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Digital sight and sound for September
EXPO 2010 Shanghai has as its star a 130 x 6.3 metres animated tapestry developed by Hong Kong based Crystal CG. The digital viewing which can be seen at Gizmag or at Crystal CG is well worth visiting. On the digital sound arena, the WIMP application (Where Is My Phone) has been revamped and can be heard on You Tube.
Back to court: Microsoft avoids $290 damages
Microsoft, which lost its patent battle over Word processing software to the small Toronto firm i4i Inc and ordered to pay $290m in damages last year, is determined to avoid the issue and taken the matter to the US Supreme Court.
Cloud sync: email, calendar, contacts & more
TriSys Recruitment Software, started in Cambridge in 1994 is one of the most eagerly willing to sell you anything in Business Softwarewhich has released its latest version of email, calendar, contacts synchronisation tool connecting to cloud-based email services. If you visit the site, an energetic popup window suggests you can fill in your name to text and communicate NOW!
Simulation's gold standard for microelectronics
Gold Standard Simulations (GSS) the long promised spin-out company that will enable microchip manufacturers to develop the next generation of chip circuits has now been launched by the University of Glasgow.
Livewires for IP Digital Sparks
The Digital Spark conference, held this week September 1-2 has never been lacking an audience, since Abertay University raised the wow! factor of its speakers, but a late reminder points out what you will miss by not attending and offers a registration point.
Verisurf's latest metrology software
Metrology software development company Verisurf has released its 5th generation of Verisurf X software. With Model-Based GD&T Inspection technology at its core, the new computer-aided inspection and reverse engineering software, inspects parts faster and more accurately, without needing any 2D drawings.
Multiview Video Encoding on show
Multiview Video Coding (MVC) is the new standard for 3-D movie compression, reducing the data significantly and simultaneously provides full, high-resolution quality. At the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam from 10-14 September, researchers will showcase how 3-D movies can be transmitted via Internet and digital television channels such as via satellite.
Database automation win: 3 PAR bid for again.
Hewlett-Packard may appear to have lost 3PAR to Dell, but it has acquired Stratavia, a privately held database and application automation company based in Denver but terms of the deal were not disclosed. And has now put in a renewed bid for 3PAR offering $27.00 per share in cash, or an enterprise value of $1.8bn. Nice to have deep pockets. The Dell response has been to respond with its own $27 per share for 3PAR matching the HP $1.8bn. By weekend HP cranked up the bid for 3Par to $1.88bn, topping Dell’s latest offer by 11%. And next?
Scottish Social Services Council: Funnelback to Squiz
The Scottish Commission for Regulation of Care and the Social Services Council have gone live with Funnelback Hosted Search on each of their websites.This service allows Scottish residents to search for adult, child and independent healthcare services in Scotland. Funnelback is owned by Squiz whose Suite, the world's first supported open source web management suite is due for release in November 2010 incorporates a content management system,analytics capabilities, effective search and a platform for integrating applications and data, underpinned by a global, 24/7 support framework and an automatic update service.
List-it, lost-it, ghost-it
Gaberlunzie is in one seriously horrible pickle and could be skinned by his editor for having downloaded some wonderfully interesting experimental software two years back called List-it, played with it quite a bit as it sat on the Mozilla browser, then in one or other Mozilla update, lost it. Only to discover now that he is severely ghost-it by the pop-up window!
Rapid interface: chemistry & seismology
Rapid at Edinburgh University is a cost-effective and efficient way of designing and delivering portal interfaces to tasks that require remote compute resources. Already a screencast has been created where Rapid was used to develop a portal for HECToR showing how to setup an advanced computer job involving computational chemistry. Now the focus is on a better understanding of seismology research using Rapid.
Google cloud-based Prediction
Smart Web services rely on machine learning, algorithms that enable software to learn how to respond with a degree of intelligence to new information or events. Google has launched its service Google Prediction API that provides a simple way for developers with databases to play with to create software that learns how to handle incoming data.
Intel locks down on software
Intel has agreed to buy McAfee, the computer antivirus software maker, for about $7.7 bn in cash, as the chip giant seeks to expand its presence in security services. Which should see Microsoft, AVG, Kasperski, Zone Labs, Norton, F-Secure et al looking to polish up their own niche acts.
The realtime world bites back
As the Dare to be Digital winners are announced, TIGA the trade association representing the UK games industry, has released a statement in response to the news that Dundee-based Realtime Worlds has gone into administration. Begbies Traynor a UK’s business rescue, recovery and restructuring specialist, is reported to be providing a partner-led service to the troubled businesses which had already shed 60 jobs in early cost cutting.
iPad platform in D2BD 2010 winners
The three winning teams Angry Mango (University of Wales, Newport), Team Tickle (Abertay University), and That Game Studio (4 students from University of Skovde and 1 from Abertay University) are also the sole nominees for the BAFTA Ones to Watch award, chosen by a panel of gaming industry experts during the three day event. The platforms include the iPad, Xbox360 and a 2D platform using Windows Phone 7 inputs.
Numediart = New Media Art
There's something about a determined French release sitting among mainly English ones and includes the word 'numediart' which is a red rag for Gaberlunzie curiousity.
eMuCo: multicore & virtualisation phones
Embedded Multi-Core Processing for mobile communications (eMuCo) bringing the combination of multi-core and virtualisation to mobile phones. From the UK, ARM and the University of York were part of a consortium co-coordinated by Dr. Attila Bilgic and Dr. Maria Elizabeth Gonzalez of Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Participants included Infineon and Technische Universität Dresden (Germany), IBM Rational ((Sweden) and (Romania) "Politehnica" University of Timisoara.
Satellite funding: location, location
The 3rd call for proposals for Satellite Navigation research and development (R&D) under the EU's 7th Framework Programme (FP7) makes available €38m in funding and is open to companies and research organisations in various areas such as ICT, Transport, Mobility, SME, Security, Electronics and Aerospace. Closer to home and high technology, ADS Scotland is organising a Workshop at Strathclyde University in September.
Maxima profit drop: 2011 confidence
Gloucester-based software house Maxima Holdings, formed out of the software and IT subsidiary of the Scottish engineering company Weir Group, has reported a 31% drop in its full-year adjusted pre-tax profit, hurt by clients that trimmed IT budgets. The fall in profits was also due to planned investment in the business.
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