This Week In Emerging Technology – February 13th

Written By
Jim Rapoza
Jim Rapoza
Published: Feb 13, 2008
Updated: Feb 2, 2021
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Here are the emerging technologies stories for the week of February 11th.

More Android Sightings – At the World Mobile Congress in one of my favorite cities, Barcelona, there have been several interesting demos of the Google-based Android mobile operating system.

Speeding up Secure Connections – Interesting white paper on research into improving the performance of SSH and SCP connections.

Integrating Identity Management – Expect to see more integration between products in the Identity Access Management market.

The Holy Grail of Nanotech – Researchers at the Brookhaven National Lab have created a three dimensional nanoparticle, a key step in the advancement of nanotechnologies.

More Terabytes Please – IBM is announcing plans to deliver terabyte drives for their data center systems.

Canon Keeps an Eye on Watermarking – Canon has filed for a patent on a technology that takes an image of the photographers retina when taking a picture and then using this image as an embedded watermark to help protect photograph copyrights.

Jim Rapoza

Jim Rapoza, Chief Technology Analyst, eWEEK.For nearly fifteen years, Jim Rapoza has evaluated products and technologies in almost every technology category for eWEEK. Mr Rapoza's current technology focus is on all categories of emerging information technology though he continues to focus on core technology areas that include: content management systems, portal applications, Web publishing tools and security. Mr. Rapoza has coordinated several evaluations at enterprise organizations, including USA Today and The Prudential, to measure the capability of products and services under real-world conditions and against real-world criteria. Jim Rapoza's award-winning weekly column, Tech Directions, delves into all areas of technologies and the challenges of managing and deploying technology today.

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