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Technology.am (Aug. 29, 2009) — Researchers at EU-funded IMAGINATION project developed ImageNotion software that makes it easier to organise, search and navigate collections of digital images for media agencies and photographers.
The ImageNotion software takes a user-friendly approach to semantic image annotation and search that links the content of photos to concepts so as to make the images understandable by computers.
The systems have required end users to use a manually developed ontology – a lexicon of predefined concepts used to assign machine-readable semantic meaning to information …
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Technology.am (Aug. 29, 2009) — German scientists have developed a high-tech mug to keep coffee at the perfect temperature. They used a phase change material (PCM), a wax-like substance to keep drinks cold or hot for longer period.
Klaus Sedlbauer, the head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics, and his colleague Herbert Sinnesbichler created the first PCM mug using a porcelain shell whose hollow interior is filled with a honeycomb structure made of ribbons of highly conductive material, such as aluminum.
This honeycomb structure is then filled with PCM, if you …
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Technology.am (Aug. 28, 2009) — Amazon has announced Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), a secure and seamless bridge between a company’s existing IT infrastructure and the AWS cloud.
Amazon VPC enables enterprises to connect their existing infrastructure to a set of isolated AWS compute resources via a Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection, and to extend their existing management capabilities such as security services, firewalls, and intrusion detection systems to include their AWS resources.
With Amazon VPC, you can:
Create a Virtual Private Cloud on …
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Google has now added automatic translation technology to Google Docs allowing users to translate the text of any document into one of 42 languages.
To use the translation tool, open your document, go Tools > Translate document, and then choose your language and you will find the translated version of a new window, allowing you to compare and contrast the two side by side.
You can either replace the original file with the translation or copy the translation to a new document.
[28 Aug 2009 | One Comment | ]
Technology.am (Aug. 28, 2009) — If you want to know the chances and cause of your death in the near future, then log on to www.DeathRiskRankings.com.
A new Web site, www.DeathRiskRankings.com, allows users to query publicly available data from the United States and Europe, and compare mortality risks by gender, age, cause of death and geographic region.
The DeathRiskRankings.com website developed by researchers and students at Carnegie Mellon University, not only gives the risk of dying within the next year, but it also ranks the probable causes and allows …
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Technology.am (Aug. 27, 2009) — Users want instant gratification when searching for videos, now Yahoo has announced a larger inline video play feature, which allows users to play the videos directly on the video search results page.
The feature allows searchers to view videos directly on the search results page instead of taking them to the site where the video is hosted.
Some videos on the results page will display a “Play Now” link, which opens a large overlay window and plays the video on the results page.
Google Video has already …
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Technology.am (Aug. 27, 2009) — The British Steam Car Challenge team has finally set the world record of 140 miles per hour.
Driver Charles Burnett III successfully broke the land speed record for a steam powered car – which has stood for more than 100 years – achieving an average speed of 139.843mph on two runs over a measured mile. He managed to reach a peak speed of 136.103 mph on the first run and 151.085 mph on the second.
The new international record, which is subject to …
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Technology.am (Aug. 27, 2009) — Nokia plans to launch a service “Nokia Money,” enabling people to make financial transactions with their cell phones. This service will be operated in cooperation with mobile payment company Obopay and available 24 hours a day.
The “Nokia Money” a financial payment service that allows you to send money to another person, pay for goods, services and bills, and recharge their prepaid SIM cards by using their handset.
The new financial transactions service will especially benefit customers in rural areas since it works globally.
The …
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Technology.am (Aug. 25, 2009) — Security technology company McAfee’s annual report showed that Jessica Biel is the most dangerous celebrity on the web.
Last year it was found that Brad Pitt was the “most dangerous” celeb online. Following Biel in order, were Beyonce, Jennifer Aniston, Tom Brady and Jessica Simpson.
Fans that use Web to hunt for the 27-year-old actress, Jessica Biel photos, videos, computer wallpaper and screensavers are more likely to lead to online threats than searches for any other celebrity.
Cybercriminals are star watchers, too. …
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