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Borders Nixes Face Recognition
jeffy124 writes "Due to recent criticisms surrounding their implementation of face-recognition technology to watch known shoplifters, Borders Bookstores is suspending the approach. This doesn't mean it's gone for good, it may return in the future. They want to resolve the issues brought up by privacy and human-rights activists."
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Hewlett-Packard will soon announce two handheld computers that run Microsoft's upcoming "Merlin" operating system, this publication has learned.
Sources also said Microsoft will announce the new handheld OS on Sept. 6 and officially call it Pocket PC 2002.
The new handhelds will be part of HP's Jornada 560 series, the sources said. One will come with 32MB of memory and the other with 64MB. Both devices will use Intel's StrongARM SA-1110 processor and will have active-matrix screens that can display 16-bit color.
Palo Alto, Calif.-based HP would only confirm that it will use the upcoming version of Pocket PC and that it plans to announce two new devices.
Some devices using Pocket PC 2002 will also get a boost this year from Intel's upcoming XScale processors. Current Intel processors for handheld devices top out at 206MHz, but sources have said the new chips will enable devices to hit 400MHz and will help expand built-in wireless capabilities in handhelds.
HP plans to support the new XScale chips and to add built-in wireless capabilities to its devices, a company representative said.
Although there isn't tremendous demand for handheld devices with high-end processors and business applications right now, IDC analyst Kevin Burden said, licensees of Pocket PC are simply laying the groundwork for when there is demand.
"The enterprise market is not placing a lot of 1,000-unit orders for Pocket PC devices right now, but the Pocket PC camp is getting itself ready for the time when there are. And there definitely will be," Burden said. In addition to HP, Pocket PC licensees include Compaq Computer and Casio.
Burden added that the corporate market is the next fertile ground for major growth in the handheld market and "in the view of IT managers, it looks like Palm is standing still."
Palm has relied heavily on its licensees and 160,000 developers to drive innovation, but Burden said it may be time for Palm to take a more active role in leading the way.
"Allowing partners to significantly help with and, in some cases, lead innovation was a good strategy to start with. But now the market is too competitive for a market leader to take such a passive role," Burden said.
Palm OS licensee Sony, for example, was the first Palm OS-based handheld maker to use a 320-by-320-pixel screen and to build in an MP3 player. Handspring was the first to use a USB port.
Palm has been making changes within the company to improve development of its OS. In late July, it announced it would create a separate subsidiary for its operating system.
The company also announced Aug. 16 that it would acquire the technology assets and intellectual property of software maker Be for $11 million in stock. The move is meant to boost the communications and multimedia capabilities of the Palm OS and make it more competitive with Pocket PC.
Palm maintains its No. 1 position in the handheld and handheld OS market, but its lead is eroding.
The company's share of unit shipments worldwide slipped from 47 percent in the second quarter of 2000 to 37 percent in the same period this year, according to market researcher IDC. Compaq was hot on Palm's heels in the No. 2 spot, with 19 percent in the second quarter of this year, up considerably from 2 percent in the same period in 2000. Handspring was third with 13 percent, and HP rounded out the top four spots with 8.1 percent.
The worldwide market share of Palm's OS was 58 percent in the second quarter, down from 69 percent in the same period last year.
Well, it's a step in the right direction. But if only Borders would extend the same courtesy to it's employees as it does it customers. Paranoia from within.
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Take for instance msoftware still has a long way to go. It is gaining popularity, but most shops still buy their software, and for consultants who go in and build new pieces on existing systems, that often means using the pre-existing software infrastructure, especially if the work left behind needs to be understood by maintenance staff who are not conversant with anything but the vendor-specific tools.
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On the other hand, I have seen a couple of projects where the client was small and had no software infrastructure to speak of (i.e. 'green field' development.) In those cases, the allure of "free" software made economic sense to the client. If enough of these small companies actually succeed and become big companies, that will increase the penetration of open-source / free software into the corporate world.
p.s. One thing that I dislike about commercial software is the hype companies sometimes try to generate surrounding a deployment of a large system. The buying companies sometimes make news releases that say they have "partnered" or have a "strategic alliance", when really what they should be saying is "we paid through the nose for X" (where X is your favourite system that costs in excess of six or seven figures.)
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by MrBlack on 08-22-01 06:25 PM (#2205971)
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After making the change to Microsoft development tools why did you stick with Win32? Persumably new PCs that you buy can be installed with your favourite distro, and no doubt you will want to keep a few Windows boxen around for your legacy VB code etc. My other question is why did the developers make this decision? This seems to be more of a business decision to me, not a decision that developers should make. Developers should make technical decisions and business people should make business decisions. If can achieve you goals using VB or open source tools, then the question of which tool-set to use becomes a business one rather than a technical one. Which tools are most productive (so costs are lower)? Which tools are cheaper to purchase? (once again - so costs are lower - but this is less of an issue than tool productivity, since productive tools will usually pay for themselves quite easily). Which tools are more widely supported (to mitigate risk)? Where do our existing strengths lie? Don't get me wrong, I think open source tools can hold their own from a business perspective as well as a technical perspective, I just don't think business decisions should be made by technical people (unless they are also the business people). Developers always get pissed off when sales/marketting says "we can deliver X in 3 months". The business people are making a technical decision. Technical people making business decisions is no different. BTW if you're a VB shop moving to Open Source try Python and wxwindows (if you need a gui) and straight python (if you don't need a gui). You'll find the change very pleasant.
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Let's shove hot grits up this guy's ass.
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Actually, it says "Borders Nixes Face Recognition." You should probably learn how to read a little better, or get a differnt browser.