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Images: Dubai's skyscraper in motion

Architect David Fisher says that by the end of 2010, an 80-story tower in Dubai will stand tall as the world's first-ever shape-shifting skyscraper. by CNET News.com

Tags: Dubai, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-07-01

Dubai Property Screensaver (exe)

Dubai Property Screensaver will show you the greatest Dubai Properties and Towers in Dubai Real Estate Market. With more than twenty towers listings, amazing images and useful descriptions, Dubai Property Screensaver shows the best towers in the Dubai Real Estate Market. Even if you just want to watch or decorate...

Tags: Dubai, Screensaver, Real Estate, Business Operations

Software downloads 2007-12-05

Dubai Eye (widget)

Get in touch and get to know Dubai Eye 103.8 FM in Dubai with this widget.

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Software downloads 2007-04-25

Images: A spinning skyscraper in Dubai

United Arab Emirates state, already known for interestingly shaped buildings, may gain a "tower in motion" that lets each floor rotate independently.

Tags: Dubai, U.A.E.

Image galleries 2007-04-20

Guarding and Protecting Dubai Municipality's Network and Ensuring the Integrity of the Information That Drives the City

Few cities in the world are thriving to the extent Dubai is today. Diversification in the last few years into a service and tourism-oriented economy has placed significant pressure on the city's municipal services delivered by the Dubai Municipality. To combat threats to its desktop estate from viruses, worms and...

Tags: Estate, Symantec Corp., Dubai, Network, Security, Cyberthreats, Desktops, Viruses And Worms, Hardware

Case studies 2006-12-05

Photos: Life in Dubai

Many believe the next fortune will come from this glitzy--and strict--UAE nation.

Tags: photograph, Dubai, U.A.E.

Image galleries 2005-11-21

Photos: Life in Dubai

Many believe the next fortune will come from this glitzy--and strict--UAE nation.

Tags: photograph, Dubai, U.A.E.

Image galleries 2005-11-21

"Wireless Home" Project Heralds Exciting Career Prospects for Women of Dubai

In Dubai's booming economy, IT and networking skills are in demand. Cisco makes a conscious effort to help Middle Eastern women, as well as men, to build IT careers, for example by finding them internships. All the students of Cisco Networking Academy Program 2005 took part in the project, applying...

Tags: Dubai, Women, Information Technology, Cisco Systems Inc., Wireless, Gender And Diversity, Professional Development, Human Resources, Career

Case studies

Employees at Dubai Public Agency Deliver Promise of E-Government

The Dubai Department of Economic Development DED was one of the first public bodies in the United Arab Emirates UAE to make its services available online. Drawing from this experience, the organisation, which grants trade licences to Dubai-based businesses, has refreshed its IT infrastructure using the latest Microsoft technologies. As...

Tags: Dubai, Agency, Microsoft Corp., Intranet, E-government, Government

Case studies

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(Images: Dubai's skyscraper in motion)

(Images: Dubai's skyscraper in motion)Fast Forward, NYC... where the story of the great PIT continues. It just amazes and saddens me how far the US has fallen.When the rest of the world reads about the insurance lawsuits related to the original WTC, the fear of replacing the building with one...

Tags: skyscraper

Discussion threads 2008-07-01

How about a wheelchair that is also an exam table?

How about a wheelchair that is also an exam table?Great Idea will hospitals buy it thoughThe chair seems like a great idea but i wonder if hospitals will put the puse before the nurse.I don't know...That's the great thing about entrepreneurship. There must be some facilities who can afford these...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Entrepreneurship, wheelchair

Discussion threads 2008-06-25

FCC wants no-porn, free broadband wireless auction

FCC wants no-porn, free broadband wireless auctionHmmm....Is Porn illegal? If not is this not a governmental nose-snubbing at freedom of speech, making it highly illegal ?Do we really WANT this sort of action by our government?Do we want to become China?I dunno. I'm just askin'...The moral crusaders :)Ok,...

Tags: Federal government, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Government, WIRELESS, broadband wireless auction, broadband wireless, FCC, broadband

Discussion threads 2008-06-23

Prices up, consumption down--market economics working for gasoline consumers?

Yes, American gasoline prices have risen more than 30% in a year. Yes, consumption is now down in the U.S., year to year. Just under 4%. So maybe nobody ever said there was a one-to-one ratio. Bet if gasoline gets to $5 per gallon, consumption will...

Tags: Oil Company, Alternative Energy, Gasoline, Global Warming, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-10

Apple's iPhone lands in 10 countries via Vodafone pact

Apple's iPhone lands in 10 countries via Vodafone pactCan Vodafone succeed where others have failed in India?Vodafone is one of the top 3 players in India owning 16.72% as of March 31st 2008 of the Indian Cellular phone market as per this link - http://www.india-cellular.com/Market-Share.htmlBut the real question to ask...

Tags: Cellular phones, Apple Inc., Vodafone Group Plc., Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2008-05-06

News to know: IBM; Microsoft; Googlehoo; Safari; Enterprise 2.0

Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Is Hyper-V ready for the Windows desktop? Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft looks to make product planning more science than art. Gallery right. Better the Windows Vista devil you know than the Windows 7...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Safari, Enterprise 2.0, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-04-17

Twitter: Blocked in Dubai over inconsistent values; Where's the next ban?

Twitter: Blocked in Dubai over inconsistent values; Where's the next ban?I guess twitter makes sense in this casebut i still cant find a valid all day use for it.Good for clubbing with large groups though.same old censorship adapted to the sandThis is merely the western censorship with an Arab flavour.Most...

Tags: Telephony, Twitter, inconsistent value

Discussion threads 2008-04-16

Twitter: Blocked in Dubai over inconsistent values; Where's the next ban?

The discussion about a UC Berkeley student that Twittered his arrest in Egypt and got help from the U.S. Embassy, the media and friends makes me wonder how long it will take to ban Twitter in the Arab world and elsewhere. Sound crazy? Perhaps not. Twitter is already banned in...

Tags: Twitter, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-16

Google and Salesforce.com: Why don't they merge?

Google and Salesforce.com: Why don't they merge?There are compelling arguments in favor ...as I speculated last year during all the chatter in the run-up to the original announcement of Salesforce's alliance with Google:http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=334But would Google be willing to pay so much? (it would have to be quite a bit more...

Tags: Sales force management, Google Inc., Salesforce.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-04-14

TippingPoint tips balance in withdrawal of CFIUS application

I met Mike Rothman last night for drinks. He was on a once in a lifetime pass through Southfield, Michigan. I found myself acting like many people do in the presence of a knowledgeable industry analyst. I asked questions. One of them was: "What about this 3Com mess?"...

Tags: Bain, 3Com Corp., TippingPoint Technologies, Government, Ethernet, Vertical Industries, Food & Beverage, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, Manufacturing, Richard Stiennon

Blog posts 2008-02-22

Anchor found at cable cut site

Anchor found at cable cut siteOf course, if it was a conspiracy, do you think they'd tell US?My theory is still valid: the anchor was actually a disguised weapon, dropped by a secret US submarine to prevent global warming data from being transmitted by eco-terrorists.Did the same anchor cut all...

Tags: Network technology, cable, Anchor Control

Discussion threads 2008-02-08