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- Dot
- (1) A tiny round, rectangular or square spot that is one element in a matrix, which is used to display or print a graphics or text image. See dot...
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- Enceladus (Photos: First images from Saturn moon close encounter)
- Enceladus (Photos: First images from Saturn moon close encounter)EnceladusEnceladus (ĕn-sĕl'ə-dəs) 1. Greek Mythology. A giant who was defeated in battle and buried under Mount Etna by Athena. 2. The satellite of Saturn that is seventh in distance from the planet.[Latin, from Greek Enkelados.]RE: Enceladus (Photos: First images from Saturn...
- Tags: dot, Enceladus, Saturn, photograph
- Discussion threads 2008-03-16
- Social networking invades U.S. intelligence agencies
- The Financial Times reports that the U.S. spies will have access to their own social network, dubbed "A-Space," modeled on services like Facebook and MySpace.Thomas Fingar, the deputy director of national intelligence for analysis, believes the common workspace – a kind of "MySpace for analysts" – will generate better analysis...
- Tags: Social Networking, Facebook, CIA, Network, Agency, Intelligence, Dot, Intelligence Agency, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-08-21
- 2.0 pronounced two point oh
- By an overwhelming margin, ZDNet readers have voted two point oh the preferred way to say 2.0 in phrases including Web 2.0, Business 2.0, Enterprise 2.0, Office 2.0 and so on. Why would there be any doubt about this? 2.0 is clearly a version number with a decimal...
- Tags: Web 2.0
- Blog posts 2007-02-26
- Poll 2.0: Do you say 2, dot or point 0?
- Poll 2.0: Do you say 2, dot or point 0?technicallyj/k, i know of no technical argument for this :)dot comversion 2 point 52 and a half"two point oh" is pretty much what every math teacher told me how to say it from when I learned decimals all the way to...
- Tags: Ethernet, Wireless LANs, Network technology, NETWORKING, dot, Internet, IEEE
- Discussion threads 2007-02-19
- Poll 2.0: Do you say 2, dot or point 0?
- Weve all heard of Web 2.0, Office 2.0, Enterprise 2.0, Business 2.0 and all the other 2.0s. But what exactly do we hear when theyre mentioned? Is that a dot or a point between the two figures? Or is the punctuation silent? Attending conferences in California last fall I was...
- Tags: Web 2.0
- Blog posts 2007-02-19
- Using nanodots for data storage
- It seems that our appetite for data is growing faster than ever, doubling every year. So researchers are always trying to find new solutions. This time, scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST and the University of Arizona, Tucson, have made nanodot arrays that respond to magnetic...
- Tags: Nanotechnology, Computers &, Internet, Engineering &, Innovation, NIST
- Blog posts 2007-01-21
- As winter looms, Iowa uses snowplow simulator to increase safety
- How would you like to drive one of those monster snowplows in a driving blizzard, on a four-lane highway with no idea if a car will careen wildly in front of you or whether a ditched car is already covered in snowfall? If you live in a heavy weather state...
- Tags: Iowa
- Blog posts 2006-11-01
- On the road: Wireless rest stops in WA
- Many rest areas in Washington state now boast wireless access, The Seattle Times reports, but there's a catch. Access is free to access the state's Department of Transportation site to access road conditions and traffic reports, but those Redmond types who just have to check email will have to pay...
- Tags: wireless, DOT
- Blog posts 2006-08-29
- Top Govt. IT trends
- Here's a list of Washington Technology's Top 20 Trends in government technology. No surprise, antiterrorism initiatives are at the top of the list. Information Sharing Cybersecurity Enterprise Architecture Health Care IT The list goes on from there. Here's WT's...
- Tags: Homeland security, HEALTHCARE, dot, information technology
- Blog posts 2006-01-20
- Watching the brain predicting the future
- According to this news release, a team of neuroscientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis WUSTL has discovered that it is possible to accurately predict if game players will succeed or fail by scanning their brains. Before starting the game, they scanned the volunteers with functional brain...
- Tags: hint
- Blog posts 2005-11-30
- Color printers include back door for Secret Service
- Concerned that color laser printers could be used to produce counterfeit currency, the Secret Service secretly worked with printer manufacturers to include a code that identifies the date and time of every printout, as well as the printer's serial number, the Electronic Frontier Foundation reports. EFF worked with printouts...
- Tags: printer, dot
- Blog posts 2005-10-19
- Big Brother Dept: Think printouts can't be traced to you? Think again.
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF has apparently uncovered the mystery behind the tiny dots that some color printers have been secretly inserting into printed documents. According to the report by the EFF's Seth Schoen, the Secret Service has issued the following admission:The U.S. Secret Service admitted that the tracking...
- Tags: Printers, dot, printer, Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Blog posts 2005-10-18
- Intel, Red Hat, SAP invest in Black Duck
- Intel, Red Hat, SAP invest in Black DuckSounds like Dead Duck...Any software company that has Open Source as a business model is doomed to fail. My rep and I discussed this while sitting in 1st class on our way to TechEd. My rep said, and I quote "Open Source is...
- Tags: Red Hat Inc., SAP AG, Intel Corp., dot, Black Duck, open source, rep
- Discussion threads 2005-06-06
Additional Resources
- Cool Tools - Slingpage extends stickies and sharing to Firefox users
- Slingpage, which announced its social browsing extension for Internet Explorer last month, will introduce an equally feature-rich version of its service to Mozilla Firefox users next week. Slingpage offers a way for Web surfers to find information about favorite topics via "Slingcast" feeds as well as create...
- Tags: Monitor, Mozilla Firefox, Note, Tool, Slingpage, Web Browsers, Monitors & Displays, Internet, Hardware, Components, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Dot-com boom and bust: the movie
- CNET.com's Kara Tsuboi met with August director Austin Chick and one of the movie's stars, Adam Scott. The new film, in theaters now, retells the story of the dot-com implosion in the summer of 2001.
- Tags: Movie, Dot-com, News, kara tsuboi, austin chick, adam scott, josh harnett, august, 2001, dot com, jared kohler, theaters, movies
- Videos 2008-07-21
- Samsung HL61A750
- Rear-projection HDTVs, as a category, are on their way out, and DLP-based sets are the only microdisplay choice available, now that all manufacturers of LCD- and LCoS-based rear-projection displays have basically ceased production. Samsung and Mitsubishi are pretty much the only players left in this category--they're the only two...
- Tags: menu system, Samsung HL61A750, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Warm 2, color temperature
- Product reviews 2008-07-18
- Pioneer Kuro PDP-5020FD
- When it comes to black levels, you apparently get what you pay for. Pioneer's PDP-5020FD is the company's cheapest flat-panel plasma HDTV for 2008, yet it still costs significantly more than the poshest plasmas produced by Panasonic. We really liked the Panasonic TH-50PZ800U we reviewed earlier this year, and despite...
- Tags: TV & Home Theater, TVs, PDP-5020FD
- Product reviews 2008-07-18
- My Awesome IT Job: Senior security engineer, VoIP carrier
- Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here are a few words from IT pros that love their work. "I...
- Tags: Network, Information Technology, Hobby, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Security, Networking, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Microsoft's search ambitions are its Vietnam
- Microsoft's search ambitions are its VietnamMicrosoft's search ambitions are its VietnamThe simple answer is no. Microsoft has Google envy? Since when? Google has been in constant decline for a couple of years now. Microsoft on the other hand has been growing. Their interest in search is...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Live Mesh, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., software
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Google earnings fall short; Says it can thrive in weak economy
- Updated: Google's second quarter earnings missed Wall Street estimates and executives moved to allay concerns about the company's ability to weather a dicey ad environment. The search giant on Thursday reported net income of $1.25 billion, or $3.92 a share, on revenue of $5.37 billion excluding...
- Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Earnings, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
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