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Advanced Global Name Recognition Technology

Despite many remarkable advances made in other areas of business automation, automated processing and matching of personal names in databases has languished for decades without significant theoretical or practical advances. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the issues, requirements, and technologies available for automated advanced name recognition.

Tags: IBM Corp., Name Recognition, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2006-06-01

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Alienware M15x (Intel Core i7 720QM, 250GB HDD, 3GB)

Keeping the same revised look and feel as the recent 17-inch M17x version, the Alienware M15x is an imposing black slab of computing power that's thicker and heavier than most 17-inch laptops. We love having high-end options such as Intel's uberpowerful Core i7-920XM CPU, and it's a plus that...

Tags: Alienware, Alienware M15x

Product reviews 2009-11-13

End-to-end encryption is the key to protecting data and reputations

In order to avoid the financial and brand damage associated with data breaches, businesses need to consider deploying end-to-end encryption as a tamper proof way of securing data. Commentary - Media outlets around the globe highlight new data breaches at an alarmingly regular rate. Forrester estimates that the cost...

Tags: PCI, Organization, Data Breach, PCI DSS, Encryption Key, encryption, security, Paul Meadowcroft Thales, Special to ZDNet, Paul Meadowcroft, Thales, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-11-11

Why is Apple meddling with my Windows AutoRun?

Not suprised...Why would Apple try to keep their competitor secure? It would go aggainst their own adds.Oh and I'm not suprised that apple wants to meddle with autorun... I always disable that feature and it will stay disabled... I just hope Apple wont try to stealth enable it... PS: Great...

Tags: Zune HD, Microsoft Windows, Autorun, Apple Inc., CD, Apple iTunes, Auto-run, Microsoft Zune

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

B-Alert 5.1 (Windows)

Digital answering machine, number reproduction with reproduction of calling party, place of residence and all other data which stands in the company database, broadcastings person which there ringtones, stalker option, window with the number and the callers name and all relevant information of the caller, external database access , Outlook...

Tags: Caller, Microsoft Windows, Reproduction, Blackpage Software Development, Microsoft Outlook, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Storage, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-09

LG Chocolate Touch (Verizon Wireless)

When the LG Chocolate first came into the scene with the VX8500 model back in 2006, it was preceded by a ton of hype. And such is the case with its fourth and most recent incarnation, the LG Chocolate Touch. As the name indicates, it is a touch screen phone...

Tags: LG Chocolate, phone, home screen, touch screen, LG Electronics Inc., Verizon Wireless

Product reviews 2009-11-07

Microsoft 'Geneva' identity wares approach the finish line

just PR stuntsM$ merely renamed Active directory and claims a 'break through'.I'm still waiting to see a technology realy new comming out of M$.So far they only stole are renamed existing technologies.Parent post is a troll. Please ignore it. nt OKDeep zoom: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc645050(VS.95).aspxPhotosynth: http://photosynth.net/ASP.NET copied by Sun in JSF.Ajax (yes,...

Tags: AJAX, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., identity ware, computing

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Microsoft refreshes Bing for touch phone users

but...nobody's 'touching' bing!No luck with bing for M$....even after they bribed people with cash back!Strategery"FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS!!??!!?? FULLY SUBSIDIZED WITH A PLAN! That is the most expensive phone in the world, and it doesn't appeal to business customers because it doesn't have a keyboard!"But, we'll create a customized version of...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Bing, touch phone user, phone, phone user, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Netbooks worth the upgrade to Windows 7? Heck yes!

my thoughts"As I wrote the day that 7 launched, 'Windows 7 is just another OS.'"An article sitting at a -1 rating (out of 33 people) as I type this, and with quite a bit of Talkback discussion. Not exactly a shining pillar of truth."Most netbooks ship with Windows XP Home...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Boot-time, Waking Up, netbook, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks worth, Heck Yes

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

KFC UNThinking at the UN

Honestly, the professional PR brigade never cease to amaze me with some of the nuttiest ideas for brand enhancement that all too often turn out to be just the opposite. My ZDNet colleague Jason Perlow was spammed today by a top PR agency with...

Tags: Brand, KFC Corp., UN General Assembly, Yum, Branding, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Windows 7 killer deals commence; 7 days of PC specials, $30 OS upgrade

That Best Buy deal ain't bad at all......stop Geek Squad at the door take the merchandise pop in the Ubuntu CD's and I'm ready to go. Thanks Win 7 for the cheap hardware.Apple should be offering deals now, tooJust to steal some thunder from the Win 7 (vista 2.0) over-hype.Fanboi...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Media Center PCs, Operating systems, PC, operating system, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Snow Leopard, Media Center PC

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

AMD rolls out 8 new Athlon CPUs in time for Windows 7

Too littleI've bought AMD CPUs in the past, but they lost their edge with Intel's release of Core 2. AMD has yet to recover. I just don't see myself going AMD to save $50. Frankly, $100 won't move me when I consider I will keep a new...

Tags: Processors, CPU, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Intel Core i5, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., processor, Core i5, Intel Corp., AMD Athlon

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Fake 'Conficker.B Infection Alert' spam campaign drops scareware

Not much they can do.Not much they can do.Email was never designed for security, and it's HARD getting everybody on the same page with a solution that works, because basically every solution we know of pretty much requires everybody to use it. But, unfortunately, it's difficult convincing people running email...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, Spam, Microsoft Corp., Conficker.B Infection Alert, spam campaign, sample message, Internet Service Provider, e-mail, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

(Photos: Popular Mechanics' 2009 Breakthrough Award winners)

.....as they circle distant suns?I rather doubt Keppler is travelling at the speed of light. The binary system of Alpha-Centauri is 4.2 light years. At the current speeds of our space craft it would take over 100,000 earth years to reach these closest neighbors to our sun. Popular Mechanics often...

Tags: Popular Mechanics, photograph

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

Amazon cuts Kindle price, goes global as competition ramps

Kindle will need more than a Price CutAmazon may have been first out of the gate with a quality e-reader, but they will be left in the dust if they don't add features and functionality in the Kindle 3. And the proprietary "Amazon only" thing will also be a...

Tags: E-books, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX1

Good low-light shooting without help from a flash is a rarely attained goal in the world of compact cameras. The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX1 does it with three of the company's own components: a new sensor design, a high-end lens, and a fast image processor. The combination pays off for low-light...

Tags: power button, Sony Corp., camera, Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX1, sensor, Sony Cyber-Shot

Product reviews 2009-09-30

Windows 7: Upgrades; Microsoft marketing and Apple envy [video]

when ed mentions the price disparity at the end...Sumi should have had the last line,"You get what you pay for."microsoft shillit is so aparent that ed is a paid for microsoft shill, he doesn't even have the will or urge to hide it. he pretty much quotes what is written...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, PRODUCTIVITY, iLife software suite, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., PC, Apple Macintosh, computer, software, Microsoft Corp., video, marketing

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

IBM, Canonical partner to target Africa netbook market; Upend Microsoft

Their timing is quite goodRight at this moment, the Internet infrastructure in Central Africa is being upgraded with new underwater fiber optic cable links that will ultimately bring Africa's broadband capacity on par with the rest of the world by late 2010. Their timing couldn't be better.Why not red hat...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Divide-and-conquer, netbook, Language Support, Debian, Canonical, Red Hat Inc., Linux, Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Dell and Perot: What this means

Look at more than the upside to any acquisition Dell and Perot are getting married. This acquisition puts approximately 23,000 Perot services employees in with Dell. (see Larry Dignan's detailed post on the transaction ) (here's an InfoWorld post, too) From the macro view,...

Tags: Acquisition, Dell Computer Corp., Perot, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-09-21

Facebook ranks in privacy poll; Users like control of their content

Booking the FacingPeople have the opinions they do though, I wonder if, in regards to privacy, one can actually expect wisdom from the crowd. In some ways the above could be looked at as a brand-name recognition test. After all, looking at the top tenners, I wonder, at the meeting...

Tags: Facebook, that-I

Discussion threads 2009-09-16