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SQLGuru writes:
As a follow-up to the discussion from YRO: Face Recognition: Real or Science Fiction (http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/25/1 353221), I came across this article that seems related.
http://www.livescience.com/scienceoffiction/061009 _technovelgy.html
Polar Rose is a new search engine now being tested that will allow you to find anyone in any photo on any site. Type in the name of a person you know, and find pictures of that person all over the web, on sites like MySpace or blog pages using face-recognition technology.
Or just skip the article and go to the web site: http://www.polarrose.com/ (not much to see on the web site yet).
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SQLGuru writes:
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/print.htm?TY PE=story&AT=339271751-130061733t-110000002c
In a surprisingly ambitious report, called Apple Should License the Mac to Dell, Gartner says Apple should concentrate on what it does best — create software — and make use of Dell's production and distribution infrastructure.
It's not even April 1st, but I got a huge laugh out of this one.
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SQLGuru writes:
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/95794/dell-speaks-out- over-amd-shortages.html
Dell has broken its silence on the AMD chip shortages that have seen several PC manufacturers forced to jump ship to Intel. Dell had previously refused to discuss the shortages, but at a briefing Tuesday, the company claimed it had a bountiful supply of AMD processors.
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SQLGuru writes:
http://news.com.com/2102-1007_3-6126384.html?tag=s t.util.print
MS will open the virtual hard drive file format free of licensing. How long before there is a virus that attacks this file format? I give it three weeks following availability for the press to talk about a virus.
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SQLGuru writes:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/19/ati_gpgpu/
Even before its merger with AMD closes, ATI plans to charge the server market with a new type of graphics product that could shake up the high performance computing scene. Advocates of ATI's technology say it could create a lucrative new revenue stream for the company and add some weight to the ATI/AMD marriage.
ATI has invited reporters to a Sept. 29 event in San Francisco at which it will reveal "a new class of processing known as Stream Computing." The company has refused to divulge much more about the event other than the vague "stream computing" reference. The Register, however, has learned that a product called FireStream will likely be the star of the show.
While the ideas aren't new, direct support by the hardware companies is pretty cool.