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- The Black Pepper (widget)
- The Black Pepper shows the menu of the cafeteria at Saarland University in Saarbrucken. The menu is updated every day and lists all different meals available at the cafeteria as well as other cafes and eateries on campus. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Menu, Cafeteria, Black Pepper
- Software downloads 2007-07-27
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- U.S. health care not getting better
- U.S. health care not getting betterThe study has predetermined the result[Michael Cannon, the Cato Institute's director of health policy studies, summed up what's wrong with the study: "The report does nothing more than reveal which nation does the worst job of satisfying the subjective preferences of the people who conducted...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, U.S. Health, medical care, health care
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Can't jump ship fast enough: Your worst IT jobs
- Can't jump ship fast enough: Your worst IT jobsIT has been good to me.I may be in the minority, but as jobs go, my experience in IT has been good. Every job has its low points and mine have been no different. But the high points dwarf the low.Before IT...
- Tags: Strategy, information technology, IT job, job
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- Some thoughts from Intel's green queen: Lorie Wigle
- Here's a stat about Intel that you might not have heard: The company is currently the largest purchaser of alternative energy: an estimated 1.3 BILLION (yes, billion with a B) kilowatt-hours in annual green power usage, according to the Environmental Protection Agency's latest Top 25 list. That's roughly 46 percent...
- Tags: Data Center, Green Technology, KWh, Intel Corp., Data Centers, Podcasts, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- Amazon S3 web services down. Bad, bad news for customers.
- Amazon S3 web services down. Bad, bad news for customers.And this is whyWeb 2.0 will die. Only a fool trusts sensitive data to a third party they have no control over.Service interruptions inevitableI don't care who it is. Amazon, Google, Salesforce.com, MSFT...everyone is going to have an outage. ...
- Tags: Manufacturing, Corporate governance, RAID, outage, Amazon.com Inc., BAD BAD new, Amazon S3 web service, Amazon S3 web services down, BAD BAD, AWS, white board, board, backup, Web service
- Discussion threads 2008-02-15
- To picture or not to picture
- To picture or not to pictureIs it even legal?Do you have legal authorization to be taking file pictures of minors without parental consent?I would suspect that, at a minimum, a model release would be needed. The liability exposure is potentially enormous, so please consult your Legal Counsel.Answer? NOThe potential...
- Tags: Web site development, Databases, liability exposure, photograph
- Discussion threads 2008-02-07
- Are those Macs I see?
- Are those Macs I see?Why not do a little market research?Next time, nicely ask some of the Mac users why they bought the machines. Tell them about your job first, so that they know why you're interested in their reason for buying.It's much better to get answers from the...
- Tags: Desktops, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2008-01-24
- 3D printers...coming soon to geek homes?
- Plane rides from Europe are long, so I usually pack a small library of things to read. Among that group was "The World in 2008" by The Economist, a special edition of the magazine where writers put on their pointed hats and try to predict what will happen in the...
- Tags: 3D, Printer, Printing, Timmy, Dad, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2007-12-20
- Resistance is futile...I want to buy a Mac
- Resistance is futile...I want to buy a MacAnd they last longerGoing to Our University's Surplus warehouse, I would find Dell's that were less than 1 year old. (I'm pretty sure I saw a model we bought like 6 months ago). I never found a Mac that was newer than...
- Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh, RESISTANCE IS FUTILE, Apple Inc., Parc
- Discussion threads 2007-12-16
- Intel to start production at new $3 billion plant
- Intel to start production at new $3 billion plantGrowth!Az., can use the jobs.RE: Intel to start production at new $3 billion plantstinking Intel still have not admit defeat like Microsoft with European Unionre: GrowthHuh? I live in Chandler, AZ and I can tell you there is no way Intel's...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Processors, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce management, Intel Corp., chip, x86 processor
- Discussion threads 2007-10-25
- Could there be such a thing as a free Microsoft lunch?
- Taking a page out of Google's book, Microsoft is starting up free bus service for its employees between its Redmond, Wash., company headquarters and Seattle among a handful of other local destinations. As a dedicated bus rider myself, I applaud the move -- and need to think...
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-09-06
- The Green Enterprise: UC Berkeley
- In our first installment of the Green Enterprise, ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das takes a tour of green technologies around the UC Berkeley campus, including solar arrays powering the student union, an eco-friendly cafeteria and a prototype of electrochromic energy-efficient windows. She also talks with Dan Kammen, co-director of the Berkeley...
- Tags: University Of California At Berkeley, Campus, Construction, The Green Enterprise, Green
- Videos 2007-08-28
- On the Web, no one knows you're a Microsoft employee
- On June 26, an anonymous blogger posted a first entry on a new "Just Say No to Google" blog. The subject of the inagural post: "Life at Google - The Microsoftie Perspective." (The e-mail is now also linked and being discussed on Slashdot.)The post raises not only some interesting cultural...
- Tags: Web 2.0, Google, Corporate strategy
- Blog posts 2007-06-27
- An argument for laptop carts
- Laptop carts are handy in any setting, but it can be difficult to justify the cost. While laptop prices continue to fall rather drastically, it still remains cheaper to set up a desktop or thin-client lab than purchase 20-25 laptops and a rolling cart to hold and charge them...
- Tags: Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-06-26
- Google: Microsoft IIS 'twice as often' serving malware
- Google: Microsoft IIS 'twice as often' serving malwareWhy would this be a surprise?The vast majority of malware on the internet is targeting the porous security model of Microsoft Windows products. So why wouldn't it follow that the majority of servers dishing up the dirt would also be running IIS?Missing...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Web servers, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, malware, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft IIS Server, server
- Discussion threads 2007-06-06
- D5: YouTubers and Viacom CEO weigh in on copyrights
- Before coming on stage at the D conference, a cute video about the making of YouTube was shown, where co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen are talking about coming up with a business idea while they are eating huge burritos, and how they wish their friends could watch...
- Tags: D5, General, YouTube
- Blog posts 2007-05-31
- Adult site's legal battle could aid Web hosting services
- Adult site's legal battle could aid Web hosting servicesLet me get this straight...A webhosting company is alleged to have hosted stolen images, and Perfect10 sued them *AND THEIR CREDIT CARD PROCESSING COMPANY*?!? This is beyond insane. Howsabout suing the electric utility that powered the webhost's servers? And...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Web, spam, webhosting company, adult site, Web hosting
- Discussion threads 2007-03-30
- Where does security stop?
- Schools administrators across the country are stuck between a rock and a hard place. On one hand they are mandated to provide a stimulating environment where students can learn. On the other hand, they must have a campus where parents feel their kids are safe. At some Maryland high...
- Tags: McKinley Technology High School, security
- Blog posts 2007-03-12
- As technologies merge, school bans on iPods enter the gray zone
- The ubiquitous iPod might be making a comeback after being banned last year on public school campuses in Broward County, FL, reports the Miami Herald. On the agenda of the Broward School Board this week is whether middle-school students should be allowed to bring iPods, cellphones and laptops...
- Tags: Education Technology, K-12, Hardware, Digital Media, school board, Apple iPod, board, IPODS
- Blog posts 2007-02-12
- Can Google score with in-game ads?
- Can Google score with in-game ads?Can Google score with in-game ads?Nope and I wouldn't trust any game that would use Google's in-game ads.How would Google be shut out from advertising on the Xbox?They are free to make any agreements with Xbox game publishers that they wish.no in-game adsThis is the...
- Tags: Games, advertisement, game, in-game ad, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-02-09
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