Smilodon | October 8, 2007
The Global Positioning System, abbreviated and more commonly known as GPS, is a tracking system that allows a GPS device on earth, called a receiver, to determine its precise location by measuring microwave signals from orbiting satellites. Since it uses extremely accurate clocks and makes this determination essentially instantaneously, it can use a series of [...]
Smilodon | October 7, 2007
Satellite radio is a digital broadcast of traditional styles of radio programming available only by subscription. As the name implies, the radio signal is transmitted from communication satellites, instead of terrestrial radio towers. In the US, the two providers are Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio. In order to receive satellite radio, you have [...]
Smilodon | October 6, 2007
Internet radio, also called web radio or net radio, is a service which allows you to listen to a radio station on your computer over the Internet. It is popular in office buildings, where each individual can tune in to their own preference of music or talk radio. The technology involved is called streaming. The [...]
Smilodon | October 5, 2007
RSS is the abbreviation for Really Simple Syndication. The idea is that the process automatically captures new content from the Internet as soon as it is available on the websites you select. The content which is sent is called a feed, because it is being fed to you. It may consist of podcasts, blog entries, [...]
Smilodon | October 4, 2007
A podcast is a digital audio or video broadcast on the Internet that plays on a computer or on any digital player. The word podcast comes from the name of the Apple iPod®. However, there is no special relationship between a digital broadcast and the iPod, so it could more properly be called a netcast, [...]