HUD Opens Its Doors to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online

Microsoft's government cloud efforts gather momentum as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development clears the way for the use of Dynamics CRM Online at the agency. Read more »

Publishing Conglomerate Buys Analytics Provider 1010data

1010data positions itself as the only provider of big data analytics that combines cloud-based service with access to what it calls "disruptive datasets." Read more »

Global Illumination Using Well-Separated Pair Decomposition

Instant radiosity methods rely on using a large number of virtual point lights (VPLs) to approximate global illumination. Efficiency considerations require grouping the VPLs into a small number of clusters that are... Read more »

Anisotropic Strain Limiting for Quadrilateral and Triangular Cloth Meshes

The cloth simulation systems often suffer from excessive extension on the polygonal mesh, so an additional strain-limiting process is typically used as a remedy in the simulation pipeline. A cloth model can... Read more »

Improving Performance of Image Retrieval Based on Fuzzy Colour Histograms by Using Hybrid Colour Model and Genetic Algorithm

A hybrid colour model is a colour descriptor formed by combining channels from several different colour models. Although rarely used in computer graphics applications due to redundancy, hybrid colour models may be... Read more »

Graph-Based Wavelet Representation of Multi-Variate Terrain Data

Terrain data can be processed from the double perspective of computer graphics and graph theory. We propose a hybrid method that uses geometrical and vertex attribute information to construct a weighted graph... Read more »

Yahoo Moves Into Social Fashion Sales With Polyvore Buy

Polyvore is a popular shopping site in which users give and receive ideas and buy items from a thriving online style community of vendors and users. Read more »

Microsoft Azure Site Recovery Supports EMC Storage Systems

Azure updates this week include Azure Site Recovery integration with select EMC systems and a revamped Web App dashboard. Read more »

IBM Snags 400 Cloud Patents Thus Far in 2015

IBM has secured more than 400 cloud patents to date for 2015 and nearly 1,200 cloud patents over the last 18 months. Read more »

Filtered Stochastic Shadow Mapping Using a Layered Approach

Given a stochastic shadow map rendered with motion blur, our goal is to render an image from the eye with motion-blurred shadows with as little noise as possible. We use a layered... Read more »