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How dangerous is Computing to your health?: How dangerous is computing to your health?...Eat healthy, exercise often, and take time off to disconnect. Simple rules to live by! ]:)Back problemsSeveral years ago I felt like there was a knife in my back. It kept getting worse so I visited a chiropractor. As soon as I told him...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Vertical industries, computer, computing, health care, Preventive Medicine; Discussion threads 2008-05-05
How dangerous is Computing to your health?: Recently I have seen a spate of articles suggesting the computing lifestyle is hazardous to your health: Laser toner consists of tiny particles which can be inhaled. In fact indoor air is often worse than outdoor air. As buildings are tightened-up to save energy the need for...; Tags: Health Care, Computing, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-05
Will Computing save health care?: Will computing save health care?Will Assistive Technology save IT?With Google or Microsoft wanting to buy into peoples' data, and house it at the most inexpensive location and not even considering local laws or identity theft (I mean, that's expensive), I don't see computing doing much help.After all, it's easy to...; Tags: computing, health care, Predictive Health; Discussion threads 2008-05-02
Will Computing save health care?: Carey James Kriz is nothing if not an optimist. Dr. Kriz, who heads the American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine in Orlando, is convinced that technology is the answer to the train wreck called the health care financing system. Predictive Health, knowing what your...; Tags: Dr., Health Care, Computing, Carey James Kriz, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-02
New approach gives Purdue serious Computing power: Purdue University will be replacing its current research computing clusters on May 5th with one of the world's largest supercomputers. While this isn't especially surprising at a school known for its computer science expertise, the funding model and installation are far more novel. Interestingly, the supercomputer,...; Tags: Purdue University, Supercomputer, Computing, Computer, Productivity, Research & Development, Business Operations, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-01

Stanford pushing for new parallel Computing model: Stanford University, in conjunction with Sun, AMD, NVIDIA, IBM, Intel, and HP, is working to create a new computing model that fully exploits modern, multicore processing. As a feature in Ars Technica points out, parallel computing has always posed significant challenges to programmers. However, since most of us...; Tags: Computing, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-01
Can assistive technology save Computing?: Computing is becoming an old man's game. (Picture from the University of Buffalo. Go Bulls.) Last year just 8,000 people graduated with computing majors, nationwide, the lowest figure in years. Can assistive technology turn that around? Michael Buckley at the University of Buffalo thinks...; Tags: Computing, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-30
Why all the recent focus on "desktop virtualization": Why all the recent focus on "desktop virtualization"When they do something interesting...I'm actively following over 100 companies in the virtualization software space. I do my best to post something interesting on all of them from time to time. If you check, I've posted a number of articles on Endeavors Technologies.When...; Tags: Processors, computing, recent focu, X11, desktop, desktop virtualization, CPU, locality, local machine, network; Discussion threads 2008-04-11
Microsoft's Mundie: New programming models needed: Craig Mundie, Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer, said Wednesday that the software industry needs to catch up with advances in computing power. The gist: Computing power is growing exponentially via multiple cores and parallel processing. The rub: Software doesn't have the tools or programming heft to...; Tags: Software, Programming Model, Microsoft Corp., Multi-core, Computing, Programming, Mundie, Development Tools, Tools & Techniques, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-09
Has Microsoft lost its way on desktop Computing?: Based on recent comments by top Redmond strategists, it appears that Microsoft has no credible vision for the future of desktop computing. Apple appears to have skirted this strategic black hole and despite the distractions of its OS X-based mobile clients, keeps delivering powerful desktop hardware, a robust OS...; Tags: Software, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Computing, Surface, Desktop Strategy, Desktops, Strategy, Hardware, Management, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-04-01
Silicon chips for optical quantum Computing: UK researchers at Bristol University have shown that it is possible to control single photons on a silicon chip. The team developed 'the world's smallest optical controlled-NOT gate -- the building block of a quantum computer.' As said the lead researcher, 'This is a crucial step towards a future optical...; Tags: Optics, Abstract, Silicon Chip, Computing, Quantum Corp., Chip, Quantum Computing, Quantum Computer, Quantum Technology, Quantum Circuit, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-03-30
Into Africa: Inveneo's low-power Computing alternative: I am way too far out of traditional work mode to wrap my head around some of the other subjects I've got cluttering my inbox. Weekends are for non-profits, like San Francisc0-based Inveneo, which is bringing computers and IP communications technology to under-served regions in places like Nigeria. ...; Tags: Community, Green Technology, Computing, Inveneo, Weekends, Productivity, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-03-22
A Moore's Law for medical breakthroughs: In the world of medical research the chief contribution of this decade has been breaching the wall between organic and inorganic chemistry. Computing has made this possible. It can take a vast amount of computing power to create an enzyme from scratch. Thanks to distributed computing and...; Tags: Rice University, Computing, Moore, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-03-21
Live Webcast: Enhancing Business Mobility with Pen Computing: For years pen-enabled computing devices have enjoyed great success and acceptance in highly vertical industries like delivery services, auditing and POS. The primary limitations of early pen computing devices, which were the hurdles to early mainstream adoption, were the power limitations of the devices, no stable OS...; Tags: Webcast, Mobility, Fujitsu Ltd., Computing, Sales Force Automation (SFA), Tablets, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets; Webcasts 2008-03-17
Cloud Computing hasn't gone Fortune 500 yet, but it's coming: Large corporations haven't joined the ranks of startups flocking to cloud computing services like Amazon Web Services, but they are ignoring it at their own peril. That's the key takeaway from a research report by Forrester analyst James Staten. The report, based on interviews with more than...; Tags: Computing, Computing Service, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-10
Will Dell's new cloud Computing blog mean anything for us?: Dell just launched a new blog devoted to cloud computing. There has been a lot of talk in Ed Tech surrounding cloud computing and its ability to replace expensive licensed software and reduce hardware costs with low-power, cheap Internet access devices. Cloud computing continues to mature and I...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Blog, Server, Computing, Blogging, Internet, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-03-06
Cloud Computing for enterprises, work it through your head: Here are some great quotes from a Hiperware white paper I just read: In combination, cluster computing and multi-core computers have the potential to provide unprecedented performance, scalability and reliability for enterprise software. Much of the significant benefit evident in the ideology of multicore and cluster...; Tags: Multi-core, Computing, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-03-05
Former Softie Maritz to head cloud Computing at EMC: Former Microsoft Platforms chief Paul Maritz may be best remembered for his alleged threat to "cut off Netscape's air supply." (For the record, Maritz has denied he ever said those exact words.) But in his new job, as head of EMC's newly created Cloud Infrastructure and Services...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Computing, EMC Corp., Storage, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-02-21
Internet Forecast: scattered clouds, no rain: Internet Forecast: scattered clouds, no rainCloud Computing is a game changer...But not for the reasons many seem to advocate.It is interesting because it lowers economic barriers to compute intensive applications by allowing what used to be capital costs (fixed costs in the economic sense) into expense costs (variable costs in...; Tags: Business structures, Engineering, OPEN SOURCE, Strategic planning, Cloud Computing, Internet, computing; Discussion threads 2008-02-21
Amazon explains its S3 outage: Amazon explains its S3 outagePower grid point response...>>Do we hold computing power to a higher standard than the electric grid?; Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Web site development, Salesforce.com Inc., Amazon.com Inc., software-as-a-service, computing, S3 Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-02-16