SYS-CON i-Technology Podcast: Internet TV Event Tracks, Ruby on Rails 1.0, Qanta Wins $100 Laptop Contract @ RUBY-ON-RAILS

SYS-CON i-Technology Podcast: Internet TV Event Tracks, Ruby on Rails 1.0, Qanta Wins $100 Laptop Contract

Four Tracks Address Variety of Groups at First iTVCon Internet TV Conference, To Be Held in New York in 2006

Dec. 14, 2005 05:00 PM

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Ruby on Rails has arrived at the big 1.0, according to Copenhagen-based developer David Heinemeier Hanson.

Taiwan-based Quanta Computer has been awarded the contract to develop the world's first $100 laptop, a brainchild of MIT Media Lab Director Nicholas Negroponte that is intended to reach users throughout the world that can't afford current technology.

ThunderHawk Symbian Series60 Edition complies with Symbian interface guidelines while offering the same features and functionality users have come to expect from ThunderHawk.

SYS-CON’s Events "iTVcon Internet TV Conference & Expo, to be held in New York in 2006, has released information about the four tracks scheduled to be on the program. More information can be found at www.itvcon.com.

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SYS-CON Media News Desk wrote: SYS-CON Events' iTVcon Internet TV Conference & Expo, to be held in New York in 2006, has released information about the four tracks scheduled to be on the program. Track 1 will be of interest to corporate marketing, advertising, product and brand managers Track 2 is aimed at software programmers, developers, website owners and operators Track 3 will provide sessions for advertising agencies, advertisers and video content producers, while Track 4 will be focused on print and online content providers, representatives from traditional media companies, print and online magazine and newspaper publishers, as well as network and cable television business managers. More information can be found at www.itvcon.com.

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