image in news
All-seeing I-Ball gives troops remote skinny on the enemy
News The I-Ball features image stabilisation technology from its creator Edinburgh company Dreampact giving the army high quality video even when it's in flight. In the future, frontline troops could send robot eyes ahead of... [17 Nov 2008]
Virtual strip scanners move closer for EU airports
News A workshop on aviation security and the use of full body scanners, which reveal a negative-like image of a person's body, was hosted by the European Commission last week. The EU has taken another step towards the... [10 Nov 2008]
MPs demand more cash for e-crime battle
News MPs have called for more money to fund a new e-crime unit and end the image the UK is a "soft touch" on cybercrime. In a parliamentary debate on internet fraud today, MPs said the government needs to "look again" at the... [05 Nov 2008]
Why polar bears need business analytics
News It's important for us to find out which image appeals to a specific individual," Macko said. The WWF is looking at expanding its use of business analytics to polar bears. According to the charity's chief marketing... [29 Oct 2008]
'Virtual strip search' scanners slammed by EU
News But the quality is more that of a negative of a photograph, it is not a very clear image but sufficient to detect metal things, explosives or strange objects. Airport full-body scanners that show people's private parts... [24 Oct 2008]
BlackBerry apps get their own online store
News Lazaridis pointed to an image of a box with the words Bandwidth, Capacity, Performance and Battery Life, written in each corner. RIM has announced two major distribution channels for BlackBerry apps at the first-ever... [22 Oct 2008]
Artificial intelligence to join phishing fight in 2009
News US security company Symantec, German research organisation Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, ISP Tiscali and their partners have pooled their expertise on machine learning, image recognition, text extraction and security to build... [13 Oct 2008]
Microsoft's 'Patch Tuesday' targets six critical flaws
News Security Bulletin MS08-044 gives details of five critical vulnerabilities in Office filters that could allow remote code execution, while Security Bulletin MS08-046 gives details of a vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows... [13 Aug 2008]
Icahn officially steps onboard at Yahoo!
News are presenting an image of collegiality and civility. Yahoo! activist investor Carl Icahn is now officially part of the internet company's board. Icahn had tried to take over the entire board in July but settled for a... [07 Aug 2008]
Google Street View cleared by UK privacy watchdog
News The spokeswoman said: "Although it is possible that in certain limited circumstances an image may allow the identification of an individual, it is clear that Google are keen to capture images of streets and not individuals. [31 Jul 2008]
Microsoft: Don't knock Vista 'til you've tried it
News The Mojave project is likely to be just one of many efforts designed to resuscitate Vista's image among stepped-up competition from Apple and Google. The image improvement effort has many components.... [24 Jul 2008]
Privacy concerns over Google Street View
News As always, users can still ask for their image to be removed from the product entirely. The Information Commissioner's Office has said it has concerns about Google's Street View and thinks the company could be breaching... [09 Jul 2008]
Open source to 'blow mobiles open'
News McCabe said: "Recently I was looking at a [service] out of Germany which was image recognition on a phone. Open source software will mean the end of proprietary phone and software bundles, and create universal... [30 Jun 2008]
Revealed: What students think of tech work
News Mike Rodd, director of industry body the British Computer Society (BCS) Learned Society, which is driving an outreach campaign to schools to improve IT's image, said in a statement: "Greater exposure of young people to... [23 Jun 2008]
Clock is ticking on Windows XP
News After June 30, if a customer already has the XP image and licence, HP also can also install that customer's image on their Vista Business systems through our HP PC Customisation Services. Well, really... [16 Jun 2008]
