CYBERZONE
FIRM SOLVES PATENT DISPUTES IN CREATIVE
WAYS
Can reviewing the path of a cab ride shared by quarrelling inventors be
a better solution to a patent dispute than years-long litigation that
could otherwise reach up to the U.S. Supreme Court? Jorge Goldstein,
managing director at the firm of Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein and Fox,
based in Washington, D.C., thinks so.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/48890.html
A suite of software, tools, and embedded programming enables any type of
data to be added into standard JPEG images used in applications and on
the Web. The suite is interoperable across a range of image capture
devices such as cameras, and communications media. Images remain fully
compatible with browsers, e-mail, and other editing programs.
http://link.abpi.net/l.php?20060221A3
A CYBERFUELED GROWTH SPURT
Web Services Upend Old Ideas About the Little Guy's Role
A new generation of significantly cheaper business software is putting
small companies on a more equal footing with big ones.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/21/business/businessspecial2/21growth.html?th&emc=th
RUNNING A HATCHERY FOR REPLICANT HACKERS
A new boot camp is trying to systematize the archetypal two guys in a
garage, giving modest seed money to hackers with ideas.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/21/business/businessspecial2/21startup.html?th&emc=th
EU WANTS RESEARCH ORGANIZATION
The European Union (EU) has solicited proposals for a European Institute
of Technology (EIT), which would conduct research and work to
commercialize products and services that come of that research. As
models for the EIT, the EU suggested MIT, which has been verysuccessful
at bringing the fruits of research to market, as well as emerging
research centers in China and India. The EIT, with an annual budget of
as much as 1 billion euros, could be a single entity or a virtual one,
representing collaboration among existing universities. Jose Manuel
Barroso, president of the European Commission (EC), said the EIT will
"act as a pole of attraction for the very best minds, ideas, and
companies from around the world." Officials from a number of
universities rejected the very idea, saying that trying to build a
European version of MIT would fail. The League of European Research
Universities called the plan "perverse" and said that in its
solicitation, the EC demonstrated a lack of understanding of the
academic community in Europe.
http://www.theregister.com/2006/02/22/european_mit/
IU PROFESSOR INTRODUCES ACTIVE COOKIE
A researcher at Indiana University has developed technology he calls
"active cookies" that he says will help defeat online scams. Markus
Jacobsson, associate professor of informatics and associate director of
the Indiana University Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research, has
teamed up with Ari Juels, manager and principal research scientist at
RSA Laboratories, to form a company called RavenWhite to market the
technology. Standard cookies are intended only to identify users to a
Web host. According to RavenWhite, active cookies also authenticate
users. Pharming scams and other similar malicious activities redirect
users from intended Web sites to bogus ones without the user's knowing.
Active cookies would reportedly alert users to the redirect and foil the
scam. The company said it is working on technology that would extend the
protections offered by active cookies to users who use multiple
computers or who change browser settings that affect how cookies are
handled.
http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;215389687;fp;2;fpid;1
SCIENCE ZONE
DEAN KARMEN SEGUES TO WATER
Inventor Dean Kamen wants to put entrepreneurs to work bringing water
and electricity to the world's poor.Dean Kamen, the engineer who
invented the Segway, is puzzling over a new equation these days. An
estimated 1.1 billion people in the world don't have access to clean
drinking water, and an estimated 1.6 billion don't have electricity.
Those figures add up to a big problem for the world-and an equally big
opportunity for entrepreneurs. To solve the problem, he's invented two
devices, each about the size of a washing machine that can provide
much-needed power and clean water in rural villages.
http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/16/technology/business2_futureboy0216/index.htm
BEAM ME UP, BABY
The first experimental demonstration of quantum telecloning has been
achieved by scientists at the University of Tokyo, the Japan Science and
Technology Agency, and the University of York. The work is reported in
the latest issue of Physical Review Letters. Telecloning combines
cloning (or copying) with teleportation (i.e., disembodied transport).
http://www.physorg.com/news10924.html
BATTERY BREAKTHROUGH
A new material could mean batteries that finally make electric cars
practical.A new high-capacity battery material could lead to
super-efficient hybrid cars and electric vehicles, helping to slash U.S.
gas consumption.
http://www.technologyreview.com/NanoTech/wtr_16384,318,p1.html
3D TOURISM
Scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications,
Heinrich- Hertz-Institute HHI, have developed a new 3D monitor designed
for use as a travel aid. "The technology holds huge potential for
development. The maps are constantly being updated, and cities can be
viewed as textured 3D models with street plans superimposed on them.
This gives travelers interesting information that could revolutionize
vacation planning," said Rene de la Barre of the HHI.
A slightly modified version of the NASA World WIND program presently
serves as the basis for the researchers' application. Users make their
own way through the city or landscape using a touchscreen display.
Travelers may soon be able to view their travel destinations in advance
on 3D displays in major travel agencies, tourist information offices,
convention centers, or airports. The HHI researchers are thinking
about developing their own program on the
lines of NASA World WIND or Google Earth.
http://link.abpi.net/l.php?20060222A6
ANOTHER FUEL CELL SYSTEM
An energy supply system takes power generated from a power plant and
power generated from a fuel cell to supply heat and power to a home. The
system controls operation of the fuel cell relative to power demand,
making it cost-efficient and reducing emission of pollutants.
http://link.abpi.net/l.php?20060131A4
SUPER-REPLELLENT PLASTICE
With GE's new plastic, self-washing buildings, cheap diagnostic chips,
and free-flowing honey jars are possible.
<http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe6111727c67067c7413-fdec1573716c0d7f72137473-ff011674776105>http://www.technologyreview.com/BizTech/wtr_16415,295,p1.html
BIO BRIEFS
Boston--Search for later-stage funds has biotechs scrambling
http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/c/2155702
Greensboro/Winston-Salem--Three grant funds to illuminate Triad's
biotech opportunities
http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/c/2155703
Greensboro/Winston-Salem--Getting some pull: New loan is key in
effort to foster, attract biotech in region
http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/c/2155704
Raleigh/Durham--Biotech eyes RTP location
http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/c/2155705
ASIA-PACIFIC ZONE
CHINA DEVELOPS SOFTWARE TO IDENTIFY 2.56 MILLION FACES PER SECOND
The human face recognition system developed independently by China's
Tsinghua University has been put into the stage of application
promotion.
The system, able to identify 2.56 million faces per second, marks a
great breakthrough China has made in the theory and method of human face
recognition. The system supports "wireless" face recognition. It can
receive images from mobile phones, identify them, and send the result
back to mobile phones. With this device, human faces can be found and
identified even if they are mixed with text files. Made-up, blurred
faces and those moving or with glasses taken away can all be identified.
FULL ARTICLE FROM People's Daily
VIET NAM TO TREBLE ITS NETIZENS BY 2010
The Vietnamese government has set an ambitious goal of making Internet
access available to 35% of its population by 2010. The country now has
over 10 million Internet users, or nearly 12% of the nation's 82 million
citizens. The government has already approved a plan earlier in February
2006; the industry is estimated to need additional investments in the
region of over $6 billion by 2010. The resources will the developing of
fixed, wireless telecom network, and Internet infrastructure in rural
areas of the country. According to the industry experts, Vietnam is the
world's fastest developing telecom market, the Internet and telecom
services industry is expected earn close to $3.5 billion in the coming
five years. Vietnam's telecom industry between 2000 -05 has witnessed
major changes and the country's entry in to World Trade Organization is
expected to bring major reorganization into the industry.
WIRELESS ZONE
S.F. WiFi PROPOSALS RANGE FROM PAY AND NON-PAY TO PUBLIC TV MODELS
Six proposals, six very different ways to provide a city-wide wireless
Internet network in San Francisco. The proposals from companies hoping
to win San Francisco's WiFi contract were released by city officials
Wednesday. Ideas include creating two levels of Internet access -- one
free, one paid; offering free access supported entirely by ads; creating
a co-op network of specialized WiFi ``stores''; and operating a WiFi
service from generous donors in a public television model.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/13940689.htm
THE CITY OF LONDON TO BE COVERED WITH WIRELESS
The City of London is to offer ubiquitous wireless internet access, with
hardware installed in lampposts and street signs. Internet provider The
Cloud is joining with the City of London Corporation to turn the entire
business area into a gigantic Wi-Fi hotspot.
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1714322,00.html
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