Archive for April, 2009

Google Plans New Feature YouTube RealTime

Technology.am (Apr. 23, 2009) — After getting success of the YouTube friend activity feed, now Google plans to launch a new feature called YouTube RealTime.
Google said about the new feature allows you and your friends share in the moment what you’re doing with the site. It means it lets people see what their [...]

AMD Launches Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition, Fastest Phenom Yet

Technology.am (Apr. 23, 2009) — AMD has updated to its Phenom II X4 Black Edition microprocessor lines, with three new utilities to improve the overall system performance.
AMD says the 3.2-GHz Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition is 200 MHz faster than the existing Phenom II X4 945 Black Edition. The 955 is priced at $245, [...]

Pilotfish Unveils Music-Editing Cell Phone

Technology.am (Apr. 22, 2009) — Pilotfish, the design firm is planning to make an advanced music phone, through which consumers can edit music.
Pilotfish said to launch an advanced music phone that will enable “good quality recording of three separate sound tracks and allow editing of the music by physically twisting and bending the phone. [...]

Amazon Launches HD Movies, TV Shows

Technology.am (Apr. 22, 2009) — Amazon.com on Tuesday launched the services of high-definition movies and HD TV shows to view on PCs, Roku, Sony, or TiVo devices.
To watch video over the Web is reflected in the growing popularity of sites like Hulu and YouTube, according to ComScore.
Amazon is going to provide [...]

Google Launches Profile Results to Improve People Search

Technology.am (Apr. 22, 2009) — Google launches “Profile Results” today that may go beyond Google’s own services. They’re promoting a way for people to tell the world who they are and, somewhat, in a way for people to claim their identity in Google’s main search results.
“People have no control over how they appear when [...]

New Compact Stereo MicroHDTV Camera with Small-Sized Storage Solution

Technology.am (Apr. 22, 2009) — It’s time for mobile 3D. The Fraunhofer-Institute IIS presents the new compact multiformat camera MicroHDTV a mobile stereo camera set-up.
The Fraunhofer-Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS displays the new compact stereo MicroHDTV camera and a small-sized storage solution for HDTV, at the NAB exhibition April 20-23 in Las Vegas. [...]

Reconfigurable Chip both Efficient and Flexible

Technology.am (Apr. 22, 2009) — Today’s technology needs high-performance, specialised computing systems.
A European consortium is developing a new kind of reconfigurable chip that is both efficient and flexible.
From washing machines to medical body scanners, from MP3 players to air traffic control systems, all these equipment needs high computing performance for signal processing and [...]

Ultrasound Imaging Now Possible with Smartphone

Technology.am (Apr. 22, 2009) — Washington University Computer engineers are developing USB-based ultrasound probe technology with a smartphone, which enables a compact, mobile computational platform and a medical imaging device that fits in the palm of a hand.
William D. Richard and David Zar have made commercial USB ultrasound probes compatible with Microsoft Windows Mobile-based smartphones. [...]

Sharp launches Notebook PC with Optical Sensor LCD Pad

Technology.am (Apr. 22, 2009) — Sharp Corp. is going to release a new notebook PC employing an optical sensor LCD for the touchpad into the Japanese market.
In this notebook PC the 4-inch optical sensor LCD pad that is more than just a conventional track pad.
In addition to conventional mouse operation, it [...]

Microsoft Added Web-Based IM to Hotmail

Now people are able to send and receive instant messages (IM), by Microsoft’s Hotmail.
Technology.am (Apr. 22, 2009) — It has added the ability to keep IM conversations to its Website.
The Microsoft has already added the feature in France, Italy, Spain, UK, Japan, and Mexico users.
The company said on Monday that it has started step by [...]