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Toshiba's introduces first wireless 2MP IP video surveillance camera

Toshiba's IK-WB16A-W

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Added by Frankie cordova on September 3, 2010 at 7:33pm — 1 Comment

Free video management software predicted to open up low end markets

The recent announcement by Milestone Systems that it will start to supply XProtect Go, as a free eight channel version of its video management software (VMS) platform. But what does this mean for the video surveillance industry? Free VMS is not a new phenomenon - a number of network security camera vendors supply VMS for free, bundled with their cameras. So is this announcement significant to the VMS market?

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Added by Frankie cordova on September 3, 2010 at 3:11pm — No Comments

Dedicated Micros is offering all new SD Range digital video recorders

Dedicated Micros introduces the all new SD range of DVRs

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Added by Frankie cordova on September 3, 2010 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Range of HD megapixel ONVIF compliant security cameras released

Samsung has introduced a new range of true day/night ONVIF compliant H.264 HD megapixel cameras with built-in licence-free intelligent video analytics (IVA) capability. The SNB-5000 fixed camera, the SND-5080 internal mini dome and the SNV-5080 vandal resistant dome all share a long list of features which allow users to gain maximum benefit from the very latest megapixel camera technology thanks to the incorporation of Samsung's Wise Net1 DSP chipset, which has be

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Added by Frankie cordova on September 3, 2010 at 1:17am — No Comments

Why IP makes Cents. Do not become a Mechanic. | CCTVBLOG.COM

I am not going to go into the technological advances of IP or Megapixel

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Added by Frankie cordova on August 7, 2010 at 11:46pm — 1 Comment

Wi-Fi-Enabled Devices to Exceed 1.9 Billion Units by 2014

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Added by Frankie cordova on August 5, 2010 at 7:46pm — 1 Comment

Proximex and Avigilon Announce Technology Integration

NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--National Sports Safety & Security Conference

Proximex, the leader in event and information management for both physical and logical security markets, announced today a technology integration with Avigilon, the performance and value leader in high definition (HD) and megapixel video surveillance systems. Under the terms of this agreement, Proximex Surveillint can bi-directionally interface, communicate and integrate with al

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Added by Frankie cordova on August 2, 2010 at 9:32pm — No Comments

Feeling Software brings us Omnipresence 3D Pro Design

Feeling Software Inc., of Montreal, Canada, has announced the latest product in its Omnipresence 3D suite of advanced physical security applications.
Designed for architecture & engineeri

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Added by Frankie cordova on July 25, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Magnum Power Drivers - This thing looks pretty cool

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Added by Frankie cordova on July 25, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Keri Systems releases V-Track Vehicle ID System

Keri Systems, Inc. has released its V-Track Vehicle ID System, an RFID product designed to automatically identify vehicles for such applications as gated community access control, parking l

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Added by Frankie cordova on July 25, 2010 at 1:25pm — 1 Comment

Battery operated covert clock.

Not a bad looking covert camera. Its actually runs on batteries and gives you some decent images. Recording time is not great on batteries but its a nice option to have when you don't have that outlet near by.

Features

A super-covert Spy Clock with secret video camera

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Added by Frankie cordova on July 25, 2010 at 1:17pm — No Comments

Simplifying Video Coverage - A nice read from Spot on Security

Technology can make our lives a lot easier and a lot more complex at the same time.

For example, we never had to worry in the past about how much coverage we could get from a camera. No one used to mention pixels-per-foot (or per meter) ten years ago. Why? Because when we

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Added by Frankie cordova on July 25, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Meet the New Frontline Bloggers: Security Contractors. A must read.

Tһе frontline soldier

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Added by Frankie cordova on May 6, 2010 at 1:45pm — No Comments

Nobody Encrypts their Phone Calls

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Added by Frankie cordova on May 6, 2010 at 1:44pm — No Comments

Anti-Surveillance Camera Detector - Too Funny. No end to the China madness

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Added by Frankie cordova on April 13, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

How to Prevent Home Burglaries During Spring Break

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Added by Frankie cordova on April 12, 2010 at 2:15pm — No Comments

Makeup to Fool Face Recognition Software -

An NYU student has been reverse-engineering facial recognition algorithms to devise makeup patterns to confuse face recognition software.

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Added by Frankie cordova on April 12, 2010 at 2:11pm — No Comments

The video surveillance game changer? via securitysa.com

Is IP SAN the game changer in the market for IP and enterprise storage used for video surveillance? Will the scalability, flexibility and economy of IP SAN solutions re-shape the video surveillance storage eco-system? A new market research report from IMS Research (

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Added by Frankie cordova on April 12, 2010 at 2:08pm — No Comments

Electronic Security Expo Heads to Charlotte, N.C., in 2011

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Added by Frankie cordova on April 12, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Burglaries Up; Many While People Are Home via homesecuritysource.com

In Wichita, Kansas they are facing a huge up tick in burglaries. Generally, crimes of this nature rise when there is a financial crisis, unemployment, gangs and drug activity. Police there have recorded 2,839

burglaries last year, a 10.2 percent increase over the same period the
year before.

Of the 2,839 burglaries, 384 — or 13.5 percent — occurred while residents were home. Many of these burglaries

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Added by Frankie cordova on April 12, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments