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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[In Paris, Raytheon sells high-tech situational awareness]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>TwinMuffin57</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[This grainy image shows Raytheon's Global ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) triangulation system.(Credit:Daniel Terdiman/CNET)PARIS--As a major contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, giving American soldiers a competitive advantage is a big part of what Raytheon does. At the Paris Air Show here this week, the giant company is demonstrating a number of its newly developed technologies, including several intended to give the U.S. military that competitive edge. Among them is an overarching system that provides what's known as Global ISR--intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance--and a technology that's a key part of that known as Distributed Common Ground System, or DCGS.I got a chance to see this technology demonstrated during my CNET Road Trip 2011 visit to the Paris Air Show. If it works the way it is supposed to, it would certainly seem that the technology boosts the fortunes of American troops fighting tough combatants in Afghanistan and Iraq.Aviation world jets into Paris Air Show (photos) Essentially, the DCGS technology that is being deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq is a multisensor triangulation system. That means that commanders in the field can have at their fingertips near-real-time imagery and other data being sent to central ground systems from several different sources: reconnaissance drones flying over a battle zone' surveillance planes surveying similar territory' and even from individual soldiers watching the opposition and photographing their movements with mobile phones sporting new apps.The idea here is that a commander can have all this data integrated quickly into a digital system that can display near-real-time &quot;actionable&quot; intelligence about a potential threat. Or it can give that commander the confidence to send a platoon of soldiers around a blind curve because the data has shown that, from three different perspectives, the road beyond the bend is safe.Among the types of data that will be at commanders' fingertips with this system is full-motion video, allowing for a &quot;crystal clear&quot; picture of situations in which the technology is being used.Military planes take center stage in Paris (photos) To be sure, a common use of this technology would be to try to identify with near-100 percent confidence that someone suspected of being an opposing combatant is in fact a threat to American troops. And with the triangulation of data that the DCGS system provides, Raytheon says it is giving its military customers just what they need to confidently take on the opposition, even in remote locations and on narrow, mountainous roads. At the same time, the DCGS and Global ISR technology allows commanders to send data the other direction as well. With good intelligence in hand, a commander could route photographs or video to soldiers in the field, allowing those troops to get the same multisourced view of a situation, and with it, the advance warning about an incoming threat, or the ability to position themselves to prepare to catch the opposition by surprise.Finally, the system can be used to develop battle damage assessments, whereby the same set of assets--reconnaissance drones, surveillance planes, and soldiers armed with mobile handsets and apps--can be employed to photograph the aftermath of a battle or a targeted attack and report back with high confidence the actual outcome. No longer, in other words, would the military have to wonder in such situations what happened, or have to send troops directly to the point of a battle or attack to determine in person what the result was.Ultimately, Raytheon is saying, it can offer the military high-tech answers to common combat problems--in this case, a specific answer to what in the past would have been a lack of data about developing situations.&quot;The key thing is that it's [a new set] of eyes and ears, providing [new] situational awareness,&quot; Jane Chappell, Raytheon's vice president of business development and strategy, told CNET. &quot;You can see either over the horizon or behind [a] building, so you know which situation you're going to face, either for intelligence or reconnaissance.&quot;Upgrades without replacements Another big piece of the military puzzle that Raytheon is showing at the Paris Air Show is a group of products designed to give military customers the ability to provide pilots with a series of new technologies without having to replace major equipment--such as fighter jets or other aircraft.The idea here is that Raytheon is producing upgraded equipment--radar and in-helmet digital display systems in this case--that can be installed in existing assets without the major costs of full replacements.For example, Raytheon was showing off a new radar system, known as RACR (Raytheon Advanced Combat Radar), that can be added to its existing roster of what are called active electronically scanned array radar (AESA) systems. These are radar units used on fighter jets like the F-16, or F/A-18, which can be used to offer pilots a big advantage in &quot;today's net-centric battlespace.&quot;But these systems are also modular, meaning that they can be installed on legacy jets with a minimum of delays caused by modification or new training, Raytheon said. And that means quick delivery and lower costs to military customers, the company says.Similarly, Raytheon has developed a new &quot;4D Flight Simulator&quot; that can be integrated into pilots' existing flight helmets, augmenting the digital technologies they've already had available through heads-up displays. The new 4D flight simulator system (see video below) is designed to give pilots a new selection of data to help them navigate complex and distracting situations. The system is meant to be installed in legacy planes like F-15s and F-16s--bringing as Todd Lovell, the chief engineer for Raytheon Technical Services Company, said, &quot;21st century technology to existing platforms.&quot; What this means practically is that a pilot's helmet displays can now offer a new moving map with a tactical overlay, a picture-in-picture capability that provides flight and tactical information, and even high-resolution display of targeting videos. All in their vision via a new &quot;monocle&quot; that fits in front of one of their eyes. As well, the system allows the pilot to pass data on to others, including text messages and PDFs. And it means documents they normally would have had to have in paper form can be viewed digitally through the helmet system.The monocle is, Lovell said, the first that is available for existing helmet display systems, and the first that offers full color, as well as video capabilities, to such legacy equipment. And finally, the system allows for the use of what Lovell called &quot;3D audio,&quot; meaning different conversations coming over a pilot's radio can be heard in different ears, allowing him or her to distinguish between things being said by multiple people, something that can be crucial in a combat situation.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[HP planning WebOS event for February 9]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 08:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>TwinMuffin57</dc:creator>
<category>Business &amp; Finance</category>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:HP)Don't expect all the big announcements to end at the Consumer Electronics Show this week.Hewlett-Packard will be hosting a special WebOS event on February 9 in San Francisco. The company didn't say what it will announce at the event, but the invitation's tagline says, &quot;Think big. Think small. Think beyond.&quot;It's possible that the company will unveil its rumored tablet, the PalmPad. That device is expected to run WebOS and could feature a few different form factors. However, rumors surfaced last month claiming HP would be unveiling the device at CES this week.But given the timing of this announcement--just two days before the start of CES--those predictions might be off. Either way, CNET will keep you posted.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NYT: Windows 8 could make CES appearance]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 08:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>TwinMuffin57</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The first public glimpse at the next version of Microsoft's Windows could happen as soon as next month at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. That's according to The New York Times, which has posted a report detailing the software giant's tablet-centric CES keynote plans, including at the bottom the Windows 8 bombshell.Thus far Microsoft has remained tight-lipped about Windows 8, though there have been leaked documents, job postings, PowerPoint presentations, and nebulous release dates written in Dutch, that have helped paint a clearer picture of its possible launch timeline and planned feature set.Along with what could be a live demonstration of the yet-to-be-announced operating system, The Times says Microsoft also intends to unveil a Web app platform. This would offer HTML5-centric Web apps in a similar fashion to Google's efforts with its Chrome Web Store' however, The Times says Microsoft's intentions are to make it fully distributed. Such a feature would seemingly go against the leaked slides that pointed toward Microsoft building a centralized software marketplace into Windows itself.The Times also goes into some detail about Microsoft's tablet unveilings, which are said to include a Samsung-made,Windows 7 slate. Unlike most in that class, this one will include a slide-out keyboard (akin to a smartphone), and is said to be &quot;similar in size and shape to theApple iPad,&quot; albeit a bit thicker.Microsoft's CES keynote last January included just a handful of tablets, including one from Hewlett-Packard, which later became the Slate 500. An analyst report from Goldman Sachs posted over the weekend said the company is currently in danger of losing some of its top-line revenue next year, due in part to its approach to mobile devices--both phones and tablet PCs. We'll certainly get a clearer picture of what 2011 holds in store for both of those devices come next month.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comcast customers hit by another major outage]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 08:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>TwinMuffin57</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Comcast customers in Illinois and three other nearby states lost their Internet access last night, apparently due to the same problem that took down service for East Coast customers just a week ago.Reports first began showing up on Twitter, with Comcast customers in several Midwest states tweeting that their connections were down. Comcast's own Twitter account, Comcastcares, later confirmed that the outage was affecting people in Minnesota, Illinois, and Michigan and seemed to be Domain Name System (DNS) related. The company also said at the time that it was working on a fix.More specifically, the outage hit people in Chicago, Northwest Indiana, and parts of Michigan and Minnesota, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Starting at around 7:30 pm CT, the problem was resolved by Comcast around midnight.The DNS-related glitch that apparently took down service in the Midwest was also responsible for clobbering Internet service for customers on the East Coast on November 28. In both cases, Comcast's DNS servers, which handle the translation between IP addresses and their respective domain names, weren't working. The fix for both East Coast and Midwest subscribers was to point their computers' DNS servers to non-Comcast machines, such as those from Google or OpenDNS.For example, Comcast customers who redirected their settings to Google's public DNS IP addresses of 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 were able to get online. Comcast advises Midwest customers still experiencing issues to reboot their modems.Comcast did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Chrome OS launch coming in mid 2011, but Google starts pilot program now]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>TwinMuffin57</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Google offered a flood of news about its Chrome OS netbook operating system today, but it turns out that most consumers will have to wait until the middle of 2011 before they can buy a computer with Chrome OS installed.Previous reports predicted a limited Chrome OS launch, perhaps with a Google-branded device as coming at the end of this year, with a bigger release due in 2011. That&amp;'s close to what Google announced today. Sundar Pichai, a vice president of product management at Google, said that the first Chrome OS devices will come from manufacturers Acer and Samsung in the middle of next year. In part, that&amp;'s because Google is still finalizing some of the features like CloudPrint (I&amp;'ll cover Chrome OS&amp;' features in a separate post), Pichai said. At the same time, many of the company&amp;'s employees are already using Chrome OS netbooks, so Pichai said Google is to make the software available to the public for testing.The pilot program will use an unbranded netbook device from Google. It will have a 12.1-inch display, built-in 3G mobile Internet as well as WiFi, and will support more than eight hours of active use, Pichai said. But he added &amp;''the hardware only exists to software.&amp;'' Google says it only has a limited numbers of devices, but you can apply for one at this website. There will be a separate business pilot program providing netbooks to companies like Virgin America.It sounds like VentureBeat will be getting a test copy too, which we will of course post about. Try not to be too jealous.Next Story: Microsoft mobile executive Joe Belfiore won&amp;'t talk numbers Previous Story: Flipboard CEO&amp;'s claim: We&amp;'re not building a business &amp;''on the backs of publishers&amp;''PrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: chrome, Chrome OS, netbooksCompanies: GooglePeople: Sundar Pichai          Tags: chrome, Chrome OS, netbooksCompanies: GooglePeople: Sundar PichaiAnthony is VentureBeat's assistant editor, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining VentureBeat in 2008, Anthony worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. He attended Stanford University and now lives in San Francisco. Reach him at anthony@venturebeat.com. (All story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com) You can also follow Anthony on Twitter.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[KarmaKey uses phones to build better loyalty programs]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A new startup called KarmaKey wants you to throw out all your loyalty cards.Youa4a4ve probably got a few of those cards in your wallet right now, usually offering you discounts or freebies at your favorite stores if you make a certain number of purchases. Now, instead of making you carry a card around, restaurants using KarmaKey print out a special code on your receipt. You enter that code into the KarmaKey mobile application, and you can redeem it for a discount or other deal at the store.This is good for customers, KarmaKey said, because you no longer have to store a bunch of extra cards in your wallet. Ita4a4s even better for restaurants, because they now have data about their loyalty programs, showing who redeems what coupon and when. That helps them figure out which deals are working and which are not.So how is the company actually going to get stores on-board with this plan KarmaKey says ita4a4s partnering with the companies selling point-of-sale systems to these stores. That should give the company a lot of credibility and also help it reach stores at a point when they&amp;'re ready to spend.As another example of tying loyalty programs to mobile phones, you can read our coverage of Foursquare&amp;'s partnership with Safeway last fall.KarmaKey demonstrated this morning at the Launch conference in San Francisco.Next Story: SmartSynch raises $25M for smart grid via cell phone networks, aims for $33M total Previous Story: Docstoc takes Apple&amp;'s subscription plan in stridePrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: launch2011, loyalty programsCompanies: KarmaKey          Tags: launch2011, loyalty programsCompanies: KarmaKeyAnthony is a senior editor at VentureBeat, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining the site in 2008, Anthony worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. He attended Stanford University and now lives in San Francisco. Reach him at anthony@venturebeat.com. (All story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com) You can also follow Anthony on Twitter. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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