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- Coalition Formation in MANETs
- Wireless ad-hoc networks rely on the cooperation of participating nodes for almost all their functions. However, due to resource constraints, nodes are generally selfish and try to maximize their own benefit when participating in the network. Therefore, it is important to study mechanisms which can be used as incentives to...
- Tags: University Of Maryland, Theory, Coalition Formation
- White papers 2006-09-27
Additional Resources
- Transitive's magic - Solaris/SPARC Apps and Hyper-V
- In the past, I posted about one of the important requirements of the next generation datacenter NGDC, the ability to consolidate diverse applications on a unified hardware platform. Both IBM (see What would a next generation datacenter look like?) and HP see HP and the next generation data center and...
- Tags: Application, Sun Sparc, Transitive QuickTransit, Sun Solaris, Data Centers, UNIX, Operating Systems, Processors, Servers, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Semiconductors, Components, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Total Battleship (exe)
- The classic naval strategy turn-based game of Battleship combined with modern warfare. Take part in epic battles with aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, frigates, submarines and even seaborn aviation, using the state of art missile technology while deciphering morse code communications. Apply your best strategy in order to be the first...
- Tags: Radar, Luis De Sousa Reis, Aerospace & Defense, Strategy, Manufacturing, Management
- Software downloads 2008-07-09
- Nokia's open source Symbian is no match or threat to Linux mobile, Linux Foundation claims
- Nokia's plan to open source the Symbian mobile OS platform is no threat to mobile Linux, maintains the executive director of the Linux Foundation. Jim Zemlin maintains that mobile Linux will continue to evolve and flourish in spite of Nokia's plans and the formation of the Symbian...
- Tags: Nokia Corp., Mobile, Symbian Inc., Jim Zemlin, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Bad leadership causes failed IT [guest blogger]
- Bad leadership causes failed IT [guest blogger]From the Obvious to the executionMuch of what you say is true, and as you point out much has been written on this subject, and very little changes.Having delivered some very successful projects myself, the biggest success factor is a clear delineation between, business,...
- Tags: Strategy, Leadership, True Leadership, information technology, Bad leadership cause, Bad leadership, guest blogger
- Discussion threads 2008-06-29
- Is Canada's new copyright law a northern DMCA?
- Canada has a new copyright law that limits consumers' liability for copyright infringement but exposes them to thousands of dollars in penalties for circumventing anti-copying technology, the Globe and Mail reports. The existing copyright law, passed in 1997, exposes consumers to a maximum of $20,000 in statutory...
- Tags: Law, Copyright Law, DMCA, Canada, E-books, Personal Technology, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-06-13
- Red Hat settles patent suit
- Red Hat settles patent suitI need clarification[i]Essentially, all that have innovated to create, or that will innovate with, software distributed under Red Hat brands are protected, as are Red Hat customers.[/i]That sounds like a Novell-M$ pact!The only way to be compatible to GPL3 is to buy the patent and release...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Red Hat Inc., DataTern/Amphion
- Discussion threads 2008-06-11
- What do Mac developers want from Apple?
- What do Mac developers want from Apple?I'd like to see SLI & Crossfire support out of WWDC. [nt][nt].. and an expandable mid-tower workstation around $1500. [nt][nt]"My ideal would be for Apple to push a coalition..."[i]"My ideal would be for Apple to push a coalition that includes Adobe, Intel, AMD/ATI, Microsoft...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Games, Microsoft Windows NT, Apple Inc., operating system, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2008-06-05
- What do Mac developers want from Apple?
- In advance of Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference, several longtime Mac developers share hopes, suggestions and even concerns for their primary technology provider. The discussion spans iPhone, graphics acceleration and Apple's strategy for technology licensing. Of course, the talk across the industry is about the iPhone. Still,...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Apple Macintosh, Performance, Operating System, API, Apple Inc., CPU, Graphics, GPU, Desktops, Hardware, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- Does business really oppose universal coverage?
- That's the headline the Boston Globe put on the launch of a new business interest group dubbed the Coalition for Affordable Healthcare. The Wall Street Journal heartily agrees. By the way don't confuse this group with the Coalition for Affordable Health Coverage, a Washington-based industry group...
- Tags: Business, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Taxes, Benefits, Healthcare, Free Trade, Enterprise Software, Software, Financial Planning, Finance, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- IBM to cool chips with H20
- Much like a Porsche boxer engine -- only much, much smaller -- scientists from the IBM Zurich Research Lab and the Fraunhofer Institute in Berlin are working on a microchip that uses micro pipes of water to cool itself, IBM announced this morning. The chip's components are...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Chip, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- Two radically opposed views of global warming bill: fighting it will bring health and welfare, or end our currently blessed state of being. You get to watch the battle.
- The US Senate is the first national battleground for an attempt to get the federal government to take action to curtail greenhouse gas emissions. We already know the attempt by more than a dozen states to raise auto emission standards was stopped by the EPA earlier this year. ...
- Tags: America, Health Care, U.S. Senate, Global Warming, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- Secrets of a fresh beer
- According to the latest American Chemical Society ACS Weekly PressPac, scientists in Venezuela have found a way to keep beer taste fresher for long times. Here is a link to this PressPac, from which you'll be able to read a very short note simply titled 'Keeping beer fresher.' The researchers...
- Tags: Beer, Maillard, Wiki, Team Management, Food & Beverage, Web Site Development, Online Communications, Management, Manufacturing, Internet, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- Debunking yet another bogus malware study
- Here we go again, with yet another round of bogus reporting about the extent of malware infections in the United States. This morning I read a report by Nick Farrell of The Inquirer, which was accompanied by the screamer headline One in Four US computers infected. It links in turn to a much longer...
- Tags: Adware, OECD, Malware, Computer, Badware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Viruses And Worms, Productivity, Security, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-06-02
- Proposed NAFTA-like agreement would turn border guards into copyright cops
- This is so unbelievable, so repugnant to basic principles of privacy and prohibitions against illegal search and seizure that I can only let the news speak for itself. But to put it in context, here is Wikipedia's entry on Canada's version of the Fourth Amendment: ...
- Tags: Security, Copyright Law, Canada, Agreement, NAFTA, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- Xerox: Gel ink will be the future
- There may come a day when we're buying a tube of ink gel for our printers. Xerox on Thursday said it is previewing what it calls a "cured gel ink technology" that prints on plastic and foil. Xerox's plan is to take digital printers to the packaging...
- Tags: Xerox Corp., Paper, Image Quality, Inkjet Printer, Ink, Gel, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- Polar robots to explore the Arctic
- It's now almost certain that the world's ice shelves are melting. And while satellites provide lots of data about their evolution, ground-based weather stations could be even more useful. But if scientists can no longer stay on fragile and volatile ice sheets, what can they do? They can use specially...
- Tags: Professor, Georgia Tech, SnoMotes, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- Apple under pressure to fix Safari 'carpet bomb' flaw
- The Google-backed StopBadware.org coalition has called on Apple to rethink its stance on whether the Safari "carpet bomb" issue reported by Nitesh Dhanjani constitutes a serious security risk. Dhanjani originally discovered than it is possible for a booby-trapped Web site to litter the user's Desktop Windows or...
- Tags: Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Flaw, Google-backed StopBadware.org Coalition, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Instant Messaging, Cyberthreats, Internet, Online Communications, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- Discover this: "Discover" and its own carbon footprint
- "Discover" Magazine profiled their own publication's carbon footprint. Here's the whole article, a brave move not likely to be popular among mag publishers. Here's some of what they found: "Two and one-tenth pounds of carbon dioxide. That is our best estimate of what is emitted...
- Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Ton, DISCOVER, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Modeling urban road networks
- According to New Scientist, two physicists from France and the U.S. have developed a simple mathematical model which shows how urban road networks evolve. Their model shows that urban street patterns and leaf pattern formation follow similar rules. The researchers validated their theoretical model by analyzing real road networks in...
- Tags: Network, Modeling, Road Network, Transportation, Research & Development, Networking, Business Operations, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-04-26
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