Digital Identity
There is a lot going on in the area of Digital Identity in both the private sector and in government. I recently posted a story about it. Seven power point presentations on the US initiative can be found here. There is also a recent paper on e-authentication.
IBM Multimodal Annotation Tool
A lot of interesting things come from IBM Research. Something new that I found particularly interesting is the IBM Multimodal Annotation Tool. The tool assists in annotating MPEG files with MPEG-7 meta data (both video and audio. Each shot in the video sequence can be annotated with static scene descriptions, key object descriptions, event descriptions, and […]
Wi-Fi and free lunches
WiFi has captured my imagination and I have written a number of things about it here in the weblog. Today C|NET published a short story I wrote called Wi-Fi and free lunches. The feedback confirms the enthusiasm of many others.
Power To The People
Broadband service via either Cable or DSL is spreading around the world. However, there are many places where it is just not available. One of them is the Ruby Ranch neighborhood in Summit County, Colorado. Rather than wait until broadband service would be available — which could be years — the residents decided to take […]
Digital ID Conference
I got a lot of feedback on my short piece called Digital IDs: A Tool To Reduce Spam. Eric Norlin, Senior Editor at Digital ID World, told me about a conference coming up in October that sounds very interesting. Identity is destined to change the computing landscape and our personal interactions forever. Attendees will discuss and debate the […]
