Cellphone Heart Rate Monitoring (2)
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Here's a nifty application that uses Apple iPhone's microphone to listen to one's heartbeat and displays the results in fashion that even the average iMac user will enjoy. (hat tip: Gizmodo)
Apple Drops iPhone NDA (9)
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Apple has dropped the NDA covering the iPhone SDK. Developers will now be able to discuss how they develop for the iPhone. This was one of the biggest complaints developers (and technical publishers) had about developing for the platform. Apple posted the following message. We have decided to drop the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for released iPhone software. We put the NDA in place because the iPhone OS includes many Apple inventions and innovations that we ...
Tele Atlas Customers Get Tomtom Data; Let the Crowdsourcing Begin (3)
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Tele Atlas is going to start selling Tomtom speed profile data. This is the first sign of the acquisition having an impact on customers and potentially the geo-data market. The speed profile data is quite impressive, as described in a press release: The speed profiles database is derived from almost half a trillion speed measurements that TomTom customers in 25 countries have been sharing with the company over the past two years, making it unique ...
Schneier on Security: How to Clone and Modify E-Passports (4)
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The Hackers Choice has released a tool allowing people to clone and modify electronic passports. The problem is self-signed certificates. A CA is not a great solution: Using a Certification Authority (CA) could solve the attack but at the same time introduces a new set of attack vectors: The CA becomes a single point of failure. It becomes the juicy/high-value target for the attacker. Single point of failures are not good. Attractive targets are not ...
Expanding the Cloud: Microsoft Windows Server on Amazon EC2 (12)
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The backend servers that power the world of Internet Services have become increasingly diverse. With today's announcement that Microsoft Windows Server is available on Amazon EC2 we can now run the majority of popular software systems in the cloud. Windows Server ranked very high on the list of requests by customers so we are happy that we will be able to provide this. One particular area that customers have been asking for Amazon EC2 with ...
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psd said:
wonder if the pricing reflects true costs of licenses, extra memory, CPU, maintenance, support etc
trendwatching.com: PERKONOMICS (5)
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A new breed of perks and privileges, added to brands regular offerings, is satisfying consumers ever-growing desire for novel forms of status and/or convenience, across all industries. The benefits for brands are equally promising: from escaping commoditization, to showing empathy in turbulent times. One to have firmly on your radar in the months to come. Read PERKONOMICS »
Stem cell Advance roundup : restroring hearing, fixing spinal cords, fixing hearts and more (2)
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1. Researchers have created healthy stem cells from adult cells--no embryo required and no side effects.Until now, however, creating iPS [induced pluripotent stem] cells without integrated viruses had been a major hurdle for stem-cell researchers. Although Hochedlinger has overcome that hurdle, he says there is still some distance to travel. While retroviral techniques allow scientists to turn about one in every 1,000 skin cells into an iPS cell, the adenovirus is far less efficient: only ...
