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Microsoft Invests in TurboHercules; Stokes Fight Against IBM's Mainframe Monopoly

Tue, 07/12/2010 - 12:26 by Motley Fool

 Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is upping its ante to corner a share from IBM's (NYSE: IBM) mainframe business as it invests an undisclosed amount in French software maker TurboHercules, which has hogged limelight for filing an antitrust complaint with EU against IBM.

 

Why Did My Stock Just Die?

Fri, 03/12/2010 - 12:41 by Rich Duprey

 Your stock just took a nosedive -- but don't panic. First, let's see whether it had good reason to fall. Sometimes, panic-fueled drops can make excellent buying opportunities. Here's the latest crop of cratered stocks that could provide a possibility for profit:

 

Essential Apple News: Steve Jobs Lashes Out at Google

Sat, 23/10/2010 - 22:41 by Eric Bleeker

 With the way Apple  (Nasdaq: AAPL) not only straddles the burgeoning tablet and smartphone markets but also holds sway across the computer, home-entertainment, and media fields, the moves it makes can have an impact on the future of hundreds of companies. With that in mind, we're taking a look at the week in Apple news to see how the latest activity affects the Cupertino giant, its suppliers, and even its competitors.

New method for computers to see studied

Fri, 10/09/2010 - 01:56 by Prince damin

Pittsburgh -- Computer vision systems can better understand an image if programmed to make assumptions about the physical constraints of the scene, U.S. researchers say.

Carnegie Mellon University scientists say that like a child using toy building blocks to assemble something that "looks like" a building, a computer could analyze an outdoor scene by using "virtual blocks" to build an approximation of the image based on parameters of volume and mass, a university release reported.

"When people look at a photo, they understand that the scene is geometrically constrained," Abhinav Gupta of CMU's Robotics Institute said. "We know that buildings aren't infinitely thin, that most towers do not lean, and that heavy objects require support.

Team makes voices clearer for recognition

Fri, 10/09/2010 - 01:39 by Prince damin

Tunis, Tunisia -- Researchers in Tunisia say they've developed a method of making voice signals clearer for ubiquitous speech recognition systems to understand.

As the recognition systems become commonplace -- in computers, at call centers, in airplanes and cars -- clear voice input becomes important, a team of scientists at University Campus in Tunis, Tunisia, says.

It could make the difference between a safe maneuver in a car or airplane or an accident, they say.

Cellphone conversations would benefit, and even clandestine recording of speech for security and law enforcement would improve, they say.