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Area image sensor market will experience healthy growth
Charge-coupled device (CCD) image sensors will remain about flat through 2013, but sales of complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) sensors will increase significantly; CMOS will make up 62 percent of security camera image sensors by 2013
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CCTV doorbell could deter, catch crooks
New CCTV-equipped doorbell takes pictures of people ringing your doorbell, and stores picture for future use
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NYPD wants to expand anti-terror program to midtown
NYPD wants to duplicate in midtown the measures under way near Ground Zero; these measures will allow allow police to do everything they do downtown — scan license plates, monitor surveillance video cameras, and use radiation and bioterrorism detectors — between 34th and 59th streets, from river to river
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Video surveillance market maintains 10 percent growth
Despite recession, video surveillance market shows a stable — and impressive — growth; better to come
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U.S. installs more cameras on Canada border
The federal government has focused security efforts on the U.S.-Mexican border, but DHS says “the terrorist threat on the northern border is higher”; in response, DHS will add 64 cameras to the 20 cameras already installed (note: the U.S.-Canada border is 4,000-mile long)
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Lawmakers to add $550 million to Mexico border security
The two leaders of the Senate homeland Security Committee introduce legislation to channel another $550 million for more federal agents, investigators, and technological improvements
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Spyware big seller in China
The Chinese government no longer has a monopoly over domestic spying; sales of James Bond-like hidden surveillance tools such as cameras disguised as pens or buttons to companies and individuals soar
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New facial, gait recognition software to be integrated in CCTVs
BAE Systems and OmniPerception work on developing a gait and facial behavior recognition to be integrated into street corner CCTVs; it will make identifying known criminals easier
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BriefCam video synopsis integrated in Pelco's DVR
BriefCam’s technology integrated with Pelco’s DX8100 series of digital video recorders; solution allows for one day of surveillance camera footage to be summarized into as little as a few minutes
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BriefCam launches CCTV video synopsis technology
Video synopsis technology allows one day of surveillance camera footage to be condensed into a few minutes, thus allowing security personnel to focus on evens that require attention while reducing costs
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Tampa authorities use a new Super Bowl security system
The system uses a software program called E-SPONDER, which is built into Microsoft Surface, a tabletop, touch-screen display
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New technology would limit invasion of privacy posed by CCTVs
CCTVs proliferate to every corner, and worries grow about eroding privacy; a scientist offers a solution: face-blurring technology which would prevent the distribution on one’s image captured on CCTV without the authorization of those who sign up for the service
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India to see a large, broad growth in expenditures on domestic security
A series of terrorist attacks, culminating in the coordinated attack in Mumbai last month, convinced both government and industry in India that more security — much more security — is required to cope with mounting threats to domestic peace; business opportunities abound for companies in IT security, biometric, surveillance, detection, situational awareness, and more
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New surveillance system identifies suspicious, lost people
New surveillance software will attempt to recognize whether a person on the street is acting suspiciously or appears to be lost; intelligent video cameras will be connected to large video screens and geo-referencing software to help law enforcement and security agencies
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New York City opens counterterrorism center
The $100 million project was launched after 9/11; the facility would eventually receive video footage from 3,000 cameras posted in and near the financial district, an area of about 1.7 square miles
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The long view
Making hardware and software Quantum-Safe
Quantum computers are thought to have the potential to perform specialized calculations beyond the reach of any supercomputers in existence and will be able to break current public key cryptosystems used today.