Leisure: Notizia - Leica prepara i suoi obiettivi per il futuro digitale della serie M

Se si realizzassero i piani insinuati da richieste ufficiali, potrebbero mancare poco più di tre mesi affinché la fiera Photokina accolga la prima versione digitale delle mitiche Leica M. Nel frattempo, arrivano più dati sulle anteprime della firma tedesca che doterà le sue ottiche di un sistema di codificazione affinché il corpo digitale le identifichi....

Internet: Hosted Apps Rule In an On-Demand World

The on-demand delivery model for enterprise software -- managed hosting, software as service, whatever you want to call it -- is a big deal right now. Ever since Salesforce.com broke out with its wildly successful IPO last June, investors and industry watchers have been bullish on the promise of hosted applications. Sure, application service providers (ASPs) have been around for years, but after the dot-com hype faded, it became clear that the "rented software" model only made sense for small businesses that didn't require true enterprise functionality. Not anymore. Flash forward to 2005, and ASPs are once again the darlings of Silicon Valley. ...

Science: Nanotechnology will boom in next five years, study says

A recent study by Helmut Kaiser Consultancy found that nanotechnology in the food industry is estimated to leap from $2.6 billion a year today to $20.4 billion in 2010. Nanotechnology has been found to dramatically increase the shelf life of foods, and packaging called nanoencapsulation can ensure the......

Internet: AOL Gets Into the VoIP Game

The Internet telephony market is only just beginning to heat up, and the market is largely up for grabs as cable companies, ISPs and telcos jockey for position. There's a lot of competition, but AOL may be in a good position to nudge consumers into VoIP, as the company is already experienced at holding the hands of its mostly non-technical customers. AOL Internet Phone Service is more expensive than plans offered by market leader Vonage, even at the "low" introductory rate, but hey -- overpriced service has never stopped AOL in the past. ...

News: Report: Israel Destroys Hezbollah HQ

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Israeli warplanes Friday destroyed the building housing the headquarters of Hezbollah guerrillas in southern Beirut, the group's TV station reported. ...