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Gartner Revises Server Share Numbers
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:43:24 -0400
Gartner revised its first quarter numbers and found that IBM actually beat out Hewlett-Packard in server revenue....
Who Is Running The Most Secure Browser?
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:03:13 -0400
Many users are undoubtedly not updating their browsers as quickly as they should, but you can't conclude any specifics about that from the recent study of Google logs....
DOJ Sued Over Cell Phone Tracking Practices
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:08:34 -0400
Civil liberties groups claim the Justice Department is bypassing warrants to obtain real-time tracking information on U.S. citizens....
Microsoft Internet Explorer Security Strikes Back
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:03:53 -0400
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 security builds on the Phishing Filter of IE 7 and thwarts cross-site scripting....
IBM Helps Link POS to the Back Office
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:50:30 -0400
IBM and Epicor jointly release an offering that centrally manages and supports POS....

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Pack the plastic; Alaska Airlines goes cashless
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:17:17 -0700
Alaska Airlines will no longer accept cash for in-flight purchases.
Pocket Armrest seeks to become the next neck pillow
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:09:44 -0700
Serial entrepreneur Matt Mostad, of Kenmore, comes up with an idea for traveler's aide while sitting in a cramped airplane seat.
Chevrolet may introduce a mini to U.S.
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:12:00 -0700
General Motors is considering a new Chevrolet minicar for the U.S. as it reworks its product lineup to cope with a dramatic shift from trucks to cars that is linked to high gas prices, a spokesman said Thursday.

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Bits: Google Puts Privacy Link on Main Page
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:08:11 -0000
The move brings Google into clear compliance with a California law that requires many Internet sites to have a link to their privacy policy on their home page.
Google Told to Turn Over User Data of YouTube
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:30:23 -0000
The order raised concerns that the online video viewing habits of tens of millions of people could be exposed.
Bits: What Is Facebook Worth? (Part 37)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:43:10 -0000
A document in the settled Facebook ConnectU litigation reveals that Facebook’s common shares are worth a quarter of the value of the stock Microsoft purchased when it invested in the social network.

CNN.com - Technology

Stealing ideas from nature
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:01:21 -0400
When self-confessed "nature nerd" Janine Benyus coined the term "biomimicry" in a book she published a decade ago, little did she know it would make her a household name, rubbing shoulders with Hollywood stars.
Faked tiger photo sparks Web furor
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:23:49 -0400
Read full story for latest details.
Tunguska blast still a mystery 100 years on
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:17:51 -0400
It produced a blast hundreds of times stronger than the Hiroshima bomb, was seen hundreds of miles away and narrowly missed obliterating an entire city -- but 100 years to the week after the mysterious explosion in Siberia, no one is any closer to understanding what caused it.

NPR Topics: Technology

We Know What You've Been Watching on YouTube
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:13:00 -0400
A court has ordered Google to turn over a database that links users to every video they've watched on the popular Web site YouTube. Jennifer Urban, director of the University of Southern California Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic, says the ruling has big implications for online privacy.
Twitter, What Are You Doing? Co-Founder Tells All
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:51:00 -0400
Twitter.com has so many new users that the Web site keeps crashing. Meanwhile, Twitter engineers are taking popular features away for retooling. It's a painful process, but co-founder Biz Stone has a plan.
Free Speech In China? Text Me
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:21:00 -0400
Hundreds of millions of people in China have cell phones, and with no voice mail, many turn to text messaging to make sure their messages get conveyed. Texting remains one of the few outlets for free speech in a country notorious for its censorship practices.

BBC News | Technology | UK Edition

Google 'faces Street View block'
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:56:34 -0000
Google's plans to launch a mapping tool in the UK could be referred to the Information Commissioner.
Warning letters to 'file-sharers'
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:41:04 -0000
The music industry says thousands of UK broadband users who share tracks illegally will be warned about it in letters.
Google must divulge YouTube log
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:19:53 -0000
Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched avideo on YouTube, says a US court.

Reuters Video: Technology

Japan asks: anybody out there?
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:02:00 -0400
Jul. 4 - Japan's biggest astronomical observatories are teaming up for a fresh quest to find out if there is life in outer space.
Reuters Technology Week
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:52:38 -0400
Jul. 3 - The robo-bartender, virtual haute couture, and global leaders ride hydrogen style.
Robo barman pulls first pint
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:03:25 -0400
Jul. 3 - Billed as the world's first robot barman, Mr Asahi pulls the crowds at London's Selfridges department store.

AP Top Technology News At 6:44 p.m. EDT

Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs
By ANICK JESDANUN Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:52:13 -0000
NEW YORK (AP) -- Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when....
2 teens attacked in town mocked in YouTube videos
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:44:12 -0000
DOVER, N.Y. (AP) -- Two teenagers who drove to Oniontown after a series of YouTube videos portrayed the hamlet as a run-down, backwoods dump were pelted with rocks by an angry group of young residents, authorities said....
Internet addressing agency loses its own addresses
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:57:41 -0000
NEW YORK (AP) -- This doesn't sound good: The nonprofit agency in charge of the Internet's addresses recently lost track of its own....

CNET News.com

Ask.com closes Dictionary.com deal
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:52:00 -0700
Fourth-ranked search engine completes its acquisition of the parent company of Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com.
1 euro eBay baby goes home
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:37:00 -0700
Parents had put their baby boy up for sale on eBay--apparently as a joke--but German authorities didn't find it particularly amusing.
VeriSign names interim CEO
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:02:00 -0700
Company's founder takes the place of the CEO and president, who resigned abruptly earlier this week.

 

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Andrea Electronics Corporation - Makes (Active Design) noise cancellation microphones used in Internet/Intranet, PC voice-computing, telecommunications and military applications. Certified for Windows 95/98. Latest DSDA microphone works at a distance (you don't wear it on your head).
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Audio and Video Capture for Win9x - Sells a variety of audio, video, streaming media, video, video on demand, media encoding, live broadcast hardware primarily for Microsoft platforms.
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CMOS Chips for Speech - Specializes in developing, manufacturing and marketing digital audio products for a variety of applications. Based in Taipei, Taiwan with branch offices in the United States and China.

Computer Telephony Multi-Chassis Hardware - cPCI and PCI solutions for multi-chassis computer telephony applications. VoIP board solutions include echo cancellation, ADPCM, tone relay and TDM trunking over IP. Supports Media Server applications with advanced voice activity detection.

Extell Technology - Provides noise robust and low-cost ICs and embedded system solutions for speech recognition.

Fulcrum Voice Technologies - A leading UK noise cancellation and speech technology specialist. Special techniques for removing sirens, and automotive noise.
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Handheld Recorder for Dictation - Olympus makes Digital Voice Recorders which can be used for off line recording with subsequent transcription by computer using various speech to text software. D150, D1000 and others supported by IBM ViaVoice, Dragon Systems.
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Lightweight Headset Microphones - Emkay Products manufactures a new line of very light weight headset microphones as well as RF wireless and infrared wireless types.

MaxxStream - Integrated hardware solution enabling audio to be captured, optimized and broadcast for streaming over the Internet. Hardware provides optimization for all Internet streaming audio applications.
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Microphone Specialist - Sells a wide variety of microphones, including wireless types, for speech recognition, voice command, and call centers. Does microphone testing and recommends those which give the best results.
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Microphones.Com - Provides latest in speech recognition microphones including USB. Also has short reviews of microphones.
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Midia CT - Distributor and provider of speech processing hardware utilizing the Intel Dialogic CSP engine. Not viewable with Netscape 4.x.

NXPeds Foot Pedal - Programmable computer foot pedal for industrial, medical, office, and home applications. USB and PS/2 versions.
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Pocketmemo.com - Offers both analogue and digital dictation systems, with most orders despatched on a same day basis. Glasgow based.
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Quikscribe Transcription System - PC based, digital dictation and transcription software - Win 95, 98, 2000 NT compatible
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Sigmacom Computer Telephony Solutions - International distributor for Intel Dialogic, SwyxWare, Fonomail, IXI, Voice Response and CTI, based Netherlands.
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SKC Communication Products - Analog and digital PC headsets to connect to soundcards or USB ports. Other audio and video conferencing aids.
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Speech Technology Circuit Boards - Builds circuits and boards using voice/speech technology. Can make canned messages or text-to-speech designs. Boards can be event driven (alarms, and push button).

Start Stop Transcription and Dictation Foot Pedals - HTH Engineering provides PC-based digital dictation and transcription foot pedal systems and software for medical transcription, dictation, and digital voice recording.
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Telex Computer Audio - Makes (Passive Design) noise cancelling microphones for computer dictation, speech recognition, and video conferencing. Includes paper (1997) on how noise cancelling microphones work and a comparison with Andrea (Active Design) products. The new Aria model works at a distance (not worn on the head).

The Place for Watson Cards - Company buys and sells what some people would refer to as obsolete technology - the Voice Cards/Telephony Cards formerly produced by Natural MicroSystems. Why? Because these cards and the software written for them are still very serviceable.
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Transcription System Hardware - USB 3-switch foot pedal and professional quality audio transcription software for the price of the pedal alone. Supports most audio formats, built-in automatic file transfers, project folders, and voice recognition interface.
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Unusual Mike Supplier - Manufactures Buddy microphones for speech recognition. Buddy microphones work with palm recorders giving them noise cancellation properties otherwise missing in those units and also with sound cards and USB port to provide noise free sound interface for speech recognition.
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VivaVoce - A Pan European voice recording and customer contact solutions specialist. Distributor and maintainer for Electrodata's voice recording platforms.

Voice Synthesizer Chip Set - DoubleTalk RC8650 Text to speech / voice synthesizer chip set is low overhead design. Development kit available.
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VoxCore Technology - Manufactures board and chips for and voice over IP gateways.
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VXI Corporation - A leading manufacturer of precision computer headsets and microphones for voice recognition, internet telephony, speech recognition, call center and multimedia computing applications. VXI's products include Parrott, Iparrott and USB Parrott, Voice It hand held digital recorders and Tuffset.
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Wireless Speech recognition Microphones - Wireless speech recognition headsets, with ultra noise canceling speech recognition microphones. Also for general computer telephony.
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