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- OLPC sees charitable and government orders
- The Boston Globe is reporting that OLPC is selling hundreds of thousands of computers, driven both by a large government order from Peru (260,000 machines) as well as two successful charity campaigns. The Give One Get One program (in which individuals can purchase two laptops, one for themselves and...
- Tags: Boston Globe, Laptop Computer, Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Productivity, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2007-12-02
- A swimming robot -- inside your body
- The Boston Globe describes the efforts of a Japanese-born scientist to develop new technologies for use in surgery. His last project is to build a swimming robot designed to explore the human gastrointestinal tract GI tract from esophagus to colon. This 2-centimeter long robot will have a swimming tail to...
- Tags: Robotics, Health &, Medicine, Engineering &, Innovation
- Blog posts 2007-05-08
- Seeing colors in the night
- In "Things that show color in the night," the Boston Globe reports that a company named Tenebraex is helping color blind people to travel. But its also developing goggles to help soldiers and physicians to see all colors at night, and not only the green color of current night vision...
- Tags: Tenebraex Corp., ColorPath CCNVD, vision, Boston Globe
- Blog posts 2007-03-26
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- Remember IBM at $10.50 per Share? Oracle as a penny stock? Tales of Hope from the Great High Tech Depression of ‘89
- Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak …..October. Paraphrasing Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven seems somehow appropriate to this moment, when it seems that everything we've all worked and dreamed about is going up in smoke. And yet, having seen a version of this movie...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Recession, Stock, IBM Corp., Tech Stock, Investment, Finance, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Laptops with mobile WiMax now available
- The first laptops with built-in mobile WiMax wireless broadband are now available in the U.S. Sprint, Intel and the computer companies announced the new WiMax configurations at an event in Baltimore just a few days after Sprint launched its Xohm service there. All of these laptops use...
- Tags: Mobile, Sprint Xohm, Laptop Computer, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, 3G, Chipsets, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Where are all the programmers?
- I was at a conference Wednesday that covered an awful lot of ground. There were some good sandwiches, too, and the cookies were first-rate. One thing that stuck out in my mind, though, aside from the deserts, was one companies inability to hire good programmers domestically. This...
- Tags: Recruiting, Programmer, Computer, Development Tools, Productivity, Recruitment & Selection, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Teaching telecommuting
- I had to commute this morning. I left the commuting behind about 5 years ago and dread the drive from middle-of-nowhere Massachusetts to Boston. We have a lot more horses than traffic jams out my way, so I've definitely lost my tolerance for traffic. The local troopers...
- Tags: Boston, Tool, Telecommuting, Productivity, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Future wireless networks could be powered by "smart lighting"
- A light bulb went off in the head of researchers at Boston University about a new wireless networking technology, which was very appropriate considering that it involves, well, light bulbs. The Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center has been created to develop technology that would allow low-powered...
- Tags: Network, Light-emitting Diode, Wireless Networking, Wireless Network, Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- MozyPro for Mac goes public beta
- Online backup storage provider Mozy on Tuesday will roll out a public beta for MozyPro for the Mac, a new service for businesses using Apple's Mac platform. MozyPro for the Mac resembles Mozy's business lineup for Windows. It allows online backup for the Mac like its MozyHome...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Public Beta, Backup, MozyPro, Mozy, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Large Hadron Collider computing grid launched
- The Worldwide Large Hadron Collider Computing Grid, which can draw on the computing power of more than 100,000 processors, was officially launched on Friday. One of the world's largest computing grids, capable of streaming the equivalent of three million DVDs a year, was officially launched on Friday....
- Tags: CERN, Scientist, Grid, Large Hadron Collider, particle accelerator, physics, Nick Heath, silicon.com
- News items 2008-10-06
- Pirates plunder Adobe Creative Suite 4
- Pirates plunder Adobe Creative Suite 4That's how they're the "de-facto" standard.Just like Microsoft would be screwed without pirated copies of Windows floating around street corners across the globe.Without pirated copies of Photoshop, it would have a truly limited market. Look at the bloody price of it to figure out...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., graphics, Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Adobe PhotoShop, piracy
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- VMware Infrastructure 3: Deploy, Secure, and Analyze v3.5
- Instantly save $300 off the standard course price when you register on TechRepublic or ZDNet! Offer ends October 31, 2008.View Available Dates and LocationsThis hands-on training course, aimed at experienced VMware Infrastructure administrators, is a continuation of VMware Infrastructure 3: Install and Configure and has been...
- Tags: VMware Inc., VMWare ESX Server, Ip storage
- Training 2008-10-01
- VMware Infrastructure 3: Install and Configure v3.5
- Instantly save $300 off the standard course price when you register on TechRepublic or ZDNet! Offer ends October 31, 2008.View Available Dates and LocationsIn this hands-on training course, you will explore installation, configuration, and management of VMware Infrastructure 3, which consists of VMware ESX Server and...
- Tags: St. Louis, Raleigh, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Cleveland, Phoenix Technologies, Detroit, San Diego, VMware Inc., Miami, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Desktop Virtualization, Ip storage
- Training 2008-10-01
- VMware Infrastructure 3: Fast Track v3.5
- Instantly save $300 off the standard course price when you register on TechRepublic or ZDNet! Offer ends October 31, 2008.View Available Dates and LocationsIn this intensive, extended-hours training course, you will cover the installation, management, and use of VMware ESX Server, VMware VirtualCenter, VMware DRS, VMware HA, VMware...
- Tags: VMware Inc., VMWare ESX Server, Ip storage
- Training 2008-10-01
- New report places Semantic Web 'On the Cusp' of something big
- Today sees the publication of a new report by Boston-based David Provost. On the cusp: a global review of the Semantic Web industry PDF features David's analysis of the space, informed by detailed conversations with representatives from many of its leading companies, and the picture he paints is an optimistic...
- Tags: David Provost, Semantic Web, Podcasts, Internet, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Toxic Mac Pro's emitting benzene?
- Toxic Mac Pro's emitting benzene?So what is the source of the issue?It's one thing to make such a spectacular claim it's another to provide some real evidence. Why would they be emitting a toxic smell? Might this be the case with other computers too?No wonder MBP fans love...
- Tags: benzene, MAC Pro, Apple Inc., toxin
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- WiMax service rolls out; Who's buying?
- Sprint and its Xohm unit have finally made WiMax a reality. Now it will be very interesting to see who buys the service. In a statement Techmeme, Xohm, soon to be a joint venture between Sprint and Clearwire, announced that its WiMax broadband service, also known as...
- Tags: Sprint Xohm, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- Every little bit counts in green tech: Some data about notebook battery habits
- The numbers may be sort of self-serving (then again what research isn't these days), but they are also compelling. Boston-Power, which has come up with technology that extends the life of notebook computer batteries while making them faster to charge, has disclosed the findings of a...
- Tags: Green Technology, Battery, Notebook Battery, Engineering, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-09-27
- Social media fuels 'Security Twit' road trip
- The Security Twits is an aptly named term for a growing network of non-marketing security professionals who leverage Twitter to talk shop. It started as a fun idea and it grew into an amazing community resource for RSA Conference and Black Hat and continues to serve as the social hub...
- Tags: Social Media, Road Trip, Security Twit, Security, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-09-26
- Oracle CRM: spot the disconnect
- Despite all the glowing reports about Oracle SocialCRM among my fellow bloggers here and elsewhere, I had an uncomfortable feeling. Something didn't quite jibe with me. Step back about three months when I attended an internal Oracle EMEA marketing meeting. I saw Sales Prospector and listened to the pitch but...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., CRM, Sales Prospector, Current Evidence, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-09-25
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