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- Amazon launches relational database service: Think MySQL in the cloud
- Amazon on Tuesday launched a public beta of a service dubbed the Amazon Relational Database Service RDS. The main appeal: Allow customers to operate and scale database clusters while leaving pesky tasks like patching and administration to Amazon Web Services. Adam Selipsky, vice president of Amazon Web...
- Tags: MySQL, Amazon Web Services, Web Service, Amazon.com Inc., RDBMS, EC2, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-27
- Adam and Eve 1.0 (Windows)
- Adam and Eve is an interesting skill game for free. Help Adam and Eve to return for better or for worse in a labyrinth full of pitfalls in Adam and Eve is a skill Adam and Eve is a skill game. The game is entirely in German. If you do...
- Tags: NowStat, Games, Microsoft Windows, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-10-27
- Oracle OpenWorld 2009 - Social CRM Technology Rears an Actual Head
- I am almost always in awe of Oracle OpenWorld. The scope of this conference is spectacular. Can you imagine an event that the attendance is down to 37,000 attendees? Actually, that puts me in awe of their event planners more than even the event. How in the name of whoever...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Siebel Systems Inc., CRM, Anthony Lye, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2009-10-14
- Sidekick outage says more about the future of 'Pink' than Microsoft's cloud
- This isn't about any service.This is about Microsoft in general. It brings up the question of whether they can manage a server environment. It doesn't matter what that environment is. Preservation of data is always job one. And this is the job where the failure occurred. So Pink, Azure, cloud,...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Mary-Jo, Microsoft Corp., Azure, job, Pink, IT administration
- Discussion threads 2009-10-13
- Princess Isabella: A Witch's Curse 1.0 (Mac)
- Princess Isabella is all set to marry the love of her dreams, Prince Adam. After returning home from a trip, however, she finds that an evil curse has been placed on her castle by a mysterious witch. The curse has placed evil in every room, and turned everyone inside the...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Castle, Macgamestore, Princess Isabella, Games, Desktops, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-10-09
- Verizon ad trashes AT&T's 3G coverage
- However, JD Power tells us a slightly different storyAccording to their latest survey the iPhone is ranked top in customer satisfaction for both consumer and business users. In fact I was surprised at the size of the large margin the iPhone has with business users.I guess this means that if...
- Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., phone, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T 3G coverage, AT&T 3G, advertisement, Apple Inc., 3G
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- MythBusters spill the beans on new episodes
- MythBusters dirty car vs clean carIn my days as a KC-135 Crew member, I was already aware of the low drag benefits of a rough textured paint. The painted surface on the KC-135 resembled shark skin in feel.There were studies done decades ago proving glossy surfaces on airplanes produced more...
- Tags: MythBusters
- Discussion threads 2009-10-05
- MythBusters spill the beans on new episodes
- In advance of the fall set of new MythBusters episodes, CNET News visited stars Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman and got a peek into their crazy but fun mindset.
- Tags: Episode, News, mythbusters, discovery channel
- Videos 2009-10-01
- Photos: 'MythBusters' takes aim at new episodes
- CNET News reporter Daniel Terdiman visits with Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman of "MythBusters," getting a peek at what they'll tackle this season. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Photograph, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-10-01
- Scientists replicate the physics of a stellar jet in laboratory
- Astronomers will tell you that among the most beautiful structures observed in the Universe are the intricate jets of matter speeding away from accreting stars, such as young proto-stars and stellar mass black holes. But they have a hard time explaining it. A pair of professors the University of Rochester...
- Tags: Jet, Magnetic Field, Team Management, Management, Chris Jablonski
- Blog posts 2009-09-30
- Thousands of phone apps are available, but what 3 do you really need?
- It's interesting......whatever platform you choose there are a handful of apps that are essential and everything else is kind of... well, fluff.Anyway, from a Symbian perspective:* Sports Tracker* Nokia Maps* FacebookExactly rightBeing proud of 85,000 farting applications is... well... silly.From a Windows Mobile perspective, the APPS I use the most:1....
- Tags: Smart phones, Microsoft Windows, Mobile applications, Wireless and Mobility, phone app, THOUSANDS, Apple iPhone, phone
- Discussion threads 2009-09-30
- On the record with BlackBerry & iPhone: Both will win
- I'm nobody's fan boy. IÂ don't love any particular brand. Never have. Never will. It's not in my DNA. I love my family, I love food and wine and dinner conversation, I love making music with the band, and I love to ride my bike on Metro West roads with a...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Smart Phone, RIM BlackBerry, Matter, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Ted Schadler
- Blog posts 2009-09-24
- Wireless service boosters: A good idea but we shouldn't have to pay extra
- You would think that the news of an AT&T Femtocell product - basically, a network extender that can help boost a weak cell phone signal in homes and buildings - would be a welcome product, especially for the iPhone users who regularly have to deal with dropped calls. ...
- Tags: Network, AT&T Corp., Wireless Service, Wireless, Network Extender, Networking, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Wireless And Mobility, Internet, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-09-21
- Princess Isabella: A Witch's Curse 1.0 (Windows)
- Princess Isabella is all set to marry the love of her dreams, Prince Adam. After returning home from a trip, however, she finds that an evil curse has been placed on her castle by a mysterious witch. The curse has placed evil in every room, and turned everyone inside the...
- Tags: Castle, SpinTop Games, Princess Isabella, Microsoft Windows, Games, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2009-09-21
- Works of George Eliot. FREE Author's biography & poems in the trial 10.1 (Mobile)
- Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any poem from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere...
- Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference
- Software downloads 2009-09-10
- Adam's Trouble Lite 1.1 (Mobile)
- Adam's Trouble Lite features Adam caught in a maze, with rising toxic liquid from the bottom end. Adam wants to escape through a door at the top end and he needs to jump to different levels, open the valve and reach for the exit door. In this bid, he has...
- Tags: Liquid, Mobile, Emantras, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Software downloads 2009-09-02
- Photos: Imagining Greek gods as geeks
- San Francisco artist Adam Reeder, a big tech enthusiast, attempts to wed classical sculpture with modern themes. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Photograph, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-08-20
- Comet carries a building block of life
- "Life came from outer space".It made me smile to read that.He is called God. He created life. And yes, in a way you could say He is from 'outer space'.It's funny how more and more knowledge becomes available including the major faults in the evolution religion, and people still staunchly...
- Tags: Gunther, dinosaur, major fault, COMET
- Discussion threads 2009-08-18
- U.S. national broadband strategy: Funding is the elephant in the room
- The Federal Communications Commission held a series of discussions about broadband polices, wiring rural locales and fostering innovation, but the elephant in the room was funding. The rough goal of the Feds' national broadband dreams is to wire everything in a high-speed access utopia. Radio waves, fixed...
- Tags: Broadband, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-14
- Fed's RFIDiocy pwnd at DefCon
- NSA spooks gather for a colleague's retirement party at a bar. What they don't know is that an RFID scanner is picking them out - and a wireless Bluetooth webcam is taking their picture. Could that really happen? It already did. The Feds...
- Tags: Federal Reserve Board, RFID, Wireless And Mobility, Security, Biometrics, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2009-08-10
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