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Apple chief vows innovation in TV and more

Apple chief Tim Cook on Tuesday vowed that creativity would remain in the company's "DNA" and hinted that products on the horizon could come in the area of television.

Technology / Business

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OmniVision tops up sensors for cameras, phones

(Phys.org) -- OmniVision has announced two high-resolution image sensors for the digital still and digital video camera market (DS/DVC) and higher end smartphones. In end-user language, it is a claim for superior ...

Electronics / Hardware

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Al Qaeda suspect's porn film found to contain treasure trove of secret documents

A suspected member of the Al Qaeda terrorist group, arrested in May last year in Germany, was found with a memory stick hidden in his underwear. Police discovered the stick contained a password-protected folder ...

Technology / Other

created May 04, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (29) | comments 44 | with audio podcast report

New ad zapper has TV networks worried about sales

(AP) -- The maker of a new DVR that lets consumers zap away broadcast TV commercials at the touch of a button suggested Tuesday that the networks are being short-sighted in opposing the technology.

Technology / Telecom

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Software automatically transforms movie clips into comic strips

(PhysOrg.com) -- While some comics today are still drawn by hand, many modern cartoonists use a variety of digital tools to create comics. But even with the help of these tools, creating comics is a time-consuming ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (12) | comments 7 | with audio podcast feature

143 is largest number yet to be factored by a quantum algorithm

(Phys.org) -- While factoring an integer is a simple problem when the integer is small, the complexity of factorization greatly increases as the integer increases. When the integer grows to more than 100,000 ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (19) | comments 10 | with audio podcast feature

Kodak patent deemed invalid in fight with Apple-RIM

A US judge on Monday said a Kodak patent allegedly infringed upon by Apple and Blackberry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) was not valid, dealing another blow to the struggling photography pioneer.

Technology / Business

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Of microchemistry and molecules: Electronic microfluidic device synthesizes biocompatible probes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microfluidic chemistry is fast gaining popularity – and for good reason: In addition to allowing highly-precise reaction control, micro-reactions often exhibit higher yield and proceed ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast feature

Broadcasters sue Dish over ad-skipping DVR service

(AP) -- Broadcasters Fox, NBC and CBS sued Dish Network Corp. on Thursday over a service that offers commercial-free TV.

Technology / Telecom

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

New Orleans newspaper to end daily publication

The Times-Picayune, the largest newspaper in New Orleans, said Thursday it would end daily print publication, moving to a schedule of three issues per week, to adapt to "an increasingly digital age."

Technology / Business

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

America expands once again -- digitally, this time

(AP) -- The metaphor is an easy one, overused and perhaps even a bit overwrought. We are forging forward into a digital frontier, leaving convention behind, traveling without guides into an uncharted virtual ...

Technology / Other

created May 19, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Digital 'wallets' proliferate at cellphone show

Cash, coins and credit cards are so Twentieth Century. At least, that's the opinion of the electronics manufacturers, phone companies, banks and credit card issuers that expect cellphones to be the main way consumers pay ...

Technology / Telecom

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

American Express plants money trees in "Farmville"

American Express on Tuesday began letting lovers of Zynga games plant money trees on "Farmville" acreage.

Technology / Business

created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

OrcaM is new kid on block for 3-D data capture

(PhysOrg.com) -- Call it automated photograph station, seven-camera system, 3-D model showcase, or digital reconstruction tool. OrcaM is being described as all these things. Whatever the tag, the "OrcaM" name ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 21, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 19 | with audio podcast report

Technology convergence may widen the digital divide

(Phys.org) -- Technology is helping communication companies merge telephone, television and Internet services, but a push to deregulate may leave some customers on the wrong side of the digital divide during this convergence, ...

Technology / Telecom

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Digital

A digital system is a data technology that uses discrete (discontinuous) values. By contrast, non-digital (or analog) systems use a continuous range of values to represent information. Although digital representations are discrete, the information represented can be either discrete, such as numbers, letters or icons, or continuous, such as sounds, images, and other measurements of continuous systems.

The word digital comes from the same source as the word digit and digitus (the Latin word for finger), as fingers are used for discrete counting. It is most commonly used in computing and electronics, especially where real-world information is converted to binary numeric form as in digital audio and digital photography.

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