Cambridge (ip-192.com): MIT researchers developed a new algorithm that improves on the fast Fourier transform (FFT), a mathematical operation that decomposes a function into its constituent frequencies, known as its frequency spectrum. The new algorithm could be particularly useful for image compression to allow smartphones to wirelessly transmit large video files without draining batteries or [...]
U.K. offers highly developed cross-channel shopping experience
Stamford (ip-192.com): Customers expect their cross-channel shopping experience to be seamless, contiguous and consistent, but retailers are struggling to make multichannel retailing “business as usual,” information technology research and advisory firm Gartner says. “The success of the e-commerce channel will be enhanced by a multichannel approach, where retailers leverage the store to make the e-commerce [...]
Touchscreen devices: Microphone can listen to tap, knuckle
Pittsburgh (ip-192.com): Smartphone and tablet computer owners have become adept at using finger taps, flicks and drags to control their touchscreens. But Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers have found that this interaction can be enhanced by taking greater advantage of the finger's anatomy and dexterity. By attaching a microphone to a touchscreen, the CMU scientists [...]
Europe: Weak demand for PC’s, mini-notebooks
Stamford (ip-192.com): PC shipments in Western Europe totaled 12.7 million units in the second quarter of 2011, a decline of 18.9 percent from the same period in 2010. The mobile PC market was particularly hit hard with a 20.4 percent decline, as mini-notebook shipments decreased 53 percent, according to Gartner, Inc, an information technology research [...]



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