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IVONA TTS Supports International MRCP Protocol

Apr 27, 2008 - 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.


equinux broadens its presence within Apple Retail in the Asian Market

Apr 24, 2008 - 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.


Welcome to Macintosh Documentary to Premiere at Wisconsin Film Festival

Mar 24, 2008 - "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.


Final Cut Pro SuperMeet Announced for April 16 at NAB

Mar 17, 2008 - 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.


Webswell releases telConnect solution for BT Openreach WLR3 integration

Mar 17, 2008 - 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.


Welcome to Macintosh: Festival Event

Feb 18, 2008 - "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.


Three New Cases for the Amazon Kindle Unveiled by WaterField Designs

Feb 09, 2008 - 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.


Landsat Satellite Image Mosaic Reveals Antarctic

Jan 31, 2008 - 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).


WaterField Designs Ships SleeveCase for Apple's New MacBook Air

Jan 28, 2008 - 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.


India Launches Israeli TECSAR Spy Satellite

Jan 25, 2008 - 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.


WaterField Designs Ships SleeveCase for Apple's New MacBook Air

Jan 18, 2008 - 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.


3D Urban and City Modeling

Dec 21, 2007 - 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.


Satellite Images Monitor 50 Year Coastal Erosion in Alaska

Nov 21, 2007 - 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.


Intego Security Alert

Nov 02, 2007 - 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.


GeoEye-2 the World’s Highest Resolution Satellite in Development

Oct 25, 2007 - 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 GeoEye’s 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 Earth’s surface as small as 0.25-meter (9.75 inch) in size.


New WorldView-1 Satellite Images

Oct 19, 2007 - 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.


Flashforward Boston Conference Sold Out

Oct 18, 2007 - 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.


Webswell releases the EbXML/AS2 framework Webswell Connect 2.1.1

Oct 12, 2007 - 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.


Website Developer hurriKane Creates Web Accessibility for All

Oct 08, 2007 - 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.


macCompanion October 2007 Issue

Oct 03, 2007 - 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.


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