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Frankie cordova's Blog – February 2011 Archive (32)

Why the Xoom is growing on me.

There isn't a review out there that has not covered every aspect of the Xoom hardware and software. Comparing the iPad and Xoom from every possible angle. The Xoom has many short comings, lack of apps, flash and working SD slot just to name a few. These issues will all be addressed soon and should be a non issue. After powering up the Xoom and playing around with the Xoom for an hour its easy to see how some would simply say, ok, now what? I did. The more I got a chance to play with the Xoom…

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Added by Frankie cordova on February 27, 2011 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Gmail accidentally resetting accounts, years of correspondence vanish into the cloud?

If you've got a working Gmail account, you might want to back it up every so often -- as many as 500,000 Gmail users lost access to their inboxes this morn, and some of them are reporting (via Twitter and support forums) that years worth of…

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Added by Frankie cordova on February 27, 2011 at 6:28pm — No Comments

Police Ask Business Owners To Register Security Cameras

This is from ActionUptown, written and distributed by Ald. Mary Ann Smith's office:

"The CHICAGO Plan is a Chicago Police Department initiative that works with the business community to attack crime and…

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Added by Frankie cordova on February 27, 2011 at 5:28pm — 2 Comments

Mac Lovers. Apple launches new MacBook Pro line.

Apple on Thursday surprised no one when it launched its new line of MacBook Pro computers. Despite ongoing rumors that have been swirling for weeks now, anxious Apple fans in need of new rigs can finally breathe a sigh of relief as they open their wallets nice and wide. Here’s the breakdown:

MC700LL/A: 13.3-inch display, 2.3GHz…

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Added by Frankie cordova on February 24, 2011 at 9:00am — No Comments

QNAP Updates Turbo NAS Servers with New V3.4 NAS Management Software

QNAP Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Network Video Recorder (NVR) solution, and Network-based Media Players, launched its new V3.4 NAS management software.

In a…

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Added by Frankie cordova on February 24, 2011 at 8:34am — No Comments

InfiNet cuts costs of wireless IP video, surveillance applications

InfiNet Wireless, a leading global manufacturer and provider of carrier-grade wireless infrastructure solutions for Fixed Broadband Wireless Access (FBWA) and wireless connectivity, today announced details of a new product range specifically developed to minimise the cost of deploying video-based public safety and transportation networks.
The new range of video-optimised wireless subscriber terminals, available as a part of the InfiMAN 2x2 and InfiMAN…

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Added by Frankie cordova on February 23, 2011 at 5:09pm — No Comments

Satellite system to provide earlier earthquake warnings

Earthquakes

British and Russian scientists are planning a satellite system that will monitor seismic activity from space in the hope of one day predicting the occurrence of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The TwinSat project will put one micro-sized and one nano-sized satellite into low earth orbit some 400 kilometers apart, which will work in unison to collect and interpret electromagnetic signatures from the…

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Added by Frankie cordova on February 23, 2011 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Speeding Ticket reversed because of Android Phone

Skattertech.com put up an interesting article this morning about a guy used Google Tracks to evade a speeding ticket. In short, the app showed that his maximum speed for the journey was less than the speed for which the officer cited him. He…

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Added by Frankie cordova on February 23, 2011 at 12:19pm — No Comments

Mobotix covets 130 per cent growth in Australia

IP security vendor, Mobotix, wants to more than double its business in Australia.

At the Mobotix National Partner Conference, the German-based company noted its 130 per cent growth in Japan and wanted to replicate the same success in Australia as well as other parts of the world.

The vendor has been in Australia for six…

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Added by Frankie cordova on February 22, 2011 at 11:30am — No Comments

IQinVision has established a new product warranty programme with standard 5-year "bumper-to-bumper" warranty IQinVision has established a standard 5-year "bumper-to-bumper" warranty on the IQeye A…

IQinVision has established a new product warranty programme with standard 5-year "bumper-to-bumper" warranty

IQinVision has established a standard 5-year "bumper-to-bumper" warranty on the IQeye Alliance-mini dome camera line and a 3-year warranty on all other IQeye cameras. Unlike…

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Added by Frankie cordova on February 22, 2011 at 11:23am — No Comments

Premier emails start coming in for Atrix. February 22 early ship date.

Added by Frankie cordova on February 17, 2011 at 11:02am — No Comments

Biometric wallet keeps your money safe

Luxury goods maker Dunhill has designed a "virtually indestructible" wallet that uses a biometric fingerprint scanner to deter muggers and pickpockets; the wallet will only open when the owner's fingerprint is verified using a scanner similar to those currently on many laptops; additional security features include a Bluetooth sensor that can be synced to any Bluetooth enabled mobile device; when the wallet is more than fifteen feet…

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Added by Frankie cordova on February 15, 2011 at 9:15pm — No Comments

Sony's new FCB-EX E Series color PTZ camera modules offer analog or digital imaging

Sony continues to improve FCB technology with the latest E series camera modules. The FCB-EX995E/P incorporates a number of upgrades and new features in order…

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Added by Frankie cordova on February 15, 2011 at 9:00pm — No Comments

New Tablets could haunt Security Industry

Will all these new Tablets coming in 2011 be more trouble than they are worth? This time last year we all pushed iPad apps with remote viewing capabilities. Most native iPhone apps ran fine on the iPad even if they were scaled down. Making a natural app to work with the iPad was not…

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Added by Frankie cordova on February 10, 2011 at 12:08pm — 2 Comments

Get a leg up on your coworkers with the Zing Air Zing Shot Launcher

I am known for causing trouble within the cubicles and I for one love pegging fellow coworkers in the head with rubber bands and nerf balls. This little sucker adds a little more fire power. Why should kids have all the fun? The Zing Air Zing Shot. With an arsenal of soft foam bullets and a range of up to forty-five feet this is ideal for long-distance lobbing in the park or…

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Added by Frankie cordova on February 10, 2011 at 11:30am — No Comments

Just being born in the states will no longer make you a US Citizen if Arizona has its way

An Arizona bill that would put a stop to automatic U.S. citizenship for children of illegal immigrants could come to a vote next week; the state's legislation would define a U.S. citizen as someone who has been naturalized, or someone born in this country who has at least one parent who has no allegiance to a foreign country; a group of state legislators known as the State Legislators for Legal Immigration (SLLI) is proposing legislation which would allow a state to issue two…

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Added by Frankie cordova on February 10, 2011 at 11:27am — No Comments

ONVIF-Conformant Products Reach 600

The number of ONVIF-conformant IP devices and platforms has reached over 600, which means that the number of ONVIF-compatible products has doubled in the last three months.

ONVIF (Open Network Video Interface Forum) is an open industry forum engaged in developing and advancing an international interface standard for video surveillance systems. Founded in 2008, ONVIF is dedicated to facilitating the widespread deployment of IP video equipment in the security market by developing an…

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Added by Frankie cordova on February 8, 2011 at 2:00pm — No Comments

More than half of iPhone apps track users

A recent study found that more than half of all iPhone apps could track users and collect data without an individual's knowledge; researchers analyzed more than 1,400 iPhone apps to determine how they handle sensitive data; more than half collect an individual's unique device ID or track a user's location, and when combined with links to a Facebook account the app could gain a lot of sensitive data; researchers found that thirty six apps blatantly violated privacy rights by accessing an… Continue

Added by Frankie cordova on February 8, 2011 at 9:47am — No Comments

Confession app. Sins go Techie.

Are you a sinner? Don't worry, there's an app for that. The Roman Catholic Church has approved a recent iTunes addition called Confession, a…

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Added by Frankie cordova on February 8, 2011 at 9:43am — No Comments

Bosch gets into HD "Sweet spot of resolution" - Security Systems News

We've seen IMS, and Frost and Sullivan predict that in the next five years, the growth of IP networked video will really start to take off ... [and that] HD will be the fastest growing segment of network video products.?

He calls HD the "sweet spot of resolution, where you get the added detail people are looking for in surveillance, without giant bandwidth consumption and…

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Added by Frankie cordova on February 4, 2011 at 6:30pm — No Comments