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New Voice in Healthcare: Speech-recognition software offers productivity boost via efficiencies to workflow at point-of-care (PoC)

As a society we have come to expect medical miracles as a matter of course in the progression of health sciences. Today healthcare practitioners are depending on their own small technology miracles to enable a better quality of care. Speech recognition technology is viewed as one of those miracles. It...

Tags: Voice, Miracle, Health Care, Workflow, Speech Recognition Technology, Speech Recognition, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources

White papers 2009-01-01

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Computers have speed limit as unbreakable as speed of light, say physicists

Yeah, they have been saying this same thing for years....and everytime, they find a way to make computers even faster. I don't think that they will EVER reach a limit for computer power. Not ever.FacinatingI always knew there would be a wall somewhere, but what will be needed with that...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

HP TouchSmart 600

The HP TouchSmart 600 shows how getting an early jump on unproven technology can pay off. HP was first to market with a touch-based all-in-one PC more than two years ago. Now that Windows 7 has spurred almost every major desktop vendor toward multitouch, HP has the advantage of years...

Tags: Corporate communications, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, audio ouput, Hewlett-Packard Co., TouchSmart 600, Sony Corp., HP TouchSmart

Product reviews 2009-10-13

2009 BMW 750Li

Photo gallery:2009 BMW 750LiAmong mass market automakers, very few brands offer flagship sedans designed to be the epitome of luxury and performance. Lexus has its LS, Mercedes-Benz its S-class, and BMW the 7-series. The latest incarnation of the latter is the all-new 2009 BMW 750Li. Signifying a major update, this...

Tags: Lexus, BMW 750Li, BMW AG

Product reviews 2009-07-10

BlueAnt S1

BlueAnt has quietly made a name for itself as a maker of quality Bluetooth products, especially ones with voice control. The BlueAnt V1 was the first headset with a voice control interface, and the BlueAnt Q1 carried over that feature. One of its most popular products, the Supertooth 3 speakerphone,...

Tags: 3G, Telecom & Utilities, Smart phones, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, BlueAnt, Supertooth 3

Product reviews 2009-07-01

Time to get bullish on SOA, IT, and the economy

Times of turmoil always equate to times of new opportunity. As I've said before time and again, the current rough-and-tumble economy is really a time for SOA -- and information technology in general -- to shine, to prove their mettle. Yes, I am well aware of the...

Tags: Enterprise Software, Harvard, IBM Corp., Information Technology, Joe McKendrick, Management, Middleware, Sandy Carter, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), SOA, Software, Strategy, Web Services

Blog posts 2009-03-08

Shop around before you buy Apple's iLife '09

Mark your calendar, fellow Macheads. Apple's iLife '09 will be released tomorrow. The upgrades to iLife, of course, was one of the big (YAWN!) announcements during this year's Macworld keynote speech. That's where Marketing VP Phil Schiller  - filling in for Steve Jobs - highlighted things like...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Facial Recognition, Apple iLife, Apple Inc., Desktops, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-01-26

Nuance lands IBM partnership; $175 million capital infusion

Nuance Communications, which makes speech recognition software for companies, consumers and telecom carriers, said Thursday that it has inked a licensing and technology pact with IBM. Separately, Warburg Pincus bought $175 million worth of Nuance stock. Under the IBM deal, Nuance and IBM will collaborate on speech...

Tags: Partnership, Nuance, Warburg Pincus, IBM Corp., Business Structures, Speech Recognition, Mergers & Acquisitions, Call Centers, Telecommunications, Finance, Emerging Technologies, Investment, It Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-15

CRM 2.0: The Government, Public Service & A Transformed World

I KNOW that everyone who reads ZDNET columns loves technology. I get that.  I also KNOW that everyone who reads ZDNET blogs loves it when the bloggers dish on technology companies - especially, it seems, Microsoft.  I realize that coolness and government don't go together very well - probably something...

Tags: Institution, Singapore, Public Service, CRM, Stuff Legend, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-01-14

2009 Infiniti FX50S

Photo gallery: 2009 Infiniti FX50SWhether the Infiniti FX's bulbous curves can be considered beautiful is debatable, but one thing we know for certain is that--in FX50S trim--it certainly is imposing. With muscular front fenders, a large dark chrome grill, and a pair of the most aggressive headlights we've ever...

Tags: AVM, Infiniti FX50S, camera

Product reviews 2008-12-01

Advantages of the Storm over the iPhone (updated)

(Update: I took the number out of the headline, because it keeps changing.) I got to play with a Blackberry Storm earlier this week and a couple of features immediately jumped out at me that beat the iPhone hands down: Copy and Paste...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Battery, Apple Inc., Blackberry Storm, Keyboards, Engineering, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Hardware, Peripherals, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-20

Speak into your iPhone for fast Google search results

Google continues its efforts to optimize the mobile experience on the iPhone with their new speech recognition search application that will lets iPhone users ask questions verbally and receive back Google search results. This new search functionality will also take advantage of the iPhone location-based technology and sometimes give you...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Google Search, Speech Recognition, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-11-14

I think voice is going to be a big deal

I think voice is going to be a big dealTrain to understandNowadays, computer education is too much focused on learning how to use a particular user interface of a particular application. Unwise, because those interfaces can change and applications themselves can change.Instead, children should be educated to understand how to...

Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, PRODUCTIVITY, big deal, voice, tool

Discussion threads 2008-11-12

Alpine PND-K3 - GPS receiver

We've reviewed a couple of in-car GPS devices from Alpine Electronics, including the Alpine Blackbird and the Alpine Blackbird II, and we haven't come away particularly impressed. While offering a decent feature set, the performance was subpar and definitely not worth the eye-popping price tag. The company's latest model, the...

Tags: Keyboards, GPS, GPS receiver, start screen, Alpine, Alpine PND-K3, Alpine Blackbird

Product reviews 2008-10-30

OK, now OpenOffice is definitely good enough

OK, now OpenOffice is definitely good enoughSadly, it falls short of my needsI have a spreadsheet that works beautifully in Excel. It's unbelievably slow for OpenOffice Calc. 12 minutes to open, each drop down takes 2 minutes to register.No scripts, just formulas.RE: OK, now OpenOffice is definitely good...

Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, Microsoft Office, object-oriented, OK now OpenOffice, OO 2.4, OpenOffice

Discussion threads 2008-10-13

ZDNet blogger: working from home

More and more people work from home every day. Not only that, more and more people don't work from their offices, or "where they're meant to work". With the Internet, intranet's and extranet's, email and unified communications with VoIP and Blackberry devices, it makes life much easier...

Tags: Phone, Tea, Blogger, E-mail, Online Communications, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Parrot Minikit Slim Bluetooth Speakerphone

With its simple interface and slim profile, the Parrot Minikit Slim is a very attractive looking Bluetooth speakerphone. Dig a little deeper and you'll find an intuitive feature set that makes placing calls from the device simple. However, use the Minikit Slim for an extended period of time and you'll...

Tags: Bluetooth, speakerphone, Parrot Minikit Slim, Minikit Slim, phonebook, phone

Product reviews 2008-09-23

blinkx Enhances User Experience With NeuStar's UltraDNS Services

blinkx is the world's largest and most advanced video search engine. Unlike other multimedia search engines that attempt to repurpose technology built for the Text Web, blinkx uses a combination of patented conceptual search, speech recognition, and video analysis software to efficiently find and qualify online video. Cultivating a user...

Tags: Blinkx, UltraDNS, NeuStar Inc., Video, Corporate Communications, Speech Recognition, Marketing, Emerging Technologies

Case studies 2008-09-15

Ubuntu should not copy the Mac

Ubuntu should not copy the MacUbuntu does not want to be OS XI agree ubuntu should not try to copy the Mac, but my own understanding is that copying the Mac is not Mark Shuttleworth's intention. What he wants to copy is Apple's knack for designing intuitive, productive interfaces. The...

Tags: Linux, Desktops, Operating systems, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Ubuntu, Palm Inc., Apple Macintosh, Canonical

Discussion threads 2008-09-14

Apple to announce entirely new iPod family today

Apple to announce entirely new iPod family todayAh...The Bauble Factory has been fired up again and is ready to blind the clueless into buying yet another brand new bauble to replace the not-so-shiny-anymore bauble.Who knows, maybe this time around they will have Invented the Subscription Service. Then we should...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., new iPod family, iPod family

Discussion threads 2008-09-09