The assignment of an identifier such as a username for a person or a name for a computer or network device. See identifier.
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- Safari 3.2 secures against phishing attacks
- Apple today released Safari 3.2 for Mac OS 10.4, 10.5, Windows XP and Vista. The update is recommended for all Safari users and includes protection from phishing Web sites and better identification of online businesses. The 40MB update also includes Apple's latest security updates detailed in tech note HT1222. ...
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Live Webcast: YouTube's 75 Percent Solution: Closing Down Illegal Videos
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- Webcasts 2008-11-12
- YouTube: It's time to start cutting deals
- YouTube may be about to enter a key dealmaking phase kicked off by plans to run full-length ad supported movies on its site. However, the big missing element may be a better cut for the entertainment industry. Let's connect a few dots on YouTube: ...
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- YouTube: Does your video ID system really work?
- It's been a little more than a year since YouTube announced the launch of its system to identify videos uploaded to its site that contained, without authorization, copyrighted content from television program and movie producers. And it won't be until next year that the $1 billion suit filed by Viacom...
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- Google's favorite penny stock: Nexicon
- Google is hoping to perfect YouTube's video identification system with the help of a company that hasn't filed financials with the Securities and Exchange Commission, has a convoluted history and is run by a self-proclaimed "natural born content pirate." And oh yeah this company--Nexicon--is a penny stock....
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- ZDNet Undercover: YouTube's video ID system: Is 75 percent accuracy good enough?
- How good is Google at separating out unlawful uses of copyrighted uploads to its popular YouTube video-sharing site? Answer: Systematically better. But not perfect. In this report, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld examines YouTube's video identification system, its accuracy, implication for digital rights and the vendors that Google relies on. Also included: CEO,...
- White papers 2008-11-04
- Video ID systems: The cost-benefit analysis
- Video-identification systems aren't cheap, but content owners that want to prevent unauthorized use of their video the fees and charges may be worth it. This spreadsheet shows you how to crunch the numbers.
- Download resources 2008-11-03
- Samsung Propel - green (AT&T)
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- Product reviews 2008-10-29
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- Discussion threads 2008-10-23
- Golden Eagle FlightPrep 2007 (exe)
- Golden Eagle FlightPrep was developed to better take advantage of the latest internet online flight planning capability. Many new features, such as weather overlay, always current TFR's, richer flight planning charts, and a direct online flight planning gateway to FlightPrep, make Golden Eagle FlightPrep the flight planner of choice for...
- Software downloads 2008-10-23
- Dell Remote Access (msi)
- Once Dell Remote Access is activated on a Windowsbased PC, users log in to my.dellremoteaccess.com from their remote, broadband-connected device. The application can provide users with an "at home" PC experience through basic and premium key features including: Web navigation of files and home network devices via a simple browser-based...
- Software downloads 2008-10-23
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- Discussion threads 2008-10-21
- Phiche (EXE)
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- Software downloads 2008-10-10
- Feds try to tackle data sprawl
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- MedMemory's Patient Health Record (exe)
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- Software downloads 2008-10-08
- Data Processing scores big success! Linux loses, again!
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- Blog posts 2008-10-06
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- Spyware applications are programs and files that hide on your PC's hard drive without your direct knowledge. These programs allow hackers and advertising companies to track your every move, both online and even when you work offline. They can track the websites you visit, the items that you buy online,...
- Software downloads 2008-10-01
- Woods Services Gains Advanced Web Filtering Technology with Bloxx
- With its automatic Tru-View categorizations, and as a manageable, all-in-one appliance, Bloxx proved to be the most efficient and cost-effective solution for Woods Services' (a residential, educational, and vocational support provider for children and adults with exceptional needs) network, staff, and students. The Bloxx Web filtering appliance with Tru-View Technology...
- Case studies 2008-09-29
- Cleaning ship hulls with a robot
- This is the goal of a EU-funded project called HISMAR Hull Identification System for Marine Autonomous Robotics. European researchers and engineers are working on an automated robotic cleaning system that removes marine growth from the hull of a ship. By cleaning a ship's hull, this robot will allow ships to...
- Blog posts 2008-09-18
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- Blog posts 2008-09-18
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