Author Archives: Thomas Purves

Augmented surveilance getting closer to reality

This week Toronto police proudly announced they would be using face recognition software to identify and catch G20 hooligans. In Tokyo this week, a company announced of new billboards that use cameras to recognize age/sex of passers by and serve-up … Continue reading

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Confessions of a tablet overly early adopter

A friend at lunch the other day showing off his iPad 3G brought back this wave of tender nostalgia. For three years I too carried a tablet around. It was the tablet that time forgot (no not the newton), the … Continue reading

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Where the heck is the ad-free “pro” version of streaming sports?

Let me say this. I love being able to stream big events like the Olympics, the America’s cup or the world cup over the internet in HD. As someone who has dumped subscription cable years ago it is a godsend. … Continue reading

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