Cindy's real time conversations are made possible by a company-created, 16-bit microprocessor chip that combines voice recognition and artificial intelligence....

HP Adds Intelligence To Manage Tape. hp adds intelligence to manage tape. Hewlett Packard (HP) has added controllers and intelligent software to its StorageWorks tape libraries to improve data management. Hewlett Packard (HP) has added controllers and intelligent software to its StorageWorks tape libraries to improve data management....

CIA to issue cyberterror intelligence estimate. cia to issue cyberterror intelligence estimate. The CIA, working with the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the Pentagon, this week will publish the first-ever classified National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on the threat of cyberterrorism against U.S. The CIA, working with the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the Pentagon, this week will publish the first-ever classified National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on the threat of cyberterrorism against U.S. critical infrastructures....

US govt. intelligence reform initiative endangered by resignation. intelligence reform endangered by resignation. Government Computer News is reporting that one of the major initiatives launched as part of intelligence reform legislation signed into law in 2004, may die out after the resignation of its project manager last week, leaving a critical vacancy for US intelligence czar John Negroponte to fill. I’m very concerned that this resignation will end any momentum on information-sharing that had been built up and that the state and local law enforcement will continue to lack the information that they need to find and stop terrorists," Feinstein said Thursday at a hearing of the Senate Select Intelligence Committee. The [Information-Sharing Environment] was created under the intelligence reform legislation of 2004. Its initial project manager, John Russack, came on board in April 2005, reporting to director of national intelligence John Negroponte....

Global mobile connections to pass three billion in 2007, says Wireless Intelligence. wireless connections. By the end of 2007 the number of cellular connections will reach three billion, having passed through 2.5 billion during September 2006, according to research firm Wireless Intelligence.The majority of the world’s cellular growth will continue to come from Asia-Pacific, but the fastest rate growth there will shift from China to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, said Wireless Intelligence....

South America to pass 350 million cellular connections by end of 2007, says Wireless Intelligence. south america 350 million cellular connections. By the end of 2007, South America is expected to pass the 350 million connections mark in cellular communications, which represents an annual growth of 15%, according to research firm Wireless Intelligence.. By the end of 2007, South America is expected to pass the 350 million connections mark in cellular communications, which represents an annual growth of 15%, according to research firm Wireless Intelligence....

Europe And Japan Join Forces On Future Of Intelligent Robots. Robotics is on the verge of a breakthrough that could lead to intelligent machines moving out of the factory and into the workplace or home.. Robotics is on the verge of a breakthrough that could lead to intelligent machines moving out of the factory and into the workplace or home. Professor Yasuo Kuniyoshi from the University of Tokyo admitted that traditional approaches based on artificial intelligence techniques developed over the past 25 years had not succeeded in making adaptable robots. The problem with this is that the robot has no context in which to decide how to act, and an alternative approach now being tried involves imposing constraints on the robot’s interactions, from which more intelligent behavior can emerge....

In eliminating the current Information Analysis and Infrastructure Directorate, the Act would instead create the role of Chief Intelligence Officer for DHS who, as described in a speech last July by Sec. Chertoff, "will head a strengthened Intelligence and Analysis division that will report directly to me. This office will ensure that intelligence is coordinated, fused and analyzed within the Department so that we have a common operational picture of what’s going on." The "CIO" would also serve as DHS’ liaison to the rest of the intelligence community, perhaps advising the Director of National Intelligence. Separate from intelligence gathering and information analysis functions, though, the new Asst....

WorldNetDaily is citing military intelligence sources concerning a US customs and FBI investigation into the transfer of as many as 4000 Sony PlayStation 2 consoles to Iraq. WorldNetDaily is citing military intelligence sources concerning a US customs and FBI investigation into the transfer of as many as 4000 Sony PlayStation 2 consoles to Iraq. A Defense Intelligence Agency report says, according to the story, that the government agencies are investigating the purchases of the game systems because PS2s can be linked to form a crude super-computer for a military applications. Applications for this system are potentially frightening," said one unidentified intelligence source....

Google has radically disrupted the $100-billion a year global classified advertising industry with its launch of classified listing services in the new user-generated Google Base database, a report from Classified Intelligence claims.. Altamonte Springs (FL) - Google has radically disrupted the $100-billion a year global classified advertising industry with its launch of classified listing services in the new user-generated Google Base database, a report from Classified Intelligence claims. Classified Intelligence states that along with titan companies like Microsoft and EBay, Google poses an increasing threat to traditional classified advertising publishers that have been dealing with intense new competition ever since the advent of the commercial Internet. Google Base could soon become the largest free-classified service anywhere, eclipsing even Craigslist and EBay’s services," said Classified Intelligence founder Peter M. Zollman....