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Zapped to glory: CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos takes a ride with the Compex Sport, which electrically stimulates nerves to build muscles. It's an efficient, legal, and very painful way to beef up athletic performance.; Tags: News.com, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Michael Kanellos, sports, compex sport, muscles, athletics, performance; Videos 2008-01-16

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The physics of baseball: There's some real science to throwing a ball and knocking it out of the park. CNET News's Kara Tsuboi spoke with players from the Oakland Athletics about throwing and hitting, and to a scientist who confirmed that yes indeed, they'd play better if they had paid attention to their physics...; Tags: News, kara tsuboi, baseball, oakland A's, exploratorium, paul doherty, physics, pitching; Videos 2008-04-09
Best memory in the US? Let's really put it to the test: This news item just in from Reuters: "A 31-year-old software engineer recalled the correct order of an entire deck of playing cards in 2 minutes and 27 seconds on Saturday to take the title of having the best memory in the United States. Chester Santos of San Francisco beat...; Tags: Card, Memory, Standards, Quality, Business Operations, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-03-09
Today's Debate: How deep should electronic health records be?: Today's Debate: How deep should electronic health records be?If any proof were neededthat this is the next big land rush, with enormous amounts of money at stake, this is it. Aside from sports [1], the only reason ASU ever does [b]anything[/b] is if the Administration sees boatloads of money...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Michael Crow, ASU, electronic health record, e-health; Discussion threads 2007-10-01
BigTenTalk Forums (zip): BigTenTalk Forums displays the latest BigTenTalk.com forum discussions. BigTenTalk.com is a portal site design for mature and intelligent big ten athletics especially football discussion. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Discussion, BigTenTalk.com, Portals, Web Technology, Internet; Software downloads 2007-06-25

UNC Tar Heels Widget (widget): Get total access to all things Tar Heel: photos, news feeds, links, and support North Carolina Athletics while you earn points over and above what your credit card earns you now. The Tar Heel Widget is part of a growing network of College Sports Widgets.; Tags: Newsfeed, Tar Heel Widget, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales; Software downloads 2007-03-27
NetSuite adds Oakland A's GM Beane to its board: NetSuite will get some metrics tutoring from Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane, who is widely known for his statistical approach to baseball. The company, which makes on-demand business software suites, appointed Beane to its board of directors. Apparently, NetSuite crunched...; Tags: NetSuite Inc., SaaS, Web Technology, Software Infrastructure, General; Blog posts 2007-01-04
Cisco Field: Stadium of the Future: Cisco's IP Network Enables New Sports Services: Cisco and Athletics announce Cisco Field to serve as the new home of the A's. The presenter of this webcast demonstrates the "stadium of the future" concept at the recent Oracle OpenWorld 2006 conference.; Tags: Network, IP, Cisco Systems Inc., IP Network; Webcasts 2006-11-14
Career advice 101: Don't be like Aleskey: They say that any media attention is good media attention, but one student at Yale probably would beg to differ. When Aleksey Vayner sent his résumé complete with video to a Swiss bank UBS, he got more attention then just from his potential employers. reports The New York...; Tags: career, Aleksey Vayner, video; Blog posts 2006-10-25
Webcasts transform college athletics: Webcasts transform college athleticsWebcastWhat is it that makes a webcast a webcast. Is it live video feed or is it recorded video that is uploaded to the internet? I would love to have more clarity.; Tags: Digital media, Webcast; Discussion threads 2006-09-19
Webcasts transform college athletics: Can't find your favorite college sports team broadcast on television? Soon any sports fan will be able to hunker down with a cold beer and chips in front of the computer on log on to whatever game any small college bothers to webcast, reports The Associated Press. ...; Tags: game, Webcast, Big Sky; Blog posts 2006-08-18
No child technologically left behind?: No child technologically left behind?How about thinking as a workplace skill?Fortunes are being spent on this in networking, software, and hardware, but it really is just a vocational skill, not a curriculum element. 5th graders need to be learning how to think. Its possible to use a computer to do...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, ROI/TCO, PRODUCTIVITY, workplace, workplace skill, vocation, computer; Discussion threads 2006-03-17
Crazy athletics II (zip): The only fully animated Athletics game, ever made for the Palm handhelds, now totally redesigned and renewed for hours of fun and excitement. You are given a novice and weak athlete and you have to train him, gain experience and equipment, and finally make him a real Olympic champion. This...; Tags: Athlete, Mode, Olympic, Workforce Management, Games, Handhelds, Human Resources, Personal Technology, Hardware; Software downloads 2006-02-21
Mega Fun Pack (zip): For the puzzle and sports game lovers we have collected all our bestseller games and offer them as a mega pack. Unlimited fun packed in a box. Games included: PaintBall 2 (PaintBall has returned with more addictive, faster, and richer gameplay); Crazy Athletics 2 (Take a novice athlete, train him,...; Tags: Games, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2006-02-21
HP expands open-source support: HP expands open-source supportGood!Although I can't complain to awful much, HP printers have always worked well with Linux. But it's good to finally hear that another vendor is increasing support. It just brings Linux further into main stream acceptance for both corporate and private use.Whatever HPAnd the big boys are...; Tags: Financial Planning, Poeple, Linux/Open Source, Hewlett-Packard Co., insurance, Medicare, open source; Discussion threads 2004-05-31