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August 28, 2008

Virus Hitches Ride on Space Station Hurricane Gustav Approaches Haiti Cows Know Which Way Is North Sign Language Over Cell Phones Newark: The Future of Crime Fighting Research To Put Tongues in Control Perhaps you've seen this movie: A virus infects a spacecraft, and within days the mission is compromised and Earth is lost to the alien attackers. The first part of the story may have come true. Hurricane Gustav grew rapidly as it closed in on impoverished Haiti on Tuesday, and sent global oil prices soaring on fears it could become "extremely dangerous" in the Gulf of Mexico. Cattle seem to know how to find north and south, say researchers who studied satellite photos of thousands of cows, noting that most tended to stand in a north-south direction. University of Washington engineers have developed software that for the first time enables deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans to use sign language over a mobile phone with video communication. Major cities around the world have rolled out sophisticated video-surveillance networks to help fight crime. But experts say Newark, New Jersey is the first to combine an array of technologies on a large scale. The tireless tongue already controls taste and speech, helps kiss and swallow and fights germs. Now scientists hope to add one more ability to the mouthy muscle, and turn it into a computer control pad.   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   Virus Hitches Ride on Space Station   Hurricane Gustav Approaches Haiti Cows Know Which Way Is North Earth's magnetic field may be a factor.   FULL STORY Sign Language Over Cell Phones Technology uses video communication.   FULL STORY Newark: The Future of Crime Fighting But technology raises privacy concerns.   FULL STORY Research To Put Tongues in Control Mouth could become virtual computer.   FULL STORY Computing More Firefox Plug-in Simplifies Web Actions Nvidia Plans a Smartphone Future Digital Life More Immersion, Microsoft End Court Fight Nokia Unveils New Smartphones Discovery More Remains of Cemetery Found in Sahara Has Bigfoot Actually Been Found? Space More Virus Hitches Ride on Space Station NASA Fixes Moonship Shaking Innovation More Sign Language Over Cell Phones Newark: The Future of Crime Fighting Health More Arsenic May Increase Diabetes Risk Applegate Has Double Mastectomy Science News More Did Zephyr Plane Break Flight Record? 'Bigfoot' Melts into Rubber Suit Environment More Hurricane Gustav Approaches Haiti Cows Know Which Way Is North

Did Zephyr Plane Break Flight Record? Greenland: Worrisome Cracks in Ice IBM's Speech Recognition Technology Making Remote Check Deposit Real Sony Introduces Wireless Keypad Arsenic May Increase Diabetes Risk White House Loses Scores of E-Mail Asks firms to bid on recovery project. Average Rating: How To Ensure Safe Online Shopping Expert tips to prevent identity theft. Average Rating: Parents Fear Gaming More than Porn Are games corrupting our kids' morals? Average Rating: Edison Helps Green-Computing Trend Monitors PC energy, CO2 emissions. Average Rating:

Network Security Spotlight

Banking Customers' Personal Details Sold on eBay A computer containing banking security details of more than 1 million people has been sold on eBay for 35 pounds (US$64), bank officials said -- the latest in a series of U.K. losses of personal data.   Is Your Credit Card Information Safe? Credit card purchases are a way of life. We may worry about transactions over the Internet, but we assume credit card data and related personal information with merchants are secure. But are they?   Congress: Terror Database Upgrade Failing Congress has asked for an investigation into a counterterrorism database software upgrade that is behind schedule, millions over budget, and would be worse than the current system.

Enterprise Hardware Spotlight

BlueAnt's Bluetooth Headset Takes Your Voice Commands In a move to set itself apart from the flood of Bluetooth headsets on the market, BlueAnt Wireless introduced the BlueAnt V1 headset -- the only fully voice-controlled Bluetooth headset.   Sprint Nextel's Airave: Nothing To Rave About Sprint's Airave is what's known as a femtocell, a scaled-down version of those useful but unsightly towers that convey phone calls from your handset to the network. Is it a remedy for network spottiness?   A Marriage Made in Automation IT The marriage between IT and automation can result in a win-win situation. Though they have separate specialties, they are under one management and must unify procedures and learn new tricks.

Mobile Enterprise Spotlight

BlueAnt's Bluetooth Headset Takes Your Voice Commands In a move to set itself apart from the flood of Bluetooth headsets on the market, BlueAnt Wireless introduced the BlueAnt V1 headset -- the only fully voice-controlled Bluetooth headset.   For Wireless Success, a Chip Is No Longer Enough As the European mobile industry responds to the challenges of mobile data and media services, two giants are joining to develop chips, software and systems that are the brains of mobile phones.   Sprint Nextel's Airave: Nothing To Rave About Sprint's Airave is what's known as a femtocell, a scaled-down version of those useful but unsightly towers that convey phone calls from your handset to the network. Is it a remedy for network spottiness?

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