Wipro develops software for police to combat crime, terror
Bangalore: Wipro Infotech has developed an integrated software for the police to combat crime and terror, the IT bellwether announced here Friday.'The software application, which is in a pilot stage, will help the police and other law enforcement agencies to combat the fast emerging hi-tech world of crime and terror,' the company said in a statement.According to Ranbir Singh, Wipro's general manager for government and defence, the software will enable real-time information sharing between the various police units. The online application covers all activities related to the day-to-day functioning of police departments, including the back-end processes of administration, finance and stores.'We see a huge role for IT in combating high crime rates effectively. The processes have been automated to ease the tasks of administration and record-keeping, thereby bringing in operational efficiency across the police department,' Singh said.The application also has a citizen interface through which complaints can be raised and the status of a lodged FIR (first information report) can be tracked. The user interface can display content both in English and the local language.The application has operational modules to maintain records in police stations and agencies dealing with crime, law and order, wireless, traffic, intelligence and counter-intelligence.Wipro Infotech is the business unit of the global software major providing IT and business transformation services in India and West Asia, including the Gulf.IANS
Thursday, January 8, 2009
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How many SMS can be SOS to save endangered languages
New York: explosion of text messaging, usually in the English, threatens the survival of lots languages. But with the right technology, the humble mobile phone can actually be a powerful tool to save them - and it makes business sense too.With linguists fearing that half the world's languages will disappear in the near future, many language advocates are pushing to make more written languages available on cellphones, the Wall Street Journal has reported.At least 200 languages have enough speakers to justify development of cellphone text systems, says Laura Welcher, director of the Rosetta Project of San Francisco's Long Now Foundation, which was established 'to creatively foster long-term thinking and responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years'.'Technology empowers the poorest people,' she told the Journal.Enabling a mobile phone set for a language, however, involves more than just printing letters on the number keys.Keying in the message is cumbersome on a 12-key handset, requiring multiple taps on keys to select some letters. It is even harder in languages with more than the 26 letters of English.In Hindi, spoken by 40 percent of India's billion-plus population, texting 'Namaste' can take 21 key presses as the language has 11 vowels and 34 consonants.That is where the role of predictive text, a user-friendly technology that reduces the number of key taps necessary to type in a word when using a limited keypad, comes into play.Typing 'Namaste' with predictive text takes just six key taps.Nuance Corp. of Burlington, Massachusetts, which dominates the predictive text market, says that in 2006, cellphone users in India with predictive text in their handsets averaged 70 messages a week; those without it averaged 18.The majority of users activate predictive text capability on their phones because, according to calculations by Nuance unit Tegic Corp., it is 30 percent faster than using the traditional method of hitting the '2' key once for 'a', twice for 'b' or three times for 'c' with a Roman alphabet.Michael Cahill, linguistics coordinator for SIL International, a Dallas-based organisation working to preserve languages, said 'there are cases where texting is helping to preserve languages' by encouraging young people to write in their native tongue.Native-language boosters in Ireland and Britain have successfully pushed for development of the Gaelic and Welsh languages on mobile phones for texting so they remain relevant for youngsters, the Journal said.Breandan Mac Craith, marketing director for Dublin-based Foras na Gaeilge, which promotes Gaelic, said: 'It's extremely important that language isn't something that's only in books.'In 2006, Foras began working to develop texting software for the Irish language with market leader Tegic. Once the software was available, Foras started pushing service providers and handset makers to install it on their phones.Last year, Samsung Corp., trying to steal a march on market leader Nokia Corp., added an Irish-language handset to its line, the Journal noted.In other parts of the world, language text capability of mobile phones can be crucial to economic development and helping people who don't speak or read English buy and sell goods.Indian mobile telephone service operators offer at least 12 of the nation's 22 official languages, and Tegic says it is working to add Kashmiri to the list.Christy Wyatt, vice president of software at handset manufacturer Motorola Corp, said: 'Predictive text is one of the technologies that has opened up the handset.'Companies that develop predictive text say they have created cellphone software for fewer than 80 of the world's 6,912 languages catalogued by SIL International.Obviously, a lot more requires to be done. there is lots of changes in thi technology . more details talkshameer@gmail.com
New York: explosion of text messaging, usually in the English, threatens the survival of lots languages. But with the right technology, the humble mobile phone can actually be a powerful tool to save them - and it makes business sense too.With linguists fearing that half the world's languages will disappear in the near future, many language advocates are pushing to make more written languages available on cellphones, the Wall Street Journal has reported.At least 200 languages have enough speakers to justify development of cellphone text systems, says Laura Welcher, director of the Rosetta Project of San Francisco's Long Now Foundation, which was established 'to creatively foster long-term thinking and responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years'.'Technology empowers the poorest people,' she told the Journal.Enabling a mobile phone set for a language, however, involves more than just printing letters on the number keys.Keying in the message is cumbersome on a 12-key handset, requiring multiple taps on keys to select some letters. It is even harder in languages with more than the 26 letters of English.In Hindi, spoken by 40 percent of India's billion-plus population, texting 'Namaste' can take 21 key presses as the language has 11 vowels and 34 consonants.That is where the role of predictive text, a user-friendly technology that reduces the number of key taps necessary to type in a word when using a limited keypad, comes into play.Typing 'Namaste' with predictive text takes just six key taps.Nuance Corp. of Burlington, Massachusetts, which dominates the predictive text market, says that in 2006, cellphone users in India with predictive text in their handsets averaged 70 messages a week; those without it averaged 18.The majority of users activate predictive text capability on their phones because, according to calculations by Nuance unit Tegic Corp., it is 30 percent faster than using the traditional method of hitting the '2' key once for 'a', twice for 'b' or three times for 'c' with a Roman alphabet.Michael Cahill, linguistics coordinator for SIL International, a Dallas-based organisation working to preserve languages, said 'there are cases where texting is helping to preserve languages' by encouraging young people to write in their native tongue.Native-language boosters in Ireland and Britain have successfully pushed for development of the Gaelic and Welsh languages on mobile phones for texting so they remain relevant for youngsters, the Journal said.Breandan Mac Craith, marketing director for Dublin-based Foras na Gaeilge, which promotes Gaelic, said: 'It's extremely important that language isn't something that's only in books.'In 2006, Foras began working to develop texting software for the Irish language with market leader Tegic. Once the software was available, Foras started pushing service providers and handset makers to install it on their phones.Last year, Samsung Corp., trying to steal a march on market leader Nokia Corp., added an Irish-language handset to its line, the Journal noted.In other parts of the world, language text capability of mobile phones can be crucial to economic development and helping people who don't speak or read English buy and sell goods.Indian mobile telephone service operators offer at least 12 of the nation's 22 official languages, and Tegic says it is working to add Kashmiri to the list.Christy Wyatt, vice president of software at handset manufacturer Motorola Corp, said: 'Predictive text is one of the technologies that has opened up the handset.'Companies that develop predictive text say they have created cellphone software for fewer than 80 of the world's 6,912 languages catalogued by SIL International.Obviously, a lot more requires to be done. there is lots of changes in thi technology . more details talkshameer@gmail.com
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document.title +=" - Desktop PCs face obsolescence";
Desktop PCs face obsolescence -
Taipei: The age of the desktop PC appears to be over as its more portable cousin, the laptop, surges ahead with consumers clamouring for light-weight computers in funky designs for use at home, in cafes and on the train to work.Not a single desktop model figured on online shopping portal Amazon.com's top 10 selling PC and hardware list the weekend before Christmas, while seven laptop models made the list.It was yet another sign that the former dominance of desktop PCs is fading as wireless advances and lower prices make laptops the preferred option for millions of PC users around the world. "On both price and performance, laptops are so competitive now it's surprising they weren't able to catch up with desktops even earlier," said iSuppli analyst Peter Lin. "The ability to surf the Internet wirelessly at public places, the need to be able to take your office out with you when you travel, and an increasing range of notebook computers have all led to lower desktop sales."Laptops posted a milestone in the third quarter of 2008, passing desktop PC sales for the first time, according to research group iSuppli.With an entry level price of $300 for some basic models, laptops should bolster their position in 2009. They are forecast to take up about 55 percent of all computer shipments, according to data tracking firm IDC.Many companies eagerly awaiting the era of the laptop are in Taiwan, maker of about 80 percent of the world's laptop PCs. They include the world's top two contract manufacturers, Quanta and Compal Electronics, and two of the most aggressive laptop brands, Acer and Asustek.While those firms have seen their market share rise, the world's top two PC makers overall, Hewlett-Packard and Dell, have seen their share shrink. Other companies that produce parts such as motherboards for bulky desktop PCs are already switching production to parts for other electronic gadgets such as iPhones. While laptops used to cost more than double that of a desktop with equivalent processing power, advances in technology and economies of scale have dragged prices down so much that little price differentiation exists today for most consumers looking for a daily use PC, analysts say."It's just evolutionary I suppose," said Gartner analyst Tracy Tsai. "Things have reached a point where the price difference is no longer as pronounced as before for many consumers, and the average person is more likely to choose the option that offers him portability over the one that doesn't". To keep their growth coming, Acer, Asustek and others vying for laptop dominance are increasingly looking to segmentation, taking aim at the wide range of computer buyers. The runaway success of low-cost mini notebooks, initially derided by many industry watchers but now one of the fastest growing categories, could foreshadow a coming boom in products offering a wide range of prices and functions. "There is incredible choice in the notebook space now," said IDC analyst Richard Shim. "You can get notebooks at every inch size from 5-inch to 20-inch." Alex Gruzen, Dell's manager for consumer products, agreed that the days when his company could offer laptops "in the same shades of grey" are coming to an end.Segmentation comes in both form and substance. In the former, Asustek offers a bamboo-cased laptop for the environmentally conscious. HP has tied up with designer Vivenne Tam to release the "world's first digital clutch", a notebook designed to look like a woman's handbag.On the more technical front, companies are offering an ever wider range of specialised laptops in varying sizes, processing speeds, wireless capabilities and prices. Battery life is also coming into play, with HP recently announcing that one of its notebooks had broken the 24-hour barrier. Faster boot-up times and features such as touch-screens are also being touted as companies try to convert former desktop users and build new markets.As portability becomes the norm, some are asking if there's any room left for desktops in the brave new era of laptops. Salesmen at Taipei's Kuanghwa computer market, one of the city's top PC hang-outs, said hardcore computer game addicts may be one of the few groups to keep buying desktops that offer greater processing power for memory-intensive applications."Hardly anyone buys desktops anymore," said Elton Tsai, gesturing towards the solitary HP desktop sitting in his shop amid rows of laptops. "Anyone who is enough of a geek to want real processing power can probably assemble his own computer, saving himself at least a few thousand Taiwan dollars in the process," Tsai said.But not everyone believes the desktop, which was first introduced in the 1970s, will soon be relegated to the junkyard of history. After all, desktops can still offer substantial savings, especially for those who are handy with a screwdriver. "How can a laptop compete with a desktop on price?", asked Gartner analyst Lillian Tay. "Especially in the emerging markets where price is a consideration, laptops simply cannot compete on price with a group of people who slap a motherboard, a hard drive and a few chips together to get a desktop," she said.
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document.title +=" - Desktop PCs face obsolescence";
Desktop PCs face obsolescence -
Taipei: The age of the desktop PC appears to be over as its more portable cousin, the laptop, surges ahead with consumers clamouring for light-weight computers in funky designs for use at home, in cafes and on the train to work.Not a single desktop model figured on online shopping portal Amazon.com's top 10 selling PC and hardware list the weekend before Christmas, while seven laptop models made the list.It was yet another sign that the former dominance of desktop PCs is fading as wireless advances and lower prices make laptops the preferred option for millions of PC users around the world. "On both price and performance, laptops are so competitive now it's surprising they weren't able to catch up with desktops even earlier," said iSuppli analyst Peter Lin. "The ability to surf the Internet wirelessly at public places, the need to be able to take your office out with you when you travel, and an increasing range of notebook computers have all led to lower desktop sales."Laptops posted a milestone in the third quarter of 2008, passing desktop PC sales for the first time, according to research group iSuppli.With an entry level price of $300 for some basic models, laptops should bolster their position in 2009. They are forecast to take up about 55 percent of all computer shipments, according to data tracking firm IDC.Many companies eagerly awaiting the era of the laptop are in Taiwan, maker of about 80 percent of the world's laptop PCs. They include the world's top two contract manufacturers, Quanta and Compal Electronics, and two of the most aggressive laptop brands, Acer and Asustek.While those firms have seen their market share rise, the world's top two PC makers overall, Hewlett-Packard and Dell, have seen their share shrink. Other companies that produce parts such as motherboards for bulky desktop PCs are already switching production to parts for other electronic gadgets such as iPhones. While laptops used to cost more than double that of a desktop with equivalent processing power, advances in technology and economies of scale have dragged prices down so much that little price differentiation exists today for most consumers looking for a daily use PC, analysts say."It's just evolutionary I suppose," said Gartner analyst Tracy Tsai. "Things have reached a point where the price difference is no longer as pronounced as before for many consumers, and the average person is more likely to choose the option that offers him portability over the one that doesn't". To keep their growth coming, Acer, Asustek and others vying for laptop dominance are increasingly looking to segmentation, taking aim at the wide range of computer buyers. The runaway success of low-cost mini notebooks, initially derided by many industry watchers but now one of the fastest growing categories, could foreshadow a coming boom in products offering a wide range of prices and functions. "There is incredible choice in the notebook space now," said IDC analyst Richard Shim. "You can get notebooks at every inch size from 5-inch to 20-inch." Alex Gruzen, Dell's manager for consumer products, agreed that the days when his company could offer laptops "in the same shades of grey" are coming to an end.Segmentation comes in both form and substance. In the former, Asustek offers a bamboo-cased laptop for the environmentally conscious. HP has tied up with designer Vivenne Tam to release the "world's first digital clutch", a notebook designed to look like a woman's handbag.On the more technical front, companies are offering an ever wider range of specialised laptops in varying sizes, processing speeds, wireless capabilities and prices. Battery life is also coming into play, with HP recently announcing that one of its notebooks had broken the 24-hour barrier. Faster boot-up times and features such as touch-screens are also being touted as companies try to convert former desktop users and build new markets.As portability becomes the norm, some are asking if there's any room left for desktops in the brave new era of laptops. Salesmen at Taipei's Kuanghwa computer market, one of the city's top PC hang-outs, said hardcore computer game addicts may be one of the few groups to keep buying desktops that offer greater processing power for memory-intensive applications."Hardly anyone buys desktops anymore," said Elton Tsai, gesturing towards the solitary HP desktop sitting in his shop amid rows of laptops. "Anyone who is enough of a geek to want real processing power can probably assemble his own computer, saving himself at least a few thousand Taiwan dollars in the process," Tsai said.But not everyone believes the desktop, which was first introduced in the 1970s, will soon be relegated to the junkyard of history. After all, desktops can still offer substantial savings, especially for those who are handy with a screwdriver. "How can a laptop compete with a desktop on price?", asked Gartner analyst Lillian Tay. "Especially in the emerging markets where price is a consideration, laptops simply cannot compete on price with a group of people who slap a motherboard, a hard drive and a few chips together to get a desktop," she said.
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