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Why Siri Is a Google Killer – Forbes

October 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

1. Siri works. Voice recognition has been the next big thing for 15 – 20 years.  We still have these frustrating experiences when we call into check the balance of our bank account and have to shout in the phone 5 times in a row, because the application doesn’t recognize us.  Siri is the best voice rec app ever — and it’s still in “beta.”

2. Siri has personality. Not only does Siri accurately recognize our voices but it has a personality to boot.  It’s that personality which makes the app addictive because we start to feel over time that we truly have a personal assistant who is our friend.

3. Siri is hard to copy. For anyone who doesn’t understand voice applications, it’s easy to think that Siri will be easy to copy. It won’t.  There are 2 parts to making a successful voice app: the voice rec technology which has improved a lot but is basically a commodity and the app itself, which is a combination of art and artificial intelligence.  It’s that 2nd part that’s so tough to replicate and that’s why Apple bought Siri last year.  It’s true Google has experience in the voice rec space and doing some simple voice apps but they do not have the personality and AI of Siri and that will be very difficult to copy — especially for a company that doesn’t sit at the intersection of the humanities and technology.

4. Siri helps own the customer experience for Apple. Dan Frommer and others have been talking about this for a long time.  Siri is a new interface for customers wanting to get information.  It used to be text-based input to their desktops.  Then, it was thumbing it in to their mobile devices. Now, Apple is attempting to make it voice-based.  They previously were attempting to Balkanize your data needs by training for you to do specialist searches for the information within apps on your iPhone.  Now, they’re training you to rely for doing any task by leaning on Siri to do it for you.  At the moment, most of us still rely on Google for getting at the info we want.  But Siri has a foot in the door and it’s trusting that it will win your confidence over time to do basic info gathering.  Siri can be potentially leveraged in other devices that Apple ships in the future like TV to become the primary way you interface with info you need.

5. Siri will vastly improve in the next 2 years based on all the data it’s amassing. This game is about where the puck is going, not where it is today.  Many people only look at Siri as the application as it works today.  Yet, the biggest advantage over any other voice application out there today, and the apps still to be developed, is the massive data Siri is now and will continue to collect in the next 2 years.  We know after the first weekend alone, there were 4 million Siri-enabled devices out there probably collecting 1 – 2 utterances a day worth of data — all being stored in Apple’s massive North Carolina data center.  All that data will allow Siri to get better and better.  Think Siri has awesomely funny answers to your crazy questions now? Just wait two years.  She’ll be even more your friend then, knowing you perhaps better that you know yourself in some situations.

continued @  Why Siri Is a Google Killer – Forbes.

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What Is GlobalEReview?

October 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment

GlobalEReview™ is a discovery review system designed to review both electronic and paper documents in either non-linear or linear review models. GlobalEReview’s easy-to-use online application provides image and native file review; powerful searching; flexible tagging; custom form creation for content capture, analysis and workflows; Unicode and foreign language support, multi-party support and multiple production options on a highly scalable, enterprise-grade technology platform.

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Google debuts Dart, a JavaScript alternative | Deep Tech – CNET News

October 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Google today launched an “early preview” of Dart, a programming language the company hopes will help Web application programmers overcome shortcomings of JavaScript that Google itself feels acutely.

Programmer and project leader Lars Bak detailed the project in a talk today at the Goto conference in Denmark and in a blog post. Dart is geared for everything from small, unstructured projects to large, complicated efforts–Gmail and Google Docs, for example.

“If we want to focus on making the Web better over time, we have to innovate,” including with new programming languages, Bak said in an interview today.

Google also unveiled a Dart language site that includes open-source tools for writing Dart programs, code samples, and tutorials; libraries of supporting software; the Dart language specification; and forums for discussion.

via Google debuts Dart, a JavaScript alternative | Deep Tech – CNET News.

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Symantec: Files, Databases Overtake E-Mail in E-Discovery | Law.com

September 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment

E-mail is no longer the most requested type of electronically stored information in e-discovery, having been eclipsed by application data, database records, and documents, according to a new Symantec report.

Symantec, which makes data management and security software, acquired e-discovery specialist Clearwell for $390 million this summer. Its survey taken in June and July included lawyers and technologists at 2,000 enterprises worldwide.

Respondants gave a surprising answer to a question about how frequently various types of ESI are requested during legal and regulatory processes. Files and documents are requested in 67 percent of situations, followed by application and database records at 61 percent, and e-mail at 58 percent, they said. Microsoft SharePoint records are requested 51 percent of the time, while messaging formats such as instant messaging, texts, and BlackBerry PIN messages are needed 44 percent of the time. Data from social media trailed, being needed for 41 percent of ESI requests.

via Symantec: Files, Databases Overtake E-Mail in E-Discovery.

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Microsoft Sued Over Phone Tracking – Security – Privacy – Informationweek

September 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Microsoft on Wednesday was sued in a district court in Seattle for allegedly tracking Windows Phone users without consent.

Plaintiff Rebecca Cousineau claims in the complaint that Microsoft is racing to develop a targeted location-based advertising system and has to map the locations of cell towers, wireless routers, mobile phones, and computers to do so effectively. The complaint alleges that Microsoft chose to collect this information from Windows Phone users rather than go through the expensive and laborious process of collecting the information itself.

“Microsoft’s scheme is executed through its camera application, which comes standard with a mobile device running the Windows Phone OS,” the complaint states.

The crux of the complaint is that Microsoft asks the user for permission to use his or her location the first time the camera application is opened and then ignores the user’s choice, collecting location data whether or not the user has consented.

via Microsoft Sued Over Phone Tracking – Security – Privacy – Informationweek.

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Virtualization and Cloud Computing: Benefits and E-Discovery Implications — Slaw

July 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment

What exactly is virtualization and why is there so much buzz about it these days? Virtualization can occur in many forms, but most initially think of using virtualization to consolidate servers into a single hardware platform. Essentially, you can run multiple servers on a single piece of hardware, where each “server” has its own memory “footprint” within the host machine. Servers are the most common devices when firms embark down the virtualization path. There are many other forms of virtualization such as desktop, network and storage virtualization. Desktop virtualizations occur in the larger firms all the way down to solos.

Virtualization has been around for a long time and was commonly used in the big iron mainframe days. The big mainframes had sections “carved out” that were running different operating systems and applications. This takes advantage of the investment in hardware. It is similar to having multiple people riding on a single train. The more people riding, the more cost effective the operation. It gets very expensive to operate the train if there is only one passenger. By virtualizing servers, we can reduce overall power consumption, cooling requirements and maintenance costs. This very “green” impact has been one of the big drivers towards virtualization.

Cloud computing is also a very popular term these days and a lot of providers also use virtualization as part of their solution. What exactly is cloud computing? Basically, it is using an application or computing services that don’t normally reside on your premises. Typically, an application that uses the Internet for access is considered cloud computing or software as a service (SaaS). Google Docs is a good example of SaaS and cloud computing. The application resides in the Internet and you access your data with a browser. Another feature of cloud computing is its on demand nature. You can activate services very quickly with very little setup time.

These new uses of technology bring along some challenges, especially when dealing with the electronic data as part of discovery. We’ll go into some more details about the technical issues for e-discovery, but let’s get through some of the propeller head stuff first explaining how the technology works.

via Virtualization and Cloud Computing: Benefits and E-Discovery Implications — Slaw.

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Microsoft patents spy tech for Skype – Computerworld

June 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

A newly patented Microsoft technology called Legal Intercept that would allow the company to secretly intercept, monitor and record Skype calls is stoking privacy concerns.

Microsoft’s patent application for Legal Intercept was filed in 2009, well before the company’s $8.5 billion purchase of Skype in May. The patent was granted last week.

From Microsoft’s description of the technology in its patent application, Legal Intercept appears similar to tools used by telecommunication companies and equipment makers to comply with government wiretap and surveillance requests.

According to Microsoft, Legal Intercept is designed to silently record communications on VoIP networks such as Skype.

via Microsoft patents spy tech for Skype – Computerworld.

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Fujitsu to Offer IaaS Service in North America | PCWorld Business Center

May 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Fujitsu is launching its infrastructure-as-a-service offering in North America in a few months, and will start offering interested customers a free trial next week.

Beginning on May 31, organizations can sign up for a free three-month trial of the service. On Sept. 1, the service will become generally available.

Interested customers can sign up for the service online, and Fujitsu suggests they use it to try out application testing and development as well as processing for workloads like data analytics.

Fujitsu already offers an IaaS service in Japan, Australia, Singapore and the U.K. Expanding into the U.S. means that multinational companies can access the service locally in multiple locations, the company said.

It will offer the North America service from a data center in Silicon Valley with 24-7 support.

via Fujitsu to Offer IaaS Service in North America | PCWorld Business Center.

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Twitter reportedly buying TweetDeck for more than $40 million | Technology | Los Angeles Times

May 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Twitter has been rumored to be in takeover talks with Tweetdeck for more than a month, but the deal is now finalized, according to a report from CNNMoney.

“Twitter has acquired TweetDeck, an application for organizing the display of tweets, for more than $40 million in a mix of cash and stock, according to sources close to the deal,” CNNMoney said in its report.

“The deal has yet to be announced, but papers finalizing the deal were signed Monday.”

The Wall Street Journal and the blog TechCrunch reported last month that Twitter was going to buy TweetDeck for as much as $50 million.

Twitter has yet to comment directly on any of the reports of a deal, and officials at the San Francisco-based social network declined to comment on the latest report.

via Twitter reportedly buying TweetDeck for more than $40 million | Technology | Los Angeles Times.

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Symantec to Send Backup Exec to the Cloud – Data Storage – News & Reviews – eWeek.com

May 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Symantec’s Backup Exec.cloud is aimed at small businesses or remote offices that want to wash their hands of IT infrastructure.

In yet another move of a standard, server-based application to an offsite alternative, Symantec revealed May 3 that its venerable and market-leading BackUp Exec will be adding a cloud-based option later this year.

The company made the announcement–one of several, in fact–at its annual Symantec Vision conference in Las Vegas.

Symantec’s Backup Exec.cloud, aimed at small businesses or remote offices that want to wash their hands of IT infrastructure, will be a hosted, automated backup service that protects files on Windows desktops and servers with a straightforward user interface for online backup and recovery.

Thus, it will soon compete directly with such marketshare-grabbing services as EMC Mozy, Seagate’s i365, CommVault, Acronis, Amazon S3 and others for the SMB cloud storage business.

via Symantec to Send Backup Exec to the Cloud – Data Storage – News & Reviews – eWeek.com.

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