Darren McCarra, Author at McCarra.co

Wind farms raise ground temperatures, could possibly affect local weather Wind farms can raise ground temperatures in their immediate locality, which could lead to a "noticeable" impact on local and regional weather and climates, research suggests. No responses 4th May 2012
New surveillance technology analyses video for human characteristics, greatly reduces false alarms Netwatch, an established security company that specialises in crime prevention technologies, has developed a surveillance technology that can distinguish between human and non-human activity, greatly reducing the number of false alarms issued to key holders, security guards and members of the police force. No responses 3rd May 2012
Further details of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 emerge As game publisher Activision officially unveiled Black Ops 2 today, further details have emerged of the fifth Treyarch Call of Duty release and its unusual storyline. 2 responses 2nd May 2012
Indoor Street View for businesses expands to Canada, Ireland and the Netherlands Google has today announced the expansion of its Business Photos program, allowing businesses to add a Street View style virtual tour of their premises on Google Maps and on their Google Places listing. 4 responses 1st May 2012
UK ISPs forced to censor access to The Pirate Bay The UK High Court has today ruled that internet service providers (ISPs) operating in the UK must censor access to file sharing site The Pirate Bay. 4 responses 30th April 2012
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 confirmed, pre-orders begin next week The title of the forthcoming Call of Duty release has been confirmed as Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and pre-orders of the Activision title will begin as early as next week, May 2. No responses 28th April 2012
Apple removes Android app listings from Chomp Apple has removed all Android app listings from Chomp, the app search and discovery service that it acquired in February of this year. 3 responses 27th April 2012
StumbleUpon reaches 25 million users, plans to localise in Europe Content discovery engine StumbleUpon reached 25 million registered users this week, growing from 5.5 million just three years ago, according to CEO Garrett Camp who spoke to TechCrunch's Anthony Ha. No responses 26th April 2012
Google+ gets a share button Google+ has just rolled-out a dedicated embeddable share button that Google hopes will encourage users to post more content to its developing social layer. No responses 25th April 2012
Google Drive launches, an evolution of Google Docs Amid increasing speculation Google has today introduced Google Drive. Google Drive is a personal cloud storage service that offers Google account holders the ability to upload, share and access videos, photos, Google Docs, PDFs and more from just about anywhere and on just about any device. No responses 24th April 2012