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Coming soon: Movies on flash memory cards

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Distributing movies on the Internet isn’t the only game in town. Flash is better, says a new Irish start-up. GALWAY, Ireland–PortoMedia is probably the only start-up in the world inspired by the movie Carlito’s Way. Company founder Chris Armstrong explains: Four years ago, he set out to…
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From tips to clicks: Restaurants try e-menus

Monday, February 25th, 2008

E-menus that allow restaurant-goers to order on their own may also encourage them to order more. Enter the e-waiter. Restaurants in Europe, the United States, and Japan are testing technology to let diners order their food directly from a screen at their table instead of depending on…
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Face recognition firm to launch Web service

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Scheduled for rollout in second quarter, free software from Swedish start-up Polar Rose is designed to sort and match faces in photos. Swedish start-up Polar Rose plans to make its face recognition service publicly available on the Web in the second quarter of 2008 as it tries to…
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