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Thales unveils new HD zoom lens for security cameras

Nov 19, 2015 (UPI)

Thales Group unveiled a new security and surveillance camera lens the company says can match military capabilities. The 10x20 high-definition zoom lens is capab...

Microwave field imaging using diamond and vapor cells

Nov 18, 2015 (SPX)

Microwave field imaging is becoming increasingly important, as microwaves play an essential role in modern communications technology and can also be used in med...

As emerging markets grow, Android extends smartphone lead

Nov 18, 2015 (AFP)

Android-powered smartphones extended their lead in the global marketplace in the third quarter, helped by growth in emerging markets, a survey showed Wednesday....

Streamlining mobile image processing

Nov 18, 2015 (SPX)

As smartphones become people's primary computers and their primary cameras, there is growing demand for mobile versions of image-processing applications. Image ...

Scientists build cheaper, better LED

Nov 17, 2015 (UPI)

Florida State researchers have developed a cheaper, more efficient LED, or light-emitting diode, the technology that illuminates the modern, energy-efficient ho...

New technology colors in the infrared rainbow

Nov 17, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers have devised a technology that can bring true color to infrared imaging systems, like the one used to track Arnold Schwarzenegger through the jungle...

Amplifying and removing visual variation in digital imagery

Nov 15, 2015 (SPX)

At the Siggraph Asia conference this week, MIT researchers presented a pair of papers describing techniques for either magnifying or smoothing out small variati...

New Starck-designed Bluetooth devices track down lost items

Nov 13, 2015 (AFP)

French tech startup Wistiki late Thursday presented new high-tech devices to track down lost items from your smartphone, produced in collaboration with renowned...

'Star Wars': a game-changer in special effects

Nov 13, 2015 (AFP)

When "Star Wars" audiences were blown away four decades ago by its thrilling battles in space, they were also witnessing a big bang in special effects that is s...

Apple to create 1,000 more jobs in Ireland by 2017

Nov 11, 2015 (AFP)

US tech giant Apple will create around 1,000 jobs at its European headquarters in Ireland by mid-2017, chief executive Tim Cook announced Wednesday during a vis...

Four indicted in massive hack of JP Morgan Chase, others

Nov 10, 2015 (AFP)

Four people were indicted Tuesday in a massive hacking scheme by a "diversified criminal conglomerate" that compromised data from millions of customers of JPMor...

'Sharing economy' firms urge safety net for workers

Nov 10, 2015 (AFP)

A coalition of "sharing economy" startups joined labor activists and others Tuesday to endorse efforts for a "flexible safety net" for workers without tradition...

Tag Heuer unveils high-end rival to Apple Watch

Nov 09, 2015 (AFP)

TAG Heuer, the Swiss watchmaker that is part of the French luxury goods group LVMH, showed off its first Internet-connected wristwatch Monday designed with Goog...

TAG Heuer to launch $15,000 smartwatch next week

Nov 08, 2015 (AFP)

Luxury Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer will next week launch a smartwatch aimed at taking on the Apple Watch, but with an asking price of $15,000, the company chief ...

TV operators seek silver bullet to fight online rivals

Nov 08, 2015 (AFP)

The empire has not yet figured out how to strike back. The major legacy television companies are struggling to find the formula to stem the loss of customers to...

Graphene could take night-vision technology beyond 'Predator'

Nov 06, 2015 (SPX)

Movies such as 1987's "Predator," in which an alien who sees in the infrared hunts down Arnold Schwarzenegger and his team, introduced a generation of sci-fi fa...

San Francisco voters reject anti-Airbnb measure

Nov 04, 2015 (AFP)

San Francisco voters on Tuesday rejected a measure that would have limited short-term housing rentals in their city in what was seen as a referendum on surging ...

Facebook rides mobile wave to boost profits, user base

Nov 04, 2015 (AFP)

Facebook said Wednesday surging mobile advertising lifted its profits and revenues as the world's biggest social network grew to over 1.5 billion people. Net pr...

Bright idea for lowlight photography

Nov 03, 2015 (SPX)

Anyone who's taken a picture of birthday candles being blown out or a selfie during a romantic candlelit dinner knows how disappointing it is when the photo com...

Online firms fail on privacy, data protection: survey

Nov 03, 2015 (AFP)

The world's biggest Internet and telecom companies are falling short in protecting privacy and online freedom of expression, a study released Tuesday showed. Th...