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Brookhaven National Lab Transforms HR With PeopleSoft 8 HRMS

Brookhaven National Laboratory performs scientific research to support the mission of the United States Department of Energy. Brookhaven needed a reliable way to monitor payroll, security clearances, training, and a host of other issues for visitors and employees alike. Brookhaven upgraded to PeopleSoft 8 HRMS. Today Brookhaven tracks and stores...

Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., PeopleSoft 8, Payroll, HRMS, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Organizational Structure, Operational Accounting, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Finance

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Something in the air: Several random wind energy updates

It's been so still here in northern New Jersey for the past week that I can't imagine using the technology that I'm going to mention in this post. And yet the wind has been known to bend the trees in my yard, like kelp responding to a tidal surge. So,...

Tags: Alternative Energy, mW, Wind Energy, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Hybrids v. Pickensplan? You do the pickin'

Hybrids v. Pickensplan? You do the pickin'How about a plug in hybrid that uses CNG and electric?How about a plug in hybrid that uses CNG and electric instead of gasoline/electric? The other thing to consider is that trucks, construction equipment, and farm equipment could be converted to CNG....

Tags: CNG, car

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Looking deeper into Comcast's new cap

Looking deeper into Comcast's new capWhat's behind the Comcast cap?Well, I say we should strike "Comcast" and substitute "Cable" in its place!What I dislike the most about politically correct constructs is the milky-toast tone typically used. Cable Internet IS DEAD! The dinky little coax does well delivering low grade T.V.,...

Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, cable, Comcast Corp., satellite, bandwidth, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Is there still an opportunity for TiVo?

Is there still an opportunity for TiVo?TiVo & DirecTVTiVo are not competing with DirecTV by selling their own boxes since the TiVo HD box does not work with satellite, only cable. By partnering with DirecTV they would then have the cable market AND the satellite market available to them....

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, DVR, TiVo Inc., DirecTV

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

A virus in our genes, think about that....

A virus in our genes, think about that....Not bad...You were doing good until about halfway through the post, when you might as well have pulled out your Barack Hussein Obama flag and waved it from the rooftops.Your gallop off into politics ruined what would otherwise have been a good read.RE:...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Obama, gene, virus, Creationists, Natural Selection, Sarah Palin

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

A virus in our genes, think about that....

Really fascinating news: Virus is passed from parent to child in the DNA. Researchers found that roseola, an infection that everyone apparently gets but only 20 percent of children develop the characteristic rash that gives it its name, is actually in our DNA. It co-evolved into us, which raises some...

Tags: DNA, Chromosome, Virus, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2008-09-03

iPhone's remote deletions may help crooks cover tracks

Certain features of increasingly widespread enterprise smartphones may aid criminals in hiding incriminating evidence, says the UK's Serious Fraud Office. Criminals can remotely destroy incriminating evidence by exploiting security features on the Apple iPhone, a leading digital-forensics expert has warned. The head of the UK's Serious...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Team, Mobile, Unit, Encryption, Keith Foggon, PC Architecture, Team Management, Smart Phones, Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Nick Heath silicon.com, fraud, iPhone, security, Apple

News items 2008-09-03

Code is law

Code is lawCopyrighted state codes?Any chance you could provide a list of states that do that? This is definitely something voters should know.RE: Code is lawReceived this from Carl and I tried to edit the post to get it right:***Usually, the states don't claim copyright but the people who...

Tags: Government, State Laws

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Code is law

Carl Malamud has posted a whole bunch of state codes on PublicResource.org. Need the Alaska Fire Code? The Denver Mechanical Code? How about the Michigan Plumbing Code? If we are so interested in open source computer code, what about open source law? Public...

Tags: Code, Standards, Carl Malamud, Quality, Open Source, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-02

Alcatel-Lucent names new CEO, Chairman

Alcatel-Lucent said Tuesday it has named Philippe Camus as non-executive Chairman and Ben Verwaayen as CEO. With the move Alcatel-Lucent has put the not so-glorious reign of CEO Patricia Russo behind it. Telecommunications equipment company Alcatel-Lucent, which was formed by the merger of Alcatel and Lucent, has...

Tags: Lucent Technologies Inc., Alcatel, CEO, Ben Verwaayen, Mergers & Acquisitions, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Investment, Finance, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-02

PBS Kids Play (exe)

PBS Kids Play is a new online software program for children ages 3 to 6. By playing playing interactive games and activities with PBS Kids characters, your child can explore essential preschool and kindergarten skill areas. These include math, science, early reading, and creativity. PBS Kids Play adapts to your...

Tags: PBS, PBS Kids Play, Quality, Games, Productivity, TVs, Business Operations, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2008-09-02

Eco-friendly explosives?

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL researchers have added 'green' solvents to an explosive called TATB (1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene). As a result, these explosives may soon get a little greener and a little more precise. As said the project's principal investigator, 'Improving crystal quality and purity leads to explosive materials that are safer...

Tags: Liquid, Solvent, Fluoride, TATB, Team Management, Management, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-08-31

Yet again, McCain pisses off musicians

Yet again, McCain pisses off musicians?Where are the RIAA not suing McCains backside for IP infringment. I would at least expected a cease and desist notice.RE: Yet again, McCain pisses off musiciansIf you don't agree with me I'll hate on you, your friends and your pets until you agree...

Tags: Blogging, Digital media, Richard Koman, Sammy Hagar

Discussion threads 2008-08-31

Green habits are learned young: Universities aggressive with recycling, energy-saving habits

Those of you with college-age children getting back to school this weekend will be happy to know that their schools is teaching them to turn out the lights, even if you haven't been successful. A full two-thirds of the member schools in the Association for Information...

Tags: School, Recycling, E-learning, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-08-31

Wikipedia mystery: Who was improving Palin's entry?

Wikipedia mystery: Who was improving Palin's entry?Unbias journalism.. would require that a more in depth explanation of the brother-in-law controversy be explained. Said individual was a state trooper who had been arrested for spousal abuse, a fire-able action in many jurisdictions. At any rate the person actually fired was guy...

Tags: Wiki, Palin, Wikipedia

Discussion threads 2008-08-30

Photos: Your ticket to the Democratic convention

You don't have to fight crowds or pay for airfare to view these scenes from the last couple of days of the Democratic National Convention in Denver. by CNET News.com

Tags: Photograph, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-08-29

Green Plug snags heavy hitter for board

Who says green tech isn't rocket science? Starting Sept. 1, green tech start-up Green Plug, which is pushing for the concept of a universal power converter, has appointed former White House advisor George Keyworth as the chairman of its board of directors. Keyworth was Science Advisor to...

Tags: Green Technology, White House, Board, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-08-29

Question about Gov. Sarah Palin

Question about Gov. Sarah PalinI searched online and got on the site with this linkhttp://www.state.ak.us/but could not get to anywhere when I clicked on her image to go to that page, eitherBlame ObamaObama's campaign team, probably caught by surprise at this announcement, are probably trying to dig up whatever dirt...

Tags: Branding, GUESS IT, Sarah Palin, Obama, Hillary, GOP

Discussion threads 2008-08-29

The depressing future of the Internet

A brief overview of how the Internet came about: some years ago, some military boffs thought it'd be awesome if computers could talk to each other, so the US could nuke the hell out of other countries without actually being near there. A smart professor from England then came up...

Tags: Security, IPv6, Computer, Flaw, IPv6 Adoption, Internet, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-08-28