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Comm Operator (zip)

Comm Operator simulates the rs232 device, such as GPS receiver, total station, and software related. It acts as a device as well as program. Using it, device can be developed without program. Application can be debugged and tested without real device. Comm Operator can log the data to and from...

Tags: Device, Serial Port, Serial Port Tool, Comm Operator, GPS, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-03-19

Additional Resources

Demo Facebook app creates DoS botnet

Do you know what that innocent-looking Facebook app is really doing? Researchers at the Institute of Computer Science ICS have created a proof-of-concept Facebook application capable of covertly herding users of the popular social network into a powerful -- and malicious -- botnet. The...

Tags: Denial Of Service, Facebook, Application, Network, DOS, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Wireless Access: What Price Speed

Is Verizon missing a trick in its trench warfare with Cablevision? Or has the maverick cable operator found an Achilles heel in the telephone operator's methods of providing TV, phone and particularly Internet access to customers in the New York area – and possibly nationwide? One...

Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Broadband, Wireless Access, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Broadband Internet, Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Face Recognition Based On Overlapping DCT (zip)

Face Recognition Based On Overlapping DCT - Matlab source code. In the JPEG image compression algorithm, the input image is divided into 8-by-8 or 16-by-16 blocks, and the two-dimensional DCT is computed for each block. The DCT coefficients are then quantized, coded, and transmitted. The JPEG receiver (or JPEG file...

Tags: Algorithm, Coefficient, JPEG, Face Recognition, Image, Luigi Rosa, DCT Coefficient, Feature Vector, Engineering

Software downloads 2008-08-31

Serial Control Center (exe)

Control Center application has the ability to test several communication devices up to a maximum of 36 ports. Console is layout with many drop down menus making setup a breeze. Great application to test any serial device or use it as a tool to burn in several devices all at...

Tags: Device, Console, Keuhsware, Scanners, Productivity, Ethernet, Hardware, Peripherals, Networking

Software downloads 2008-08-29

Inventor sues Google, Verizon, others on voicemail

Inventor Judah Klausner filed a voice mail patent lawsuit on Tuesday against Google, Verizon Communications, and others. Verizon has already sued Klausner over the validity of his patents. SAN FRANCISCO--Emboldened by settlements with Apple and AT&T, inventor Judah Klausner filed a voice mail patent lawsuit on Tuesday against Google,...

Tags: Google Inc., Phone, Patent, Settlement, Verizon Communications Inc., Voicemail, Litigation, Telecommunications, Business Operations, Reuters, patents, legal, voice mail, Judah Klausner, Klausner, Google, Verizon

News items 2008-08-27

Apple iPhone ad banned

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an ad for the iPhone which promised users access to "all parts of the Internet" on their Apple device. The Advertising Standards Authority ASA has banned an ad for the iPhone which promised users access to "all parts of the Internet" on their...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Advertisement, Apple Inc., Advertising Standards Authority, Internet, iPhone, Apple, advertising, Jo Best, Silicon.com

News items 2008-08-27

One Router to Connect Them All

Sunday afternoons are the few times I actually get some peace and don't have to think about major IT problems. I fire up my Weber smoker, throw on a couple of racks of ribs, fire up a bucket of hardwood charcoal and fruit wood chunks, and I chill for a...

Tags: Cable Modem, Router, Linksys Inc., Dad, Modems, Cable, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Networking, Hardware, Components, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-25

Actors paid to line up for iPhone launch in Poland

The launch of Apple's iPhone was getting little response in Poland, so the company hired people to stand in line to make it look like there was more interest. WARSAW--When Apple rolled out its iPhone in the United States, some fans paid big money to be among the first...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Poland, Manufacturing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Reuters, iPhone, Apple

News items 2008-08-22

MIT students ungagged: Judge vacates gag order

Great way to end a Tuesday! Federal Judge George O'Toole ungagged the three MIT students who had planned to speak at Defcon on weaknesses in the Boston T's CharlieCard system. The T's operator, the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, had sought a five-month extension on the ban -- until their vendors...

Tags: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Student, T, MBTA, Productivity, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-19

An Event Apart 2008: Day 2

The second day of An Event Apart will feature plenty of web standards jargon. I will be posting photos and notes from today's events. Unfortunately, the slides are reserved for attendees only, but I will try to gather as much information as...

Tags: Google Inc., Microformat, Tool, Post-it Note, Eric Meyer, CSS, Productivity, Keyboards, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Hardware, Peripherals, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-08-19

Can sites violate net neutrality?

Can sites violate net neutrality?I would say .."not exactly"This isnt the same case of outright blocking as we all know and have come to love Comcast for doing...however this is adding a perceived "added-value" to an overpriced pipe. IF the ISP decided to tier this and add in a method...

Tags: NETWORKING, ESPN360, network neutrality, network, Comcast Corp., Net Neutrality, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-08-19

Security vs. convenience: Apple chooses poorly

Security vs. convenience: Apple chooses poorlyWhat if..they need to install diagnostic software?You are kidding, right?So you change your password when you get it back. Or change it before you send it in.It's the same in the Windows world - you pretty much need and Admin password to do anything.This...

Tags: Apple Inc., password, security, admin password

Discussion threads 2008-08-18

Wordcamp 2008

In the quiet flats of University of California San Francisco Mission Bay campus, bloggers, thinkers, journalists, developers, and inventors melt together for a full day of lectures and learning. The goal of Wordcamp 2008 is to figure out the future of publishing on the web. ...

Tags: Open Source, Blog, Wordpress, Plug-in, Automattic, Wordcamp, Mullenweg 3:00, BuddyPress, Discovery Channel, Al Upton, ChickSpeak, ScholarPress, Netconcepts, Post Title, Akismet, Virality, Diso, Compliment Spam, Monotone, Prologue, GigaOm Daily, Gigalogue, Comments Screen, Blogging, Internet, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-08-16

Top Russian Internet advertisers: Ford, MTS, Megafon, GM, Vympelkom

Mindshare Interaction published a list of top advertisers in Internet sector in Russia Federation, compiling the data for the first half of 2008. Ford Motor Co led the way with $4.6 mln spending, followed by Russian mobile operators MTS and Megafon, then by US automaker General Motors, another mobile operator...

Tags: Mobile Operator, Automobile Company, General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co., Advertiser, Internet, Manufacturing, AM

Blog posts 2008-08-13

Cable: Natural born monopoly?

The second quarter results are out and it appears that the cable industry is winning share in broadband, phone and TV connections and handily thwarting encroachment by the likes of Verizon and AT&T. In fact, TV and broadband service is meant to be a monopoly and cable appears to be...

Tags: verizon communications inc., broadband, at&t corp., ma bell, satellite, moffett, broadband growth, cost reduction effort, network technology, cable, broadband internet, telecommunications, networking, personal technology, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-11

Microsoft aims to close Patch Tuesday vulnerability window

Microsoft aims to close Patch Tuesday vulnerability windowThis is good, potentially anyway.MFST did not get to be where it is by being "stupid". Granted, they have their "flaws", but so does everyone on this Planet. The reason that "hackers" virus writers, etc. target Windows is clear. The OS is the...

Tags: Construction, Microsoft Windows NT, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Patch Tuesday vulnerability window, Patch Tuesday, Microsoft Corp., window

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

Best practices for e-archiving

Best practices for e-archivingindex and accessYou will need a way to index/group all those files and some way to ensure/prohibit access according to your privacy statement at the school.I prefer PDF but you will need to store the application and probably a computer also so you can access the files...

Tags: Content management, Managerial accounting, Workforce management, Groupware, best practice, training, document management

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Second Circuit overturns remote-DVR ban

New York cable operator Cablevision's planned remote-storage digital video recorder does not violate Hollywood studios' copyrights, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today PDF. The decision overturns a district court ruling that blocked introduction of the device because, the lower court said, it would directly...

Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Digital Video Recorder, DVR, Digital Video, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-04

Social media and 'green': two fashion trends to avoid

Social media and 'green': two fashion trends to avoidDell HellHey, Dennis. I really like the folks who are behind the social media effort at Dell, but I can't agree with you more here. I blogged about this precise issue last fall. http://tinyurl.com/DellHellRE: Social media and 'green': two...

Tags: social media, Dennis

Discussion threads 2008-08-04