rumors about what the next iPhone will be like. There’s talk of a Verizon-compatible version with CDMA support.
There’s also talk about an “HD” model with twice the screen resolution of the current model, going from 320×480 to 960×640 pixels. Other reports claim the next iPhone will have a slightly thinner display and beefier performance, thanks to the A4 processor that will debut with the iPad.
There’s also talk of an iSight web cam with accompanying iChat software for video conferencing on the iPhone.
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