Watson heading to college, honing administrator-pranking algorithms
IBM’s Watson to Join Research Team at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it will provide a modified version an IBM Watson system to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, making it the first university to receive such a system. The arrival of the Watson system will enable new leading-edge research at Rensselaer, and afford faculty and students an opportunity to find new uses for Watson and deepen the...
Apple Puts Eye into iDevices
David Woodbridge relies on apps such as VoiceOver and Light Detector at work and home. Mobiles and Macs lead the way in providing accessibility for the visually impaired. DAVID Woodbridge is an Apple addict. In his house there are four iPads, four iPhones – ranging from the 3GS to the 5 – a MacBook Pro, an iMac, a MacBook Air, a gaggle of iPods – including a Shuffle, a Nano and an iPod Touch – and an Apple TV....
Kanex’s DualRole is a USB 3.0 hub and Ethernet adapter for modern MacBooks
NEW KANEX DUALROLE USB 3 SOLUTION COMBINES HIGH SPEED HUB AND GIGABIT ADAPTER MAKING FOR AN IDEAL TRAVEL COMPANION BREA, CA – January 31, 2013 – Kanex®, a leader of innovative Apple® and iOS connectivity solutions for homes and businesses worldwide, today announced DualRole™, a USB 3 Hub and Gigabit Adapter all in one solution. The hub portion uses the latest SuperSpeed USB 3.0 standard for fast transfer speeds between devices and...
PC Mag: iMac is Editor’s Choice
By Brian Westover Viewing Apple’s iMac 27-inch (Late 2012) desktop (model MD096LL/A) from the front, it looks at first as if Apple is doing the same thing to the iMac that it did with the Mac mini (Late 2012): updating the internal hardware but leaving the exterior unchanged. The edge-to-edge glass over the display, the wide brushed aluminum “chin” below the display, the single piece aluminum stand—it’s clearly...
Vimeo introduces content ratings for videos, keeps its platform in check
Vimeo’s certainly made its presence felt inside multiple media-delivery mezzanines, but the video service isn’t forgetting all about the basics: its own platform. As such, Vimeo today announced some more changes to its website, which will see the introduction of a content rating system for published videos. The most recent alterations, as seen in the picture above, add an assessed rating badge to a user’s video,...
