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Google's new foray into image search: In an interview with Beet.tv's Andy Plesser, Google's director of product management for consumer search properties, R.J. Pittman, discusses the search giant's development of software for facial recognition and scene analysis.; Tags: Image Search, Google Inc., News, google, RJ Pittman, facial recognition; Videos 2008-07-07
Photos: HP's Chinese media search lab: Company collaborates with Beijing's Tsinghua University to tailor media search applications such as facial recognition for its consumer PCs.; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Desktops, media, Tsinghua University, facial recognition, consumer PC, Beijing, photograph, Hewlett-Packard Co., PC; Image galleries 2007-05-29
Facial recognition technology shows improvement: The National Institute of Standards says that facial recognition technology can be better than human identification with accuracy rates approaching 99 percent. Iris scanning, however, could improve. The report, dubbed the Face Recognition Vendor Test FRVT 2006 and the Iris Challenge Evaluation ICE 2006, evaluates...; Tags: Security, Science, Innovation, General; Blog posts 2007-04-05
FaceMetrix (exe): FaceMetrix provides a cost-effective security and access control solution. It centralizes facial recognition system that can track and monitor unauthorized attempts. It automatically captures faces in the viewing area of camera. It compares facial characteristics against those stored in the database of preenrolled individuals. Lastly, it finds a match in...; Tags: Facial Recognition, Access Control, FaceMetrix; Software downloads 2006-03-21
Face Value: Examining the Factors That Influence Successful Facial Recognition Technology Implementations: The myriad claims and counter-claims about the efficacy of facial recognition FR systems bewilders many people, even perhaps those in the biometrics technology community. This paper attempts to bring clarity to the topic, reconciling the contradictions arising from a diversity of opinion on this relatively new and very promising technology.; Tags: Imagis Technologies, Facial Recognition, Biometrics, Authentication/Encryption, Security; White papers 2004-06-11

Biometrics: A Look at Facial Recognition: Biometrics is used for human recognition which consists of identification and verification. The terms differ significantly. With identification, the biometric system asks and attempts to answer the question, "Who is X?" In an identification application, the biometric device reads a sample and compares that sample against every record or template...; Tags: Ingersoll-Rand, Facial Recognition, Biometrics, Authentication/Encryption, Security; White papers 2003-02-04
Australia Passports Speeding Movement Through Airports and Boosting Security: With ePassport, Australia Passports is reducing the incidence of identify theft - a crime which costs an estimated $1.1 billion per year. At the same time, they're delivering increased citizen safety and expedited service to the 20 million inhabitants of Australia. With an overriding goal of providing a secure, efficient...; Tags: Facial Recognition, Unisys Corp., Passport, Security; Case studies

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Mystery solved: Apple's new product is iTablet (updated): Previously I speculated about the mysterious "product transition" that Apple's Peter Oppenheimer CFO mentioned no less than seven times in the Q3 2008 Earnings conference call with analysts. Some of his quotes from the call: We are working to develop new products that contains technologies...; Tags: Apple Inc., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Acer P241W: The Acer P241w can be found for as cheap as $380--a very fair price for a 24-inch LCD--and boasts a unique look and very bright image. Of the five 24-inch displays we've reviewed this year, we'd rank it fourth, but it still does some things better than its higher ranked...; Tags: foot stand, display, Acer P241W, Acer Inc., OSD, bezel; Product reviews 2008-07-22
Open Source VoIP: Asterisk or FreeSwitch?: When the time came for a new PBX, Brian Snipes chose to do something a bit unconventional. The IT manager at law firm Hare, Wynn, Newell, and Newton LLP didn't purchase a commercial PBX, nor did he settle on the open source market leader,...; Tags: Phone, PBX, Attorney, FreeSwitch, Asterisk, Telephony, VOIP, Open Source, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Telecommunications, Dave Greenfield; Blog posts 2008-07-22
The computer mouse set to die out in the next five years? Don't bet on it!: The computer mouse set to die out in the next five years? Don't bet on it!I've used perfect Voice Recognition--it still sucksWant to experiment with perfect VR? I did! Here's how:Have a friend (who is willing to be your input device for a full 8 hour day) type for you...; Tags: Mice, Keyboards, mouse, computer, computer mouse, keyboard; Discussion threads 2008-07-21
The computer mouse set to die out in the next five years? Don't bet on it!: According to a sensationalist article by the BBC News, that lump of plastic that you have next to your keyboard will, over the next few years, go the way of the dinosaur and be replaced by revolutionary technologies such as touchscreens and facial recognition. I wouldn't bet on it ......; Tags: Mouse, PC, Computer Mouse, Computer, Mice, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-07-21
Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2: United Kingdom: In a move to bring direct competition to the US on who can be the bigger, badder, more blatant Big Brother, the United Kingdom has apparently decided to create a database holding the telephone numbers and email accounts of everyone in Britain.Â The details of every phone conversation, SMS, and...; Tags: Phone, Mr., Data Communications Bill, Internet, Storage, Databases, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-16
Brother MFC 7440N: We normally don't see a lot of multifunction laser printers, mostly because inkjets are simply better for printing high quality scans and photos. However, the printer industry recently started to push for laser multifunction printers to the market, arguing that a laser cartridge can produce prints on par with...; Tags: Printers, output tray, printer, Brother MFC-7440N, fax, laser, tray; Product reviews 2008-07-15
FacePresence (zip): A software to check the presence of employees. Different with other presence machine, FacePresence uses face recognition technology with the highest recognition accuracy. The checking process is very fast therefore no need for a queue. 5 employees, no presence reports, and low accuracy. Version 1 has identification process within seconds...; Tags: Face Recognition, Rawid Media Software; Software downloads 2008-07-15
Again, why does Microsoft want Yahoo?: Again, why does Microsoft want Yahoo?Again, why does Microsoft want Yahoo?You should be asking why not? Both companies will gain a lot from this buy out. Yahoo has the services, Microsoft has the brand recognition. They can take the best of both worlds and have a dominant...; Tags: Team management, SEARCH, Branding, Microsoft want Yahoo, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft WANT, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-14
ABA English Course (Italian) (exe): ABA English give you a fire-new English learning method, This new method Real Life Learning System has been developed to help people to learn to speak English naturally. It includes 6 different levels from Beginners to Business and 144 study units with recordings of more than 300 voice actors in...; Tags: Voice Recognition, ABA, Telephony, Telecommunications, Networking; Software downloads 2008-07-14
Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft-Icahn proposal; Calls Microsoft 'erratic': Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft-Icahn proposal; Calls Microsoft 'erratic'What is the fascination with bringing up Vista in......just about every blog forum? This blog had nothing to do with Vista yet here you are whining about it. Why?It has to do with eyeballs and marketing.In the search market, Yahoo is number 2...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Icahn; Discussion threads 2008-07-13
Intel productizes health monitoring: Intel productizes health monitoringThat's what I've long thoughtI think this is a bigger deal than the release of the Apple iPhone 3G. But that's just me.WOW...finally something USEFUL.......instead of just hosing us for music, movies and games.Intel productizes health monitoringDana, just need a bit of clarification. Would this replace...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health monitoring, health care, Intel Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-07-11
IT departments become Web 2.0 gatekeepers; 41ò0of execs stumped about mashups: IT departments become Web 2.0 gatekeepers; 41ò0of execs stumped about mashupsEnough propaganda and anyone...can be a believer.Enterprise IT is turning into a bloated money pit. Good for the person selling the story, bad for the one buying it.Did someone say IT failures? Expect more. IT departments need to get...; Tags: Channel management, Strategy, Groupware, Enterprise IT, Web 2.0, Web, information technology, accounting system, IT-departments, collaboration, mashup; Discussion threads 2008-07-11