academic research

ZDNet Resources

• sort by:
• Relevance
• Date
• Popularity

Phil Windley asks: Whither innovation?

Phil Windley asks: Whither innovation?Whither InnovationI think corporate R&D and competition is the primary source of innovation. Secondarily, it's the academic community whose horizons are however longer-term.Enterpreneurial activities and VCs while critical, do not create innovation but bring innovation to the marketplace and thus make economies more efficient and effective.I'm...

Tags: Leadership, Strategy, Semiconductors, innovation, Phil Windley, chip, academic research

Discussion threads 2005-01-25

Additional Resources

Sente 6.0.17 (Mac)

Sente 5 is the premier academic reference manager for Mac OS X. Sente's iTunes-like interface makes finding, reviewing, organizing and using the academic literature in your field easier than ever. Sente (pronounced sen-tay) makes literature searches easier by providing a front-end to hundreds of data sources around the world,...

Tags: Data Source, Result, Apple Macintosh, Third Street Software, Sente 5

Software downloads 2009-11-04

Science boycotts over envirnomental issues?

bad ideaSo, like, back in 1933, boycott Einstein and other scientists in Germany because you didn't like Nazi laws as of 1933?Probably not a good idea.Let's just boycott all other countries because they are all full of foreigners.Eco-worshippers are a bunch of crybabiesSure... let's boycott everyone that doesn't agree with...

Tags: boycott

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Document rental service brings "deep web" content to the mainstream

DeepDyve, a search engine that specializes in indexing the contents of documents published deep into a Web site, is announcing a Netflix-like service that allows users to "rent" documents such as medical journal articles on a per-use basis. The company says that there's a market of more...

Tags: Web, Article, DeepDyve Advisory Board, Channel Management, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-27

The chief value of open source

Custom code solutions...It's great you can see the code, but for companies I disagree that is a "value".What SMB has the resources to comb through thousands of lines of code to assure reliability and security? Even if they do manage to find a bug, are they going to fork...

Tags: open source, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Nvidia: Next big supercomputer player?

NVidia has a chanceNot all that surprisingly the concept of supercomputing on a small basis has finally filtered down to audio/video recording facilities, with the bulk of basics going to the CPU and the actual processing going to the GPU. This is a clear advancement when those of us...

Tags: NVidia Corp., supercomputer, big supercomputer player, supercomputing, supercomputer player

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

Nvidia: Next big supercomputer player?

Nvidia unveiled its next-generation graphics processing unit GPU architecture, dubbed Fermi, and announced a key supercomputing win with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The takeaway: Graphics and visualization are becoming key to scientific discoveries. And Nvidia could be a major player. Oak Ridge's supercomputer will be used...

Tags: Supercomputer, NVidia Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Supercomputing, GPU, Fermi, Oak Ridge, CNET News, JMP Securities Alex Gauna, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-01

What if my kid went to Dawson's School of Online Learning?

As long as you are not teachingOtherwise they would be in a class called Google101.AcronymsYou gotta be careful about acronyms. SOL is a common acro for s**t-outta-luck. With the D in front, you get: da**-s**t-outta-luck. Not what you should use for a school, is it? And you can't use just...

Tags: E-learning, training and certification, Sol, education, Dawson, online learning, Harvard

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

VerbAce-Free 2009 Arabic-English-Arabic Dictionary 0.9.2 (Windows)

VerbAce is a translation tool with an extensive Arabic-English-Arabic dictionary and a unique morphological analysis engine that was developed as an academic research project. The easy-to-use one-click user interface allows a quick translation of any text word.

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Dictionary, Analysis, VerbAce Research, VerbAce

Software downloads 2009-09-11

EFF, ACLU says Google Books will chill reading, speech

Google's ability to track users' browsing and book reading habits creates a dangerous temptation to government and private litigants, which will result in a chilling effect on free speech and robust academic research, a new amicus brief says. by Richard Koman

Tags: Google Inc., Electronic Frontier Foundation, Speech, American Civil Liberties Union, Government, Vertical Industries, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-09-08

Does good Betsy McCaughey exist?

all very interesting, but...Is ZDnet now a health-oriented web site? Should we start looking forward to more political articles?A Ph.D. is a doctorate[i]"When McCaughey uses the title ?Dr.,? it?s based on her Ph.D from Columbia. ... to refer to her as ?Dr. McCaughey,? is to endorse a deception."[/i]Sorry, Dana, but...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, SECURITY, Betsy McCaughey, deception, good Betsy McCaughey, doctorate, health care

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

iVerbum 3.5.2a (Mac)

A powerful academic / research tool. A most adequate and portable word processor for initial drafts that is suitable for export to other formats for fine-tuning and publication. An extremely fast index and search tool that provides customized creation and manipulation of research databases. Ideal for academic / professional research....

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Tool, iVerbum, Productivity, Word Processors, Search, Software

Software downloads 2009-09-08

Strategic Thinking before Operational Actions: The Enterprise 2.0 Tool Cargo Cult Problem

Three posts about 'failure' in the 'Enterprise 2.0' space in the last few days from Sameer Patel ('Five ways to avoid Enterprise 2.0 failure' guest blogging on Michael Krigmans' 'IT Failure blog here on ZD Net), Dion Hinchcliffe (14 Reasons Why Enterprise 2.0 Projects Fail) and now Dennis Howlett (Enterprise...

Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Strategic Thinking, Dennis, Morten Hansen, Morten, Superstructure, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-08-27

Hasso Plattner Demos Agile Columnar Database Concepts

The enterprise world of SAP isn't just structured data: it's the fundamental infrastructure of countless international businesses. In business you follow the money to understand deal flow, and automating the planning and tracking of financial transactions from end to end...

Tags: SAP AG, Corporate Communications, Corporate Governance, Storage, Mainframes, Internet, Databases, Servers, Marketing, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-08-23

Time to bone up on energy-aware Internet routing

Telecommunications companies have made call-routing as inexpensive as possible. So why shouldn't businesses finetune the most cost-efficient -- and energy-efficient -- path for data to travel their data centers and networks. There are several worth-reading blogs and articles floating around the blogosphere this week focused on the...

Tags: Energy, Internet, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-08-19

VerbAce-Pro 0.9.2 (Windows)

VerbAce is a translation tool with an extensive Arabic-English-Arabic dictionary and a unique morphological analysis engine that was developed as an academic research project. The easy-to-use one-click user interface allows a quick translation of any text word. Version 0.9.2 includes Micro Window function, updated Arabic-English-Arabic dictionary morphological engine and minor...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Engine, Dictionary, Analysis, VerbAce Research, VerbAce

Software downloads 2009-08-05

The newest argument being used to trash global warming

The newest argument being used to trash global warmingWhy are you here on ZDNet?I am absolutely offended by your post. What the heck does this have to do with technology? And why use this venue to try and spread your liberal propaganda? Is it because you have no other outlet...

Tags: global warming

Discussion threads 2009-07-14

While I'm away..."Good riddance, Encarta!"

While I'm away..."Good riddance, Encarta!"Did not many people sayincluding the creator of wikipedia (?) that much of the material and sublect matter retained within wikipedia is not to be regarded as 100 percent factual?RE: While I'm away...I kind of liked that Encarta was at least somewhat verified as factual. ...

Tags: Wiki, Keyword Searches, Encarta.com, Wikipedia, encyclopedia, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-13

Supercomputing Firm Offers World-Class Resources With Operating System Flexibility

R Systems provides flexible High-Performance Computing HPC resources for academic researchers and commercial organizations. The company offers traditional Linux clusters as well as clusters that run on the Windows HPC Server 2008 operating system. By making Windows HPC Server available, R Systems increases productivity for its customers by using the...

Tags: Operating System, Supercomputing, R Systems, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Linux, Open Source, Software

Case studies 2009-07-01

Nova Spivack interviews Wolfram Alpha's Russell Foltz-Smith

Radar Networks attracted a fair degree of attention with their roll-out of Twine, and the company's CEO has built a reputation as one of the more thoughtful thinkers in the space. Nova took to the stage at the Semantic Technology Conference today, not to talk about his own company or...

Tags: Knowledge, Wolfram Research, Ontology, Nova Spivack, Strategy, Management, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2009-06-17