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- Thinking of Safety: Computer Based Training Makes for Safer Ammo Handling
- At the U.S. Army Defense Ammunition Center DAC in McAlester, Okla., Web-based training is helping instructors teach safe handling of ammunition, at much reduced risk and cost. In other words, fewer bangs for less bucks. The DAC is responsible for establishing, maintaining and teaching care standards for storage, transportation, handling,...
- Tags: Ammunition, Computer-based Training, Defense Ammunition Center, Computer-Based Training (CBT), Transportation
- White papers 2006-08-09
- Revolutionizing Military Supply Chains and Shipping Ammunition at the Blue Grass Army Depot
- The Blue Grass Army Depot BGAD is responsible for shipping hundreds of containers per day to support various levels of armed conflict. Since 1980's, the U.S. Department of Defense DoD began using linear bar codes to identify ammunition being shipped and inventoried around the world. Unfortunately, linear bar codes left...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Ammunition, Bar Code, Savi Technology, Blue Grass Army Depot, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software
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- DIRECTV: Well HERE's Your Problem, Ma'am...
- Shortly after I posted my diatribe on my problems with my DIRECTV HD receivers and the company's horrible customer service, I was contacted by Stuart Sweet, a moderator on a popular Satellite TV forums site, DBSTalk. Apparently, my post had created quite a stir and I was asked to register...
- Tags: Digital Video Recorder, DirecTV, Satellite, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-20
- AerX (exe)
- Enjoy this customizable scenario flight and combat 3D game. The DeathMatch game mode allows you to fight against to all opponents. AerX DeathMatch Mode allows you to configure the number of ships you want to fight to and the time you want to play as well. You have different gun...
- Tags: 3D, AutoQ3D Project Team, DeathMatch Game Mode, AerX DeathMatch Mode, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-07-02
- Google's open source problem is Affero
- Google's open source problem is AfferoOrly?So, if I understand things correctly from the linked article and this, Affero would require Google to release their source code updates for software that runs the [i]services[/i] they sell, not just for compiled software packages as under the current Affero?In the case of the...
- Tags: Mac-user, Affero, F/OSS, open source, AGPL, Google Inc., source code
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- Skepticism and Mary Jo Foley
- Mary Jo Foley recently wrote a piece explaining why her Microsoft skepticism is warranted given the "suspicious coincidence" that these moves toward "transparency, standards and interoperability" fell so close to important signposts in Microsoft's tangled road through the legal and regulatory minefield. The much ballyooed interoperability announcement took place close to...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Skepticism, Corporate Law, Quality, Security, Business Operations, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-03-12
- Global Warming (GW)? The spin cycle is on high.
- The only thing more controversial in the U.S. these days than GW George W is the other GW Global Warming. And that's the GW this blog is interested in. A report from the National Climatic Data Center is being spun dry right now. To one recent blog...
- Tags: U.S., Temperature, Global Warming, NCDC, January, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-03-02
- Microsoft SkyDrive no longer just a beta
- Microsoft SkyDrive no longer just a betanice, butIts a nice service, and great to hear that they upgraded it. But the only thing i find missing in an add-on to the windows explorer, which would provide a seamless syncing betweek online storage and PC.Houston we have a problemWhen I try...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, INTERNET, Backups, PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft SkyDrive, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-21
- Missile+strikes+ailing+U.S.+spy+satellite
- Missile+strikes+ailing+U.S.+spy+satelliteArms test?Well of course it was silly. Hey, its no fun owning such cool toys if you can't play with them now and then. ;-)I'm shockedChina and Russia called it an arms test? Shocking.Missile Shield.A missile shield I believe is the practical use of this tech. An...
- Tags: ICBM, Aegis, VLS, missile
- Discussion threads 2008-02-21
- Citrix strays far from XenSource's original open source mission
- In 2005, hot new startup XenSource was positioning itself as the open source alternative to VMware and Microsoft Virtual Server. Then came a controversial pact in 2006 between the powers that be at the Palo Alto virtualization software company and Microsoft. The mail goal, XenSource executives...
- Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, XenSource Inc., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-02-07
- Google's antitrust throwdown
- Google is throwing down the antitrust FUD in response to the proposed merger between Microsoft and Yahoo. This is getting annoying, not because Google is unique in it, but because other large companies - including Microsoft - have gotten in on the game, too. Microsoft tried to stop the merger...
- Tags: Google Inc., Marketing, Merger, Antitrust, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Internet, E-mail, Instant Messaging, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Online Communications, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-02-04
- Macs join the Army - Hooah!
- Macs join the Army - Hooah!This is going to help with security how?Yeah, yeah...monoculture and all that jazz. I work for a fortune 500 company (> $100B in market cap). Over 75K employees. When virus outbreaks occured only a small number of systems were actually infected. Only a handful of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, Hooah, security, monoculture, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2007-12-21
- Political and scientific values in health care debates
- Political and scientific values in health care debatesExpounding further"A morality which rejects stem cell research doesn’t halt science, however."I would add that it doesn't necessarily reject science, either. Science and morality, like science and religion, don't have to be opposed; as in so much else, it's politics that sets them...
- Tags: Vertical industries, health care, scientific consensus
- Discussion threads 2007-11-29
- Official: MySpace joins Google's "OpenSocial" platform
- I never saw this coming but it makes a whole lot of sense. MySpace have announced that they're supporting Google's OpenSocial APIs in favor of building out its own third-party developer platform. From the press release: MySpace, the world's largest social network, and...
- Tags: Google Inc., TechCrunch, Partnership, Google OpenSocial, MySpace, Business Structures, Social Networking, Channel Management, Finance, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2007-11-01
- Halloween Special - Which is scariest - Apple or Microsoft?
- Halloween Special - Which is scariest - Apple or Microsoft?You failed to mention...Microsoft:Failing to deliver on new features Windows Vista Ultimate. Failing to deliver updates in time for Software Assurance to be cost effective. Still fighting the EU over fines. Apple:Having an OS that will supposedly only run on...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-31
- Microsoft kills its 'Get the Facts' anti-Linux site
- It was a long time in coming. But Microsoft has finally acknowledged that its anti-Linux site had gone past the point of usefulness.On August 23, Microsoft pulled plug on the "Get the Facts" site, replacing it with a new Windows Server "Compare" site.The goal of the site is to...
- Tags: Open Source, Microsoft Corp., Site, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-08-24
- Upshift StrikeRacer (exe)
- In the near future there is no war or even death. Human dignity is absolute as free people everywhere are allowed to focus on self-actualization and higher pursuits specifically, the pursuit of high-octane car combat! Born in Triumph City, StrikeRacing is a lifestyle as much as a sport, combining ballistic...
- Tags: Human Dignity, Modems, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2007-08-07
- SOA value to business
- There's hope in aligning IT and the business. A report in ComputerWeekly states that based on a survey of 100 top IT executives, 77% say it's "getting easier to demonstrate the business value of IT" -- up from 66% in February.The first question that comes to mind, of course, is...
- Tags: General, Business ROI
- Blog posts 2007-07-24
- Skeletons in Microsoft's Patch Day closet
- Last Tuesday, when Microsoft released the MS07-030 bulletin to fix a remote code execution hole in Visio, the first line in the executive summary caught my attention:This important update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in addition to other security issues identified during the course of the investigation. emphasis mineThis is...
- Tags: Metasploit, Hackers, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets, Microsoft, Zero-day attacks, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Spyware and Adware, Responsible disclosure, Pen testing, Patch Watch
- Blog posts 2007-06-20
- Xandros deal is Microsoft water torture strategy
- Xandros deal is Microsoft water torture strategyWon't workIf MS is counting on people leaving distros which sign their devilish deals, they are sorely mistaken.Look what is happening to OpenSUSE. That distro has been in freefall on DistroWatch since they signed the deal. In fact they have been knocked out of...
- Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Processors, strategy, Microsoft Corp., PCLinuxOS, distro, Novell OpenSuse, Xandros
- Discussion threads 2007-06-05
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