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- Apple Faithful: Arrogance Is Not a Virtue, and Why I Will Never Buy a Mac
- I've often been asked why I don't own a Mac. The answer is simple, and yet complex, and requires a trip down memory lane artwork by Spidermonkey David Morgenstern’s column last week about Psystar’s imminent demise and his accompanying “Good Riddanceâ€...
- Tags: Software, Steve Jobs, Apple Macintosh, PC, Apple Inc., Next Computer, Canon Inc., Fanboy Template Let, Andrew, NeXTStep, Desktops, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- Not Enough Time in the Day to ... Watch TV.
- There is not enough time in the day to work, sleep, eat ... and watch TV. This has bothered me for a long time. But you can't live and consume media -- digital or otherwise. So...
- Tags: Hour, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2009-03-27
- Study: Eight hours spent in front of screens, age 45-54 watch most
- Adults are exposed to screens -- as in those of televisions, mobile phones, movies, GPS devices and so forth -- for about 8.5 hours on any given day, according to a study released by the Council for Research Excellence. Wowsers. ...
- Tags: Minute, Video, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-03-27
- Supercomputers help design better golf balls
- Researchers are using supercomputers to create new balls that will improve the game of avid golfers by flying farther. They've used the supercomputers at Arizona State University to simulate the physics of golf balls and to model how air flows around a ball in flight and to study how this...
- Tags: Supercomputer, Flow, Arizona State University, Clinton Smith, Direct Numerical Simulation, Results, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- University Achieves Greater Network Visibility, Saves $75,000 With Security Tools
- Ball State University wanted to deliver enhanced security for its IT environment and to monitor and manage network health. Previously, the university lacked an effective way to tell if computers were properly updated and in compliance with security policies. Ball State deployed Network Access Protection NAP, which is a feature...
- Tags: Network, University, Health Care, Tool, Security Tool, Security
- Case studies 2008-10-01
- BPM and Process Automation Helps Maximize IT ROI--Hear How it Can Work for You
- Ball State University was having unusually high IT failure rates during online student registration. Using Business Process Automation BPM powered by the IBM Smart SOA™ approach, they streamlined and automated the process and maximized their ROI. Their solution can be applied to your organization. View this on-demand web seminar to...
- Tags: Process Automation, BPM, Information Technology, On-demand, IBM Corp., Business Process Automation, Operational Planning, Strategy, Managed Hosting, Enterprise Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Management, Software
- Webcasts 2008-09-16
- Wordcamp 2008
- In the quiet flats of University of California San Francisco Mission Bay campus, bloggers, thinkers, journalists, developers, and inventors melt together for a full day of lectures and learning. The goal of Wordcamp 2008 is to figure out the future of publishing on the web. ...
- Tags: Open Source, Blog, Wordpress, Plug-in, Automattic, Wordcamp, Mullenweg 3:00, BuddyPress, Discovery Channel, Al Upton, ChickSpeak, ScholarPress, Netconcepts, Post Title, Akismet, Virality, Diso, Compliment Spam, Monotone, Prologue, GigaOm Daily, Gigalogue, Comments Screen, Blogging, Internet, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-08-16
- 1.5m spam emails sent from compromised University accounts
- 1.5m spam emails sent from compromised University accountsThere may be no such thing as ViagraThe combined Governments of the Earth can not stop hacking.No country escapes,all are victims.This is the invasion of our planet.One can expect to see that all forms of communication are hacked.Can you believe anything that is...
- Tags: Whis, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- University Research Center Sets Benchmark Record With Windows HPC Server 2008
- Ball State University wanted to deliver enhanced security for its IT environment and to monitor and manage network health. Previously, the university lacked an effective way to tell if computers were properly updated and in compliance with security policies. Ball State deployed Network Access Protection NAP, which is a feature...
- Tags: University, Health Care, Microsoft Windows, Vertical Industries, Security, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2008-06-01
- 6 reasons government IT projects fail
- 6 reasons government IT projects failContradictory demandsThe complexity of a government project can arise not only from the ordicary technical problems, but from frequently observed situations.The simplest example is a data item which has different definitions and neither can be eliminated because each comes from a higher level of government....
- Tags: Team management, team, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-05-30
- Can Deep Green help a combat commander?
- University of Southern California USC researchers are developing several parts of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA Deep Green program. Their efforts are intended to help commanders on the battlefield to anticipate enemy moves. 'The system interweaves anticipatory planning with adaptive execution to help the commander think ahead, identify...
- Tags: Program, Battlefield, DARPA, Corporate Governance, Data Mining, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- University Enhances Computer Security, Simplifies Licensing, Optimizes IT Talent
- Ball State University decided to resolve challenges surrounding its inconsistent client computing environment through a campuswide deployment of the Windows Vista operating system. With this deployment, the university anticipates fewer compatibility problems, a 50 percent reduction in the time required to upgrade computer labs, a 25 percent reduction in help-desk...
- Tags: Computer Security, Security, Information Technology, Computer, Help Desk, Call Centers, Productivity, It Operations
- Case studies 2007-03-23
- Will defendant Google bite the copyright infringement bullet?
- GOOGLE HEADS: YouTube seized the opportunities digital technology provides to obtain creative works legally. GOOGLE TAILS: YouTube sought its fortunes by brazenly exploiting the infringing potential of digital technology.Which way will the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York $1 billion ‘coin toss” fall?On September...
- Tags: Network technology, TVs, YouTube Inc., Digimarc Corp., Google Inc., DWM, Bruce Davis
- Blog posts 2007-03-13
- Microsoft responds to DOT ban on Vista, Office 2007
- Microsoft responds to DOT ban on Vista, Office 2007So trueMy company has adopted a policy of no Vista and only giving XP to those who absolutely can't function without the XP operating system (we have a single accounting app that isn't ported yet). Other than that people get Ubuntu...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Quality, PRODUCTIVITY, government, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., standards, Microsoft Windows XP, Forced Upgrades
- Discussion threads 2007-03-06
- IN teachers union fights online schools
- The issue of state funding of charter schools came to a head this week as Indianas largest teachers union is making plans to fight the approval of two new online charter schools, reports the Indianapolis Star. After the approval by Ball State University of two online schools and three...
- Tags: Education Technology, Online Education, K-12, education, charter
- Blog posts 2007-02-07
- Robotics: Is Microsoft's vision the right one?
- New Yorkers claim New York City to be the capital of many things: media, arts, fashion…but is the Big Apple also “robot city”?The New York Software Industry Association NYSIA convened a panel of academics, artists and hobbyists last evening to find out. Robots were on hand too.Farshad Khorrami, Professor, Computer...
- Tags: Culture, Microsoft, Enterprise, robotics
- Blog posts 2007-01-23
- Biodegradable plastics made from corn
- Biodegradable plastics have already been created by using proteins from plants such as corn or soy. But they were not strong enough to be used by the industry. Now, researchers at Iowa State University have found a way to reinforce these biorenewable plastics. They are using high-powered ultrasonics to reinforce...
- Tags: plastics
- Blog posts 2006-10-31
- Moooooo!
- So my principal asked me the other day, "What were you saying about those cows?" Although Athol, Mass is fairly rural, I'm pretty sure I've never said anything to him about cows or any other livestock for that matter. As he saw the confusion spread across my face, he quickly...
- Tags: Notebooks, Thin clients, laptop computer, computer, thin client
- Blog posts 2006-10-27
- Lessons in disaster response from Strong Angel III
- Earlier this month I covered the upcoming Strong Angel III, a six-day test and demonstation focused on innovations around disaster response for local and global catastrophes. The event, hosted by San Diego State University, took place this week, and I talked post-event to program director Eric Rasmussen (at right during...
- Tags: Eric Rasmussen, Strong Angel III
- Blog posts 2006-08-25
- Lithium buckyballs to store hydrogen?
- Hydrogen fuel, which is an ideal energy carrier and environmentally friendly because it releases only water in the air, might one day power our cars and reduce our dependency on fossil fuels. But first we need to find ways to produce it -- and to store it. And now, researchers...
- Tags: Virginia Commonwealth University, hydrogen
- Blog posts 2006-07-26
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