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Woz: Apple has bought Nuance

Woz: Apple has bought Nuance

Posted by | Nov 23, 2010 | , |

Apple co-founder Steve “Woz” Wozniak says in an video interview that Apple has bought Nuance, a voice recognition company, reports “mocoNews” (http://moconews.net/article/419-is-apple-buying-nuance-a-mystery-wrapped-in-a-wozniak-Video/).

“I think voice recognition is going to become, more and more, a part of these machines,” he says in the interview with Romil Patel, founder of TVDeck.com. “Apple’s probably thinking the same way. They recently bought the company Nuance.”

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Greg’s bite: the paradox of the Internet

Greg’s bite: the paradox of the Internet

Posted by | Nov 23, 2010 | , |

By Greg Mills

I can barely remember when the Internet began to burst on the scene. My first recollection was when my brother, an art professor, mentioned in a phone call about connecting his computer to the Internet.

In those days you had to buy a separate modem costing a few hundred dollars which hooked up to your computer with a clunky serial port cable connector. The modem was the size of a cigar box and ran so slowly it was absurd over a phone line. The very early Internet was text with limited domains and not much in the way of browser software.

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iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for Nov. 18

iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for Nov. 18

Posted by | Nov 18, 2010 | |

Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).

“60 Minutes” is apparently the first primetime news magazine to have its own stand-alone application for the iPad. Content from the television broadcast and online features will be offered on the new app, now available for US$4.99.

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