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- Of telescopes, patents and the death of discovery
- “If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants." --Isaac Newton. [The opinions expressed here are mine alone, and not those of Google, Inc. my current employer.] It isn't really a surprise that I ended up...
- Tags: Software, Patent, Astronomer, Astronomy, Amateur, Computer, Computing Science, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Management, Jeremy Allison
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
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- Is the IBM Client for Smart Work an alternative to 7 for schools?
- Thoughts"IBM and Canonical, though, are asking if that upgrade path really needs to involve Windows at all."Umm - dare I ask why large industries are allowed to influence education?"Why migrate to Windows, though, when your client machines can run Ubuntu "Because I don't need to deal with any migration headaches...
- Tags: Operating systems, operating system, IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Computers have speed limit as unbreakable as speed of light, say physicists
- Yeah, they have been saying this same thing for years....and everytime, they find a way to make computers even faster. I don't think that they will EVER reach a limit for computer power. Not ever.FacinatingI always knew there would be a wall somewhere, but what will be needed with that...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer
- Discussion threads 2009-10-16
- Computers have speed limit as unbreakable as speed of light, say physicists
- A pair of physicists have shown that if processors continue to accelerate in accordance to Moore's Law, we'll hit the wall of faster processing in roughly 75 years. The curtain will eventually come down for silicon in today's manufacturing methods once engineers can no longer further shrink...
- Tags: Processor, Physicist, Speed, Computer, Moore, Productivity, Chris Jablonski
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Nvidia: Next big supercomputer player?
- NVidia has a chanceNot all that surprisingly the concept of supercomputing on a small basis has finally filtered down to audio/video recording facilities, with the bulk of basics going to the CPU and the actual processing going to the GPU. This is a clear advancement when those of us...
- Tags: NVidia Corp., supercomputer, big supercomputer player, supercomputing, supercomputer player
- Discussion threads 2009-10-01
- Annual cost of IT failure: $6.2 trillion
- I'm not buying their claims.. It looks like they're declaring all IT activities as a failure which is patently ridiculous.. The companies I support rarely experience a failure. I do the product evaluations up front and determine if a product is worthy of purchase and deployment. I use...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Strategy, software, CPU, information technology, IT Failure
- Discussion threads 2009-09-30
- Google Chrome Frame ... Chrome performance for IE users!
- Global governments should move this forwardGlobal governments should take the lead, to promote open web standards, by requiring all government agencies still utilizing IE to install this plug-in (or alternatively, upgrade to a modern web browser).This would:1. Bring government browsers into compliance, with the latest modern web standards.2. Increase agency...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Chrome, Web browser, IE Users, Chrome performance, Web, performance, Google Chrome, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-23
- Would you buy a personal supercomputer (for $8K)?
- Silicon Graphics International today unveiled a "personal supercomputer," called the Octane III, with a price tag that starts at $7.995. For some reason - and maybe it's just me - I just can't seem to figure out who the target customer is for this machine. I think...
- Tags: Supercomputer, High-performance, Silicon Graphics Inc., Leadership, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-09-21
- Jobsworths and Box-Wallahs...
- We've all been behind the glass in bureaucratic purgatory at some point. Having waited in line at the department of motor vehicles or similar our number finally comes up and we interact with the bureaucrat, who has some issue with your missing some...
- Tags: Job, Recruitment & Selection, Wiki, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Online Communications, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-09-13
- How desktop virtualization will end IT client hardware maintenance (and kill off Best Buy's Geek Squad)
- In one fell swoop, John Whaley might end IT client hardware maintenance. And he might kill off the Geek Squad, too. Whaley, the chief technical officer of desktop virtualization company MokaFive, says desktop virtualization is becoming more widely adopted in...
- Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Information Technology, Environment, Server, MokaFive, JW, Management Cost, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-08-28
- When will Microsoft admit the truth about software patents?
- HERETIC !My patent is better than you patent!What a waste of resources!I couldn't agree with you more.Now for the sharks in the suits .... what are they to do if they have to keep their Lexus more than 6 months?Duh!I simply do not understand the warped reasoning that would make...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Intellectual property, Microsoft Corp., Protecting intellectual property, patent, software, Donald Knuth, Newton, software patent
- Discussion threads 2009-08-13
- Go cloud, young man
- Go cloud, young manGo Cloud...IndeedPhil,Great post today. I can't recall how many times I have advised friends who are unemployed to make the move to online occupations. I have a dear friend who has been in traditional advertising for 20+ years, who recently lost his job. I...
- Tags: Data centers, INTERNET, Regulatory compliance, Strategy, young man
- Discussion threads 2009-08-05
- Laptop or desktop netbook for back to school?
- Laptop or desktop netbook for back to school?ExactlyPrecisely my opinion. This way, everyone benefits. The student, because he has more powerful hardware at his disposal, has some computing redundancy if one machine breaks down, and has to carry less weight around. The teachers, because they can make normal eye contact...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Desktops, netbook, laptop computer, desktop, back-to-school
- Discussion threads 2009-07-28
- Laptop or desktop+netbook for back to school?
- It's almost August, folks. We all know what that means, right? If you don't already have a computer for school, you need to get one, PDQ. For some of you in K-12, your school might have a 1:1 program and you'll take a laptop home with you...
- Tags: Desktop, Laptop Computer, Netbook, Computer, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Productivity, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-07-27
- I can't wait for Google Chrome OS
- I can't wait for Google Chrome OSThe BlobWhat is fueling the growth of Linux?: The Cloud.Google tossing their hat into the PC O/S arena is symbolic of a number of things:1) An as of yet unmet need for efficient Client Cloud Devices (notice I didn't use the word Netbook) for...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, operating system, Google Inc., Blob, Linux, Google Chrome, Google Chrome OS, netbook
- Discussion threads 2009-07-08
- 'EvoGrid' to model life's origins, and maybe answer the big questions
- EvoGrid is a grid-computing concept that'll attempt to digitally simulate the primordial soup from which life arose and it may shed light on the origins of life on Earth and in the universe. It may also provide new tools for evolutionary biology, biochemistry, and complexity studies. Studying...
- Tags: Earth, Soup, Computer, EvoGrid, Life Form, Productivity, Chris Jablonski
- Blog posts 2009-07-04
- Seven post holes and one thought
- The real break through we need in science computing is a general way to build machines capable of doing one sequential job many orders of magnitude faster than we can now. Holographic computing is one possibility, some people think quantum computing is another .-personally? I think analog computing has...
- Tags: Computing, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2009-06-20
- Clinton defends State-Twitter connection, even as she pleads ignorance
- Clinton defends State-Twitter connection, even as she pleads ignoranceClinton on TwitterGetting snarky over a politician not being conversant regarding twitter is not going to change Secretary Clinton's point. Many, many people, such as me, could care less about Twitter and tweets, but we know they are there and we...
- Tags: Twitter, State-Twitter, State-Twitter connection
- Discussion threads 2009-06-18
- News to know: Nokia; Salesforce; Mozilla; Google; Facebook
- 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. Sam Diaz: Salesforce opens Sites; offers free version to help push cloud adoption Dion Hinchcliffe: Cloud computing and open source face-off...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., Flaw, Palm Inc., Mozilla Corp., Keyboards, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Peripherals
- Blog posts 2009-06-15
- Reconciling social computing with the enterprise
- Reconciling social computing with the enterpriseThe social aspect of Enterprise 2.0Dion,The tools themselves are just not enough - you are writing more and more about the social dimension to computing and the enterprise - this is even more powerful.Through the ages of IT user and social involvement has become...
- Tags: Social networking, PRODUCTIVITY, social computing, tool
- Discussion threads 2009-06-09
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