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- Top aviation search terms
- Rank Search Term Volume 1. southwest airlines 8.11% 2. american airlines 3.98% 3. continental airlines 2.73% 4. delta airlines 2.59% 5. united airlines 2.57% 6. us airways 2.18% 7. southwest 1.92% 8. northwest airlines...
- Tags: Airline, NB
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- Total Battleship (exe)
- The classic naval strategy turn-based game of Battleship combined with modern warfare. Take part in epic battles with aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, frigates, submarines and even seaborn aviation, using the state of art missile technology while deciphering morse code communications. Apply your best strategy in order to be the first...
- Tags: Radar, Luis De Sousa Reis, Aerospace & Defense, Strategy, Manufacturing, Management
- Software downloads 2008-07-09
- Can we trust our GPS devices?
- In recent years, we have become increasingly dependent on applications using the Global Positioning System GPS, such as railway control, highway traffic management, emergency response or commercial aviation. But in a very short news release, the American Geophysical Union AGU warns us that we can't always trust our GPS gadgets...
- Tags: Satellite, Occultation, GPS, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- UAVs will study Californian smog
- The California Energy Commission is funding a research effort named CAPPS, short for California AUAV Air Pollution Profiling Study. CAPPS will use autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles AUAVs to gather meteorological data as the aircraft fly through clouds over Southern California. The goal is to study smog and its consequences as...
- Tags: Southern California, Researcher, Pollution, Aircraft, Global Warming, UAV, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Two robotic jellyfish, AquaJelly and AirJelly
- A Design News editor was lucky enough to watch two robotic jellyfish swim and fly at the Hannover Fair in Germany. These two robots, AquaJelly and AirJelly, made by Germany-based Festo company, are using 8 tentacles based on fish fins for propulsion. The AquaJelly has 11 infrared light-emitting diodes and...
- Tags: Signal, AquaJelly, AirJelly, Festo, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
- Thoughts on the "Live Mesh" platform
- Thoughts on the "Live Mesh" platformWe'll see how this plays out in practicePast experience doesn't give me much hope that things will be as you suggest the OOXML fiasco still gives me great pause, but hope springs eternal.Or...... Microsoft has realized that not every device runs software from Microsoft. ...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Older Software, Cross-platform, Microsoft Corp., software
- Discussion threads 2008-04-23
- What is a sustainable business anyway?
- Once you penetrate some of the sustainability hype the key question at board level is this: what action are you actually prepared to take? For a problem like climate change, where there is no regulatory hurdle and action is voluntary though enlightened by self interest, what action is enough? ...
- Tags: Carbon Dioxide, General Motors Corp., James Farrar
- Blog posts 2008-04-10
- How to detect network vulnerabilities?
- Computer scientists at George Mason University GMU have developed a new software to identify complex cyber network attacks. This software is named CAULDRON (short for 'Combinatorial Analysis Utilizing Logical Dependencies Residing on Networks'). The developers claim that CAULDRON 'can reduce the impact of cyber attacks by identifying the possible vulnerability...
- Tags: Software, Network, Vulnerability, George Mason University, CAULDRON, Networking, Security, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-03-18
- Data Centers Are Adopting Green Initiatives But Are Wary of Vendors' Marketing Messages
- The IT industry and business in general are slowly waking up to the impact they are having on the environment. While the newspaper headlines target the growth of cheap flights as a leading cause of global warming, some commentators have suggested the IT industry is responsible for more carbon emissions...
- Tags: Data Center, Aperture Technologies, Data Centers, Storage, Public Relations, Hardware, Data Management, Marketing, Corporate Communications
- White papers 2008-03-11
- Separate charges in Chinese spying cases
- A former Boeing engineer has been indicted on charges of economic espionage and international spying, Thompson Financial reports. The indictment alleges that Chung took and concealed Boeing trade secrets relating to the Space Shuttle, the C-17 military transport aircraft and the Delta IV rocket....
- Tags: Aircraft, Boeing Co., Letter, Indictment, Chung, Aerospace & Defense, Government, Strategy, Manufacturing, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-02-11
- Four cable 'cuts' in a week: Conspiracy nuts light up the phones
- So what's going on with telecom cable interruptions in the Middle East? First a ship's anchor cut into two high-priority cables -- Flag Telecom's Europe-Asia cable and the consortium-owned SEA-ME-WE 4 system. That pretty seriously damaged communications in the Middle East and choked - but didn't cut off - traffic...
- Tags: Phone, Elephant, Wired Inc., Iran, Attack, Cable, Network Technology, Security, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-02-06
- Smart holograms to monitor our health?
- In a short news release, the Institute of Physics reports that smart holograms, which use materials called hydrogels that shrink or swell in response to local environmental conditions, can be used to monitor many physical conditions than three years ago. These smart holograms could soon be used 'by diabetics to...
- Tags: Monitor, Hologram, Health Care, Polymer, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-02-05
- Too+funny.+French+employment+policies.
- Too+funny.+French+employment+policies.And the flip side is THIS jewel ..."Rewards are rich for failing"http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/5504313.htmlFriday's Houston Chronicle.RE: Too+funny.+French+employment+policies.The NYT did this piece during one of the job riots, describing how hard it is to fire a Frenchman.http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/26/weekinreview/26smith.htmlDoing business in FranceAlthough I don't remember precisely that day, this story is one of the many...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job, world leader
- Discussion threads 2008-02-01
- To form an us
- To form an usHow would you write for luddites?Seriously. I've read articles in business magazines that make me absolutely fume at the gross inaccuracies. But the bottom line is, aside from maybe changing a little phrasing, I usually don't think I could do that much better of a...
- Tags: Desktops, Recruitment & Selection, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-01-28
- Flight profile (Virgin Galactic models SpaceShipTwo)
- Flight profile Virgin Galactic models SpaceShipTwoSpaceship TwoI think this is great. I am a big fan of Burt Rutan and all of his projects. I cannot wait until SpaceShip Two is complete. I am the academic coordinator for the Aircraft Manufacturing Technology program at a technical school...
- Tags: SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Galactic
- Discussion threads 2008-01-23
- Virgin Galactic unveils SpaceShipTwo; Plans open architecture spaceship
- Virgin Galactic unveils SpaceShipTwo; Plans open architecture spaceshipBeautifulThey are much better looking than the first ones. I hope that they accelerate space exploration and lunar landings. Unfortunately, the current goal is mostly space tourism, which is impractical. Maybe they'll raise enough money from it to fund the bigger picture, though.RE:...
- Tags: space elevator, Virgin Galactic, architecture spaceship, SpaceShipTwo
- Discussion threads 2008-01-23
- Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers
- Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customersNice going...I should try telling these various credit card company morons that I "lost" their bills and then send them an offer to protect their good names. This idiotic country has become absolutely beholden to computer systems that barely work and employees that...
- Tags: Social Security, Identity theft, Operational accounting, Credit Bureaus, issuer
- Discussion threads 2008-01-19
- TSA site rife with insecurity and conflict of interest
- Hey, security breaches, incompetence and corruption. Sounds like government IT. The Post reports: A government Web site designed to help travelers remove their names from aviation watch lists was so riddled with security holes that hackers could easily have stolen personal information from scores of...
- Tags: Web, Web Site, Transportation Security Administration, Government, Web Site Development, Channel Management, Web Technology, Vertical Industries, Security, Internet, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-01-12
- Boeing 787 at risk of in-flight hacking
- Boeing 787 at risk of in-flight hackingAviation 2.0Great opportunity for new 2.0 features in airplanes.See my small cartoon:http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/2008/01/user-generated.htmlBye,OliverIt is possible to do a one-way connection, so users can see flightinformation, such as ground speed, air speed, temperature, location, etc. There are many EXTREMELY safe ways to do this and insure...
- Tags: SECURITY, Boeing Co., in-flight hacking, Boeing 787, hacking, hacker, risk
- Discussion threads 2008-01-06
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