Autodesk Seeing Positive Signs in Infrastructure Spending

Autodesk (ADSK) released their Q1 2010 results yesterday showing revenues of $426 million, down 29 percent from Q1 2009 but meeting guidance. Carl Bass, CEO, in his call with analysts had a few interesting comments that might indicate that the economy is bottoming out. While many areas of the business are still in decline, the rate has somewhat slowed. In addition, with regard to leveraging stimulus money coming from the U.S. as well as other countries around the world, he had this to say:

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Scrubbed Location Data Can Still Reveal Indentity

Philippe Golle and Kurt Partridge at PARC (Palo Alto Research Center) did research that suggests scrubbed location data from GPS and similar devices may not be as anonymous as once thought. Apparently, even with scrubbing home and work locations can be deduced, thus identifying the person. The paper (pdf) is here.

- The Register

Google “Motion Based Profiles” Patent

The patent “Activating Applications Based on Accelerometer Data” basically aims to protect a process for collecting information based on the accelerometer in a cell phone to help determine what the person carrying the phone might be doing. Then the device and operate accordingly, (turn on apps, etc.)

So, my phone might be smart enough not to ring while I was traveling at 20 mph on my bike (that doesn’t happen too much) or when I’m moving the lawn and take a message instead.

- The Register