Jun 21

Kiro robot teaches Korean kindergarten by day, discusses Kandinsky by night

Posted in: education, korea, robot, robotics, South Korea, SouthKorea, Today's Chili, video
This little girl loves Kiro. Why? Because he’s probably the raddest robot teacher she’s ever seen. Developed by Korea’s Robot Research Institute, the bot recently wrapped up a three week trial period in a kindergarten classroom, where he apparently spent most of his time screening educational videos on his abdomen, playing interactive games, and keeping his students in rapt attention. When he wasn’t busy dishing out Ritalin to his underlings, Kiro also served as a guide at the Dong-A University Museum, in Busan. After programming the droid with enough knowledge to make him sound smart, engineers set him loose within the art gallery, where he would provide visitors with background information in hushed, docent-dulcet tones. He loves kids. He loves art. He’s always smiling. He’s the kinda bot you could bring home to Dad. Scope him out for yourself in the video, after the break.

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Jun 21

Eizo industrial monitor does 4K resolution at 36-inches, start saving now

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Looking for a display that can do justice to all that 4K footage you’ve been shooting on your Red One or Arri Alexa lately? Okay, perhaps not. But if you were, then the DuraVision FDH3601 from Eizo Nanao could handle it easily with 4096 x 2160 pixels spread over 36.4-inches of LED-backlit real estate. It comes with another big number too: a price tag of ¥2.88 million ($36,000), which gently hints at the fact that this beast is primarily aimed at specialist industrial applications. Eizo claims it’s perfect for air traffic control, where staff can make full use of specs like “Digital Uniformity Correction” circuitry to compensate for uneven color or brightness, motion sensors to power the monitor on or off as needed, and a stand that can be minutely adjusted to get the perfect angle. Suddenly, despite the heavy burden of responsibility and the fact that you have to keep your phone switched off all the time, that career choice seems almost worth it.

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Jun 21

Apple Releases New Time Capsules

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Apple has finally upgraded its Time Capsule line with more storage

Apple has updated its Time Capsule hard drive/router combo. Instead of coming in 1TB or 2TB sizes, it is now available in 2TB and 3TB capacities. And despite rumors of a fancy new version which would cache iOS updates for pushing to iOS 5 devices, there is no mention of this from Apple.

The Time Machine can be viewed a few ways. One is that it’s a super-convenient, always-running backup for your computers, a great worry-free option for less tech-savvy users. Another is that if you’re buying routers from Apple for $300 or $500, then you really have been swimming in the Kool-Aid.

As a 1TB Time Capsule owner, I tell myself that I bought it as a gift for the Lady. And as she sneered and told me I was unromantic when I bought her an iPad, you can probably tell what she thinks of that.

The new Time Capsules will be available as soon as the Apple Store comes back up.

3TB Time Capsule [Apple]

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Jun 21

So is Vista really more secure than Mac and Linux?

Posted in: Linux, Mac, Software, Today's Chili, Windows, Windows Vista

This article was written on June 22, 2007 by CyberNet.

So here we sit, 5-months after the consumer launch of Vista and 7-months after the commercial/business launch. Seeing that security is an important aspect in many people’s lives, Jeff Jones decided to see how Vista stacked up more than 6-months after its release. Before I get into anything it is probably important to note that Jeff is the Security Strategy Director for Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing group, which might affect how you look at these results.

The chart below shows the number of high severity vulnerabilities found in some common operating systems during the first 6-months of the release. Jeff decided to not include the vulnerabilities for third-party applications that are commonly included with Linux, such as OpenOffice and Gimp. Here are the results:

Vista Vulnerability

Here is a look at the first 6-months of the operating systems in the chart:

  • Vista: 12 vulnerabilities fixed and 10 were high severity.
  • XP: 36 vulnerabilities fixed and 23 were high severity.
  • Red Hat Enterprise: 214 vulnerabilities fixed and 62 were high severity.
  • Ubuntu 6.06: 74 vulnerabilities fixed and 28 were high severity.
  • Novell SLED10: 123 vulnerabilities fixed and 44 were high severity.
  • Mac OS X 10.4: 60 vulnerabilities fixed and 18 were high severity.

While that chart flatters Vista for having just one high severity vulnerability unpatched, it also doesn’t tell the whole truth. At the end of the 6-month period in XP there were only three unpatched vulnerabilities (over all severities), Ubuntu had 11 unpatched, and Vista sits with 15 unpatched. So in terms of fixing the high severity vulnerabilities Microsoft is really on top of it, but what about the other 15 vulnerabilities that are still out there?

Not only that, but 5 of the 12 vulnerabilities that they fixed were for Internet Explorer, so anyone not using that as their browser is already a lot safer! Time to go get Firefox or Opera… :)

Another interesting fact is that over the last month 91% of our visitors have been using Windows. Breaking it down even further shows that only 15% are using Vista and 73% are using XP, which leads to another obvious question. Not enough people have made the upgrade to Vista yet, so why would the hardcore hackers target that operating system? At this point it isn’t really worth their time.

Source: PC World

Props to CoryC for the tip

Copyright © 2011 CyberNetNews.com

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Jun 21

Apple unveils new Time Capsules

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After weeks of leaks and rumors, the updated Time Capsule is finally unveiled.

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Jun 21

Mitsubishi’s latest 23-inch Diamondcrysta fulfills your matte, IPS desktop display dreams

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Mitsubishi Diamondcrysta Wide RDT233WX-Z

It seems like, if a company isn’t hopping on board the OLED train, it’s the IPS express that’s catching their flat-panel fancy. Mitsubishi is banking the wider viewing angles provided by the in-plane switching tech can carry its 23-inch Diamondcrysta Wide RDT233WX-Z to desktop display success. The 120Hz monitor features the Giga Clear Engine II LSI for smoothing out high-speed video and a special movie mode for better performance when showing 24p films. Around back are the usual assortment of connections, including a pair of HDMI ports, DVI-D, mini D-Sub, and the Japanese D5 jack. Perhaps best of all, unlike most recent 1080p monitors we’ve seen, the latest Diamondcrysta skips the glossy sheen for a matte coating. The RDT233WX-Z goes on sale in Japan on June 29th for around 54,800 yen (about $683) and you’ll find the PR, in all its machine translated glory, after the break.

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Jun 21

Apple Releases Final Cut Pro X for Just $300, Mac App Store Exclusive

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Final Cut Pro was already cheap, but the new version is just $300

Apple has just released the update to its professional-level movie editing app Final Cut Pro for just $300. Previously, the application cost $1,000. Final Cut Pro X is available now, from the Mac App Store.

Remember when Apple completely reworked iMovie, rethinking the way that we would edit our home videos? This is like that, only aimed at Hollywood editors (and presumably not as feature-crippled as the first vresion of New iMovie).

FCPX now runs as a 64-bit application, allowing the use of as much RAM as you can fit into your Mac, and uses GPU to speed things up even more. The app will also render and transcode media in the background so you can keep working.

There are also plenty of new ways of working with your movies, including tools to automatically organize your media, and the neat-sounding “Auditions.” This lets you drop several alternate shots in at one edit point and quickly cycle through them in context. Still, it’s likely that the big UI change is going to wrong-foot or even upset some existing FCP users.

The biggest news, though, is the price and the distribution method. $300 makes this less than half the price of Adobe’s $800 Premiere Pro, and pocket change compared to Avid’s $2,500 Media Composer.

The price isn’t quite that cheap, though. The previous $1,000 Final Cut Studio bundle included four other apps: Color, Motion, Soundtrack Pro and Compressor. Motion and Compressor are now separate apps in the store for $50 each, whereas Color and Soundtrack Pro have been folded into FCPX itself.

Final Cut Pro X [Apple]

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Jun 21

Nokia shows off MeeGo-based N9 smartphone

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The device comes with a 3.9-inch AMOLED display and an 8-megapixel camera. According to Nokia, it will offer 16GB and 64GB versions that will ship later this year.

Originally posted at The Digital Home

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Jun 21

Apple Final Cut Pro X now available on Mac App Store

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At last! Just as promised, Apple’s long-awaited Final Cut Pro X is now available on the Mac App Store for just $299.99, meaning keen editors can immediately grab hold of this suite to crack on with some real-time 4K video editing. Of course, this is assuming that you have a 64-bit Mac rig with beastly specs in the first place — check with Apple to make sure that you’re all set to go. Accompanying this major software release are Motion 5 and Compressor 4 kits, both of which will cost you an extra $49.99 each, so make that roughly around $400 for the full monty. Press release after the break, but we guess you folks are already busy trimming clips on that magical Magnetic Timeline, so good luck in next year’s Oscars.

Update: We spoke to Apple and confirmed that there won’t be a boxed version, upgrade pricing, or “Express” version available. Individual users can purchase a single license to use on multiple machines that they own, while business users will need to purchase one license per machine. Volume education pricing is available for purchase by institutions only.

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Jun 21

Apple unveils updated Time Capsule, bumps storage to 3TB

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New Time Capsule

It’s been a good long while since Apple unveiled a new Time Capsule, almost two years since the 2TB model rolled out. At the time that was a volume of storage that you couldn’t possibly fill up — even if you ripped your entire Peter Gabriel collection in lossless. Now, nearly 24 months later, you’re out of room for the latest Greatest Hits compilations, never mind Scratch My Back and the subsequent buddy album. Now Apple has your back, releasing an updated Time Capsule offering up to 3TB of storage for all your former Genesis frontman listening needs.

Update: The new Time Capsules have finally hit the Apple Store and prices haven’t changed — now you just get more for your money. The 2TB model slides into the $299 slot while the 3TB takes over the $499 position.

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