M2006 - Melbourne Public Transport Map - Metlink

I'm going to volunteer at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games.
Here's a site with maps of public transport in metropolitan Melbourne.

Test TCP UDP Port Connections

Here's a cool script that will test if your PC can receive incoming TCP/UDP connections on certain ports:

http://www.emule-project.net/home/perl/general.cgi?rm=porttest&tcpport=1111&udpport=2222&lang=1033&l=1

Trevor's Website - C-Bus Installation

Trevor's Website - Photos :: Hardware

Buffalo Technology - Downloads

Get your Buffalo Terrastation Firmware Updates, Manuals, Software

Setup FTP behind router

How to set up an FTP Server behind a Netgear RT314 Router with a Dynamic IP address - TechIMO Forums

O2 Xda microsite : Xda IIs detailed specifications

Xda IIs

New to the Xda family, Xda IIs combines all the best elements of Xda II and adds WirelessLAN and a built-in keyboard. Now with quad-band support for even greater coverage when roaming in the USA, a camera for taking pictures then and there, and Bluetooth for use with your laptop computer or bluetooth headset.

With stunning good looks and a sleek metallic black finish, Xda IIs stands out in the connected PDA world.

Everything you need to access the internet is already in place. No wires, no add-ons required. It's so easy to use. No need to change your email address. Just put in your O2 SIM card, click and you are surfing.

Sonos, Inc.

SONOS Distributed Music

Migo

Products: "Migo, revolutionizes business and personal computing portability. Migo�s patented technology allows users to take their personal computing profile on a small, portable device to use anywhere they have access to a PC. With Migo you can transform any PC into your PC."

Liquidmetal Technologies

A special metal that bounces, as used in Sandisk Titanium

U3 brings the power of portable software to your USB flash drive - make it a smart drive!

U3 brings the power of portable software to your USB flash drive - make it a smart drive!: "By turning a USB flash drive into a USB smart drive, U3 lets you carry programs and personal preferences, launch software, and access all of your own data on any Windows XP or Windows 2000 PC from a device the size of a pack of gum. Now you can move between multiple locations with ease. We call it smart drive computing. You'll call it convenient."

Alibaba.com - Import Export Trade Leads

Alibaba.com is the world’s largest B2B sourcing marketplace where you can meet more than 1.5 million buyers and suppliers and get the most current product information.

Jands

Jands distributes the pick of international audio products. Products tried and tested on the international touring stage.

Jands both manufactures lighting consoles, dimmers & electronics and is the Australian distributor for some of the world’s best lighting products.

Jands supply and install stage machinery, theatre drapes and tracking systems for cinemas and performance spaces.

Pea Soup Smoke Machine

Car / Van Security Smoke Screen

Signature Security Group - Smoke Shield

Signature - Smoke Shield

Martin Security Smoke

SmokeCloak
IPA125 Acoustic protection
IPL3000 Security Lighting - stobing with SmokeCloak

BS 7939:1999 Smoke security devices. Code of practice for manufacture, installation and maintenance

BS 7939:1999 Smoke security devices. Code of practice for manufacture, installation and maintenance

Devices that generate smoke are not a recent innovation; they have been used for a wide number of applications for many years. They are, however, a recent addition to the security industry, where they play an important role in reducing the risk of property loss. This is achieved by providing protection to the premises in the time between an alarm activation and attendance at site by a keyholder. The smoke security devices are designed to fill the protected area with a dense cloud of smoke in order to reduce visibility to typically less than arm's length.

This code of practice has been drawn up to enable manufacturers, suppliers and installers of smoke
security devices to meet minimum standards required for the safety of personnel and the prevention of damage to furniture and equipment in the protected premises. It is intended to be applied in addition to any relevant statutory requirements.

It is hoped that this code of practice will encourage and assist the good management of the manufacture, installation and maintenance of such devices, and that insurers, police, fire authorities and clients wishing to use smoke security devices will insist that manufacturers and installers of the devices comply with the recommendations of this code of practice.

ISBN 0 580 28252 X

Concept Smoke Screen

Thieves can't steal what they can't see

AIAA - Aerospace America Online - PROGRAM PROFILE - Homeland security becomes big business.

"Homeland security becomes big business."

Six Sigma Tutorial

It was started in Motorola, in its manufacturing division, where millions of parts are made using the same process repeatedly. It allows for only 3.4 defects per million opportunities for each product or service transaction. Six Sigma relies heavily on statistical techniques to reduce defects and measure quality.

It allows for only 3.4 defects per million opportunities for each product or service transaction. Six Sigma relies heavily on statistical techniques to reduce defects and measure quality.

Effectively applying the Six Sigma techniques is difficult compared to actually learning the techniques in a class.

Many assume that that Six Sigma works for bigger companies only as they produce in volumes and have thousands of employees. This notion is not true and Six Sigma can be effectively applied for small businesses and even companies with fewer than 10 employees.

Six Sigma methodology improves any existing business process by constantly reviewing and re-tuning the process. To achieve this, Six Sigma uses a methodology known as DMAIC (Define opportunities, Measure performance, Analyze opportunity, Improve performance, Control performance).

Six Sigma methodology can also be used to create a brand new business process from ground up using DFSS (Design For Six Sigma) principles. Six Sigma Strives for perfection.

Six Sigma experts (Green Belts and Black Belts) evaluate a business process and determine ways to improve upon the existing process. Six Sigma experts can also design a brand new business process using DFSS (Design For Six Sigma) principles. Typically its easier to define a new process with DFSS principles than refining an existing process to reduce the defects.

Free downloadable Six Sigma eBook in PDF format

This Six Sigma Confidence Intervals eBook is free download for everyone who registers. You will learn about Six Sigma Methodology, confidence intervals and other Six Sigma concepts.


If you refer us one or more friends, we will make you a premier member. Premier members get preference in receiving future Six Sigma study material. Registration will also enable you to get information on updates to our content. We will create a free account for you and send the id and password by e-mail within a week. Once you receive your id and password, you will be able to login to Six Sigma Tutorial and download.

AutoCell Demo

Visit product site then launch demo window - http://www.netgear.com.au/products/prod_details.asp?prodID=644

Predixis Music Search

The MusicMagic™ button acoustically finds music based on computer analysis of the sounds in the music.

A MusicMagic™ search can help you discover artists, albums, and songs that complement the sounds of music you know and like.

RF Micro Devices - Bluetooth

Wireless Interference Challenge

Bluetooth® wireless technology
shares the same 2.4GHz ISM (Industrial, Scientific & Medical)
band as other technologies and products such as Wi-Fi® (IEEE
802.11b), cordless phones and microwave ovens. Serious interference
issues can occur when more than one of these products is in
use at the same time - negatively impacting the performance
of the devices (i.e. static, dropped connections, etc.).
Bluetooth® & 802.11
Issues

The interference issues are even more severe when antennas
for both Bluetooth and 802.11 wireless technologies
are located within a meter of each other (for example, in
a notebook PC). The diagram below illustrates the Bluetooth
and 802.11 wireless interference issues.


Delivering Coexistence Solutions

Working with the Bluetooth Special Interest Group
(SIG) and other industry-leaders, RFMD has developed coexistence
solutions that allow users to operate Bluetooth and
other 2.4GHz wireless technologies simultaneously while maintaining
optimal system throughput, range and responsiveness. In office
environments this enables Bluetooth applications such
as mouse, keyboard, printing, file transfer and portable device
synchronization to run at the same time the user is connected
a network using 802.11. At home this means that mobile phones
and headsets enabled with Bluetooth technology can
operate efficiently even when microwave ovens, cordless phones,
and Wi-Fi® access points are in use.



RFMD supports a wide range of coexistence solutions to help
overcome the inherent interference challenges in today's wireless
world:

• Adaptive Frequency
  Hopping


• UltimateBlue™
  Coexistence Technology


• Packet Traffic Arbitration


• Intel®
  Wireless Coexistence System

Adaptive Frequency
Hopping

RFMD played a leading role in
the Bluetooth SIG's efforts to respond to the growing
issue of interference in the 2.4GHz wireless space by helping
to develop Adaptive Frequency Hopping (AFH).



AFH works within the 2.4 GHz spectrum to take advantage of
the available frequencies without limiting the Bluetooth
transmission to a set of frequencies occupied by other technologies
(such as cordless telephones, microwave ovens and certain
Wireless Local Area Networking technologies, including IEEE
802.11b and IEEE 802.11g). This "adaptive hopping"
allows for more efficient transmission within the spectrum,
thereby providing the user with greater performance, even
if using other technologies along with Bluetooth wireless
technology.



Adaptive Frequency Hopping (AFH) is one of the key new features
of the recently released Bluetooth Version 1.2 Specification.




All of RFMD's UltimateBlue™
single-chip solutions are Bluetooth Specification
Version 1.2 compliant and support AFH.


UltimateBlue™
Coexistence Technology

RFMD has developed UltimateBlue
Coexistence Technology, a coexistence solution specifically
designed to address the unique interference issues when Bluetooth
and 802.11 wireless technologies are collocated in the same
device (such as a notebook PC).





› Minimizes the interference between Bluetooth
  wireless technology and 802.11, while   maximizing
the data throughput of both   technologies when
they are used   simultaneously.

› Enhances the Adaptive Frequency
Hopping   (AFH) feature of Bluetooth V1.2
and also   improves the performance of previous
  generations of Bluetooth V1.1 devices.



› UltimateBlue Coexistence Technology
is a free   feature that can be enabled on any of
RFMD's   UltimateBlue
single-chip solutions.



Key features of UltimateBlue Coexistence Technology include:

› Works
with virtually all 802.11b/g chipsets

› No hardware
design restrictions

››
802.11 solution can be any form factor
(mini PCI, PC Card, etc.)

››
No interface signals between 802.11 and
Bluetooth ICs required

› No impact
to certification

››
Complaint with WECA, BQB, FCC and WHQL

› No impact
to system software or drivers

››
Compliant to existing software and device
drivers

› Forward
and backward compatible

››
Provides interface protection for Bluetooth
V1.1 devices

Packet Traffic Arbitration

Packet Traffic Arbitration (PTA) is part of the 802.15.2
recommended practices. PTA is a collaborative Time Division
Duplex (TDD) mechanism that minimizes the Bluetooth/802.11
coexistence challenges when both wireless technologies are
collocated in the same device, are located in very close proximity
to one another, and may share an antenna. PTA is designed
with quality of service in mind and is essential for ensuring
that Bluetooth audio runs seamlessly with data transfers
over 802.11 This makes PTA an ideal coexistence solution for
use in mobile phones and PDAs.

PTA is a recommended practice for Wireless
LAN applications, and although it is not part of the Bluetooth
specification, RFMD will be supporting it in future chips.
RFMD's Packet Traffic Arbitration solution is designed to
be flexible enough to use with any Wireless LAN chipset.



Packet Traffic Arbitration Block Diagram


Intel® Wireless
Coexistence System

RFMD has collaborated with Intel to develop a Bluetooth
+ 802.11 wireless coexistence solution for Intel's
Centrino™ mobile technology. The Intel Wireless Coexistence
System (WCS) is based on RFMD's UltimateBlue
single-chip solutions and enables simultaneous operation
of both Bluetooth and 802.11 wireless technologies.

Contact your local Intel FAE/TME for more
information on the Intel Wireless Coexistence System.

Already have an Intel Wireless Coexistence
platform? Contact
RFMD for Bluetooth firmware updates.

Mobile
Computing Information for Developers - Intel Website

Intel
Wireless Coexistence System - Intel Website

Digital home fails to deliver - Hardware - www.itnews.com.au

Digital home fails to deliver
By Byron Connolly, CRN 21 June 2005 16:30 AEST Hardware

Australians are still not buying into the converged "digital home" concept despite huge sales of devices in the category, according to research by channel analyst GfK.

At a GfK seminar, "The Digital Lifestyle: do we buy it?", the analyst presented new research on consumer buying behaviour. GfK surveyed 1171 Australian consumers and found that 35 percent of respondents were "digital disconnected" or didn't even have an internet connection.



Still, 41 percent of respondents had adopted a "digital lifestyle" and a further 18 percent were "latecomers".

Digital lifestylers were defined as people that accessed, used and distributed digital media every week. "Latecomers" were consumers that used the internet, digital devices or wireless networks, for example, at least once a week, GfK said.

Terry Wiley, business group director of custom research at GfK, said he believed consumers wanted digital technology and the features and benefits it provided.

However, 18 percent of survey respondents, the "latecomers", said they were not ready to replace analogue devices. The "latecomers" found that digital products and services weren't good value for money and said they didn't need to connect various digital products together.

Of the 59 percent of respondents living a "digital lifestyle", 50 percent had a broadband, ADSL or satellite connection while 40 percent were using dial-up.

Uptake of digital distribution services was low, with 70 percent of respondents saying they didn't have a cable or satellite TV subscription. Further, only 10.4 percent of Australian households had a home network.

"Over 60 percent of respondents believe we will have some sort of media centre within our homes in two years," Wiley said.

Nearly 40 percent of respondents said they would buy a media centre in that time, he added.

Fifty percent said the media centre would be a digital home hub, while 40 percent thought it would be used as another device, such as a set-top box, although set-top boxes had not sold well.

Some 200 million "digital purchases" had been made in Australia since 2000. Excluding DVD games and other software, that number was 55 million, according to Gary Lamb, managing director at GfK.

For the year ending April 2005, $641 million of digital cameras were sold in Australia.

DVD software sales totalled $939 million, MP3 sales totalled $323 million and plasma TVs $475 million. DVD recorders and LCD TV sales totalled $91 million and $129 million respectively.

"No one is pushing the complete digital solution today," said Lamb. "Australians have been buying digital products at a fast rate, but for me the ability to connect one product to another to enhance its performance is not enough. Are we buying into the digital home? At the moment, there's too much evidence to the contrary."

Despite all the components for a "digital lifestyle" available, consumers weren't necessarily ready for the "revolution" or understood the technology. Retailers and resellers must dispel consumers' fear and cost issues, Lamb said.

"However, full digital conversion is on the horizon," he said.

XPresenter Demo

http://www.vertigo.net/prod_xpresenter_demo.asp

Works from within PowerPoint

Digital Matrix Studio

www.digitalmatrixstudio.com

Creative multimedia and interactive media design

http://www.digitalmatrixstudio.com/portfolio-interactive.html

Sony's plans for digital film & TV distribution

Sony Pictures Entertainment unveils plans for digital distribution of film and TV content
Apr 27, 2005 1:34 PM, Digital Signage Update e-newsletter

Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has unveiled its plan to streamline the distribution of its film and television content by leveraging a series of new digital entertainment technology and services created by Ascent Media Group (AMG) and HP.

By digitizing its library of media assets – both film and TV – SPE can create content once and deliver it to its partners and customers many times, in any standard or format, more securely and quickly than before.

SPE’s alliance with AMG and HP will transition the formatting, management and distribution of its vast portfolio of media assets from traditional analog format to a tapeless digital environment.

SPE selected AMG to provide the end-to-end technology and services required to create, manage and store the studio’s digital library. AMG oversees SPE’s file-based digital asset management archive. The library may be searched and reviewed and the assets repurposed with the appropriate metadata for all of the studio’s post-theatrical outputs; manage the electronic and physical distribution of assets to and from this digital archive; oversee the ingestion of electronic assets; as well as create and archive the assets to data tape for back-up.

AMG and SPE chose HP’s Digital Media Platform (DMP) as its technology foundation. The HP DMP is an open standards-based framework consisting of enterprise software, hardware and services that allows media companies to digitize, store, process, manage, distribute and archive complex media assets.

For more information, visit www.sonypictures.com, www.ascentmedia.com and www.hp.com

Yahoo! Help - Yahoo! Buzz Index Help

Yahoo! Help - Yahoo! Buzz Index Help: "What is a buzz mover?
Buzz movers are the subjects with the greatest percentage increase in buzz score from one day to the next.
Significant increases in buzz score do not necessarily indicate huge overall interest in a subject. Greatest overall buzz is reflected by the list of buzz leaders.
For example, a subject that increases its buzz score from 4.0 to 12.0 would have a one-day buzz move of 200%, which might qualify it for inclusion on the list of buzz movers. However, that same subject, with a buzz of 12.0, might not make that day's list of buzz leaders."

THX: Making the Magic Happen

THX: Making the Magic Happen: "THX: Making the Magic Happen "

MSR, Inc. [ Products: 5.1 Audio Toolkit DVD ]

MSR, Inc. [ Products: 5.1 Audio Toolkit DVD ]: "5.1 Audio Toolkit DVD"

Creative's New X-Fi Audio Processor - ExtremeTech

Creative's New X-Fi Audio Processor Previewed at ExtremeTech: "Creative's New X-Fi Audio Processor "

Hacking Windows XP: Speed Up Your Boot

Hacking Windows XP: Speed Up Your Boot: "Windows XP includes a boot defragmenter but it is a little tricky to get it to run. By default, it is run only in the background and cannot be started directly by a user. After your computer has been idle for some time between 5 and 30 minutes, the system will read the prefetcher's boot data and start the defrag. The system defrag is run in the background and is invisible to the user. Eventually, if you leave your computer on long enough, it will be defragment the boot files
Microsoft has a very talented team working for them and they even took into consideration that often your system boot changes. For example, you might install an updated device driver or add new hardware. To solve this problem, the system will re-defragment the boot files every three days.
Tip:
Windows keeps track of the last time it optimized the boot file so that it can calculate how often it should run the boot defrag. If you are interesting in finding when the last time was that the boot defrag was run, open up regedit and navigate to: 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Prefetcher' and then look for the key named 'LastDiskLayoutTimeString'. "

"DisplayPort" Could Introduce Protected Displays

"DisplayPort" Could Introduce Protected Displays

Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) said Monday that several component and electronics OEMs are in the process of finalizing a standard unified interface for LCD, plasma, CRT and projection displays, called "DisplayPort". The timetable calls for the standard to be submitted during the third quarter, with products likely rolling out in early 2006.

DisplayPort could also indicate an end run around Silicon Image, which owns patents used in HDMI, suggested Jon Peddie, principal analyst with Jon Peddie Research.

RUXCON

RUXCON: "RUXCON 2005RUXCON has been confirmed for Saturday the 1st and Sunday the 2nd of October 2005! The venue will be UTS once again. If you attended RUXCON 2004 please help us improve the quality of the conference by sending feedback to staff ruxcon org au.
RUXCON is proud to announce its call for papers for RUXCON 2005. The dead line for submissions is the 31st of August"