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Electricity from the Sea: Irish companies that they say could harvest power from the turbulent waters off the country's West Coast in a few years. They want to bring it to the U.S. and New Zealand too. News.com's Michael Kanellos traveled to Galway, Ireland to check out their plans.; Tags: Derek Robertson, general manager, North America, WaveBob; Videos 2008-04-01
North America polluted by East Asia?: In a recently released study, NASA researchers have confirmed that air pollution travels around the world. They've used new satellite sensor capabilities to measure pollution traveling from East Asia to North America between 2002 and 2005. According to NASA, the amount of pollution arriving in North America is equivalent to...; Tags: NASA, Pollution, Satellite, North America, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-03-26
41% of all WiMAX revenues were in North America: Shipments of 802.16e-compliant infrastructure overtook 802.16d in 2007. North America service revenues will account for 41% of all service revenues in 2012. ShareThis by site admin; Tags: Revenue, North America, Operational Accounting, WiMAX, Finance, Wireless, site admin; Blog posts 2007-12-30
Market Research Company Speeds Research Results and Development Time: GfK Group, a global market research company, wanted to offer its clients faster access to research data with technology that was easier to implement and extend. In the past, the company developed its own data analysis technologies with custom code that was difficult and time-consuming to create and maintain. To...; Tags: Data Analysis, Market Research, Software Product, Research Company, Microsoft Corp., Market Research Company, North America, Marketing Research, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Marketing, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Case studies 2006-08-04
Audubon Quadrupeds (zip): Audubon's superb paintings capture the breathtaking beauty of the four-footed creatures of the North American forest and plains of the 1840's. In the early 1840's John James Audubon decided to paint the animals of North America. Having achieved worldwide fame with his Birds of North America, he decided to draw...; Tags: North America, Audubon; Software downloads 2006-05-09

Increasing Data Center Efficiency by Using Improved High Density Power Distribution: A new approach to power distribution for high density server installations saves floor space, simplifies power cabling, saves capital cost, reduces weight, and increases electrical efficiency. This paper describes this distribution architecture and quantifies the benefits. Note: The methods in this paper only apply in North America...; Tags: American Power Conversion Corp., Data Center, North America, Data Centers, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management; White papers 2006-04-25
Magic Map (North America Edition) (exe): Magic Map helps you locate your targets quickly by phone numbers, street addresses, or zip numbers. You can try to find anything you like around any neighborhood using the new local search feature. Flexible personal marker sets can help you create customized views with your own information on the map...; Tags: Phone, Local Search, North America, Search; Software downloads 2006-04-11
Use of 208 Volt Verses 120 Volt Inputs for Servers: 208 Volts offers various technical advantages and is the only choice for higher power servers to be pluggable into standard NEMA outlets. Technically, 208V is a superior choice for powering computing equipment when compared with 120V due to lower current draw. However the ubiquitous nature of 120V wiring in North...; Tags: American Power Conversion Corp., North America, Servers, Hardware; White papers 2005-02-04
PeopleSoft Case Study: Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America: Toyota Motor Corporation is the world's third largest carmaker. To achieve its ambitious market growth goals, Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America (TMMNA) needed to control costs while optimizing employee productivity. With PeopleSoft, TMMNA laid the groundwork for becoming a real-time enterprise by automating business processes, improving visibility, and controlling expenses....; Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Toyota Motor Corp., North America, TMMNA, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Manufacturing, Portals, Human Resources, Internet; Case studies
Textile Manufacturer Sees Efficiency Gains With Worldwide Data Collection System Deployment: Coats North America (Charlotte, North Carolina), is part of the worldwide Coats family-the world's largest supplier of industrial sewing thread and craft products. Coats North America wanted to replace, enhance and expand its existing inventory management systems at 22 total facilities in North America, Central America and the Caribbean. Coats...; Tags: Data Collection, Inventory Management, North America, Scanners, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Software; Case studies
Virgin Entertainment Group, North America: Gaining Advantage From Microsoft Software Assurance: The Virgin Entertainment Group (VEG) operates one of the largest media product retail chains in the world, with 20 Virgin Megastores in the United States and North America, as well as stores in Europe and Japan. Virgin Entertainment Group, North America, purchased Software Assurance (SA) to help reduce costs, make...; Tags: Virgin Entertainment, Microsoft Corp., Software Assurance, North America, International Data Group, Virgin Entertainment Group; Case studies
DaimlerChrysler's MOPAR Division Streamlines Warehouse Management: DaimlerChrysler's MOPAR division manages 26 Parts Distribution Centers (PDCs) in North America. Until recently, different non-realtime systems ran the national and field warehouses in this network. The cost to maintain these two different systems and their aging "Batch" designs prompted MOPAR to seek a single, realtime system that could run...; Tags: Business Services, Daimler AG, Distribution Center, IBM Corp., Networking, North America; Case studies
ReserveAmerica Improves IT Performance and Scalability: ReserveAmerica, an operating business of IAC/InterActiveCorp, is North America's leading camping reservation, campground management, and tour/ticketing solutions provider. Managing the largest campsite inventory in North America, ReserveAmerica wanted to implement a cost-effective, scalable database infrastructure and increase production system service levels. The company wanted to streamline IT management to optimize...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Scalability, North America, ReserveAmerica, Storage, Databases, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Data Management, Management; Case studies

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Another morning hangover for ethanolics: This time a major U.S. newspaper editorializes against the American subsidies for ethanol. Their conclusion: "This does not mean that Congress should give up on biofuels as an important part of the effort to reduce the country's dependency on imported oil and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. What it does...; Tags: Biofuel, Methanol, Greenhouse Gas, Clean Technology, Corn, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-05-10
Pine trees to frogs, global warming is killing 'em off: In the northern lattitudes the boreal forests of North America are losing their evergreens. Scientists say the mountain pine beetle is thriving due to the warmer winters. In turn beetles are killing large numbers of trees in Canadian forests. Previous beetle attacks have occurred in the Canadian...; Tags: Climate, Global Warming, Species, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-05-09
Mowser purchased by dotMobi; is there a need for a .mobi domain?: Mowser purchased by dotMobi; is there a need for a .mobi domain?.mobi is UsefulI like developed .mobi sites, and have a blog and showcase of .mobi sites at http://mobienthusiast.mobi. It's true that there are many mobile optimized .com sites, but I like the simplicity of being able to type in...; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, DotMobi, mobi site, mobi, mobile, mobi domain, dotMobi, Visit BofA.mobi, domain; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
Is Microsoft the answer to Africa's health woes?: Is Microsoft the answer to Africa's health woes?Africa is ancient compared to America------is what is commonly perceived.They're ancient,time locked,incapable of industrializing.The best idea is every country self sustains.Where Africa is modern...One place where Africa is modern is in mobile networks. In many ways they're ahead of us there, because the...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health woe, health care, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
Nokia kicks off strategy to focus more attention on the U.S. wireless market: I have been enjoying the recent posts on the Nokia Conversations site and a couple that I found particularly interesting was the post about Nokia's changes in the USA and the interview with the N96 and N78 creators. One is directly applicable to U.S. users of Nokia products, like myself,...; Tags: U.S., Strategy, Phone, Device, Nokia Corp., N96, Telecom & Utilities, Smart Phones, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-09
A brief summary: A brief summaryCompare with CFOIn many parts of the world, the CFO must be a chartered/certified accountant. In the US, this is now also (essentially) the case, due to SOx, and SOx is there as a result of accounting scandals.IT continues to disregard formal qualifications and licencing. Maybe the CIO...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Databases, IBM AIX, SOx, shareholder, AIX 5.3, Schwartz, information technology; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
Samsung Glyde SCH-U940 (Verizon Wireless): Photo gallery:Samsung Glyde SCH-U940Ever since we first played with the Samsung F700 last year at CTIA, we've been waiting for it to come to America. And starting today, it finally has arrived on our shores--at least in a way. The new Samsung Glyde SCH-U940 for Verizon Wireless offers the same...; Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Cellular phones, Verizon Wireless, touch sensitivity, Glyde, Samsung F700, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., touch screen, Samsung Glyde SCH-U940, LG Electronics Inc., display, handset; Product reviews 2008-05-08