CenterPoint's network was engineered by ibm and runs on open-source software, meaning anybody can access the underlying code to develop new products to ride on the communications system CenterPoint is building.
The use of a code number to access the images protects a traveller's privacy, shielding the photos from the public eye.
Non-Microsoft programmers have long asked for equal access to the source code--but Microsoft has steadfastly refused to give it.
Tom Perrine of UCSD said he hoped to gain access to the Carnivore code through another means, perhaps from a different section of the federal government.
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The interface is intuitive enough for non-technical people to deal with, but give designers and developers access to the underlying code to set things up any way a client wants.
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The project was terminated in May 2001, SCO says, alleging that IBM "misused its access to the Unix Software Code" to help build the Linux open standard.
It stands in contrast to the closed or proprietary systems of Microsoft and Apple who restrict access to the core or source code for their operating systems.
And Microsoft used its Windows monopoly to help its applications division--the programmers who write software like Microsoft Word--by giving them preferred access to the complex Windows source code.
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Microsoft has opened up access to some of the code for its Kinect for Windows motion-sensing device.
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If you are currently a Redbox Instant beta participant, you'll receive an email with a unique code to access the app on Xbox 360 in the coming days.
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When I botched telephone number selection during setup, however, I had to call Companion tech support for a code to access the dialing screen and the correct numbers.
While T-Mobile and Cingular use that standard, Verizon and Sprint operate on the CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) standard, which is popular in North America but not supported everywhere else.
Due to its strong patent position, it also collects fees from 195 licensees, spanning most of the cell-phone industry for code-division, multiple-access technology, which is the standard communications technology in cellular networks.
And do we think that there are really 10 million people a quarter who want a watch that will let them access their iPhone without remembering the code?
Marco Antonio de Carvalho, 25, actor, Film student and assistant director for GNT (TV network), was among the curious passers-by who entered the QR Code that redirects to the campaign site on the web and gives access to videos featuring Brazilian performers Rodrigo Santoro, Alice Braga and MV Bill.
The person familiar with the matter said that the attackers gained access to Google's computer code by compromising a workstation used by a Google engineer.
Reiser's argument in his lawsuit was that Microsoft has denied Namesys access to the central facilities, the source code, necessary for him to provide a source code patch.
Two-step verification drastically reduces the chances of someone stealing the personal information from your e-mail account because hackers would have to not only get a password and your user name, they would also have to have access to the mobile phone to which the code is sent.
To fight back, law enforcement agencies argue that everyone should store the keys to their encryption code with a third party that in turn will allow the government to access information if a crime is suspected.
And Digg, like many other sites that revealed the HD-DVD code, has already been sent a cease and desist letter from the Advanced Access Content System (AACS), a digital rights management development group that includes the fearsome lineup of the Walt Disney Co.
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Mr. Bush: You should be able to instruct all of the doctors that you see to make your records available through a portal, and if you get stuck in an emergency room somewhere, there ought to be an emergency access code, that any doctor in the country can look up your chart.
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Iridian uses a 512-byte code to verify the identity of anyone seeking access to restricted areas and its technology has never allowed access to an unauthorized person, according to the company.
In the widely used cellular protocol known as code division multiple access, or CDMA, data are chopped up into dozens of small, duplicate data packets and blasted out over a range of frequencies.
Seybold is still bullish on the long-term prospects of Qualcomm (nasdaq: QCOM - news - people ), which has made progress penetrating the European mobile phone market with its code division multiple access wireless technology.
Global regulators operating under directives from the G20 are looking for something like the Internet ICANN registration model based on public code with free access.
It signed a deal earlier this year to source phones from an undisclosed Asian contractor that will work with the carrier's chosen technology, code-division multiple access (CDMA).
Now, Qualcomm is a promising telecom company with a lock on a technology (called code division multiple access) that is becoming the standard for digital cell phones.
Or will they own a copy of their code, but need to pay to access the algorithms that will make sense of it, or link it to new discoveries?
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