The Video Sharing Software Explosion by Brian Peters
Video Sharing: A Boon in the Media Revolution Methods The natural evolution on the Internet from text and pictures is to video. Video quality and video sharing software on the Internet has improved by leaps and bounds as underlying technologies like operating systems, browsers and browser... Typical formats in use are MPEG, Audio Video Interleave (AVI), Digital Video File (DV), and Intel Video Format (IVF) among hundreds of others. ... Current Environment Video sharing is a doorway for imaginative and gifted people to put their ideas on display with the help of their video cameras or...

Data Storage Media – A Guide to Selecting Media For Storing and Backing Up Computer Data by David Haysom
Data, or information stored on your computer, can either be held on fixed disk drives inside the computer or on removable media such as CD's that can be inserted and removed. Removable media can be used to transfer files between computers or to backup the data already existing on fixed disk drives. ... It is found in digital cameras, video game consoles and digital audio players. ... DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) Although DVD's have become more associated with video, they can also hold audio and computer data; hence their name Digital Versatile Disk.

Computer Parts Sales by Ken Marlborough
Before you purchase any computer parts, whether you are building your own computer or fix the one you have, be sure that you know what you are purchasing. You need to do some research in order to make the right choices in selecting the correct computer parts, installing them correctly, properly... These include speakers, headphones, DVD drives, scanners, digital cameras and Webcam. ... Internet security software includes: Antivirus software, firewall, surge suppressor or UPS backup and a computer Internet security.

The Future of Biometrics -- Trends and Emerging Uses for Biometric Technology by Alice Osborn
The future of biometrics holds great promise for law enforcement applications, as well for private industry uses. By measuring facial geometry, surveillance systems can identify suspects against characteristics stored in the security system's database. ... The center uses real-time technologies to deliver security alerts to multiple locations through PDA (personal digital assistant) devices, and other mobile technologies. ... Already A4Vision, a provider of 3-D facial scanning and identification software uses specialized algorithms to interpret the traditional 2-D camera image and transfer...

The History of Video Surveillance – from VCRs to Eyes in the Sky by Lucy P. Roberts
Mention video surveillance and most people think of video cameras mounted in the corners of train stations and banks or private detectives video taping an erring spouse for a messy divorce case. The truth is that the history of video surveillance is much more complex and goes back much farther... Digital makes video surveillance faster, clearer, more efficient Digital video surveillance made complete sense as the price of digital recording dropped with the computer revolution. ... It’s clear that with digital technology and streaming video we’ve moved into the era of being able to...

50 Uses for a Duplicator by Roy Worthington
The president of the Octave challenged me to come up with 50 uses for a Copy Master. Military distributing technical information via CD DVD Schools archiving student records Software Companies distributing software on CD DVD Real Estate Promotions (listings, photo tours, virtual tours? ... Extreme skiers can attach a camera to their helmet to film a radical descent. ... Enthusiast film makers can create home movies on CD or DVD Businesses can store tax records, sales records, and other information on to a CD or DVD.

MP What? by Gene Simmons
At the ripe old age of “almost older than dust”, I’ve found there are several things I can do without. Here are some of them: Cell phone – OK, to be honest here, I do have a cell phone – but I never turn it on. It’s one of those old-fashioned, bulky ones that I have just for emergencies. ... Instead, I occasionally dragged out the 8mm movie camera and shot a few feet of film with that. ... Electronic pillbox – I just saw this at one of those super-duper electronic store web sites. ... If I go to the store one day and am smart enough to put the drinks in the fridge, I’ll bet they’ll be...

iPods- Which Rock the World by Gayathri Sekar
Wondering why people are becoming crazy about this miniature audio device? I Pods offer excellent quality of digital music. The success of I Pod is due to its features like: • I Pod is able to deliver extremely rich quality of digital music. • It comes in attractive small sizes and thus tends... • Improvised I Pods also had PDA's (Personal Digital Assistants). ... They possessed the photo library and released accessories like I Pod camera connector. ... Color I Pods: As the name suggests these devices had a color screen and the ability to store and display JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, and PNG...

The Basics and Benefits of Image Compression by Scott Heath
Thanks to technological advances and the advent of the internet, image files have become one of the most common file types to be used and shared today. But along with their convenience, image files are often large, making them difficult to store and transmit. ... For one, the smaller file size that compression provides can take up much less room on your hard drive, web site or digital camera. ... So what are the benefits of using compressed images? ... The different shades of green will be removed from the image, but the complete image will still be clearly viewable and easily...

Software For Your Hard-Drive by John Deprice
All your software is stored on a hard-drive. But how about software FOR your hard-drive - private disks, partition managers, disk defragmenters? Here is the scoop on the latest tools. Paragon Partition Manager The program is suitable for both professionals and home users. ... Dekart Private Disk allows you to store your information on a host of media such HDD, FDD, CD, CD/R, CD/RW, MO, MD, ZIP-disks, flash drives, all types of flash memory cards, PDAs, and even digital cameras. ... You have the flexibility to allow multiple users to share a single PC.