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Bringing the Chicago Sun-Times to Facebook

Chicago Sun-Times News Group, one of the Nation's largest news outlets, serving over 120 communities. The Chicago Sun-Times, under tight deadlines and limited resources, needed to: increase audience reach; develop new ad revenue sources; and find new media outlets and channels. Design and development of the YourSeason Facebook application; targeting...

Tags: Facebook, Chicago Sun-Times, Pathfinder Development

Case studies 2007-12-01

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Data center design 101

I don't have to design data centers, but I do have to play a knowledgeable wonk on the Web from time to time. With that in mind, I attended two data center presentations at the Gartner IT Symposium to see what I could learn. My knowledge about...

Tags: Data Center, Tiers, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-23

Verizon slams AT&T in new TV ad; '5X coverage'

RealityYes, Verizon has a larger 3G coverage area. However, this DOES NOT mean you won't get coverage from AT&T in those areas. It just means you get slower speeds. The average joe doesn't get that. If the "average Joe" is using an iPhone 3G/S...trust me...they get...

Tags: Cellular phones, advertisement, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., CDMA, phone

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Chicago Weather 1.1 (Mobile)

Chicago Weather application gives weather information for Chicago without entering zip code or city name. Open Chicago weather application and get instant access to all the weather information, seven day's forecast and animated radar image. Chicago weather application displays weather data like current temperature, wind speed, wind direction, humidity, visibility,...

Tags: Mobile, Chicago, PLAVEB, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing

Software downloads 2009-08-24

Waxman-Markey bill set for vote in U.S. House

Waxman-Markey bill set for vote in U.S. HouseCap & Trade is corrupted from the get-goWithin a dozen years we'll revisit the whole concept and maybe do it right.Or...Try to work the unworkable until the die-off kicks in.RE: Waxman-Markey bill set for vote in U.S. HouseI'm sure the White House support...

Tags: Waxman-Markey, U.S. House, carbon dioxide, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

News to know: Salesforce.com; Microsoft; Apple tablet; Google

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Salesforce.com delivers mixed fiscal year outlook: Earnings up, revenue light Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Pop quiz - Which would you choose (Mac vs. PC)? ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-05-22

HP seeks smarter data-center cooling

HP seeks smarter data-center coolingSo Unique & Cutting Edge. No Chip Temp Sensors?Gee, this is so unique and bleeding edge! I bet no one ever thought of putting a temperature sensor in a processor chip. This would open up a whole new market of aftermarket chip chillers...

Tags: Data centers, Network technology, Semiconductors, chip, Western News Co., data center, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2009-02-23

News to know: RIM, YouTube, Net plan, iPhone

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: RIM announces all-cash acquisition, takeover bid Andrew Nusca: Need $100K? Make videos for YouTube Richard Koman: White House hates Martin's free Net...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Performance, YouTube Inc., Apple Inc., Performance Management, Microsoft Windows, Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Operating Systems, Software, Investment, Finance, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-12

Google Chrome: Steal this browser

Google Chrome: Steal this browserMemory Usage not commendableFirefox 3 uses lesser memory than Google Chrome. The base browser itself uses about 75MB and with 5 tabs opened, the total memory usage is around 200MB. Firefox with the same number of tabs is less than 100MB. Makes me wonder how efficient...

Tags: Web browsers, Google Chrome, Web browser, Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Globalization's discontents

I'm back from Africa, and what a trip it has been. Ghana was certainly a marked contrast to Zimbabwe. You would never mistake Ghana for a rich country, though compared to Zimbabwe, it is positively affluent. People are poor, but the roads are filled with cars, the stores are filled...

Tags: Immigrant, Africa, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Globalization, Government, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-05-22

Questioning IT

Questioning ITThick vs Thin.The essence of what you're saying here is that thin client is better than thick client. You don't exactly use those terms and you throw in a bit of anti-Microsoft rhetoric, but focusing on the underlying principals as you correctly recommend, this is a thick vs thin...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Thin clients, Servers, Sun Microsystems Inc., software, thin client, security

Discussion threads 2008-05-02

Microsoft builds out its first containerized datacenter

James Hamilton, one of the all-star architects on the Microsoft Windows Live Core team, has been a champion of using modular datacenter containers to build out datacenters. On April 1, Microsoft announced publicly its plans to build a completely containerized production data center. The company made the...

Tags: Data Center, Microsoft Corp., Hamilton, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-04-02

Microsoft delays SQL Server 2008 RTM to third quarter

Microsoft delays SQL Server 2008 RTM to third quarterCrap...I was hoping to implement one instance of 2008 this year. So much for that. Guess we will just stay on SQL 2000 longer.All things to all people...As Microsoft tried to branch out from its core competencies (what...a decade ago?), it has...

Tags: Databases, OPEN SOURCE, Enterprise software, Oracle Corp., Microsoft SQL Server 2008, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, database, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-01-25

The Big Switch: The network becomes the data center

Nick Carr, the Paul Revere of utility computing, blogged about HP reducing its data centers from over 80 to 6 and Sun's effort to shut down all its internal data centers by 2013. To achieve even greater efficiency will require a higher level of consolidation - across companies...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Data Center, Network, Information Technology, Sun Microsystems Inc., Utility Computing, Data Centers, Storage, Software As A Service (SaaS), Hardware, Data Management, Emerging Technologies, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2008-01-11

News to know: Apple patch; Fusion fun; Quantum computing; ODF; Vista galore

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Hacker finds 492,000 unprotected Oracle, SQL database servers. Apple monster update fixes 41 Mac OS X, Safari vulnerabilities Dan Farber: Michael Dell promises 'Greenprint' reference architecture Larry Ellison: First Fusion apps to arrive early in 2008 ...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Server, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Computing, OpenDocument Format, Quantum Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), OpenDocument Format (ODF), Servers, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-11-15

HP's Mark Hurd: More content is fantastic for us

HP CEO Mark Hurd took a turn at Oracle OpenWorld, responding to a series of video questions from attendees. The engaging Hurd was ready for softballs, including whether one should buy a Dell or HP PC and whether he beats Oracle CEO Larry Ellison at tennis. ...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, Workforce, Corporate Communications, Strategy, Marketing, Management, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-11-12

Complete Works of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. Huge collection. (200+ Works) FREE Author's biography (Mobile)

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any novel from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. FREE Authors biography and stories in the trial version.Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, Story, Woman

Software downloads 2007-10-05

Complete Works of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. Huge collection. (200+ Works) FREE Author's biography (Mobile)

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any novel from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. FREE Authors biography and stories in the trial version.Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, Story, MobileReference, Woman

Software downloads 2007-10-05

Weekend bits: BEA, executive moves, the triple header

Sitting at O'Hare airport in Chicago, subject to another United Airlines delay, I found a few tidbits worth sharing before I board the place for San Francisco. On the heels of its annual user conference, BEA investor and so-called corporate raider Carl Ichan is pushing for a...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., BEA Systems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Six Apart Ltd., Technology, Legacy Application, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-09-15

Complete Works of Jack London. Huge collection. (200 + Works) FREE Author's biography & stories (Mobile)

Indulge Yourself with the best classics literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any novel from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Free author's biography and stories in the trial version.Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, Cell, MobileReference, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources

Software downloads 2007-07-28