http://www.newsweek.com/id/154552
A new online software called Photosynth "is an ingenious new technology that gathers multiple photographs of one thing (a room, a house, a piece of furniture, a landscape), taken from multiple angles, and stitches them together into a three-dimensional panoramic quilt." With Photosynth, all a person has to do is take pictures with their digital camera, making sure there is overlap in each photo and upload it to the program. Since the program is able to recognize similarities in the photos, "photos that share features are synced together".
This revolutionary new technology is free. Now I am able to go on vacation or take pictures of my apartment, and show my entire family where I have been and what it looks like in a whole new format. My family can get the whole effect of being there without actually being physically present.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
NBC's Olympic Mistake
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121945280757465515.html?mod=2_1571_leftbox
NBC's decision to limit the amount of live video of the Olympics potentially cost them millions of dollars due to the loss of online advertising associated with the footage. According to analysts, NBC limited its ad revenue by choosing "not to make available live video for some of the Games' highest-profile events." Additionally, NBC did not distribute the footage on any other websites, "which would have boosted its audience."
Just when online video advertising is starting to catch on, NBC, according to analysts, could have potentially made a bundle of money. As an Olympic viewer myself, I went on NBC's website and was disappointed when the sport I wanted to watch was not there. I cannot understand why NBC made the decision to limit the amount of footage online when they knew CBS Sports was successful by showing and distributing most of the footage of the NCAA's March Madness basketball-tournament games.
NBC's decision to limit the amount of live video of the Olympics potentially cost them millions of dollars due to the loss of online advertising associated with the footage. According to analysts, NBC limited its ad revenue by choosing "not to make available live video for some of the Games' highest-profile events." Additionally, NBC did not distribute the footage on any other websites, "which would have boosted its audience."
Just when online video advertising is starting to catch on, NBC, according to analysts, could have potentially made a bundle of money. As an Olympic viewer myself, I went on NBC's website and was disappointed when the sport I wanted to watch was not there. I cannot understand why NBC made the decision to limit the amount of footage online when they knew CBS Sports was successful by showing and distributing most of the footage of the NCAA's March Madness basketball-tournament games.
Monday, August 25, 2008
A Free and Private Alternative to LoJack
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/83011377231002427852;_ylt=Al7Om636.Q1ayirPz1jXvTsjtBAF
A team of computer scientists at the University of Washington have developed a program they named Adeona. According to the article, Adeona is "the world's first free, open-source laptop-tracking system, and one that can be installed by users themselves, and which doesn't require a corporate intermediary."
Adeona gives users the opportunity to locate their stolen laptops without having to worry about the corporate middleman stealing their personal information. Additionally, with the privacy Adeona provides consumers, the user is protected from subpeonas of information stored on the laptop whereas if the customer uses a program like LoJack, the company would have to adhere to the subpeona. Interesting to note, the team is also developing a version of this software for the iPhone.
A team of computer scientists at the University of Washington have developed a program they named Adeona. According to the article, Adeona is "the world's first free, open-source laptop-tracking system, and one that can be installed by users themselves, and which doesn't require a corporate intermediary."
Adeona gives users the opportunity to locate their stolen laptops without having to worry about the corporate middleman stealing their personal information. Additionally, with the privacy Adeona provides consumers, the user is protected from subpeonas of information stored on the laptop whereas if the customer uses a program like LoJack, the company would have to adhere to the subpeona. Interesting to note, the team is also developing a version of this software for the iPhone.
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