When looking at patents filed by Apple, one can identify one dealing with recording, storing and checking biometric information. Planned to be integrated in any devices, from the iPod to the computer, patent claims are broad enough to cover all type of biometrics, from the digital prints to voice signature, including face recognition, hand palm identification, etc.
Even though it is not new, and other computer manufacturers such as HP have already integrated digital prints recognition to some of their notebooks, the patent describes also other technologies and parameters such as the way and the speed with which a password is typed on the keyboard, as a signature too. If you are willing to learn more about this patent, visit the article published by Macnn.
Mozilla releases Firefox update 3.0.8
Mozilla has released an update to its popular web browser, Firefox 3.0.8. The company has dealt with two security issues marked as critical under its rating of importance. The first fix involves the XUL method in some cases triggering garbage collection routines on objects which were still in use. This resulted in possible browser crashes when attempting to access a previously destroyed object, an...
JavaScript 3-10x Faster On iPhone OS 3.0
There has been a reasonable amount of speculation surrounding JavaScript speed improvements in iPhone 3.0. Testing carried out on the iPhone Simulator bundled with the SDK didn’t lead to a conclusive outcome, but benchmarking done by Wayne Pan would seem to suggest that iPhone 3.0 handles JavaScript 3x-10x faster than iPhone 2.1.
'I am a PC Ad' was staged
Guy caught on film reveals that she never even went in the Apple store.
Fontcase 1.1 for Mac adds more metadata, support
Bohemian Coding on Friday released Fontcase 1.1, the newest version of its font manager application for the Mac OS X. Designed to tag, control and organize font, the software focuses a lot on metadata and allows users to add a variety of metadata for every font and weight. The update provides a versatile plug-in interface to help extend the application, the ability to now analyze the languages a f...
Apple to Go Full Biometric?
When looking at patents filed by Apple, one can identify one dealing with recording, storing and checking biometric information. Planned to be integrated in any devices, from the iPod to the computer, patent claims are broad enough to cover all type of biometrics, from the digital prints to voice signature, including face recognition, hand palm identification, etc.
Even though it is not new, and other computer manufacturers such as HP have already integrated digital prints recognition to some of their notebooks, the patent describes also other technologies and parameters such as the way and the speed with which a password is typed on the keyboard, as a signature too. If you are willing to learn more about this patent, visit the article published by Macnn.
Mozilla releases Firefox update 3.0.8
Mozilla has released an update to its popular web browser, Firefox 3.0.8. The company has dealt with two security issues marked as critical under its rating of importance. The first fix involves the XUL method in some cases triggering garbage collection routines on objects which were still in use. This resulted in possible browser crashes when attempting to access a previously destroyed object, an...
JavaScript 3-10x Faster On iPhone OS 3.0
There has been a reasonable amount of speculation surrounding JavaScript speed improvements in iPhone 3.0. Testing carried out on the iPhone Simulator bundled with the SDK didn’t lead to a conclusive outcome, but benchmarking done by Wayne Pan would seem to suggest that iPhone 3.0 handles JavaScript 3x-10x faster than iPhone 2.1.
'I am a PC Ad' was staged
Guy caught on film reveals that she never even went in the Apple store.
Fontcase 1.1 for Mac adds more metadata, support
Bohemian Coding on Friday released Fontcase 1.1, the newest version of its font manager application for the Mac OS X. Designed to tag, control and organize font, the software focuses a lot on metadata and allows users to add a variety of metadata for every font and weight. The update provides a versatile plug-in interface to help extend the application, the ability to now analyze the languages a f...
No comments:
Post a Comment