Recently TMC's Alice Straight had a chance to interview Greg Plum, director of business development for The Conference Group. Among other topics, Plum discussed Conference Group's upcoming showing at InfoComm.
"What will the Conference Group be showcasing at InfoComm 2010?" Straight asked Plum. "This is the Conference Group's first time exhibiting at InfoComm. We are excited to showcase all of our conferencing platforms, including audio, web and video," he answered.
Plum went on to say that all of The Conference Group's (News - Alert) services are available as software as a service offerings, "enabling our clients to access our services with no capital expense and with fast and efficient implementation."
Using software that scans brains to determine what items people are thinking about, technology with "mindreading" capabilities was showcased Wednesday by Intel.
The software "analyzes functional MRI scans to determine what parts of a person's brain is being activated as he or she thinks," the Associated Press reports, adding that in tests, "it guessed with 90 percent accuracy which of two words a person was thinking about," quoting Intel Labs researcher Dean Pomerleau.
Investor's Business Daily reports that "Such technology could help the severely disabled to communicate. It also could enable people to one day control machines with just their thoughts."
Pomerleau sees it as an early step toward one day being able to control technology with our minds. We're sure the CIA and Defense Department don't see any possibilities for it.
This is one of those stories North Korea propaganda probably uses to prove how decadent the West is: A 16-year-old Arkansas boy is suing his mother for hacking into his Facebook account and allegedly posting slanderous remarks, to industry observer Sarah Jacobsson.
Wait, on second thought, North Korea would have to explain what Facebook is and why they're not allowed on it even though the Dear Leader has 1,478,982,053 friends.
KATV-TV reports that Denise New of Arkadelphia is "facing harassment charges from her 16-year-old," who lives with his grandmother and who has "also requested a no-contact order."
We're guessing New Thanksgiving dinners are rather chilly affairs.
According to the boy, the station reports, "his mother hacked into his Facebook and email accounts, then changed both passwords. She also allegedly posted remarks that involved slander and information about his personal life."
Turns out the iPad probably costs Apple more than we all thought at first.
Industry observer Michelle Maisto reports that during a recent teardown of the iPad, "iSuppli not only discovered that the device likely costs more to make than iSuppli originally estimated, but that nearly 44 percent of the costs involved are related to the display, the touch screen and other user-interface components."
NewsFactor reports that "More than 40 percent of the iPad's bill of materials is dedicated to the display, touchscreen and other user-interface components. The combined costs of user-interface-related components in the iPad totals about $110, or 43.7 percent of the materials cost of the 16GB, non-3G version of the iPad. That makes the iPad a radical departure in electronic design compared to conventional products."
Another day, another lawsuit over technological intellectual property.
Today's entrant: Wi-Lan, a Canadian technology licensing company, thinks 19 computer and phone companies are infringing its patent by "selling laptops and cellular handsets enabled with Bluetooth technology."
Reuters is reporting that among the usual defendants are some of the world's best-known technology providers. You can probably rattle them off now - yes, Apple, Dell, Acer, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Sony, Lenovo, Toshiba, cha cha cha.
Business Week reports that McKool Smith PC is representing Wi-Lan, with the litigious company saying today in a statement the law firm has successfully defended the patent rights of many high-profile companies in the United States.
