Archive for October, 2008
Changing the concept of ariel satellite maps is a tall order. But Space Imaging comes with impeccable technological credentials. The company began life in 1990 as Lockheed’s Commercial Remote Sensing System, part of the same company that produced the U-2 spy plane in the ’50s and the Corona spy satellite program, which gave the United States the reconnaissance high ground during the cold war. In the aftermath of the defense budget cuts of the late ’80s, Lockheed (soon to become Lockheed Martin) decided in 1990 that it was time to explore commercial uses for its once top-secret technology.
It set up Commercial Remote Sensing Systems, which in 1994 became Space Imaging, established as a private company with partnership investments from Lockheed Martin, Raytheon E-Systems, and Mitsubishi. Currently, the company plans to launch two satellites; the first is being assembled and tested at a Lockheed Martin facility in Sunnyvale, California.
Computers & Technology :: Technology | 25.10.2008 14:41 | No Comments
I know that biometric authentication is pretty secure, but I also know that no system is perfect. How often do false positives or false negatives occur with this type of authentication? I am thinking of switching to some sort of biometric system instead of the password based system that we currently have now, or in addition to it possibly, in order to make things a bit secure. But I think if there were too many false negatives I would get a lot of complaints, which I would like to avoid if at all possible. Which is the most accurate system? What are some of the main advantages of biometric authentication?
Computers & Technology | 23.10.2008 14:41 | No Comments
Back in the 1970s, there was a comedian named Flip Wilson who hosted his own variety show. On this show, he played many characters – one of which was (in drag) a sassy woman named Geraldine. Geraldine would always display outrageous, over-the-top behavior…and the answer to all these antics was the catchphrase “What you see is what you get.” This is where the phrase originated, and the phrase very much applies to what its namesake WYSIWYG provides a computer user: With wysiwyg editors, a user is able to see just what they are getting out of a page they design – even as they are creating it.
Computers & Technology | 19.10.2008 19:40 | No Comments
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Computers & Technology | 18.10.2008 7:42 | No Comments
Vodavi phone system is one of the globally leading brand names in telephone systems. Majority of the international companies choose to use Vodavi phones in order to boost the performance, productivity and profitability of their business. The Vodavi STS phone system and Vodavi XTS phone system are some of the popular models commonly used by large-scaled business enterprises. Vodavi phone system boasts of some of the best, technologically advanced features, ideal for large enterprises. The Vodavi XTS-IP has also won an Internet Telephony Excellence Award. With effect from 1 December, 2006; the operations of Vodavi Corporation have been overtaken by Vertical Communications.
Computers & Technology | 3.10.2008 21:43 | No Comments
but my plan was advertised as $34.99 per month and my bill is $48 or so every month. That’s a whole lot of tax in my opinion! I’ve been looking into this prepaid phone company called tracfone. If I do the double minutes airtime card, the minutes come out to about $0.10…that’s reasonable, considering once I divide out by the $50 I’m paying Verizon every month by the 200 or so minutes I actually end up using, that’s more like $0.25 per minute, so two and half times what I’d pay if I was on tracfone. The only thing is, I’ve read some reports of Tracfone’s customer service being hard to deal with, so I’m not sure…
Computers & Technology | 1.10.2008 7:44 | No Comments
