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QNAP, a leading provider of network attached storage and video recorders announced today that it had entered a collaboration with Hikvision that would enable customers to take advantage of combined solution-integrating products from both companies. Worldwide customers will be able to use Hikvision's high-perform... |
5 November 2009
08:35 GMT |
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As part of a major research project, scientists are currently working on a closed-circuit television (CCTV) system that could be able to predict suspicious behavior usually associated with crime in bus travelers. The cameras would relay information back to a control room, where operators would be able to watch suspic... |
25 September 2009
06:35 GMT |
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Etisalat, one of the largest mobile carriers from the United Arab Emirates, shipped spyware to its BlackBerry customers by hiding it as an official update. The software was discovered, because it had significant battery drainage as an unexpected side-effect. Last week, BlackBerry Etisalat subscribers received a "pe... |
15 July 2009
08:51 GMT |
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Emergency response teams and surveillance crews around the world already benefit from the advantages that remote-controlled flying probes have during an emergency situation, in a spot where humans cannot survive. But, while the machines have certainly made it a lot easier for their owners to respond to a situation, a... |
7 July 2009
09:03 GMT |
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Scientists at the Tel Aviv University have recently announced the development of a new “perfection” tool for analyzing video footage, which would allow investigators watching them to zoom in and correct the image to the point where the person in it becomes recognizable. Needless to say, the application co... |
1 July 2009
06:40 GMT |
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On Monday, a senior Air Force official announced that the United States would begin to track all the 800 maneuverable satellites in Earth's orbit, by October 1st. The decision was prompted by the February collision of a US communications satellite with an out-of-service, Soviet-era spacecraft, an accident that l... |
1 April 2009
02:29 GMT |
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With filmmaker Robert Spence's announcement that he will be using the first-ever eye-shaped video camera for his new documentary, security experts and privacy advocates are becoming increasingly concerned as to the impact that the next generation of surveillance equipment will have on the traditional way people ... |
28 March 2009
07:40 GMT |
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RFID chips, in addition to being truly useful in stores, for inventories and the likes, are highly-criticized by human rights groups, because they say that, once inserted in a human being, they can pass on their location, as well as a myriad of personal information, including banking accounts, purchasing habits and t... |
3 February 2009
07:09 GMT |
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Starting with fiscal year 2009, Japan's fresh satellite surveillance program will be an important step forward for the country's intelligence network, as the new device will be endowed with a camera featuring one of the largest resolutions to date. On Saturday, officials announced that the fine sensor would... |
2 February 2009
11:07 GMT |
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Closed-circuit television (CCTV) is blamed by many as an affront to the privacy of decent and honest citizens, despite the fact that authorities praise it as an effective means of catching crooks and criminals. To calm some of the protests on CCTV, scientists at Hewlett-Packard have devised a method of “conceal... |
2 February 2009
05:08 GMT |
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The new “smart” surveillance system, designed by James W. Davis, an associate professor of computer science and engineering at the Ohio State University, and doctoral student Karthik Sankaranarayanan, surpasses regular surveillance cameras by a great deal, as it is no longer limited to the tilt-pan-rotate... |
18 December 2008
05:15 GMT |
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Spy-gadgets in general and covert video or audio recorders in particular have always exerted quite a high level of fascination with a lot of people, especially because just about any person out there (mostly men, obviously) wants to feel like James Bond at least once in their life. And given the consumers' non-s... |
6 November 2008
10:26 GMT |
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Lextech Labs’ iRa has brought the tools of the high-end security industry to the iPhone, enabling users to view multiple video feeds and directly control pan-tilt-zoom cameras from their device.Users may define multiple groups of cameras, each containing as many video feeds as they like, and quickly switch betw... |
28 October 2008
15:07 GMT |
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Surveillance is an important part of a security system for any business, that is why major and even small companies allocate a significant budget for implementing high-quality and reliable surveillance systems. And one of the key components of a surveillance system is a camera, which is set to record visual content o... |
17 June 2008
11:03 GMT |
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Taiwanese manufacturer QNAP has just introduced its NVR-1012 home and office surveillance system, a completely automated television system. The NVR-1012 network surveillance kit comes with two IP cameras, 1 TB of hard-disk drive storage, as well as two-way communication.The system flawlessly integrates with the exist... |
26 April 2008
04:43 GMT |
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The 'bat' is only the latest of the series of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - UAV for short - designed to gather information about enemy sites and urban combat zones, capable of relaying data related to sight, sound and smell back to the command post to be used as intelligence. The 'bat' has been desig... |
14 March 2008
09:36 GMT |
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Samsung has unveiled a new line of storage products, the F1 RAID Class 3.5" SATA hard drive, with a total capacity of 1 TB. The new product offers world's highest recording density and uses three platters only. The disk spins at 7,200 rotations per minute and is designed for enterprise storage or surveillance a... |
3 January 2008
06:36 GMT |
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The huge leaps forward achieved in both telecommunications and medical-related research over the past few years are changing the traditional doctor-patient relationship, as medics are now capable of offering their patients emergency assistance or advice even when they're not physically present. And one of the mo... |
20 November 2007
10:56 GMT |
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Video surveillance systems have evolved quite a lot over the past few years but, since high-definition video has become pretty much the standard nowadays, the manufacturers and integrators of such systems were forced to change their offerings as well. And this is the reason why the people over at Pivot3 have come up ... |
9 November 2007
10:21 GMT |
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Attention pupils, you're being watched! According to Engadget and Timesonline, British children are going to be tracked down by micro-chips, embedded in their uniforms in a trial at a secondary school from the UK.These freaky-to-think-about-devices are going to be used for the surveillance of any pupil movement.... |
23 October 2007
05:33 GMT |
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The protection of one's home and everything in it is quite an important issue nowadays, given the fact that the level of crime (burglaries, break-ins and so forth) has reached very high levels throughout the world. And this is the reason why InGrid launched its Digital Home Protection system, an assembly of equi... |
3 October 2007
03:36 GMT |
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Taking a peek in other people's yards, homes, lives, etc. has been a favorite "sport" for quite a lot of people over the centuries. Actually, one might say this is in our human nature, well-written in our genetic codes. And it would seem that all the curious people out there will now be able to satisfy their thi... |
12 September 2007
10:41 GMT |
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Although driving is not exactly the most difficult activity in the world, there are certain aspects related to it that can prove to be quite hazardous, especially for the less-experienced drivers. And one such aspect is the moment when drivers have to back their vehicle (either in a parking space within the parking l... |
1 August 2007
11:36 GMT |
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GPS tracking units have become extremely popular over the past few years, as they allow users to keep an eye on an asset's (or person's) whereabouts without actually following them at all times. While these devices can prove to be extremely useful in fleet management operations, as well as covert surveillan... |
1 August 2007
03:26 GMT |
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The famous video sharing platform YouTube has often some another goal than sharing clips with other Internet users. For example, a lot of consumers are using YouTube to publish their stories and require other users' help. But the most interesting purpose of the Google service was revealed by the police officers ... |
23 July 2007
10:44 GMT |
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A new generation of smart clothes will be embedded with small electronic devices and circuitry that will be able to monitor the health of the wearer by constantly recording the pulse and respiratory function, while being washable and reusable.At least that's the vision of future intelligent suits, as seen by r... |
5 July 2007
11:14 GMT |
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Although snooping in on other people's conversations is not right from a moral point of view, the number of people who actually do so is quite high. This is the reason why the Japanese company Logitec has launched the LIC-TRA056SD, a device that can easily record the conversations carried out over a normal telep... |
14 June 2007
07:26 GMT |
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Have you ever wanted to see a flying saucer with your own eye? Well, forget about going to New Mexico. You can have your own...that's if you work for the US government of course. It's not made by "ze"Russians, don't worry! British Geoff Hatton, a former hovercraft engineer, had designed a real flying ... |
11 April 2007
09:29 GMT |
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More and more, scientists, militarists, and governments are investing large amounts of resources in an intriguing, futuristic technology - fleets of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).The main reason for investing in UAV technology lies in the replacement of the traditional, open battleground with the urban theat... |
4 April 2007
02:49 GMT |
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At just 1/18-inch, OmniVision's OV6920 is the world's smallest camera CMOS.It has been introduced by OmniVision Technologies, a supplier of CMOS Camera Chip image sensor solutions for high-volume imaging applications.Besides being the new kid on the small block, it also cost-efficient, in fact the only 1/1... |
27 March 2007
08:15 GMT |
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I don't know about you, but I'm quite amazed by the huge number of kidnapping cases presented on the news, most of them involving children who manage to "escape" their parents' supervision. However, since the kids can't be kept on a "short-leash" all the time, modern technology has managed to offe... |
13 March 2007
04:03 GMT |
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Theft at the workplace is becoming an increasingly bothersome problem for a large number of employers, and that's the reason why more and more companies are taking steps towards solving this problem by installing various surveillance systems. However, it would seem that hidden spy-cameras are slowly becoming a t... |
12 March 2007
04:24 GMT |
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