AutoCollage 2008 Latest Image Processing Technology
Microsoft remains in news for releasing newer and newer technology whether it be Popfly , LucidTouch or Surface Computing. Microsoft keeps churning out latest computer technology to cope up with the competitors. In this series this technology giant has released yet new technology which makes creating collage of a group of photos a child's play.
AutoCollage 2008 is the name of the latest image processing software from Microsoft which helps anyone create collages. Like we do in Google's Picasa software.Although this latest computer technology will not come free, there is a 30 day trial version ready to be downloaded at company's website.
This latest technology uses automatic face detection mechanism , which is a gargantuan task in itself, to organize photos neatly in a single beautiful collage. So what is so cool about this latest computer technology. The main challenge behind this technology is to devise an automatic procedure through which a software can construct a visually appealing collage using a collection of images as input. And the big deal is the output collage must be so as to represent the main theme of all the photos.
While this may be a simple task for humans with all the common sense built in, a software can go belly up simply analyzing the photos as it just sees binary data and organising the photos and images into collage spells finding the relevant pattern behind those data.
Here is where this new technology from Microsoft shines. It takes your photos and combines them into a beautiful collage in a jiffy. Go and try it out for yourself.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Friday, September 5, 2008
Cloud Computing The Latest Computer Technology
The Latest Computer Technology Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is the latest computer technology which is making waves in the mainstream computing for quite a long time now. Cloud computing is gradually becoming commonplace technology for fulfilling people's computing needs. Most of us use cloud computing in our daily computing. The most common example is Google Docs service in which you do not have to own a word processor software to create and store textual documents. You can simply login into your Google account and create the document, save it and later retrieve when required. So this latest computer technology do not require to install any software on your local machine just a web browser.
This latest technology derives its name from the metaphor we generally use for internet. If you have ever seen the diagram depicting connected machines using internet , the web or internet is depicted by a cloud. So basically this cloud computing technology views software as a service which one can avail of as and when required provided she is connected to the internet. In cloud computing technology the user does not have any control over the kind of infra the technology is hosted on. In fact , this computer technology conceals the actual details from the user and exposes just the needed functionality.
This latest technology forms the base of emerging technologies like Web 2.0 and even Web 3.0 and promotes the use of genuine software use saving the companies from losses incurred through piracy. User pays for technology on per use basis. If you think about it , this technology saves the end users as well from the hassles of software installation and maintaining the required infra and in this way promotes smooth uses of computing.
Since this latest technology puts more and more burden on the service provider, a complex infra has to be maintained by them. This includes secure data centres which are quick to respond and capable of storing large amount data. This also includes the use of virtualization technologies to maximize the use of expensive resources.
Google has always on the fore front in promoting the use of this latest computer technology. Google offers Google Apps which allows you to host your application on Google's infra. Many software giants like Microsoft , Sun are also catching up with this phenomenon. Now seasoned players like Amazon are also actively pushing this technology.
Thus we see that cloud computing is the technology which is changing the way we used to see software and bringing some radical changes in the way we use software.
Cloud computing is the latest computer technology which is making waves in the mainstream computing for quite a long time now. Cloud computing is gradually becoming commonplace technology for fulfilling people's computing needs. Most of us use cloud computing in our daily computing. The most common example is Google Docs service in which you do not have to own a word processor software to create and store textual documents. You can simply login into your Google account and create the document, save it and later retrieve when required. So this latest computer technology do not require to install any software on your local machine just a web browser.
This latest technology derives its name from the metaphor we generally use for internet. If you have ever seen the diagram depicting connected machines using internet , the web or internet is depicted by a cloud. So basically this cloud computing technology views software as a service which one can avail of as and when required provided she is connected to the internet. In cloud computing technology the user does not have any control over the kind of infra the technology is hosted on. In fact , this computer technology conceals the actual details from the user and exposes just the needed functionality.
This latest technology forms the base of emerging technologies like Web 2.0 and even Web 3.0 and promotes the use of genuine software use saving the companies from losses incurred through piracy. User pays for technology on per use basis. If you think about it , this technology saves the end users as well from the hassles of software installation and maintaining the required infra and in this way promotes smooth uses of computing.
Since this latest technology puts more and more burden on the service provider, a complex infra has to be maintained by them. This includes secure data centres which are quick to respond and capable of storing large amount data. This also includes the use of virtualization technologies to maximize the use of expensive resources.
Google has always on the fore front in promoting the use of this latest computer technology. Google offers Google Apps which allows you to host your application on Google's infra. Many software giants like Microsoft , Sun are also catching up with this phenomenon. Now seasoned players like Amazon are also actively pushing this technology.
Thus we see that cloud computing is the technology which is changing the way we used to see software and bringing some radical changes in the way we use software.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Chrome The Latest Web Browser Technology From Big G
Chrome : Google's Entry Into Browser Technology
Google has announced that it will release an open-source browser known as Chrome. The beta version of Chrome is available. This browser is built keeping in mind the large user base which spends its online time mostly on Google like chatting , mailing so the motivation behind this latest browser technology was to provide the users the effortless web browsing experience.
This latest technology from Google has some really great features built-in. One of the most useful feature is that the web pages will open in tabs which will be isolated. Isolated in the sense that they will probably have their own memory space. These tabs will operate in an isolated sandboxed environment which will prevent the browser crashes.
This latest browser incorporates a very powerful javascript engine which will make the web browsing smooth less.New features will included "isolated" tabs designed to prevent browser crashes and a more powerful JavaScript engine.
"Why are we launching Google Chrome? Because we believe we can add value for users and, at the same time, help drive innovation on the web," Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management, and Linus Upson, Google engineering director, wrote in a blog post.
"By keeping each tab in an isolated 'sandbox', we were able to prevent one tab from crashing another and provide improved protection from rogue sites," Pichai and Upson wrote.
Google has released a comic strip which describes the latest features of this technology. This browser has brought a radical change in tab based browsing.Normally what happens is that in tab based browser technology the tabs keep eating up the memory even when closed. Google Chrome has been crafted in a way that shuts down the whole process and frees the memory the moment you close the tab. This means fewer browser crashes and faster web browser.
This browser has a task manager built in which lets you see which sites are taking up how much memory.Google claims to have devised a powerful more powerful JavaScript engine, V8, which can power the next generation of web applications.Like OpenSocial and Android, Chrome will be an open source initiative.
Google has announced that it will release an open-source browser known as Chrome. The beta version of Chrome is available. This browser is built keeping in mind the large user base which spends its online time mostly on Google like chatting , mailing so the motivation behind this latest browser technology was to provide the users the effortless web browsing experience.
This latest technology from Google has some really great features built-in. One of the most useful feature is that the web pages will open in tabs which will be isolated. Isolated in the sense that they will probably have their own memory space. These tabs will operate in an isolated sandboxed environment which will prevent the browser crashes.
This latest browser incorporates a very powerful javascript engine which will make the web browsing smooth less.New features will included "isolated" tabs designed to prevent browser crashes and a more powerful JavaScript engine.
"Why are we launching Google Chrome? Because we believe we can add value for users and, at the same time, help drive innovation on the web," Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management, and Linus Upson, Google engineering director, wrote in a blog post.
"By keeping each tab in an isolated 'sandbox', we were able to prevent one tab from crashing another and provide improved protection from rogue sites," Pichai and Upson wrote.
Google has released a comic strip which describes the latest features of this technology. This browser has brought a radical change in tab based browsing.Normally what happens is that in tab based browser technology the tabs keep eating up the memory even when closed. Google Chrome has been crafted in a way that shuts down the whole process and frees the memory the moment you close the tab. This means fewer browser crashes and faster web browser.
This browser has a task manager built in which lets you see which sites are taking up how much memory.Google claims to have devised a powerful more powerful JavaScript engine, V8, which can power the next generation of web applications.Like OpenSocial and Android, Chrome will be an open source initiative.
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