Technology http://prmac.com/ http://prmac.com/release-id-1879.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1879.htm IVO Software has launched a new version of IVONA Telecom TTS supporting the international MRCP protocol used in the biggest telecommunication systems. MRCP is a communication protocol allowing to provide voice services in the client/server architecture. As it has been incorporated into IVONA Telecom this Text-To-Speech system has become one of the few systems of this type that may be easily implemented in the largest call/contact center solutions. http://prmac.com/release-id-1851.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1851.htm equinux strengthens its product presence in the retail market for Macs and iPods in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand by partnering with Revo IT Consulting Limited (Revo IT). Retailers in those countries wishing to retail equinux products can contact Revo IT with any distribution inquiries. equinux and Revo IT have signed a distribution contract that provides Apple retailers with a qualified partner for equinux products in the Asian market. http://prmac.com/release-id-1689.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1689.htm "Welcome to Macintosh - The documentary for the rest of us" is slated to premiere on April 6, 2008 at the tenth annual Wisconsin Film Festival, in Madison, WI. "Welcome to Macintosh" is a feature length documentary that explores the many ways Apple, Inc. has changed the world. Whether a long time Mac fanatic or new to computers, Welcome to Macintosh takes you from the early days of the Apple-I to the latest the company has to offer. http://prmac.com/release-id-1651.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1651.htm The Final Cut Pro User Group Network have announced that the 7th Annual NAB FCPUG SuperMeet will be held at the MGM Grand Hotel's Grand Ballroom, Wednesday, April 16 beginning at 7PM. Doors open at 5PM. The FCPUG SuperMeet is expected to be the biggest party in town during NAB week. For complete details on the SuperMeet including directions, current list of raffle prizes and a link to where to buy tickets, visit the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) web site. http://prmac.com/release-id-1633.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1633.htm Webswell releases the Webswell telConnect solution that allows Communications Providers to migrate onto the BT Openreach WLR3. By 2010, all Communications Providers are required to migrate to WLR3 platform. Webswell telConnect is intended to help them reduce the complexity and risks of transition by introducing the B2B gateway that communicates with BR Openreach WLR3 Equivalence Management Platform (EMP) on one side and CP's back-end systems on the other side. http://prmac.com/release-id-1511.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1511.htm "Welcome to Macintosh - The documentary for the rest of us" is an official selection in the "The tenth annual Wisconsin Film Festival" April 3rd - 6th, 2008 in Madison, Wisconsin. The Festival schedule will be announced on Thursday March 6th. Events and screening times updates will be posted regularly to the Welcome to Macintosh website. Founded in 1999, the Wisconsin Film Festival is the state's premier film festival, in the heart of Madison, their capital city. http://prmac.com/release-id-1455.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1455.htm WaterField Designs announces three protective cases for the Amazon Kindle: the Kindle SleeveCase, the Kindle Travel Case and the Kindle Slip Case - all custom-fitted to the Amazon Kindle dimensions. Each stylish case offers protection and accessibility, while maintaining a light look and feel. The cases are available now and will ship early next week. http://prmac.com/release-id-1407.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1407.htm Virtually cloudless satellite view of Antarctica's frozen landscape with great detail for the entire continent than ever before. More than a thousand scenes captured during seven years of satellite observations have created the visually stunning true-color Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA) by NASA, USGS, National Science Foundation (NSF) and British Antarctic Survey (BAS). http://prmac.com/release-id-1398.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1398.htm WaterField Designs, a San Francisco manufacturer of custom-fitted computer cases and bags, introduces a new laptop SleeveCase made specifically for Apple's new MacBook Air. This protective sleeve ships by Friday, January 25. The new SleeveCase is a slim, durable covering made of a sturdy ballistic nylon shell and a high-grade neoprene interior that is customized to the MacBook Air dimensions for a snug fit. http://prmac.com/release-id-1384.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1384.htm India successfully launched an Israeli spy satellite into orbit on Monday January 21, 200. The launch of the TECSAR satellite by an Indian-made rocket was carried out in clear weather at 9:15 am local time (0345 GMT) from the Sriharikota space station in southern India. http://prmac.com/release-id-1356.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1356.htm WaterField Designs, a San Francisco manufacturer of custom-fitted computer cases and bags, introduces a new laptop SleeveCase made specifically for Apple's new MacBook Air. This protective sleeve ships by Friday, January 25. The new SleeveCase is a slim, durable covering made of a sturdy ballistic nylon shell and a high-grade neoprene interior that is customized to the MacBook Air dimensions for a snug fit. http://prmac.com/release-id-1215.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1215.htm The availability of high-resolution satellite images and aerial photography in support of 3D modeling with detailed terrain surface elevation models assists urban planners and municipal managers to create a model and visualize the urban space in three dimensions. 3D visualization models have a variety of applications in geography and urban studies. Accurate cartographic feature extraction, map updating, digital city models and 3D city models in urban areas are essential for many applications. http://prmac.com/release-id-1073.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1073.htm Assessments and predictive capabilities through satellite imagery from satellite sensors incorporated with GIS mapping are needed to predict onset of events that may significantly affect human health, critical wetlands and ecosystems and economic development. http://prmac.com/release-id-1002.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1002.htm A malicious Trojan Horse has been found on several pornography web sites, claiming to install a video codec necessary to view free pornographic videos on Macs. A great deal of spam has been posted to many Mac forums, in an attempt to lead users to these sites. OSX.RSPlug.A Trojan Horse Changes Local DNS Settings to Redirect to Malicious DNS Servers. http://prmac.com/release-id-974.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-974.htm GeoEye a leading producer of satellite and aerial imagery and geospatial information, today announced it has contracted with ITT Corporation to begin work on the camera for GeoEyes next satellite, GeoEye-2. This is the first step in a phased development process for an advanced, third-generation satellite capable of discerning objects on the Earths surface as small as 0.25-meter (9.75 inch) in size. http://prmac.com/release-id-948.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-948.htm DigitalGlobe today revealed the first images from WorldView-1, the highest resolution, most agile commercial satellite ever flown. WorldView-1 was successfully launched on September 18 from Vandenberg Air Force Base and is expected to be fully operational and delivering imagery products by the end of the year if not sooner. http://prmac.com/release-id-936.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-936.htm More than eleven hundred Flash(R) designers and developers came together at sold out show to master new Flash apps at world's largest Flash community gathering - the Flashforward Conference and Film Festival. Flashforward2007 Boston kicked off with a keynote from Kevin Lynch, Senior Vice President and Chief Software Architect at Adobe(R) Systems, Inc., with an additional keynote presentation from John Maeda, Associate Director of Research at the MIT Media Lab, and a team of his students. http://prmac.com/release-id-917.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-917.htm Webswell Inc. releases a new version of Webswell Connect ebXML/AS2-based Open Source integration platform for building e-commerce B2B information exchange solutions. It is used as the integration framework for heterogeneous business environments and for integration of incompatible software systems. Webswell Connect is intended for secure and reliable data interchange between trading partners or between units within large corporations. http://prmac.com/release-id-909.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-909.htm Is your website accessible to people with disabilities? No longer is creating a website as easy as setting up a single page of text, adding a few pictures and waiting for the traffic to come. Current research shows that there are as many as 500 million people in the world who have some kind of mental or sensory disability. Not complying with the standards to make a website accessible can lead to negative consequences. http://prmac.com/release-id-895.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-895.htm The latest October issue of macCompanion Magazine is now available online. This free PDF download is around 109 pages, including articles from leading reviewers, including Robert Pritchett, Harry Babad, Wayne Levefre, Dr Eric Flescher, Michael Potter, Rick Sutcliffe, Steven Fyffe and others. Jonathan Hoyle provides a heads-up on Mac OS X Leopard's treatment of 64-bits and Objective-C and gets geeky with Fast Enumeration and ugly syntax in Objective-C. http://prmac.com/release-id-899.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-899.htm WaterField Designs announces two new compact Keyboard Cases to protect Apple's new, ultra-thin, wireless keyboard. The minimalist Keyboard Sleeve safeguards just the keyboard, while the Travel Case protects the keyboard and additional laptop accessories. Both are available in six eye-catching colors. Slip the wireless keyboard into its own Sleeve or stash it in a Travel Case with other laptop gear. http://prmac.com/release-id-849.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-849.htm WorldView-1 satellite launched successfully on Tuesday September 18, 2007, the satellite built for DigitalGlobe was lofted into space aboard a Delta II rocket. Worldview-1 is part of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) NextView program, and was partially financed through an agreement with the NGA. The majority of the imagery captured by Worldview-1 for the NGA will also be available for distribution through DigitalGlobe's Image Library. http://prmac.com/release-id-824.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-824.htm Satellite Images help to identify land use change which is frequently accompanied by alterations or changes in land cover, which may possibly contribute to subsequent environmental change. As though much of its history, the Earths climate is changing right now and it is getting warmer. Most of the warming in recent decades is very likely the result of human activities. http://prmac.com/release-id-791.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-791.htm Digital CONN-tent Creators is an organization that aims to build professional connections between creative editors and motion graphics artists, independent filmmakers, students, and video professionals. Join us for an evening with Apple and Sorenson Media; Don Peebles from Apple will show us a few tricks using Final Cut Studio 2 and Sorenson Media will talk about all things compression. There will also be a member showcase. Dazzle us with 3 minutes from your latest and greatest project! http://prmac.com/release-id-734.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-734.htm Mapping the "Bare Earth" using Satellite Images, Aerial Photos, Digital Elevation Models and GIS applications. http://prmac.com/release-id-709.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-709.htm This week, best-selling technology author and columnist Gene Steinberg interviews industry analyst Ross Rubin of the NPD Group, as well as Ray Barber, CEO for prMac. During the episode, Gene examines the prospects for both Apple and Microsoft with Ross, as well as visiting with Ray about delivering Mac-related media information to tech news sites. Also, digital imaging expert David Biedny will explain why Microsoft knows nothing about innovation and why only applications count. http://prmac.com/release-id-509.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-509.htm Scientists and engineers from the Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and NASA are moving forward in planning a successor to the Landsat 7 satellite mission which was successfully launched from Vandenburg Air Force Base on April 15, 1999. With the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) satellite expected to launch 2011, the two agencies have announced their roles and responsibilities in mission development, subsystems procurement, and on-orbit operations. http://prmac.com/release-id-510.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-510.htm Satellite Images for Global Change and Environmental Monitoring. "Global change", "Greenhouse effect", "Global warming". The media are full of statements, concerns, guesses, and speculation about these phenomena, as scientists and policy makers around the world struggle to address recent scientific observations that indicate human activities impact our environment. http://prmac.com/release-id-484.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-484.htm The most common characterization of different remote sensing (RS) satellite imaging systems results from the systems diverse spatial, temporal and spectral resolutions. http://prmac.com/release-id-470.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-470.htm Satellite image captured the tornado damage and devastation in Greensburg, Kansas - Population of 1,398 was hit by an F5 Tornado on May 4th, 2007 at 9:45 pm killing 7 people. The most powerful tornado to hit the US in eight years demolished every business, church and home in site. http://prmac.com/release-id-445.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-445.htm US Government issued a storm warning for the year 2007 hurricane season and claimed that 13 to 17 named storms, seven or 10 of which are expected to become hurricanes that will hit the Atlantic. Weather forecasters predict that 3 to 5 will be major at a category 3 or higher and putting the Gulf of Mexico at high risk of getting hit by 6 to 7 hurricanes . The hurricane season typically peaks between 1 August and late October. http://prmac.com/release-id-244.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-244.htm Glance Networks, Inc., creators of the one-button-simple Glance.net desktop sharing service for PCs and Macs, today announced the release of its new StreamShaping technology, which lets all participants in multi-guest sessions enjoy the best possible viewing experience, regardless of their different network connection speeds. Glances StreamShaping continuously optimizes each persons view to the speed of his or her network connection.