Meet Justin, the product of some of the best minds in the German space program. Its mission: to go where no robot has gone before, and make the tea.
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CeBIT 2009: Arnold promotes California tech
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger opened the 2009 CeBIT trade show with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Hannover, Germany, on Monday.
“Losers whine but winners move forward in a strong and powerful way, and I know that everyone who is here at the CeBIT is a winner“, Schwarzenegger said during his keynote at the Hannover Congress Centrum. He’s speech end with the famous Terminator movie phrase: ” I’ll be back. Hasta la vista, baby!”
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CeBIT 2009: Internet radio to your car via 3G
Blaupunkt has a new car radio that can stream Internet stations over 3G, which allow users to tune in to any of about 16,000 stations from around the world.
The “New Jersey 600i” and “Hamburg 600i” radios, which are the first such in the world according to the company, are on show at this week’s Cebit trade fair in Hanover, Germany. By connecting over Bluetooth to a cell phone, the radios access a 3G Internet service and then stream almost any station that’s online. The radios work with the MiRoamer Internet database to grab information about available stations, and then your favorite programs are just a couple of button clicks away.
Beyond the price of the 3G data service it’s free to connect and listen to stations online.
Cisco Breaks New Ground in E-mail Security
Cisco today announced new managed, hosted and hybrid hosted e-mail security services that provide the industry’s most versatile set of e-mail protection offerings. As businesses demand greater agility and flexibility in how they collaborate, the Cisco® IronPort® Email Security services are aimed at providing them with complete choice and control over where their e-mail security is deployed and managed, whether it be on premise, off-site, in the cloud or a combination of the three.
Cisco IronPort Email Security services are a highlight of Cisco innovation, leadership and execution. Building on industry-leading IronPort email security technology, these services help organizations vigilantly defend their communications lifeline against spam, viruses, phishing and a wide variety of other threats.
New additions to the Cisco IronPort Email Security service portfolio deliver high-performance email security in dedicated hosted and hybrid hosted form factors. These services are based on the same platform that protects 40 percent of Fortune 1000 companies and provides organizations with the opportunity to select the email security infrastructure that is best for them – security leadership with choice, backed by email security experts. Depending upon business needs, customers can choose one of many deployment options, including on premises, hosted and hybrid hosted. Regardless of the deployment model, customers get the benefits of hardware capacity assurance, predictable budgetary planning and simplified management. Backed by industry-leading support and corporate stability, Cisco IronPort Email Security services help organizations worldwide protect and manage their email infrastructures.
Cisco, NASA ally on environmental monitoring
Cisco and NASA this week said they are collaborating on an online global monitoring platform to capture, collect, analyze and report data on environmental conditions around the world.
Called “Planetary Skin,” the project will involve NASA and Cisco working to develop the online platform to capture and analyze data from satellite, airborne, sea- and land-based sensors across the globe. This data will be made available for the general public, governments and businesses to measure, report and verify environmental data to help detect and adapt to global climate change.