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Distributed Image-Sensor Web Management for Bandwidth Constrained Environments: Remote and in situ observation is an essential ingredient of understanding of the Earth and its processes. Observed data greatly improve the ability of Earth and Environmental scientists to model and predict various events and patterns which transpire in the environment and around the globe. Unmanned aircraft, with onboard instruments...; Tags: California State University, Earth, Bandwidth, Environment, Imaging, Narrowband, Document Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting; White papers 2006-05-09
Animation of Linux Processor Scheduling Algorithm: This paper describes a visualization tool for the Linux processor scheduling algorithm. The tool is developed for use by operating system learners to gain insight on the Linux scheduling algorithm. Through its graphical environment, a user selects a set of predefined processes as input to the tool. Each process selected...; Tags: California State University, Algorithm, Processor, Animation, Tool, Linux, Engineering, Productivity, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software; White papers 2005-10-02
Enterprise Security Planning (ESP): Enterprise security planning ESP is the aligning of information security policies and practices and applicable security technologies with the business rules and the evolving information models and technical architectures being used by a government agency or business. In this paper ESP is discussed and its security knowledge management tools SKMT...; Tags: Information Security, California State University, Enterprise Security, Enterprise Security Planning, Real Estate, Security, Business Operations; White papers 2005-06-25
GSM Security: Mobile wireless networks are more vulnerable to unauthorised access and eavesdropping when compared with the traditional fixed wired networks due to the mobility of users, the transmission of signals through open-air and the requirement of low power consumption by a mobile user. This paper focuses on the security techniques used...; Tags: California State University, Mobile, GSM, Cellular Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing; White papers 2005-04-06
California State University Adopts a Unique Approach to Student Services Delivery With IBM and Peoplesoft: California State University, Los Angeles CSULA, is one of 23 universities in the California State University system, the largest senior higher education system in the country, with 409,000 students. The challenge was to deliver Internet-based PeopleSoft Student Administration applications quickly and cost-effectively. The solution was GET, an innovative, self-service approach...; Tags: California State University, PeopleSoft Inc., IBM Corp., Internet; Case studies

Monterey and California State University, Monterey Bay Build a Connected Community With Cisco Networking Technology: Located 125 miles south of San Francisco and 345 miles north of Los Angeles, the city of Monterey, California covers 8.62 square miles and is home to approximately 30,000 full time residents. The city realized it needed to consolidate disparate networks using technology to reduce costs, enhance productivity, and improve...; Tags: California State University, Network, Monterey, Networking Technology, Cisco Systems Inc., Connected Corp., Networking; Case studies
California State University, Long Beach Increases Productivity and Reduces Chargeback Costs: The California State University CSU, Long Beach is a leader in high-quality, accessible, student-focused higher education. CSU wanted to comply with university mandate to reduce chargebacks and paper consumption. The challenge was to reduce overhead costs and increase employee productivity. CSU reduced chargebacks and paper consumption by implementing Oracle Application...; Tags: California State University, Oracle Corp., Facility Management, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Real Estate, Business Operations; Case studies
San Diego State University Standardizes Human Resources System: San Diego State University SDSU, with nearly 34,000 students, is the oldest and largest university in San Diego, the third largest in California, and one of the largest universities in the western United States. The challenges were to implement a pre-release version of a customized Human Resources HR system by...; Tags: California State University, Oracle Corp., San Diego State University, Human Capital, Human Resources, Workforce Management; Case studies

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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
Geek Sheet: A Tweaker's Guide to Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Linux: Is 20th century conventional Winchester multi-platter, multi-head random-access disk technology too quaint for you? Want to run your PC or server on storage devices that consume far less energy than the traditional alternatives? Want a portable or mobile storage unit that will never fail due to G-forces or "crashing?". Looking...; Tags: Linux, Disk, File System, Solid State Disk, Kernel, Mandrake, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-07-25
The future of tech IPOs: At the AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford University, Frank Quattrone, co-founder of Qatalyst, talks about the dismal condition of the current IPO market, why venture capitalist backed companies are not going public right now, and what the future holds.; Tags: IPO, Financial Planning, Investment, Venture Capital, Financial Services, Finance, Financing Startups, Tech IPOs; Videos 2008-07-25
Crucial (Micron) Solid State Drives: Crucial Micron Solid State Drive installation and configuration by Jason Perlow; Tags: Micron Technology Inc., Solid State Disk, Jason Perlow, flash memory, micron, crucial, ssd, solid state drive; Image galleries 2008-07-25
Mystery solved: Apple's new product is iTablet (updated): Previously I speculated about the mysterious "product transition" that Apple's Peter Oppenheimer CFO mentioned no less than seven times in the Q3 2008 Earnings conference call with analysts. Some of his quotes from the call: We are working to develop new products that contains technologies...; Tags: Apple Inc., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-25
How OpenDNS, PowerDNS and MaraDNS remained unaffected by the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability: The short answer is being paranoid about tackling a known vulnerability. It's 2001, and Daniel J. Bernstein DJB, author of the then popular djbdns security-aware DNS implementation, is applying basic math principles to raise awareness on what's to turn into the "sky is falling" critical Internet vulnerability in 2008, in...; Tags: DNS, Vulnerability, Anomaly, Attack, OpenDNS, MaraDNS, NSS, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-25
10 essential gadgets for students: I chose these from personal experience, but also from asking many friends from around the world who are involved in technology and study at the same time. Some gadgets come with a recommendation, whereas others don't; things like laptops and cell phones can't be selected for everybody, it'd be ridiculous...; Tags: Headphone, Phone, Cell Phone, Laptop Computer, Lecture, Notebooks, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-25
10 essential gadgets for students: Showing you some of the gadgets college and university students really shouldn't live without. by Zack Whittaker; Tags: Student, Zack Whittaker, Gadgets, University, Pen drive, Cell phone, Laptop, Computer; Image galleries 2008-07-25
Government, markets and regulation: Government, markets and regulationJust Another Gov't Program Gone BadFannie Mae was created in the Depression to create liquidity in the mortgage market. Lequidity had been wiped out by the stock market collapse and bank runs.As with all government programs, it just grew and grew and never went away. ...; Tags: Mortgages, Vertical industries, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mortgage, government; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Is open source hurt by piracy?: Is open source hurt by piracy?Only hurts Open Source if proprietary is seen as "better"Sounds like what you are saying is for example, that the competition in the office suite space is Open Office Vs MS Office Vs pirated MS Office. Those willing to pirate see both Open Office...; Tags: Operating systems, open source, piracy, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Linux, software; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
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
Apple's coming notebook transition: Apple is readying a major product transition. We know because they told us so. In the quarterly financial crime call chief financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer referred several times to a "...future product transition which I can't discuss today". That was interesting for two reasons. First, the...; Tags: Notebook, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Blu-ray, Product Transition, Portable Growth, Desktops, Hardware, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2008-07-24