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The 1080i HD video is recorded at 60 frames per second in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format. It is also capable of 300 fps slow-motion video. Utilizing Sanyo’s Face Detection technology for still images and Face Chaser technology for video, it can recognize up to 12 faces at a time in both stills and video. Stills in [...]
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However, Benioff acknowledges the challenge of convincing customers, who know Salesforce only as an online CRM provider, that it can also be a trusted platform service. “It’s hand-to-hand combat, like the days of client-server computing,” he told me last month, while on a promotional tour for Force.com.
Benioff hopes to expand Salesforce’s platform [...]
Posted on August 24th, 2010 by admin | No Comments »
And while I’m sure I’m a couple days behind on this–I was out of the office since last week–I haven’t heard any other talk about Spore billboards, so it caught me by surprise, especially since I’ve been following the progress of the game so closely and also since the billboard is just feet from my [...]
Posted on August 24th, 2010 by admin | No Comments »
Greenspan suggested in a press release that DixX managers failed to look out for shareholder interests by choosing to close Stage6 instead of selling.
DivX, parent company of defunct video-sharing site Stage6, on Tuesday disclosed how it came to the decision to shutter the service rather than to sell.
“DivX could have bought its [...]
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Toshiba) 11.6-inch diagonal widescreen HD TruBrite LED Backlit display Windows 7 Home Premium operating system Intel Pentium processor SU4100 or Intel Celeron processor 7435 Starting at 250GB (5400 RPM) HDD7 802.11b/g/n wireless8 10/100 Ethernet Toshiba Hard Drive Impact Sensor Touch Pad with Multi-touch Control 3.49 lbs. 6-cell battery eSATA/USB combo port with USB Sleep-and-Charge HDMI [...]
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Ever called AppleCare’s support line? I can’t remember the last support technician with whom I talked that wasn’t competent on the technology and treated me like someone that actually knows my way around a computer. It’s probably true that the Genius Bar support technicians can be snooty, as some report, but for the majority of [...]
Posted on August 24th, 2010 by admin | No Comments »
It’s hardly surprising that China Mobile can figure out about where its subscribers are when the phone is on (or when the battery’s in). This sort of technology is standard in developed mobile networks, and it’s fueling a wave of business innovation and “locative technology.”
So why was it so shocking to an AFP reporter when [...]
Posted on August 24th, 2010 by admin | No Comments »
For their part, Democrats are dismissing Bush’s claims as unnecessary fear-mongering. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland said:
From what I have seen from the Justice Department documents so far, there is no need to provide amnesty to telecommunication companies who are protected under current law, as long as they and the government are acting [...]
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But it wasn’t the publication of subterranean government documents that eventually triggered the federal government’s wrath (though it’s possible that may have played a motivating factor). According to the Chronicle, the judge ordered the site to be shut down, “after it posted documents purporting to describe offshore activities of a Swiss bank.”
…the bank, Julius [...]
Posted on August 24th, 2010 by admin | No Comments »
In fact, Au’s book is full of rich details about some of the most important people, communities, and events in the history of Second Life. And certainly, there is no one better situated to tell those stories than Au, whose SL blog has been going longer than anyone’s and who has been on hand for [...]