This is a fascinating article by Stephen Lawson on Lloyd Watts' approach to eliminating the echo and background noise that are so often problematic with cell phones. Watts is CTO of Audience, which is based in Mountain View, California. In February he introduced a custom chip, the key to which is the Fast Cochlea Transform process, which "attempts to do the same thing as the cochlea, a spiral chamber in the inner ear."
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Forrester Research analysts report that IT security budgets are increasing, reflecting "growing concern over data breaches and increasing CEO involvement in the task of protecting sensitive data." Currently 10 percent of IT operating budgets are devoted to security in 2008 which is up from 8% last year.
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Next Tuesday Microsoft will release 4 critical updates to several software packages. These will include fixes for "a vulnerability that allows remote code execution in Windows Media Player 11 on various Microsoft operating systems and for a vulnerability that allows remote code execution in various versions of the Windows OS and related products, including 2003 Server, Vista, XP, Office, .Net Framework, Works, Visual Studio, Visual FoxPro and other software."
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Jon Brodkin of Network World writes that there are serious risks involved in certification exam cheating, even if it is done unknowingly. According to Peggy Crowley, the anti-piracy program manager for the Microsoft Learning department, "If you commit fraud, break the NDA, break any of our policies, it's going to result in a lifetime ban from the Microsoft certification program."
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"Shelfari, a social network for bibliophiles, has been acquired by Amazon for an undisclosed amount. Amazon has been a longtime supporter of the Seattle based startup, having invested $1 million..." writes Jason Kincaid.
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To quote EFF staff technologist Peter Eckersley -"We're worried that Chrome will be another giant conveyer belt moving private information about our use of the Web into Google's data vaults. Googl
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Internet retailer turns on its streaming video-on-demand service, providing ad-free movies and TV shows to PCs and Macs via a Web browser.
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