日期: 29/08/2012 新闻来源: 我报 记者: 陈紫筠
omy - 新闻 News - 我国下个月起 飞不丹无需转机:
从下个月起，国人将能从新加坡飞往享有“最后的香格里拉”美誉的不丹王国，不丹皇家航空开拓往返新加坡和不丹的新航线，乘客日后无需到泰国或印度转机，行程缩短到大约6个小时。
目前，从樟宜机场出发的乘客，得到泰曼谷或印度的加尔各答（Kolkata）等城市转机，续程飞往不丹唯一的国际机场帕罗（Paro），整个行程至少12个小时。
樟宜机场集团昨天发表文告宣布，不丹皇家航空（Drukair）将从下月1日开始，每个星期提供4趟往返新加坡和帕罗的航班服务。航线所使用的是共有114个座位的空中巴士319型客机，航班将从樟宜机场第一搭客大厦起降。
客机昨天首次登陆新加坡，随行的嘉宾包括不丹公主扬宗（Chimi Yangzom Wangchuck）、不丹资讯及通讯部长，以及多名高级政府官员。
游不丹有最低消费 每人每天200美金
根据不丹旅游局的数据，越来越多新加坡人前往不丹旅行，不丹去年全年接待6万4000名访客，其中约1300名是新加坡人，比2010年的多出70％。
专门代理不丹旅行团队的Druk Asia负责人尊尼哈里申（Joni Herison）说，旅游旺季的往返机票约1550元。他指出，不丹政府规定，每名游客每天至少200美金的最低消费，其中35％用在不丹的建设上。
往返不丹班机时间
新加坡→不丹：每逢星期四及星期日，上午6时从樟宜机场起飞，在加尔各答逗留40至45分钟再续飞，飞抵帕罗的时间预计为当地时间上午9时45分。
不丹→新加坡：每逢星期三及星期六出发，在当地时间上午7时20分起飞，途中在加尔各答逗留，并在本地时间下午3时零5分抵达樟宜机场。
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Who needs a licence? Self-driving cars coming our way
Who needs a licence? Self-driving cars coming our way:
The Straits Times
Published on Aug 15, 2012
DETROIT (REUTERS) - It's been more than half a century since some of the first concept cars boasting self-driving features were presented to the world and they're still not on the roads. But many auto executives say the industry is on the cusp of welcoming vehicles that make the idea of keeping both hands on the wheel an anachronism.
General Motors (GM) showed off "dream cars" in the late 1950s like the Firebird II and Cadillac Cyclone with features automakers are now starting to roll out in new models as the technology, based on sensors, lasers, radar systems, GPS, cameras and microchips - improves and becomes less costly.
While most industry officials don't envision a fully self-driving, or autonomous, vehicle before 2025, features such as adaptive cruise control or traffic jam assist that automatically slow or apply the brakes for a car in certain situations are already being introduced.
The Straits Times
Published on Aug 15, 2012
DETROIT (REUTERS) - It's been more than half a century since some of the first concept cars boasting self-driving features were presented to the world and they're still not on the roads. But many auto executives say the industry is on the cusp of welcoming vehicles that make the idea of keeping both hands on the wheel an anachronism.
General Motors (GM) showed off "dream cars" in the late 1950s like the Firebird II and Cadillac Cyclone with features automakers are now starting to roll out in new models as the technology, based on sensors, lasers, radar systems, GPS, cameras and microchips - improves and becomes less costly.
While most industry officials don't envision a fully self-driving, or autonomous, vehicle before 2025, features such as adaptive cruise control or traffic jam assist that automatically slow or apply the brakes for a car in certain situations are already being introduced.
TODAYonline | Technology | Google to downgrade pirate sites in search results
TODAYonline | Technology | Google to downgrade pirate sites in search results:
Updated 11:24 AM Aug 12, 2012
LOS ANGELES - Google is altering its search results to de-emphasise the websites of repeat copyright offenders and make it easier to find legitimate providers of music, movies and other content.
The move is a peace offering to Hollywood and the music recording labels. This year, Google joined other Silicon Valley heavyweights to help kill legislation that would have given government and content creators more power to shut down foreign websites that promote piracy.
The Motion Picture Association of America issued a lukewarm response, saying it was "optimistic" the change would help steer consumers away from piracy.
"We will be watching this development closely - the devil is always in the details," MPAA senior executive president Michael O'Leary said in a statement.
Next week, Google will start using "valid copyright removal notices" to rank its search results, according to a Friday blog post by Google's senior vice president of engineering, Mr Amit Singhal.
Google typically ranks websites based on how many other sites link to them, on the belief that sites that get more links are more trustworthy and useful. But Google also regularly tweaks its formulas to reflect special circumstances.
In this case, sites with high numbers of copyright-removal notices may get bumped down in rankings. In effect, that will help users find legitimate sources of content without removing any pages from its results completely. Google did not elaborate on what it considers to be valid notices.
Google's icy relationship with content creators has thawed slightly.
Last month, Google said it would offer a US$50 (S$62) -per-month TV package over a super-fast fiber network in a Kansas City test bed. The package would offer mainstream channels including Nickelodeon.
Google, which is based in Mountain View, California, also sells movies and music through its Google Play store on mobile devices that use its Android operating system.
But a US$1 billion copyright lawsuit filed by Viacom against Google's YouTube in 2007 was re-instated by a federal appeals court in April after a lower court threw it out.
And last week, court papers showed that the Authors Guild is demanding Google pay US$750 for each of the 20 million books it has scanned in a 7-year-old case. AP
Updated 11:24 AM Aug 12, 2012
LOS ANGELES - Google is altering its search results to de-emphasise the websites of repeat copyright offenders and make it easier to find legitimate providers of music, movies and other content.
The move is a peace offering to Hollywood and the music recording labels. This year, Google joined other Silicon Valley heavyweights to help kill legislation that would have given government and content creators more power to shut down foreign websites that promote piracy.
The Motion Picture Association of America issued a lukewarm response, saying it was "optimistic" the change would help steer consumers away from piracy.
"We will be watching this development closely - the devil is always in the details," MPAA senior executive president Michael O'Leary said in a statement.
Next week, Google will start using "valid copyright removal notices" to rank its search results, according to a Friday blog post by Google's senior vice president of engineering, Mr Amit Singhal.
Google typically ranks websites based on how many other sites link to them, on the belief that sites that get more links are more trustworthy and useful. But Google also regularly tweaks its formulas to reflect special circumstances.
In this case, sites with high numbers of copyright-removal notices may get bumped down in rankings. In effect, that will help users find legitimate sources of content without removing any pages from its results completely. Google did not elaborate on what it considers to be valid notices.
Google's icy relationship with content creators has thawed slightly.
Last month, Google said it would offer a US$50 (S$62) -per-month TV package over a super-fast fiber network in a Kansas City test bed. The package would offer mainstream channels including Nickelodeon.
Google, which is based in Mountain View, California, also sells movies and music through its Google Play store on mobile devices that use its Android operating system.
But a US$1 billion copyright lawsuit filed by Viacom against Google's YouTube in 2007 was re-instated by a federal appeals court in April after a lower court threw it out.
And last week, court papers showed that the Authors Guild is demanding Google pay US$750 for each of the 20 million books it has scanned in a 7-year-old case. AP
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