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- Delaying a PC revolution in cell diagnosis
- What if we could revolutionize medical testing, a platform as basic as a PC? Then what if every application, and every input, had to be separately inspected and approved by the FDA? That's life. Iknoisys of New Haven says it has just such a...
- Tags: FDA, PC, Test, Clearance, Party Solution, Federal Government, Government, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
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- Quick note from MyCareTeam
- I just got a note from an old friend, Greg Pettit, and thought I'd pass it on to you. Here's a snippet from his message. I wanted to give you a quick update on MyCareTeam, Inc. and let you know about a special offer that will be available until...
- Tags: Software, Offer, MyCareTeam Inc., Tools & Techniques, Federal Government, Management, Government, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- User perceptions and student jobs
- User perceptions and student jobsSummer ChallengesThe biggest challenge for summer interns is that of utter boredom. Usually the company has a policy of hiring summer interns, while the departments have NO policy on what to do with them. I remember well my first summer intern job, where I worked at...
- Tags: Strategy, Recruitment & Selection, IT Student, summer intern, information technology, student job
- Discussion threads 2008-04-03
- Managing and Securely Determining Security Clearance
- Access controls based on Security Labels are made by matching the Security Label against the Security Clearance of the user or location for which the access control check is being made. In order for this check to be valid, it is essential that the correct value of the Security Clearance...
- Tags: Access Control, Isode, Security
- White papers 2008-03-18
- The tyranny of the majority
- The tyranny of the majorityHi Paul, too true.What OS you use should be driven by the requirements specification matched to the particular strengths and weaknesses of each potential solution... not dogma.All operating systems have differing capabilities, and until someone produces something akin to HAL-9000 or Star Trek's LCARS no one...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, tyranny
- Discussion threads 2008-03-17
- Have a heart (attack): Defibrillators, pacemakers vulnerable to hackers
- Have a heart (attack): Defibrillators, pacemakers vulnerable to hackersPacemakers Must Be Running Windows MobileGod forbid you blue screen during sex.Security Clearance Issues?I wonder if and how such a vulnerability might affect someone's ability to obtain a government security clearance.I wouldn't think all that much, since there are plenty enough ways...
- Tags: Hacking, Wi-Fi, Advertising & Promotion, pacemaker, hacker, attack, security
- Discussion threads 2008-03-12
- "Should I buy a Dell?"
- While we're on the topic of Dells, a teacher asked me today for advice on a new computer for his wife. This is the sort of question that we get all the time from students, parents, teachers, and other staff that we support. In particular, he asked if...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Teacher, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-03-06
- Leaked Intel Nehalem performance projections over AMD Shanghai
- Leaked Intel Nehalem performance projections over AMD ShanghaiAMD is the top performerSorry dude, but the reality is that AMD chips perform a lot better than Intel chips at the same Hz.If you compare two CPUs at different speeds w/ different cash memory sizes, you are not comparing performance on the...
- Tags: Processors, Intel CPUS, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., WARF, CPU
- Discussion threads 2008-02-24
- MySpace exploring ad-supported music venture
- Watch out Last.FM, Imeem, We7 and SpiralFrog, MySpace could be about to enter the ad-supported music game. According to an earlier report by paidContent and echoed in yesterday's Financial Times, MySpace - or rather its parent company News Corp. - has been exploring forming a joint music...
- Tags: Advertisement, MySpace, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-02-20
- Ding, dong, HD DVD is dead
- Ding, dong, HD DVD is deadI'll give you $50 for your player and all your movies....... I'll also throw in two free Arby's coupon !Really, I still think you have a great player, which presumably upscales regular DVD's and hopefully some good movies. If I can get your setup...
- Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, HD-DVD, DING DONG, game
- Discussion threads 2008-02-19
- FAQ: What's next in HD video fracas?
- FAQ: What's next in HD video fracas?What happens next...Blueray wins the consumer space. Thats the way it is so what now? I purchased a $199 Toshiba deck a few months before Christmas and was a little disappointed when Warner backed out of the deal. So as I am...
- Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Blueray, DVD, HD-DVD, TV, standard definition, Blu-ray disc
- Discussion threads 2008-02-05
- Would+a+Microsoft%2FYahoo%21+deal+mean+more+junk+and+OS+bloat%3F++Probably
- Would+a+Microsoft%2FYahoo%21+deal+mean+more+junk+and+OS+bloat%3F++ProbablySAAS is EvilYou know where I lay the blame for this? Google. They made SaaS incredibly sexy and this has resulted in all of the big players wanting to cash in. As a result, the future of computing is moving toward online services and advertising. Call...
- Tags: Operating systems, Google Inc., SAAS, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Pidgin, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2008-02-01
- Gallery: MacBook Air Unboxing
- Gallery: MacBook Air UnboxingSo, no flash drive, huh?That's what I am most curious about. I'd love to find out if there is much performance increase from the flash drive. Even faster boot up and wake from sleep modes?!? My Mac starts up pretty darn quick as is, I'm curious how...
- Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, MacBook Air Unboxing, keyboard, MacBook Air, Gallery, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-01
- High-end flash drive goes mainstream
- High-end flash drive goes mainstreamSorry, what mainstream are you referring to?We currently have both flash and DRAM SSDs in our storage architecture, they've been there for several years. They are in both HP and EMC arrays. We use DRAM SSDs for high-volume high-volatility data, and Flash SSDs for high-volume low-volatility...
- Tags: USB flash drive, High-end flash drive, storage, disk
- Discussion threads 2008-01-15
- HD DVD price cuts - Fire sale or an attempt to keep the format alive?
- HD DVD price cuts - Fire sale or an attempt to keep the format alive?Buy Buy BuyWe must save the economy and prolong the HD Format war. Tis the only way. Our jobs depend on it.Cmon baby light my fire....or to quote Tom Hanks in Cast Away, "Look...
- Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, Games, HD-DVD, HD-DVD Price, FIRE SALE, Toshiba Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-01-15
- The implosion of music DRM
- I certainly wouldn't have expected that, within a year, most digital music would be legally available, DRM-free, from online download sites. That seems on track to happen, however, as Sony just announced it would be releasing its music in DRM-free MP3 format. It helps, of course, that DRM-free music on...
- Tags: CD, Digital-rights Management, Digital Music, Music, Radiohead, Trent Reznor, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-01-04
- Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Dec 07/Jan 08
- Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Dec 07/Jan 08it's not faster - ??????yr right the clock speed isn't any faster - but when u hit the enter key yr not waiting for the last job to finsh - you can run a virus check while yr doing a word DOC...
- Tags: Corporate governance, Processors, PCI, Games, Hardware 2.0, hardware, CPU, Serial ATA, Digital Equipment Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-12-20
- Report: 3G iPhone by June. Here's how much it will cost and why
- Report: 3G iPhone by June. Here's how much it will cost and whyperfectThe logic sounds perfect. Now, how will we recycle all these Gen 1 iphones when all the iSnobs ( I am one) decides to upgrade? I have a feeling a large number of current owners/lovers will upgrade. And...
- Tags: Cellular phones, WIRELESS, 3G, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2007-12-06
- The Devon IT thin clients are headed back, but thin really is in
- Sorry, couldn't pass up the cheesy title for this post. Cheese aside, though, as I box up the Devon IT Safebook and 6030 desktop thin client, I'm reminded of just how far server-centric computing has come from the green-screened dumb terminal of yore. I received a promo email...
- Tags: Thin Client, Thin Clients, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2007-11-27
- Israel launches antihijack pilot ID system
- Israel launches antihijack pilot ID systemOne FlawPity the passengers of the drunk pilot that can't remmeber the proper code :-)RE: Israel launches antihijack pilot ID systemThe Terrorists aren't real. Who cares about a keypad when the planes are remotely controlled by their own governments?its all a bunch of smoke and...
- Tags: Government, MANPADS
- Discussion threads 2007-11-21
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