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RSA 2007: colin powell--soldier, diplomat, VC and stand-up comic: RSA 2007: Colin Powell--soldier, diplomat, VC and stand-up comicstandup guy?Colin Powell stood in front of the entire world and said that Iraq was an imminent threat to the U.S. Not a single thing he said turned out to be true. He is directly responsible for 3,000+ American dead, 300,000+ Iraqi...; Tags: RSA Security Inc., Colin Powell, George W. Bush, stand-up; Discussion threads 2007-02-11
RSA 2007: colin powell--soldier, diplomat, VC and stand-up comic: The closing keynote at RSA 2007 featured Colin Powell, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and first-term George W. Bush administration Secretary of State. Following his public service career, Powell has been on the lecture circuit, ranking in the big bucks and also playing venture capitalist as...; Tags: Colin Powell, General, Security; Blog posts 2007-02-09
Photos: colin powell tries to inspire leaders: Colin Powell, the former secretary of state, speaks at Salesforce.com's user and developer conference in San Francisco.; Tags: leader, Salesforce.com Inc., developer, Colin Powell, Secretary of State, San Francisco, conference; Image galleries 2006-10-11
colin powell urges philanthropy, inspiring leadership: Colin Powell urges philanthropy, inspiring leadershipMessage has been deleted.Powell: a brave and wise soldier, who, eventhough is an army person,resorts to critical thinking first as opposed to pulling the trigger. He seemed to be a more gifted statesman, than some politicians who for some reason, are more ferocious (brutal really)...; Tags: Colin Powell, Nothingness, leadership; Discussion threads 2006-10-11
General colin powell entertains the Dreamforce troops: Former Secretary of State, General Colin Powell delivered a keynote address at salesforce.com’s Dreamforce conference this morning. He was part Bill Cosby or Jay Leno, joking about his retirement as the most senior diplomat of the free world, missing his well appointed 757, taking the Washington D.C. shuttle and having...; Tags: General Colin Powell; Blog posts 2006-10-10

GOP clerks nabbed Democratic data, says probe: GOP clerks nabbed Democratic data, says probenow they need a stupidity investigation..............if your going to leave the door to the library open then you need to expect people to come in and read.stupid party line...other than the obvious security breech, i think this is a classic example of what's wrong...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Fax, NASA, Colin Powell, Colin, Bill Gates; Discussion threads 2004-03-05

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The physics of flocking in 3-D: You might think that bird watchers are only amateurs armed with binoculars. But biologists have also been studying flocks of birds for a long time. And now, they're helped by physicists, according to this New Scientist article about how European researchers are capturing flocks in 3-D. With a couple of...; Tags: 3D, Animal, Physicist, Handbook, Analysis, STARFLAG, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-12
UFO News (gadget): Direct links to George Noory of Coast to Coast Am reaching 20 million listeners each night, Jeff Rense his radio show reaches 15 million listeners each night and 78 of the top UFO, Alien abduction, Cattle mutilation and Crop circle researchers on this planet starting with Mar Allin, Colin Andrews,...; Tags: Horn, Sidebar Gadgets, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-04-16
A 100-million-year dragon killer: Komodo dragons are one of the largest living species of lizards, growing to a length of up to 3 meters and weighing around 70 kilograms. They're living on several central Indonesian islands for more than 100 million years. Why are they still alive? According to an international team of researchers,...; Tags: Researcher, Species, Komodo, UNSW, Productivity, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-04-15
IBM and Linden Partner on Enterprise-Class Second Life: IBM and Linden Labs are partnering to develop a version of Second Life that will live behind the corporate firewall. As I mentioned in my previous post, Second Life is far too fat and clumsy to be taken seriously in the enterprise. Add to that concerns around...; Tags: Second Life, IBM Corp., SL, Firewalls, Branding, Groupware, Network Security, Networking, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Dave Greenfield; Blog posts 2008-04-03
Nanotechnology-based clean hydrogen for cars: According to EE Times, a California-based company called QuantumSphere has developed nanoparticles that could make hydrogen cheaper than gasoline. The company says its reactive catalytic nanoparticle coatings can boost the efficiency of electrolysis (the technique that generates hydrogen from water) to 85% today, exceeding the Department of Energy's goal for...; Tags: Fuel Cell, Electrode, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Nanotechnology, Hydrogen, QuantumSphere, Fuel Cells, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-02-27
Is Obama campaign a model for the future?: TechPresident takes note of the Obama's campaign integration of online methods into its overall campaign strategy. Colin Delany refers to a Post article that looked at the campaign's operations in Iowa. Depending on the voter, they follow with Facebook reminders, telephone...; Tags: Operation, TechPresident, Internet, Social Networking, Productivity, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-02-03
Saving Internet freedom - for users - from telcos: Saving Internet freedom - for users - from telcosA little thing called competitionTelcos have to compete with cable broadband providers. Competition is the best regulator. Government regulation never works. We pay way to much for our phones due to government regulation, taxes and fees all meant to...; Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telecom & Utilities, QoS, telecommunications company; Discussion threads 2007-12-13
Leapblogging: The Salesforce.com Ecosystem Debate, Round II: Leapblogging: The Salesforce.com Ecosystem Debate, Round IIEnterprise Rule of ThumbJosh, the typical rule of thumb to measure the revenues generated in the SAP ecosystem is 10x. Take SAP's license revenue for any given quarter and multiply them by 10 to get a pretty good estimate of how much money...; Tags: Sales force management, SunSHINE, Salesforce.com Inc., Leapblogging, Round II, SFDC, revenue, AppEx, ISV; Discussion threads 2007-11-30
The top 10 IT disasters of all time: There are plenty of recorded examples where faulty hardware and software have cost organizations dearly, both financially and in terms of reputation -- and resulted in some near misses for the public. This list, written by ZDNet UK's Colin Barker, describes some of the worst IT-related disasters and failures.; Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Information Technology, Disaster, Strategy, Management; Download resources 2007-11-28
The top 10 IT disasters of all time: The top 10 IT disasters of all timeWhy omitions?(Note: We have purposely omitted incidents that resulted in loss of life.) Why omit these incidents??? THESE are the ones that count!If some flacky software kills hundreds or thousands I would want to know.Purposely omitted errors that cost lives?Errors like the Therac-25...; Tags: Operating systems, Imperial unit, GOODNESS, IT disaster, Microsoft Windows, information technology; Discussion threads 2007-11-27
Sensor-o-rama Part 1: Considering the Z-Wave Alliance: Sensor-o-rama Part 1: Considering the Z-Wave AllianceTell us what you thinkHeather,I'm David Powell contributing editor and Z-Wave's #1 fan from www.zwaveworld.com. I liked your blog and wanted to extend an invitation to come share your thought on our forum. I've been using Z-Wave since some of the first Sylvania and...; Tags: thermostat, Z-Wave Alliance, Z-Wave; Discussion threads 2007-11-04
Living green in Manhattan: no toilet paper, no elevator: This is the story of one man and his family. Living on the Ninth Floor of a Manhattan apratment building. And it is a test of will. No toilet paper. Nothing wrapped in plastic. No rides in the elevator. This is real-life research being done...; Tags: Toilet, Elevator, Global Warming, Manhattan, Beavan, Food & Beverage, Leadership, Blogging, Manufacturing, Management, Internet, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-10-22
Singularity Summit 2007: How to be a Singular boy scout: It's day two at the Singularity Summit 2007 in San Francisco at the Palace of Fine Arts. Today's topics include the risks of artificial general intelligence (AGI) and what preparations are necessary to stack the odds in favor of humans. Our extensive day one coverage from myself and guest poster...; Tags: Robot, Chris Matyszczyk, Thiel, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-09-10
Building nanowires to connect future chips: As computer chips are getting smaller and smaller, it becomes crucial to find new ways to connect them. Canadian researchers have developed a method to produce self-assembled nanowires that are 5,000 times longer than they are wide. They've been able to obtain nanowires measuring only 10 nanometers in width, but...; Tags: Nanoparticle, Electronics, Chemistry, Molecule, Chip, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-08-31