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Now a radio that can change scripts depending on where you are

A concept device has been created by BBC where the script can get altered depending on factors like weather. The Perceptive Radio, produced by the Future Media North Lab, is believed to be a world first. The proof-of-concept drama, which used a computer-generated voice for one of the characters, can adapt on the fly according to information pulled from external sources. For example, the radio ...
ServiceKey Oracle end grey market code spat without bloodshed

US managed services provider ServiceKey has walked away from legal action brought by Oracle over an alleged "grey market conspiracy" without having to cough a bean in compensation.The software titan's legal eagles filed a lawsuit against two US channel firms ...
Software startup scripts the art of the deal

Michael Halper of SalesScripter LLC Michael Halper knows its not easy being in sales not all salespeople are born with the ability to sell the shirt off their own back. He has, however, developed a software tool designed to give some salespeople a leg up. In 2012, Halper founded SalesScripter LLC, a Web-based software application that helps sales professionals create and manage scripts for ...
Salesforce Nabs Open Source Database Guru for War on Oracle

Tom Lane is a core developer of PostgreSQL, the popular open source database that provides an alternative to proprietary software from the likes of ...
IBM Preps Smartcloud for Real-time Analytics

IDG News Service (New York Bureau) - Deploying an update of its DB2 database, IBM is pitching its SmartCloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) for use in data reporting and analysis. "We're the only player in the marketplace that has [a cloud service] for data-in-motion -- being able to analyze data in real time," said Bob Picciano, IBM's general manager for Information ...

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Back to School [DVD]

In Back to School, comedian Rodney Dangerfield essentially plays a softer variation on the role of Al Czervik, the character that made him famous in Caddyshack (1980). In both roles he plays an extremely wealthy character who refuses to pla ... ...

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Syrias civil war mapped using new global events database

GDELT ) database as a source of information for journalistic storytelling. The New Scientist project also presents an excellent example of going beyond template-based maps and using GIS to visualise locational data. Aldhous ...

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They Said It

We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. Neither I, nor any President can promise the total defeat of terror. What we must do is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger.

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The U.S. president was speaking on his administration's counter terrorism policy.

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Google boss warns students against 'censorship of net' and 'digital ethnic cleansing'

Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt and director of Google Ideas Jared Cohen have warned London School of Economics students against censorship on the internet and the dangers that 'digital ethnic cleansing' pose.

Sky News quoted Schmidt, as saying that people will omit data if they want to restrict communication and information.

He, however, agreed that any piece of information cannot be completely concealed for a long time.

Speaking of the instructions for a 3D-printed plastic handgun that was published by a website operating in the United States, Schmidt said that some information needs to be censored on the internet, as cyber space is massively ungoverned in the absence of a delete button.

Despite the website originally posting the details being shut down by the U.S. Government, the designs had already been distributed widely across the internet and had appeared on other sites as well.

Schmidt expressed his anger over the incident, saying that people will die because of the gun manufacturer's reckless act, and also because of the information being spread all over the net.

Schmidt also expressed his concern over 'digital ethnic cleansing' which refers to slowing down of bandwidth that will in turn have a significant impact on development, economic opportunity and education. ...