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In coffee study decaf is better for you

The short form is that decaf is better for you than caffeinated coffee, and there's no change in cancer risks. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Cup, Coffee Consumption, Blogging, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Gender And Diversity, Healthcare, Strategy, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-06-17

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Have we all become a bunch of anxious, depressed, sleep-deprived irritable stress-heads?

Let's face it, the last month or so has been a challenge for just about anyone's tolerance of stress and has made even the most "stable" of us question our own emotional and mental health. But I've discovered that IT workers in particular, or anyone who...

Tags: Sleep, Job, Beverage, Health Care, Computer, Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Food & Beverage, Productivity, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Manufacturing, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-10-08

WiMax - the technology, devices and momentum - finally arrives.

Finally! WiMax is officially here. I know this because executives pulled out the big scissors - in this case, hedge clippers - to the cut the symbolic copper wire instead of a ribbon to signify the end of the wired Internet. Whenever there's a ribbon cutting, you know its official....

Tags: Sprint Communications, Laptop Computer, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Do we we have a way to defeat global warming?

Do we we have a way to defeat global warming?WORTHLESSyou article is worthless. you spew a LIE and others believe you, so you make your livelyhood on a LIE, get a real job, earn honest money,Get a clueThr Russian capitalists want more gov't control, not possible. Remember the oil...

Tags: global warming, government

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Do we we have a way to defeat global warming?

Is the recession the ultimate way to fight global warming? That's the suggestrion from one market commentator. Less spending=less greenhouse gas, he says. The outlook from international finance organizations is decidely gloomy. It follows that if spending's down, industrial output from China and elsewhere will...

Tags: Capitalist, Stock, Global Warming, Fossil Fuel, Oil-rich Russia, Investment, Finance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Large Hadron Collider gets fresh power supply

Cern is planning to build a new computing hub in France, because its existing one is sucking the power grid dry. The lab cracking data from the Cern Large Hadron Collider experiment needs a new computing hub because its existing one is sucking the power grid dry. ...

Tags: CERN, Power Supply, Grid, Computer, Hadron Collider, Productivity, Large Hadron Collider, particle accelerator, physics, Nick Heath, silicon.com

News items 2008-10-08

Practical Considerations for deploying 802.11n whitepaper

There is a lot of confusion surrounding the capabilities and status of the new 802.11n WiFi standard; understandable since the standard is very broad and has been slow to develop. There are many things to consider when making the move to 802.11n including: • Power Consumption and WLAN...

Tags: Siemens AG, IEEE 802.11n, Wi-Fi, Wireless

White papers 2008-10-08

The HP-MySpace deal: Who needs this most? Not MySpace users.

HP and MySpace are partnering to "unlock the content of MySpace" by giving users the tools to print their pictures. You know, like to a printer. Hopefully, wink wink an HP printer. On the surface, this sounds like a good plan. There are billions of images that...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Photograph, Image, MySpace, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Trying to increase productivity? Send your employees home.

Companies that give their workers the option of telecommuting are seeing greater productivity, lower costs, improved employee health and greater employee retention, according to a survey released today by the Computing Technology Industry Association. Case in point: I'm typing this from this from my own home office...

Tags: Phone, Telecommuting, Telecom & Utilities, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Does the Semantic Web matter?

My business card reads 'Technology Evangelist,' and this is a blog about the Semantic Web. So that should be an unequivocal 'Yes!' then, right? However, it's frequently worthwhile to revisit and question presumptions, beliefs and 'truths,' and the Semantic Web that dominates so much of my working...

Tags: Web, Semantic Web, Internet, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Windows Vista Woes or helping my Grandson with homework

Windows Vista Woes or helping my Grandson with homeworkVista needs a better UIBut I wouldn't know that personally as I have never used it and instead relied on the anecdotes of others (well I have fiddled with it in stores and found it was very different yet had no compelling...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Apple Mac OS X, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice

Discussion threads 2008-10-07

ZDNet blogger: working from home

ZDNet blogger: working from homeYou crazy Brits and your teaI don't mind tea, but I just don't get the fascination. Give me a pot of Deans Beans and I'm in hog heaven. Give me a cup of tea and, well, I'll drink my cup of tea and then...

Tags: Blogging, tea, cup

Discussion threads 2008-10-07

News to know: AMD; iPhone security; Linux; SAP

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: AMD to spin off manufacturing. Techmeme Heather Clancy: The color that shall not be named. AMD's Vertal downplays green credentials, plays up efficiency arguments ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Information Technology, SAP AG, RIM BlackBerry, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Web Servers, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Strategy, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Internet, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-07

ZDNet blogger: working from home

More and more people work from home every day. Not only that, more and more people don't work from their offices, or "where they're meant to work". With the Internet, intranet's and extranet's, email and unified communications with VoIP and Blackberry devices, it makes life much easier...

Tags: Phone, Tea, Blogger, E-mail, Online Communications, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Mobile Edge The Element - notebook carrying case

Mobile Edge has long been a trendsetter when it comes to women's laptop bags; the company was one of the first to concentrate on incorporating serious functions in a fashionable case. The Element briefcase continues the tradition, wrapping a number of thoughtful organizational touches--as well as solid laptop protection--into a...

Tags: Notebooks, notebook, laptop computer, Mobile Edge, strap, mobile

Product reviews 2008-10-06

Student Technology Day: Steve Ballmer Q&A

There was quite a lot to transcribe out, and many questions asked. Some questions put to Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, include: Will we always need programmers? What's Microsoft's input in Facebook and social networking? Does Microsoft have any changes in mind for their...

Tags: India, Pyramid, Laughter, Network, Microsoft Office, Steve Ballmer, Product, Microsoft Corp., Programmer, Question, Microsoft Windows, Social Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-06

WSO2 eases enterprise data availability for SOA access, consumption

In its initial release, the application supports access to data stored in relational databases such as Oracle, MySQL and IBM DB2, as well as the comma-separated values CSV file format, and Excel spreadsheets. It allows users to authenticate, encrypt and sign services using the WS-Security and HTTP security standards. In...

Tags: Data Service, Web, Database Administrator, Enterprise Data, Web Service, SOA, Service, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Why The Big Fuss Over Microblogs?

I microblog.Why? The truth is, I learn by doing and by speaking with others who do. So I dabble with Twitter, Plurk, Pownce, Spoink, Rakawa, Tumblr, Utterli, Yammer, FriendFeed, 12seconds, and probably a few others that I signed up for and forgot to use. I have found a nice collection...

Tags: Mobile, Fuss, Tool, Productivity, Web 2.0, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, Gil Yehuda

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Forrester: There's really no such thing as "green IT"

News flash. In a recent report called "Is Green IT Your Emperor With No Clothes?," market research house Forrester is advising IT managers to forget about the notion that there's any such thing as TRULY green technology. Yes, folks, it's part of that green tech backlash that we've all been...

Tags: Asset, Green Technology, Information Technology, Green IT, Forrester Research Inc., Energy Consumption, Asset Management, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-05

Microsoft bad cop is up against the wall

Microsoft bad cop is up against the wallEnough open-source propagandaIf this was about a technical violation of a license, focus on that and leave out the bias. I think we've all seen enough crappy and inept open source code that your comment about "being in retreat" against it is laughable.As...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., cop, open source, bad cop

Discussion threads 2008-10-05