Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today the launch of the Chicago Broadband Challenge, a unique initiative that will engage the public to secure Chicago's position as one of the digital capitals of the country and the city with the greatest availability of ultra-high-speed broadband in the United States.
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This country cruises the digital super highway moshing culture from around the planet.
That flow of information ended last Friday, when the Myanmar government, which tightly controls the country's digital infrastructure, shut down all access to the Burmese Internet.
This significant increase in movie content will begin launching in Comcast's Xfinity markets in Philadelphia and Washington, DC, and will continue rolling out to Comcast Digital Cable customers across the country.
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The country's digital advertising market is growing from a small base, and Brazilian marketers spend only 10.6% of their ad budgets on digital ads, compared with 19.8% world-wide, according to eMarketer.
"The announcement by the chancellor is a recognition of the fact that broadband technology underpins the economy as a whole, and in particular the digital content industries in this country, " he added.
The federal government wants to ensure that your viewing pleasure encounters few, if any, speed bumps on Feb. 17, 2009--the date that all analog broadcasts will cease and the entire country switches to digital television.
Security Council with angry rhetoric and threats, Lee described a country with two parallel digital worlds -- one for residents and another for foreign visitors.
Louisiana boasts the strongest Digital Media Tax Incentive in the country, wooing both established and startup game studios to relocate to New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Shreveport.
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The Broadband Commission for Digital Development has released its first-ever country-by-country snapshot of the state of broadband deployment worldwide.
"Presidential candidates Bush and Gore should check out their own backyards before touring the country to speak out against the digital divide, " the report said.
By the time of the highly anticipated Aug. 8 opening day of the games, China plans to be broadcasting digital mobile television to 65 cities throughout the country.
It says that if DAB broadcasts reach enough of the country by then, a switch to digital would be possible by 2017.
The process, which will eventually affect all TV viewers in the UK, involves the conversion of the country's terrestrial television system to digital.
Google chairman Eric Schmidt has said education in Britain is holding back the country's chances of success in the digital media economy.
To design the suit gold medalist Billy Demong wore in Vancouver during Nordic Combined, which involves both ski jumping and cross-country, Flanagan and his team created a digital avatar of Demong's body and used computer imaging to determine the most aerodynamic pattern for stitching the suit.
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Britain is currently the only country in the world to enable viewers to receive digital television through three different technologies: standard terrestrial television, cable and satellite.
Its Digital One Rate, offering a flat rate anywhere in the country with no roaming fees, has attracted more than 500, 000 subscribers since its launch in May.
And the best way to see it will be on one of some 50 cinemas around the country and 30 more around the world equipped with digital projectors.
For high quality audio broadcasts, the two top models feature built-in HD Radio Technology, providing clear digital reception of HD Radio broadcasts from radio stations around the country.
About 80% of the UK is now able to get broadband access through ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line), while about 40% of the country is covered by cable broadband connections.
Given the choice between the hard edges of reality or manufactured anger directed against an over-achieving digital watch, many will choose the easy option of funny country maps on their iPhone.
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The country lags behind much of the world when it comes to digital adoption, but there are signs that North Korea is trying to catch up, Lee said.
"Starting with over 2 million items, each with its own special story and significance, the Digital Public Library of America will now begin to assemble the riches of our country's libraries, archives, and museums, and connect them with the public, " executive director Dan Cohen wrote on the library's website Thursday.
Digital distribution will save the studios millions on the film prints that now tour the country's megaplexes in canisters.
Furthermore, digital currencies are global currencies, which raises many issues concerning taxation - in which country are you taxed?
They are assembling a digital version of the collections that fill miles of shelves at law libraries across the country.
Still, with 80% of states in the country phasing out cursive and so much of today's communication being digital, the discussion may be purely academic.
The effects of moving to a principally digital operation in two states with some of the lowest internet-usage rates in the country are also uncertain.
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