Google has released the Google Earth 6.2 version that promises seamless imagery of the globe from all angles. Google Earth globe is made of different images taken from various angles in varying lighting conditions that results in patchy images at times from a high altitude. Newer version of Google Earth (6.2) smoothes the process without [...]
The new Nintendo gaming console, Wii U is an upcoming successor to Wii and it would be launched in Japan, U.S, Europe and Australia prior to Christmas this year. The Wii U is Nintendo’s sixth home console and the first Nintendo console to produce 1080p high-definition graphics, and features a new controller with an embedded touch screen and NFC [...]
Marco Pinter who has a background in cognitive psychology, is also a computer scientist. He has created robotically controlled sculptures that interact with on-screen imagery to form a virtual effect. That means, Pinter’s creation forms an illusion of a physical object which in real doesn’t exist. A number of TV screens are used to project [...]
Now-a-days tablet devices like Apple’s iPad, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab and Amazon’s Kindle Fire are becoming an integral part of everyday life. Researchers like Jack Dennerlein and his colleagues, from the Harvard School of Public Health, in conjunction with researchers at Microsoft, studied the possible ergonomic impacts of tablet use, and there’s good news accompanying a [...]
The FBI wills to monitor Facebook, Twitter, and other sites for real-time information that could help investigations. For this its Strategic Information and Operations Center (SOIC) posted a ‘Request for Information (RFI)’ online last week seeking companies to build a social network monitoring system for the FBI. The document spells out what the bureau wants [...]
“We’ll be back soon”…reads the yellow note on Apple Store that is down for maintenance. The sticky note further reads “We are busy updating the store for you and will be back shortly”. This is the first time I have seen the Apple Store down for maintenance. What kind of updates Apple is bringing is [...]
Democratic, Edward Markey, sent a letter to Google chief executive Larry Page this Thursday mentioning his concerns about the policy changes that have recently been announced by search giant. He said that the current change in privacy policy will make it more difficult for users to protect their privacy as it will be exposed to [...]
Sony is making a back-illuminated CMOS sensor that is to achieve the best quality images in low key lighting. “This image sensor layers the pixel section containing formations of back-illuminated structure pixels onto chips containing the circuit section for signal processing, which is in place of supporting substrates for conventional back-illuminated CMOS image sensors.” Japanese [...]
Polish cities have witnessed thousands of people today marching against its government’s vote to ACTA. Some 15,000 people marched in Krakow, 5,000 in Wroclaw, and several thousand in other cities Warsaw’s Ambassador to Tokyo Jadwiga Rodowicz-Czechowska signed the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in Japan on Thursday, following US, Australia, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, Finland, [...]
Rhapsody has acquired Napster International and will keep operating under the brand of Napster in Germany and UK. Rhapsody said that it will bring Napster users to its own network by March. Subscribers will have more speed and performance, enhanced Web experience and mobile apps, improved offline playback quality and new tools to manage libraries, [...]
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