ARCHI-TECH announces Readers' Choice Awards Winners
(Cedar Rapids, Iowa)— ARCHI-TECH named the winners in its annual Readers' Choice Awards. Each year, visitors to architechmag.com vote for their favorite technology products. The Readers' Choice Awards feature the most innovative technology products in the commercial buildings market today. Product entries, submitted by manufacturers, are applicable to commercial facilities in the areas of audio/video, building controls, glass and glazing, HVAC, lighting, security, and sustainable technology.
The award winners will be featured in the December 2008 issue of ARCHI-TECH magazine and will remain on architechmag.com until June 2009. Voting for the 2009 Readers' Choice awards will take place June 2009 through August 2009.
"Specifying technology products in commercial buildings is the job of ARCHI-TECH's audience. The winners of our Readers' Choice program should be particularly gratified that their products won the attention of this influential community," said ARCHI-TECH publisher Jim Forthofer.
Audio/Video Winner: Lencore Music Page Interface
Honorable Mention: OmniMount Motion52, motorized cantilever mount
Building Controls Winner: Lencore Spectra i.Net, networked sound masking system
Honorable Mention: Lencore CrossNet, networked sound masking system
Glass & Glazing Winner: Sage Electrochromics SageGlass, electronically tintable glazing Honorable Mention: Southwall Technologies HeatMirror, insulating glass
HVAC Winner: Crestron CHV-TSTAT, heating and cooling thermostat
Honorable Mention: Big Ass Fan Element, commercial fan
Lighting Winner: Visa Lighting LED Advantus, tubular lighting fixture
Honorable Mention: Crestron iLux CLS-C6M, HD digital video processor
Security Winner: Krieger KriegerShield, radio frequency doors
Sustainable Technology Winner: Lencore Spectra i.Net, networked sound masking system Honorable Mention: Big Ass Fan Element, commercial fan
Friday, October 10, 2008
The Internet if a Cesspool- Google
Google's Schmidt Says Internet 'Cesspool' Needs Brands
Says the Solution Is Quality Content; Tells Publishers and Editors to 'Increase Your Relevance'
By Nat Ives Published: October 08, 2008 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AdAge.com) --
The internet is fast becoming a "cesspool" where false information thrives, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said yesterday. Speaking with an audience of magazine executives visiting the Google campus here as part of their annual industry conference, he said their brands were increasingly important signals that content can be trusted. "Brands are the solution, not the problem," Mr. Schmidt said. "Brands are how you sort out the cesspool."
Google CEO Eric Schmidt: 'We don't do content. You all create content.'
Photo Credit: Doug GoodmanWelcome words Those were welcome words for the editors and publishers who have been watching the internet draw more and more ad spending every year. Mr. Schmidt took aim, however, at the Association of National Advertisers for opposing Google's planned ad deal with Yahoo. The association has said the deal will diminish competition and help Google and Yahoo increase ad prices. "If you're going to criticize us, criticize us correctly," Mr. Schmidt said. "We're guilty of many things, but that's not one of them."
In a talk that he structured mostly as an invitation for questions and ideas, Mr. Schmidt declined to advise magazines on looking more popular to Google's page-ranking programs. "We don't actually want you to be successful," he said. The company's algorithms are trying to find the most relevant search results, after all, not the sites that best game the system. "The fundamental way to increase your rank is to increase your relevance," he added.
On the subject of print, especially newspapers as we have known them, Mr. Schmidt was decidedly gloomy. "The evidence is not good," he said, guessing that the print business will eventually comprise a smaller piece of publishers' much larger online businesses.
Says the Solution Is Quality Content; Tells Publishers and Editors to 'Increase Your Relevance'
By Nat Ives Published: October 08, 2008 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AdAge.com) --
The internet is fast becoming a "cesspool" where false information thrives, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said yesterday. Speaking with an audience of magazine executives visiting the Google campus here as part of their annual industry conference, he said their brands were increasingly important signals that content can be trusted. "Brands are the solution, not the problem," Mr. Schmidt said. "Brands are how you sort out the cesspool."
Google CEO Eric Schmidt: 'We don't do content. You all create content.'
Photo Credit: Doug GoodmanWelcome words Those were welcome words for the editors and publishers who have been watching the internet draw more and more ad spending every year. Mr. Schmidt took aim, however, at the Association of National Advertisers for opposing Google's planned ad deal with Yahoo. The association has said the deal will diminish competition and help Google and Yahoo increase ad prices. "If you're going to criticize us, criticize us correctly," Mr. Schmidt said. "We're guilty of many things, but that's not one of them."
In a talk that he structured mostly as an invitation for questions and ideas, Mr. Schmidt declined to advise magazines on looking more popular to Google's page-ranking programs. "We don't actually want you to be successful," he said. The company's algorithms are trying to find the most relevant search results, after all, not the sites that best game the system. "The fundamental way to increase your rank is to increase your relevance," he added.
On the subject of print, especially newspapers as we have known them, Mr. Schmidt was decidedly gloomy. "The evidence is not good," he said, guessing that the print business will eventually comprise a smaller piece of publishers' much larger online businesses.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Pearlman Resurrects Church Microphone
Source: PRO AV News ServicePublication date: October 1, 2008
By Pro AV Staff
Pearlman Microphones, a boutique manufacturer of handmade tube microphones, launched a meticulous remake of the Church mic, a revered microphone originally created by Stanley Church for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in the mid 1950s. The Pearlman replica adheres to the original schematics, including the use of the authentic Triad transformer that has been out of production for nearly 50 years.
Church served as the studio's chief sound engineer during that era, producing no more than 200 of his custom vacuum tube condenser microphones strictly for in-house use at MGM. Over the years, however, the mic's reputation and resale value skyrocketed, with originals in decent condition going for up to $20,000 on the vintage market, says the company.
"The Stanley Church MGM mic is widely considered an engineer's Holy Grail, delivering a vibe that is reminiscent of the best U47s and C12s," said Dave Pearlman in a statement. "But the original mic's transformer had been unavailable until just recently, so we're now finally able to replicate the critical combination of the original capsule, tube, and transformer. I'm also making each amplifier by hand, using all point-to-point, old-style wiring. So, essentially, I'm not recreating this classic legacy microphone--I'm simply continuing it."
Like its predecessor, the Pearlman Church mic uses a Neumann M7 (or optional K47) capsule, hand selected GE five-star 6072 dual triode, (12AY7) vacuum tube, and "new old stock" Triad transformer, currently exclusive to Pearlman.
"We put this mic up next to a couple of U47s the other day and people were absolutely freaking out about how good it sounded," Pearlman said. "They couldn't believe their ears. It's not exactly the same, of course--the mic has a different sonic flavor--but it's every bit on par with the sound of those amazing mics of yesteryear, yet available at a fraction of the price."
Encased in the same housing as Pearlman's TM-1, the new Pearlman Church mic is equipped with a handmade power supply, custom Mogami/Neutrik tube microphone cable, heavy-duty shock mount, and aluminum shipping case. Available to order, the Pearlman Church mic lists for $4,500.
Chinese Government Monitoring eBay and Skype
Sickening, but you should know they have 30,000 people monitoring your conversations...
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/02/technology/02skype.php
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/02/technology/02skype.php
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Hollywood Sues Real Networks over DVD copying.
Yawn... In their continuing effort to get paid multiple times for the doing nothing, Hollywood is suing to keep DVD's from being copied onto computers...
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-realnet1-2008oct01,0,3710188.story
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-realnet1-2008oct01,0,3710188.story
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