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Google Seals Intent by Becoming Principal Member of Near Field Communications Forum
It may surprise people to know that Near Field Communications technology has been around since before 2004; it’s just taken this long to take hold within the mobile zeitgeist. That’s the year that the NFC Forum founding members gathered together to advance the adoption of the technology—this year, they’ve announced the addition of 32 new ...
The Anatomy of the Kinect Algorithms Explained
The Microsoft Kinect represents more than just a breakthrough in user-interface for video gamers as we’ve seen multiple times. It has a surprising number of applications throughout human-computer interaction. But how does it do what it does? Well, a paper has been written outlining the anatomy of the system underlying this extremely popular peripheral, What ...
FTC: Google Agrees to Comprehensive Privacy Program to Protect Customer Data
When Google Buzz came out, everyone expected that it was Google’s first salvo against Twitter—except for the fact that it lived entirely inside of Gmail. Perhaps they hoped it would become just-another-Social-Inbox-app; as opposed to the privacy horror that it grew into. Now, after over a year of having Google Buzz, thousands of complaints, and ...
Microsoft to Bring Near Field Communication to Windows Phone 7
Noticing that they’re losing ground against Google and Apple when it comes to the implementation of Near Field Communication technology, Microsoft is thinking of bringing it to the Windows Phone 7. According to an article published in Business Week, two anonymous sources have come forward with this information. The software giant plans to include the ...
Ex-CEO Mark Hurd Drama Continues, Judge Rejects Shareholder Request for Hewlett-Packard Documents
Back in November 2010, Hewlett-Packard Co. shareholder Ernesto Espinoza requested access to corporate documents with information about ex-CEO Mark Hurd’s relationship with contractor Jodie Fisher. Recently, a judge ruled that he is not entitled to those documents, according to an article in Business Week, Delaware Chancery Court Judge Donald Parsons on March 25 denied Hewlett-Packard ...
Firefox 4 for Android Picks HTML5 Over Flash
Only a week ago, Mozilla released Firefox 4—after a great deal of work on betas for both the PC and Android versions—and now we’ve been graced with the Android release. The biggest feature apparent on the Android Firefox that belongs to recent innovation happens to be that they’ve gone with HTML5 instead of Adobe Flash. ...
Kinect Benefits Surgeons in Toronto via Hands Free Image Manipulation
Medical imaging enables surgeons amazing insights into the inner workings of the body without having to cut into a person—it also permits them to be more precise when it comes time to make those cuts. As a result, imaging in the OR can be an extreme boon. The problem? Germs. Since surgeons need to be ...
Amazon Appstore and the Test Drive Feature
This past week brought us the unveiling of the Amazon app store for Android apps and as it enables people to make purchases both from their smartphones and their PCs (to deliver to their smartphones) this opens up some very interesting capabilities. One of the more interesting features that comes along with the app store ...
Google Teams Up With MasterCard and Citigroup to Extend Android NFC Penetration
Looking to push forward as an innovator and bring the digital wallet to smartphones everywhere, Google Inc. has plans to team up with MasterCard and Citigroup to complete the use of Near-Field Communication for financial transactions—the technology, already embedded in Android phones and enabled through recent OS updates, will revolutionize contact-less point-of-sale payments. And, according ...
Look Out PlayStation Move, Homebrew Hacker Hooks Kinect to PS3
In what must be a particularly funny maneuver in Sony’s eyes, a hacker has managed to make the Microsoft Kinect work with a PlayStation 3. In a video demo he’s shown that he’s managed to get the peripheral to operate on the PS3 to the point where he can log into his account, navigate the ...
