TechnologyAcer Hacked
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- Published on Monday, 06 June 2011 03:48
- Written by Ajay
Acer now founding itself grappling with data breach, it has reportedly cost in the details of over 40,000 customers. The details includes their names, emails addresses, phone numbers, addresses, also names of products purchased by the customers. As Hacker News said that the Hacking group are from the Pakistan Cyber Army is a well-known hacking outfit. Still the attack is unclear, hacker themselves have assured that for a press conference.
NHK’s Automatic Animated Sign Language Translator
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- Published on Saturday, 04 June 2011 02:49
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Japan’s NHK Science & Technology Laboratories has announced a new animated translation system to help get important news for deaf viewers. While televised subtitles may work for those who understand the language, people who are born deaf and learned sign language from an early age can significantly more difficulty. The system unveiled at Technology Open House 2011, bypasses this problem by automatically comparing Japanese text to sign language, converting equivalent words into animated onscreen gestures, and replacing differing words with appropriate synonyms. The ultimate goal is to create a system that could be used during emergencies or natural disasters, allowing deaf people to receive urgent broadcasts as instantly as their hearing competitors. Don’t forget to look at the video
Twitter’s Integrated Photo Sharing Service And Improved Search
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- Published on Thursday, 02 June 2011 04:32
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Twitter announced its own integrated photo-sharing service, will launch “over the next several weeks,” and lets you upload the images and attach it directly to tweet from Twitter. The functionality is going to hit the mobile apps soon. The service is parented through the Photobucket to actually host the photos. The Twitter also announced the complete new version of Twitter Search is related to photos and videos that will be displayed nest to your results. Hit on the demo video.
Opera Mini For iPad In Version 6.0
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- Published on Wednesday, 25 May 2011 04:24
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Opera released the version 6.0 of its Mini Mobile Browser, which has support for all iOS devices, including iPad, and iPad2, and a specific shortcut for iPhone 4 retina display. The design of the web browser is freshened up with a new look and feel; the social networking function let you blast URLs into Twitter and Facebook directly from the app. It includes the ability to load tabs in background and improves support for non-Latin alphabets like Arabic and Chinese. For more details read the press release, don’t forget to look at the video. Hit on the source link for your free download of Opera Mini 6.0.
Sony BMG Greece Hacked
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- Published on Tuesday, 24 May 2011 04:55
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The Security nightmare just continues, plenty of Sony’s executives beginning to wish someone would pinch them already. It taken a PR and financial beating over the PSN breach, now the Greek site of Sony BMG has been hacked and account info of thousands of users has been posted online. According to Naked Security, the attack does not appear to have been particularly sophisticated and was carried out using an automated SQL injection tool that demands more patience and skill. The dump reveals usernames, real names, and email addresses of Sony registered users (SonyMusic.gr customers), other fields including passwords, telephone numbers are either empty or contain fake data – suggests that hack was not entirely successful.
Sony’s SmartAR Demoed Live
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- Published on Monday, 23 May 2011 09:34
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The AR technology that promises augmented reality without need for unsightly tattoos? Anew live-demo shows Sony’s markerless object recognition system focusing on posters, tables, books, and coffee cups in traditional AR card, allows recognizing multiple objects at once, focusing on objects rather than markers allow augmented entities to interact more naturally with their environment. Objects don’t need to remain on screen, as demonstrated by AR pop up menu that remained viewable after object marker that spawned it left the viewer’s field of vision. Don’t forget to look at the video
Lady Gaga Uses Chrome
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- Published on Monday, 23 May 2011 08:51
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The browser battles the debut of new Google Chrome commercial, starring Lady Gaga and her “little monsters.” The minute and half video of Gaga and her fans signing and gyrating their way through her latest single, the ad intended to illustrate the power of the web and its creative new model of interaction. Don’t forget to look at the video
Google’s Blocking Android Market Movie Rentals On Rooted Devices
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- Published on Sunday, 22 May 2011 03:32
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Android Central points out Google support document that details the “Failed to fetch license for (movie title) error 49 message users will see when they try to play on a rooted device. Only Xooms with Android 3.1 have the access to the service right now, but support rolls out to all Android 2.2 or higher devices in a couple of weeks some had to choose between their superuser privileges and Google’s nascent movie offerings. So far rooting and jailbreaking hasn’t put a stop to other movie rental services for mobiles so even if Google blames the movie studios for the policy, it will be a odd restriction for the company behind the “open” platform to have.
Hulu Plus On TiVo Promos, Launch Soon
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- Published on Sunday, 22 May 2011 03:20
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TiVo announced it would offer Hulu Plus in Spetember we are still waiting for it to arrive on those Premiere DVRs. Twitter user dlayphoto spotted these materials in local Best Buy promising six months for the $7.99/month service for free with purchase of a new box with a new price tag. The URL on the card leads to a page where TiVo owners can input their serial number and e-mail address to get access. If you judge by dates and promotions, things will be getting rolled within the next month or so. We will get you back if we got something official.
VIERA Connect For Connecting Withings Body Scale And Panasonic TV
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- Published on Thursday, 19 May 2011 06:24
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Withings Wi-Fi Body Scale only to be dismayed by its inability to display your weight on your living room TV? The Company has just announced that a Withing app is now available for Panasonic VIERA Connect-enabled TVs; access your complete health dashboard from comfort of your crouch or recliner as the case may be. For more details read the press release
Sony SmartAR Delivers High Speed Augmented Reality
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- Published on Thursday, 19 May 2011 06:13
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Sony’s augmented reality is been slowly losing its appeal given its sometimes laggy and unreliable performance – most implementations required a weird marker to be in clear sight and graphics rendering speed on your handheld device. Sony’s SmartAR announcement came along and said the technology took us by surprise with its super slick responsiveness, and marker less object recognition makes a compelling hassle-free selling point. Virtual objects continue to animate even when the original object is out of sight, Sony’s SmartAR is available to game developers and advertisers, for more details read the press release and don’t forget look at the video
NXP And Choda Teach Cars Communicate With 802.11p
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- Published on Thursday, 19 May 2011 05:57
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The first standardized and hardware platform for peer-to-peer automobile communication called C2X, the module inside is the product of Choda Wireless and near-field communications at NXP, and it uses 802.11 Wi-Fi to let equipped cars see another around blind corners, through other vehicles, chat with traffic signals up to a mile away. Pocket-lint got a look at the technology during Automotive week, and it’s a good idea of when we expect the tech; NXP says it will begin rolling out in 2014 and hopes every cars will get it by 2020. For more details read the press release.
D-Wave One First Commercial Quantum Computer
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- Published on Thursday, 19 May 2011 05:08
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D-Wave One is the first commercially available quantum computer, its 128-qubit processor can only handle very specific tasks and is easily outperformed by traditional CPUs, it represents a revolution in the field of supercomputing. D-Wave scale up to thousands or tens-of- thousands of qubits, complex number theory problems, and cryptographic systems can crumble before the mighty power of quantum annealing. The Price seems to be large at $10,000,000. Hit one the source link to know more about D-Wave One
Boxee Box Update Fixes Surround Sound Problems
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- Published on Thursday, 19 May 2011 04:57
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The recent Boxee Box1.1 update fixes the surround sound problems, brings back volume control. The company has completed the work on the fix and released the version v1.1.1 update. Users of the Box can now matrix stereo audio sources through their surround sound setup again and if you prefer volume control to be on, it’s just a click of settings checkbox away. It’s still not decoding the Dolby TrueHD to 5.1 channels PCM internally, appears to be the change originally intended due to the licensing between Dolby and D-Link. The update can be downloaded automatically or if you want to update it manually means click on the source link.
Robots Learn To Fly And Plots Escape
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- Published on Tuesday, 17 May 2011 05:48
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Researchers from the University of Minnesota’s Center for Distributed Robotics, makes the robotsz able to roll around on the ground with relative ease, then prop itself up to take flight like any other robotic helicopter. Those thinking about trying their hand at a DIY version may want to think twice, it is not simple as it appears. The researchers spent $20,000 just to develop the folding rotor mechanism. Don’t forget to look at the video
