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Protecting and Preserving Research Data in a Remote Arctic Environment With Software Solutions From Symantec and Advanced Internet Security

A scientific research organization on Alaska's remote North Slope, Barrow Arctic Science Consortium BASC needs to protect and preserve data generated by visiting researchers. Tight budgets, geographical isolation, and harsh weather mean that the two-person IT staff must protect its infrastructure with no local support resources. Visiting researchers add to...

Tags: Symantec Corp., Data Protection, Internet, Software Solutions Inc., Internet Security, Barrow Arctic Science Consortium, Disaster Recovery, Backups, Security, Data Management

Case studies 2006-11-21

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Girls are as smart as boys, but tests are getting dumber

New research published in the journal Science confirms what all of us teachers have known for a long time: girls are just as smart as boys. I hope none of our tax dollars went into that one. A quick quote from the article before I get into the...

Tags: Test, Teacher, Hyde, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Microsoft joins 'patch DNS now' chant; Apple patch missing

On the heels of the release of weaponized exploit code for the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability, Microsoft has joined the chorus of security pros pleading with DNS server providers to immediately apply patches to protect users from malicious attacks. The Redmond, Wash. security...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, DNS, Vulnerability, Apple Inc., Exploit Code, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Dan Kaminsky, Domain Names, Apple Mac OS X, Networking, Security, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-25

NASA used cadavers to test Orion moonship

NASA officials recognized last week that dead bodies were used to develop Orion landing systems. According to NASA, 'three human bodies were used in the tests at Ohio State University Medical Center' in 2007. Even if the results of the experiments helped NASA, one of its spokesman said that the...

Tags: NASA, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-07-24

2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."

July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an aggressive personal trainer session from the...

Tags: PC, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Mayor: Cleantech leaders are finding their way to San Jose

The great thing about visiting my brother and his family in San Jose is that there is almost always a business reason for me to be here. I used my latest trip ending tomorrow to catch up with the mayor of San Jose, Chuck Reed, about his city's aggressive green...

Tags: San Jose, Leader, Clean Technology, Capital Structures, Finance, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-22

Looking at single atoms of hydrogen

Looking at single atoms of hydrogenFantastic.Apparently, we are rapidly coming up with new and ingenious uses for graphene. Way to go, Science.

Tags: hydrogen

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

Genentech deal shows drug companies are oil drillers

The problem is we're finding, as the science of DNA advances, that there are few easy answers. A drug which works for one person may not work for others. Side-effects are worsening for those whose genetic code rejects a new substance. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Drug Company, Genentech Inc., Side-effects, Biotechnology, Wiki, Sales Strategy, Online Communications, Sales, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-07-21

I'm back!

I'm back from vacation and getting a bit of a late start blogging tonight since my dog got sprayed by a skunk. It's great to be back out here in the woods! However, my getaway left me with a renewed appreciation for home (be it ever...

Tags: Camera, Kid, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-20

Pulling money out of thin air. Or, why wind power should be a neighborly concern.

Pulling money out of thin air. Or, why wind power should be a neighborly concern.I guess the video maker is contesting that the polar ice isnt meltingntHe showing that you're dumber than dirtYou don't even realize that the ice displaces more volume than liquid water and the melting makes the...

Tags: wind energy, neighborly concern, ice, thin air

Discussion threads 2008-07-19

Looking at single atoms of hydrogen

As you probably know, graphene is a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon atoms packed in a dense two-dimensional honeycomb lattice. And it recently became very popular recently as a basis for ultra-fast transistors. Now, according to Science News, U.S. researchers are using graphene to image individual hydrogen atoms via a standard...

Tags: Atom, Researcher, Hydrogen, Carbon, Here, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-07-19

NebuAd: Galileo or pariah?

So, it would seem we have found the outer limits of user tracking and ad-serving. At a House hearing yesterday, NebuAd ran into universal condemnation for its plans to monitor broadband customers' web visits and deliver targeting advertising, reports News.com's Declan McCullagh. Contemptible. Goes against everything...

Tags: Web, Advertisement, Cable Company, Internet Service Provider, Notice, NebuAd, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Cable, Channel Management, Network Technology, Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Marketing, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-18

The green tech edition of ‘what I did on my summer vacation'

How would you like to spend your summer break doing some groundbreaking green technology research? IBM has hired a couple of hundred college students worldwide to lend their brains to projects across the company's 13 research labs, including several focused on solving problems related to making data...

Tags: Green Technology, IBM Corp., Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Top digital camera vendors partner to develop new wireless transfer technology

Imagine being able to display photos on your TV screen just by touching your digital camera to the TV--no more card readers or cables to fuss with. Today, Sony along with the likes of Canon, Kodak, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Samsung, and eight other big names in consumer electronics announced an...

Tags: Consortium, Digital Camera, Camera, Wireless, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2008-07-17

Remote code execution through Intel CPU bugs

Remote code execution through Intel CPU bugsAnother attack path: Just what we need!Now that there are millions of instances of every type of microprocessor, ANY bug in one will be in millions of systems. Relying on bugs is---um---buggy, but just checking every system you can (as a criminal,...

Tags: Processors, Intel Corp., CPU

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

Hellboy: The Science of Evil: Prima Official eGuide (exe)

Locations of every hidden Artifact revealed. Send all monsters back to the underworld with our strategies. Master Hellboy's combat moves so you can thump evil. Learn finishing moves that smash creatures with a single blow. Tips and tricks for keeping Hellboy's energy up. Note: The Download Now link will download...

Tags: Prima Games, Desktops, Strategy, Hardware, Management

Software downloads 2008-07-16

The fastest way to learn open source

The fastest way to learn open sourceReally?You wrote:One of the biggest problems in computing today is the shortage of young programmers, and one of the chief reasons for that is a shortage of readable, basic guides which can act as textbooks in high schools.[End quote.]I'd thought there were more programmers...

Tags: Development tools, Programming languages, Scripting languages, programmer, open source

Discussion threads 2008-07-15

My Awesome IT Job: Chief architect, The Hive

Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here's a new Friday feature at The IT Grind showcasing IT professionals that love their work....

Tags: Information Technology, Chief Architect, Hobby, Home Entertainment, Scripting Languages, Productivity, Strategy, Programming Languages, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Management, Software Development, Deb Perelman

Blog posts 2008-07-11

This could be a window to our solar future

This could be a window to our solar futureVenture CapitalistsA good chunk of the new energy science comes out of our universities and national labs. It's pretty common to see a team of professors and grad students come up with something hot and spin it off into company funded...

Tags: kW, solar future, solar energy, venture capital, window

Discussion threads 2008-07-11

At ease, Americans, your government is resting easy on global warming

At ease, Americans, your government is resting easy on global warmingMaybeGeorgie was confused and thought he was in China, . . the "from" was probably his nod to them, . . . though aren't they just second place? Oh well, pollution control is within each persons' grasp to impact...

Tags: global warming, government

Discussion threads 2008-07-11