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- JohnKerry.com not quite finished yet
- Now, with the election over, you'd think that things over at the JohnKerry.com Web site might have quieted down. Well, not quite. Not only is Kerry using his online presence to keep people informed of what he's doing in Congress, Kerry is looking for signatures on a petition...
- Tags: Condoleezza Rice, Kerry
- Blog posts 2005-01-20
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- Chilling data from the Arctic
- Chilling data from the ArcticSo much hyperbole, so little factPolar bear populations are on the rise. It's stupid to think that the polar bear is so unadaptable that it can't handle a decrease in ice floes. They'll just hunt from shore. Life adapts.BTW, the sea ice is the SECOND lowest...
- Tags: Polar Bear population, Arctic, bear, lake, ice
- Discussion threads 2008-09-23
- Compromise on the drinking age debate
- Compromise on the drinking age debateThe Land of Misfit toysA brief conpendium of former Rice people would have to include Howard Hughes, Carrie Bradshaw and Matt Wilson, all of whom left after their freshman year.Among our graduates are John Doerr, writers William Broyles and Bill Goyen, game designer Steve Jackson...
- Tags: Food & Beverage, drinking age, beverage
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- On eve of Olympics, Internet companies agree to code of conduct
- Internet companies have reached agreement on a voluntary code of conduct for doing business in China and other repressive countries, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced yesterday. "I commend Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft, and other participants for agreeing on the principles of an internet freedom code of conduct,"...
- Tags: Google Inc., Censorship, Yahoo! Inc., Agreement, Code Of Conduct, Internet, Policies And Procedures, Human Resources, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- Eco-Positive Rice Producer Expects System Upgrade to Significantly Lower IT Costs.
- Lundberg Family Farms, recognized for high-quality rice products and sustainable growing practices, wanted to move to a newer operating system, With Windows Vista the firm expects to significantly reduce the total cost of ownership of its computers through simplified software deployment. Lundberg also expects to minimize time spent on...
- Tags: Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., IT Cost, Roi/Tco, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Operating Systems, Software, Management
- Case studies 2008-07-01
- Eco-Positive Rice Producer Expects System Upgrade to Significantly Lower IT Costs
- Lundberg Family Farms, recognized for high-quality rice products and sustainable growing practices, wanted to move to a newer operating system. With Windows Vista, the firm expects to significantly reduce the total cost of ownership of its computers through simplified software deployment. Lundberg also expects to minimize time spent on desktop...
- Tags: Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., IT Cost, Roi/Tco, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Operating Systems, Software, Management
- Case studies 2008-07-01
- Save the environment: stop eating
- So we know many fish species are in trouble due to over-fishing. Heavy production of corn in the American Midwest is killing off life at the mouth of the Mississippi River. Poor farming methods lead to desication and soil erosion. Some areas of tropical rainforest are being...
- Tags: Planet, Environment, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
- Sure, energy tech is sexy and could be profitable. But think real green, as in chlorophyll and growing plants. That's the most crucial green tech now.
- There's a lot of interest in alternative energy tech and ways to utilize fossil fuels more efficiently. There's considerable push now for more nuclear power. And all that makes economic and ecological sense: energy is at the base of the economic pyramid, less energy means less of everything for...
- Tags: Agriculture, Green Technology, Africa, Tech, Green Revolution, Leadership, Management, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-06-22
- Brown rice, white rice, now GREEN rice
- A major rice grower in California is looking to sell green rice. "Green" as in solar-powered. Of course, like all crops, rice needs sun to grow and ripen. Now Far West Rice, Inc. of Cypress, California, is going to harvest, mill, store, move and bag rice using...
- Tags: California, Plant, PPM, Government, Food & Beverage, Telecom & Utilities, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-06-17
- Nanoparticles used to trap oil drops
- Rice University researchers have found a new way to spontaneously assemble nanoparticles into bag-like sacs. Their 'nanobatons' could be used to clean up oil spills by trapping oil droplets in polluted waters. These nanoparticles could even be more useful for delivering drugs. The researchers found that 'ultraviolet light and magnetic...
- Tags: Rice University, Nanotube, Researcher, Nanoparticle, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-31
- Microsoft increases Be Well prize fund by 50%
- Microsoft has bumped the Be Well fund meant to jump-start HealthVault applications by 50%, to $4.5 million. It also named its judging panel. Most are names well-known only in the computing or medical industries, like Google-ex Adam Bosworth, longevity guru Mark Liponis, and medical dean Valerie Montgomery...
- Tags: Panel, Microsoft Corp., Newt, Productivity, Strategy, Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- News to know: Netflix; Google Health; Storm Worm; Fixing Vista
- Notable headlines: Dancho Danchev: The Storm Worm would love to infect you Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7: The information lockdown continues Microsoft releases Virtual PC 2007 SP1 Microsoft: Half of Exchange inboxes to be Microsoft-hosted in five years...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Google Inc., Facebook, Microsoft Windows Vista, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Worm, Vertical Industries, Microsoft Windows, Benefits, Healthcare, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Human Resources, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- What IBM rice study may teach us about people
- IBM's announcement last week that it will use its World Community Grid to study increased rice production may tell us more about ourselves than about the rice. The study, which you can join here, aims to create better strains of rice by studying how rice genes and...
- Tags: Genome, IBM Corp., Biotechnology, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- Putting the XP into the OLPC
- Putting the XP into the OLPC...This is a shining example of why we as a species will continue to be locked into war, hate and slavery. Because we can't do a damn thing to help anyone without making sure we get out 10 pence out of them first.Greed has corrupted...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, One Laptop Per Child project, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-05-16
- I can take costly energy, rice shortages, pricier platinum, but not my beer!!!!
- I can take costly energy, rice shortages, pricier platinum, but not my beer!!!!why........ not the beer, its the end of the worldits the end of the society as we know it man ....ill died from dehydration's.....WHY WHY WHY well i could turn toward red wine or...
- Tags: American Ale, hop, American beer
- Discussion threads 2008-05-07
- I can take costly energy, rice shortages, pricier platinum, but not my beer!!!!
- If this be a harbinger of things to come, life is gonna get bleak here pretty soon. I'm not talking about recession or no recession, health care or not health care, not even worried about food prices going up 50% in a year. I eat too much anyway....
- Tags: Hop, Food & Beverage, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- Can assistive technology save computing?
- Computing is becoming an old man's game. (Picture from the University of Buffalo. Go Bulls.) Last year just 8,000 people graduated with computing majors, nationwide, the lowest figure in years. Can assistive technology turn that around? Michael Buckley at the University of Buffalo thinks...
- Tags: Computing, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- VC Supports Next, Greener Generation of Biotech
- Using, not losing, all the carbon. Courtesy Zeachem and Mohr Davidow. Click on diagram for full view. We've had several blogs here recently reflecting the building political anxiety around the current generation of biofuels, esp. those based on using food products. You...
- Tags: Food, Biofuel, Biodiesel, Clean Technology, Zeahcem, OPX, Genomatica, Biotechnology, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- One constant in the Earth's climate: change
- A scientific conference in Europe has brought out some recent research findings on the polar regions. Much is being learned for the first time about Antarctic's prehistoric climate. One thing's certain: there's been a lot of change. Over the eons. The ice sheets on...
- Tags: Climate, Antarctic, Productivity, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- VeriChip goes consumer with its implantable RFID chips; Would you buy?
- VeriChip said Tuesday it will begin pitching its implantable RFID chips directly to consumers in a move that aims to link doctors directly to personal health records. VeriChip said it will launch a direct-to-consumer marketing campaign in South Florida on April 28. The general idea appears...
- Tags: VeriChip, Health Care, RFID Chip, Personal Health Record, Chip, Microsoft HealthVault, Health Link, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
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