"Transcoding will play a bigger role, " said Mr Erensen, referring to the potentially real-time transfer of one format to another.

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Thermos also described an exploitable hole in ZRTP, one species of the VoIP language real-time transfer protocol: ZRTP encrypts all transmitted sounds, but not the numbers translated from tones.

FORBES: VoIP Vandals

They can send and receive real-time emails with attachments, transfer large files, connect to corporate VPNs, access online publications, listen to the latest podcasts, or even download the perfect music to enjoy at 41, 000 feet.

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Robotic Glockenspiel Player: XILO is a slightly frightening-looking device which uses the Lego camera to watch the player and transfer his or her movements into real-time Glockenspiel playing: "With just a little practice, you can make XILO create beautiful music!"

ENGADGET: Music Thing: Musical instruments made of Lego

The funds transfer group can see transactions in real-time through a Splunk dashboard rather than waiting for next-day reports.

FORBES: Security Data Is Big Data And A Business Advantage

Rather than simply simply allowing real-time recording of a radio station, the Connect can transfer a song or the song's album to the player if it is available on Yahoo!

ENGADGET: Switched On: Music in the air (Part 2)

The growing demands of the U.S. military for the bandwidth necessary to transfer in a secure fashion immense quantities of video and other data in real-time to commanders and forces all over the world transform this fiber optic infrastructure being sold by Tyco into something else altogether - a force-multiplier of immeasurable value.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Strategic fire-sale