Daily technology news - 07-Mar-2007

The "plugged-in generation" and other technology trends (Minnesota Public Radio)Laptops. iPods. MySpace. Cell phones. technology pervades modern life, particularly for the younger generations. But then, that was yesterday's techology news. What's on the horizon?

New University Of Delaware Technology Removes Viruses From Drinking Water (PollutionOnline)University of Delaware researchers have developed an inexpensive, nonchlorine-based technology that can remove harmful microorganisms, including viruses, from drinking water. UD's patented technology incorporates highly reactive iron in the filtering process to deliver a chemical "knock-out punch" to a host of notorious pathogens, from E. coli to rotavirus

DiamondWare's 3D voice technology added to HeroEngine (TG Daily)DiamondWare and Simutronics have partnered up to add 3D-aware voice chat to Simutronics' HeroEngine, an MMO technology platform. The partnership could help future MMOs use realistic and high-definition 32 kilohertz audio chat in private and group settings.

Microsoft links technology, common tools (AP via Yahoo! News) Sticky notes. White boards. Videogame consoles. For a Microsoft Corp. event designed to show off cutting-edge software inventions, there are a lot of familiar tools on display. That's intentional, said Rico Malvar, the managing director of Microsoft Research's Redmond lab, at TechFest, the annual gathering of the software maker's international research department Tuesday.

IBM, BBC join to develop image technology (CNET)Blog: IBM and British Broadcasting Corporation are teaming up to develop video and image search technology for the BBC's online children...

Technology Briefing (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)SprayCool gets $10 million to develop technology ... San Francisco firm buys Practice Partner of Seattle ... Apple updates iTunes for Vista, but glitches remain ... Movie theaters say they're ready to join the digital age

Technology upgrades discussed (News Transcript)MARLBORO - A proposal to imple-ment technology improvements in the Marlboro K-8 School District was presented to the Board of Education in February. Supervisor of Technology Joe Bires presented the board with an overview of the current state of the district's technology programs and suggested future initiatives.

South end of Technology Drive to be refined (Richfield Reaper)As Richfield prepares to kick the expansion of technology Drive into high gear, the city is set to realign the south portion of the road. technology Drive currently starts at 1300 South in Richfield and ends at approximately 100 South at the campus of Snow College Richfield.

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