News tagged with control software

Google in talks with insurers about self-driving car

A leader of Google Inc.'s driverless car project said Wednesday that the company is in discussions with major auto insurance companies about the implications of integrating its technology into real-world vehicles.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 10

TVs getting 'smarter' but maybe not better

If last week's Consumer Electronics Show is any indication, the next major computing device to enter consumers' homes will be a "smart" television - whether viewers like it or not.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 8

Televisions getting Siri-style personal assistants

Startup Vlingo on Tuesday said that it is giving televisions the kind of voice-controlled "virtual assistants" that have been a hit with the latest version of Apple's hot-selling iPhone.

Technology / Software

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researcher finds snooping smartphone software

A smartphone security researcher is shining light on a hidden program that tracks activity on Android, BlackBerry and Nokia handsets.

Technology / Software

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (16) | comments 6

Structured English brings robots closer to everyday users

(PhysOrg.com) -- Move over, Jetsons. A humanoid robot named Mae is traipsing around Cornell's Autonomous Systems Lab, guided by plain-English instructions and sometimes even appearing to get frustrated.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Microsoft offering defenses against Duqu virus

Microsoft on Friday was advising companies how to defend against infection by a Stuxnet-like Duqu virus.

Technology / Software

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Flight control software to help pilots stick landings aboard carrier decks

Select pilots in early 2012 will commence testing new flight control software, funded in part by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), intended to facilitate aircraft landings on Navy carrier decks with unprecedented ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Software improves cement quality

New control software predicts how cement mills will operate and continually optimizes the milling process. The results are improved cement quality and increased mill throughput. The software Sicement IT MCO ...

Technology / Software

created Mar 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Report warns of Iran nuke disaster

(AP) -- The control systems of Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant have been penetrated by a computer worm unleashed last year, according to a foreign intelligence report that warns of a possible Chernobyl-like disaster once the ...

Technology / Other

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 8

Web filters not 100% foolproof against risky sites: EU

A European Internet study has an instant message for parents who want to control their children's online habits: web filters are not 100 percent foolproof against harmful sites.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Asus, PrimeSense to bring motion controls to PCs

(AP) -- If you've been wishing you could ditch your clunky computer mouse and control your PC with gestures - the way you can using Microsoft Corp.'s Kinect motion controller for the Xbox 360 gaming console ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 14

Stuxnet virus could target many industries

(AP) -- A malicious computer attack that appears to target Iran's nuclear plants can be modified to wreak havoc on industrial control systems around the world, and represents the most dire cyberthreat known to industry, ...

Technology / Internet

created Nov 17, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 7

Developers of machines receive help from PC game technology

Siemens has used computer games technology in a development software that makes it quicker and easier to design new machines and to simulate their complex functions at an early stage.

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 11, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Software smart bomb fired at Iranian nuclear plant: experts

Computer security experts are studying a scary new cyber weapon: a software smart bomb that may have been crafted to find and sabotage a nuclear facility in Iran.

Technology / Other

created Sep 24, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Learn to play by playing Songs2See

Recorder, guitar, piano or violin - many children and young people learn to play these popular instruments. It requires a lot of practice to read note after note from the sheet music and then strike the right ...

Technology / Software

created Aug 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0