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Sony announces two new line-topping cameras: Cyber-shot DSC W300 and DSC-H50: Apparently announcing 10 cameras at PMA wasn't enough for Sony. Today the electronics company announced two more cameras to top off its Cyber-shot W and H series: the Cyber-shot DSC-W300, a 13.6 megapixel compact point-and-shoot and the Cyber-shot H50, a 9.1 megapixel megazoom model.Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W300 Showing no signs...; Tags: Sony Corp., Camera, Noise Reduction, Janice Chen; Blog posts 2008-02-25
Turtle Beach ANR-10 Active Noise Reduction Headphones: Turtle Beach is no newcomer to the headphone game, and its gaming headsets have generally shown that the company knows what it's doing. But portable headphones seem to be more of a challenge, and the ANR-10 Active Noise Reduction Headphones prove that point. Don't get me wrong: these 'phones aren't...; Tags: ANR-10s, headphone, Turtle Beach; Product reviews 2006-08-29
Studio Clean (exe): Studio Clean is a plug-in suite for use in host applications supporting DirectX or VST plug-ins, such as audio editing or processing software. It is consists of 4 plug-ins for noise reduction and quality enhancements. StudioDenoiser is a plug-in for broadband noise reduction. Because the algorithm takes the perceptual properties...; Tags: Plug-in, Studio Clean, Noise Reduction, StudioDenoiser, StudioDeclicker, StudioDeclipper, StudioRebirth; Software downloads 2006-07-28
Microphone Array for Headset With Spatial Noise Suppressor: This paper presents a hybrid microphone array architecture used for processing the signals from a small microphone array that is used in a headset. The processing chain consists of fixed end-fire beamforming, adaptive spatial noise reduction and stationary noise suppression. The far-field design algorithm used for the fixed beamformer is...; Tags: Microphone, Headset, Noise Reduction; White papers 2005-06-30

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Micron claims low-power server memory lead with two new modules: I think I've reported this number before, but I keep forgetting it. Anyway, there is a statistic suggesting that memory components eat up something like 15 percent of the power consumed in data centers. Not an insignificant amount, which is one reason Micron continues to focus on lower voltage as...; Tags: Micron Technology Inc., Module, Memory, Data Centers, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-05-08

Government IT failures: "Room for improvement" [interview and podcast]: Given the size, scope and frequency of government IT failures, it's important to understand the dynamics underlying these projects. To learn more about federal IT, I interviewed two federal systems experts from CA, developer of the Clarity project portfolio management (PPM) solution. Gil...; Tags: Project, Podcast, Agency, Information Technology, OMB, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Advertising & Promotion, Government, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Marketing, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-05-07
Marc Benioff heralds Web 3.0 at DreamForce Europe: Salesforce.com has come to London today for its first DreamForce Europe event. There have been European customer and partner events in previous years, but this is the first event at true DreamForce scale â€” 2,500 attendees at the Barbican conference center in the heart of the City, London's financial district....; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Web, Marc Benioff, Web 3.0, PaaS, Force.com, Sales Force Management, Channel Management, Sales, Marketing, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-05-07
Statin era over?: Statin era over?Somewhat surprised, nice findAlong with my parents, I also take a small, 10mg dosage of statins. I thought lowering LDL levels had a direct correlation with a more healthful circulatory system.I'm really surprised to read that lowering LDL levels is now questioned as having any relevance. ...; Tags: Statin era, Statin, LDL; Discussion threads 2008-05-07
I can take costly energy, rice shortages, pricier platinum, but not my beer!!!!: I can take costly energy, rice shortages, pricier platinum, but not my beer!!!!why........ not the beer, its the end of the worldits the end of the society as we know it man ....ill died from dehydration's.....WHY WHY WHY well i could turn toward red wine or...; Tags: American Ale, hop, American beer; Discussion threads 2008-05-07
Can health care make voice interfaces viable?: Can health care make voice interfaces viable?Sure I have, I even own one :-)So in your situation, your customers are on the phone and you are talking to them. So how in the world are you also talking to your computer? And how is your customer supposed to...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer, headset, SRS, voice interface, health care; Discussion threads 2008-05-06
On owning your own bits: I recently got rid of my CD collection. It wasn't a big collection, as these things go: Maybe 200 discs. I didn't even need the shelf space...I just wanted to clear out an increasingly embarrassing relic of the "age of atoms." So What? Where...; Tags: CD, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Ed Gottsman; Blog posts 2008-05-06
In search of Business ByDesign: The NetWeaver 7.1 connection: In search of Business ByDesign: The NetWeaver 7.1 connectionSaaS needs a 16:1 Operations Cost ReductionGreat post Larry, I wish I was there with you guys to hear from the horse's mouth.I've been writing for a long time that SaaS has a 16:1 operations cost advantage over conventional software. You...; Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, software-as-a-service, NetWeaver 7.1, Business ByDesign, SAP NetWeaver; Discussion threads 2008-05-05
Which stock to buy today: YHOO, MSFT or GOOG?: Which stock to buy today: YHOO, MSFT or GOOG?MSFT because they're a big famous successful companyMeanwhile, back in the real world :1) Google because of the ad revenue growth which will accelerate as the economy picks up again following the foreign forays2) Yahoo, because they have a lot of stuff...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Investment, Microsoft Corp., MSFT, Yahoo! Inc., stock; Discussion threads 2008-05-05
SAP's Apotheker: Business ByDesign costs led to delay: SAP co-CEO Leo Apotheker says that Business ByDesign, the application giant's high-profile software as a service product, was delayed because of its total cost of ownership for the company. That's a fancy way of saying SAP hasn't figured out how to make money at its $149 per...; Tags: SAP AG, TCO, Leo Apotheker, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-05
N-Tier: Rube Goldberg meets Wintel Scalability: N-Tier: Rube Goldberg meets Wintel ScalabilityStore procedures and serializationHow did stored procedures solve the serialization problem?If they did, it sounds like an accident due to programmers not understanding transactions and unknowingly switching from a very pessimistic locking strategy to an overly optimistic locking strategy.RE: N-Tier: Rube Goldberg meets Wintel ScalabilitySo,...; Tags: Databases, N-Tier, tier, Wintel Scalability, Rube Goldberg, Wintel; Discussion threads 2008-05-05
Stallman hopes to save children from proprietary software: Stallman hopes to save children from proprietary softwareA comment and a typo to correctFirst the typo:[i]Sugar, even on Windows, always *was* and always will be open source. [/i]At least I think that's what you meant to say.[i]But let’s not throw babies out with bathwaters. Just because Ferraris are fun cars...; Tags: Web browsers, open source, Stallman, Netscape Communications Corp., software, proprietary software; Discussion threads 2008-05-02
Telecom transforms downtown Los Angeles: Telecom transforms downtown Los AngelesThanks for feedbackJohn,I work for Network Solutions and wanted to let you know that I will take this feedback on our admin pages and make sure it gets heard.Thanks,ShashiNoise reductionI shouldn't be, but I'm surprised each time I read or hear about someone not using software...; Tags: telecommunications, advertisement; Discussion threads 2008-05-01
Stream PC content to every HDTV in the house via coaxial cable: In a similar vein to yesterday's post about wireless HDTVs, today's news arrives with a media streamer by ZeeVee that plugs into one's computer and sends on-screen content to every TV in the house over existing coaxial cable. In effect, the unit, called the ZvBox, enables users...; Tags: PC, HDTV, Cable, Computer, ZvBox, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-05-01
Psystar's Open Computer review: Is it worth it?: Psystar's Open Computer review: Is it worth it?the packaging alone sent me away...That was NASTY!RE: Psystar's Open Computer review: Is it worth it?No I wouldn't waste 10 cents on that piece of junk what's the point? it makes more sense to preload and configure a pc with desktop bsd...; Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Psystar, Open Computer, Is it Worth, Apple Macintosh, IS IT, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS; Discussion threads 2008-05-01
Selecting the right virtualization tools: Virtualization is a very broad topic that includes mechanisms to move many types of functions into a logical environment that can have enhanced characteristics over physical environments. Access to applications, the applications themselves, processing of system functions, networking functions, storage functions can all be moved into this logical or virtual...; Tags: Tool, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-05-01