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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.

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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.

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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.

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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....

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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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Voice Recordings - German firm selling text-to-speech solutions, based on unit selection and diphones. ETeX uses its recording studio (specialized for voice recordings) for text-to-speech voices, voice prompts, and spoken manuals.

Advanced Technology and Research - Markets a variety of speech products for industry including voiceprint, text to speech and airport security systems. Good online text to speech demo.
Meta Description: [ Mobile, Voice Aware Software for Cell Phones and Telephony ]

404 An Introduction to Text-To-Speech Synthesis - Detailed introduction of all aspects of speech synthesis by Thierry Dutoit (leading expert).

Analogue Speech Synthesizers - Comprehensive site reviewing Vocoders and musical chorus synthesizers by EMS, Moog, Roland, Korg, and Electro Harmonics, talking chips (Votrax, TI) and speech recognition hardware. Information site rather than sales.
Meta Description: [ vocoder speech in music ]

Audio Generator for the web - Site offeres technique to add your own voice to web pages and e-mails.

CompSpeak 2050 - Institute for the Study of Talking Computers and Oral Culture. The Institute's mission is to study the social, cultural, and philosophical implications of talking computers and voice recognition technology. Site taking orders for a pre-publishing book having a provocative viewpoint on the impact of talking computers.

Demonstrations of Simulated Emotional Speech - Collection of links and sound-examples of simulated emotional speech by synthesis.
Meta Description: [ examples of synthesized emotional speech ]

Digalo TTS engine - Text-To-Speech engine for Microsoft Agent and SAPI compliant applications. Available in 7 languages (French, German, Spanish, US English, British, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese). Licensed Elan TTS-engine. Download free trial.
Meta Description: [ Smart talking multimedia applications portal. Download speech-enabled software, and get your computer talking to you ! ]

Emofilt - Prosody-filter to simulate emotional arousal with speech synthesis based on the free-for-non-commercial-use MBROLA synthesis engine available in Java.

German text-to-speech systems - A commented overview of commercial and scientific TTS (text-to-speech) -systems for the German language with examples.
Meta Description: [ demonstrations of German text-to-speech systems. ]

InfoQuick Software Technology Corp. - Focus on speech technology research and development in Chinese language, including TTS and ASR.

Introduction to the Java Speech API - A short introduction to speech synthesis with the Java speech API 1.0

Mindmaker - Sells FlexVoice (TM), a text-to-speech (TTS) engine. Online demo shows good prosidy.
Meta Description: [ FlexVoice is state of the art TTS technology from Mindmaker to convert text to naturally sounding human like speech. Its uses include telephony applications, assistive tools, mobile computing, wireless computing, phone access to web based services, educational aids, call center automation, and em... ]

Moehler's Speech Synthesis Examples - Commented examples of speech synthesis for 25 languages.
Meta Description: [ To compare the quality of different speech synthesis systems I have collected speech data from most currently available systems. Since I think this might be useful for others as well you can find this collection now on the web. ]

NeXTeNS: Text-to-Speech for Dutch - The NeXTeNS project aims at developing a modern, clean, multi-platform, open source text-to-speech system for Dutch that is freely available for research and education purposes using Mbrola and Festival components. Initiated by University of Nijmegen and the University of Tilburg.
Meta Description: [ Home page of the NeXTens project, which aims at developing a modern, clean, multi-platform, open source text-to-speech system for Dutch that is freely available for research and education purposes ]

PanaVox Speech Servers - PanaVox is a text to speech technology for acessibility, advertising, and content enhancement which works on narrowband connected computers and requires no specialized software.
Meta Description: [ This site is all about the universal currency of the spoken word. This site is using the very latest speech technology PanaVox using Speak Perfect voices to give extra features by speaking the text on a website. High Quality Speech technology is just beginning. You can hear speech being used on... ]

RC Systems - Text to speech synthesis products. Boards, modules, and chips. Downloadable data sheets and product information.
Meta Description: [ Complete text to speech, voice synthesis and voice recording solutions, perfect for embedded applications. Plug-in modules, chips, and portable devices. Data sheets and product info. ]

Speech and Software Technologies (I) Pvt. Ltd. - One of India's global IT services and product-engineering companies, providing a wide range of speech-based IT solutions such as automatic speech recognition, text-to-speech synthesis, computer telephony, IVR, speaker verification and a version of IBM ViaVoice customized for an Indian accent.
Meta Description: [ Speech and Software Technologies, A TATA Group promoted company, research and development activities in the area of speech recognition. One of India's leading global IT services and product-engineering company, providing value-added, speech-based IT solutions and services. Products and services i... ]

Speech Synthesis - Overview article from free encyclopedia Wikipedia.

Speech Synthesis Markup Language - The current version of the (draft) proposal for an XML-based Speech Synthesis Markup Language, as part of the W3C's Speech Interface Framework. This is an industry standard in the making.

SpeechArabia - Provides Arabic / multi language voice interface solutions, for individuals corporate. Initial offerings focus on tect to speech applications.
Meta Description: [ SpeechArabia, is a leading provider of arabic, Multi Language voice speech Technology interface solutions, for individuals & Corporate. helping many users having a voice speech hand free operation are our Speechbar and speech bar pro. And Enhancing companies services with our Voice Portal solutio... ]

TalkingOnline.com - Online speech-synthesizer with very limited capabilities.
Meta Description: [ Our talking website will convert whatever you type on the screen into spoken words. ]

Teknoses Speech Solutions - Turkish Text-To-Speech engine for Microsoft Agent and SAPI compliant applications. Trial version downloadable.
Meta Description: [ Teknoses Develops Turkish text to speech (TTS), Turkish Speech to text (ASR) engines and voice enabled applications ]

Text-to-Speech, Occidental Communications - Directory of TTS links.

TTS Update - Provides side by side audio samples of various commercial text-to-speech synthesis technology vendors as well as state of the art commentary.
Meta Description: [ Learn about TTS (text-to-speech synthesis) technology and listen to audio demonstrations of numerous TTS engines. Vendor-independent survey of state-of-the-art, commercially available TTS offerings. ]

Tutorial On Speech Synthesis - Interactive tutorial of speech synthesis technology by German university.

Vaja Thai Text-to-Speech Synthesis - Research and development of Thai Text-to-Speech Synthesis at National Electronics and Computer Center. Established in 1998 to research and develope a natural Thai synthesized speech.

VariTalk - Provides a platform for voice respnose systems.

Voice Synthesis IC and Speech Synthesizer chips - TextSpeak(tm) speech synthesis chip sets and plug-in modules accept RS-232 text, keyboard and wireless input. Low cost, unlimited vocabulary, designed for consumer and VARs. Purchase online.
Meta Description: [ Combo English TTS chip set accepts RS-232, PS-2 or SPI text input. Low cost, unlimited vocabulary, designed for consumer OEM and vertical markets. Modules available ]

Voicealizer - Your voice on the web in minutes - Voicealizer enables even the most technophobic web user to get high quality voice recordings onto any web site or blog in minutes using the phone or a microphone.

500 Web Site Speech Plug-in - Site provides a free, cross platform (Windows and MacOS), cross browser (Netscape and IE) plug-in that gives web sites the ability to talk by transforming text to speech.