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Photos: A Bay Bridge for all seasons

The eastern span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge is being fitted with a fancy new self-anchored suspension.A Caltrans model of the self-anchored suspension SAS bridge that will be the major new element of the eastern span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge. The new bridge span, which connects Treasure...

Tags: photograph, eastern span, eastern side, span, suspension.A Caltrans, skyway, suspension section, self-anchored suspension section, new skyway, barge, south, bedrock, agency, San Francisco, transportation, California

Image galleries 2007-08-13

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Antarctic, climate change and the ozone hole

I'm glad they are reporting this, truth lives.It validates that we don't know how it all works yet, but that we are willing to report on things that don't fit the politically correct 'climate'. Kudos to scientists that report what they study.A caution though, the high antarctic sea ice...

Tags: climate change, sea ice, ozone, ozone hole, peninsula, solar energy

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

Dark Internet Fundamentals

We all think we know the internet - the service that has magically transmitted these words from my keyboard to your eyeballs - but how much do you know of the fundamentals? As I wrote about last year, the plumbing of the internet...

Tags: Network, Attack, Internet, Security, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-29

Windows 7 hourly tracking

?won't it be better to check at the end of every week instead? If you check every day you won't see any big changes but at the end of every week the increase will be more obvious.I'll say it before others do"look, it already has a larger market share than...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Desktops, Microsoft Windows 7, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

More Microsoft layoffs, a resignation and other pre-Labor Day tidbits

Oh pooh...The days are coming to an end for 15G Operating Systems, in case they missed it Appliance driven devices under VMware IS the future.Not some insecure bloated expensive Server versions that require tens of thousands in licenses and still is crippled up by viruses/worms.;)On the plus side,nobody now knows...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, layoff, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Linux, server

Discussion threads 2009-09-04

US, S. Korean websites under attack; N. Korea blamed

US, S. Korean websites under attack; N. Korea blamedattacks from Windows machinesThese are infected Windows operating system computers that are attacking the government sites. Will we ever learn?RE: US, S. Korean websites under attack; N. Korea blamedIs this story real? It seems like this would be a little more...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, SECURITY, Cyberwarfare, Korean website, attack, Web site

Discussion threads 2009-07-08

Why is there no Windows 7 E upgrade for Europe?

Why is there no Windows 7 E upgrade for Europe?Can't blame Microsoft for doing what the EC wanted. ntntRE: Why is there no Windows 7 E upgrade for Europe?And this is the impact of the supposedly "consumer protecting" EC. Way to go EC, you just forced us to buy...

Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Windows 7 E, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

How green is software as a service?

How green is software as a service?Greenas in lots of money for the company selling the SAASthe ROI however is questionableRedundancies and distributed computingIt'll be fun to see how organizations with a server farm of 150 Microsoft servers can meet the needs of 2000+ workers using insecure, web-based SaaS...Yes and...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, cloud computing, software-as-a-service, server, server farm, capacity utilisation

Discussion threads 2009-06-06

Calendar Magic 17.3 (Windows)

Full year and monthly calendars for 25 different calendar systems. Alternative planning calendars. A month-by-month, side-by-side comparison of any two of the calendar systems. The display remains synchronised as you change day, month and year values in either calendar system being viewed. Date conversions among the supported calendar systems. British...

Tags: EuroSoft, Calendar System, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-06-05

The cure for YouTube's ills: Charge for uploads

Business models that revolve around "free" are never free since someone always foots the bill. Meanwhile, far more companies think they have more growth and scale to lower costs than they actually do. YouTube may be one of those companies that merely thinks it has the scale to eventually make...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, YouTube Inc., Business Model, Video, Jeffrey Lindsay, Hulu, Corporate Communications, Strategy, Marketing, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-01

Market Moves: You pick the next step

Market Moves: You pick the next stepAin't rich, so I'm not that smart, but...Take what you learned about app delivery and start your app #2.This time, instead of enhancing sample code, start by asking friends (preferably those who don't know what is easy and hard to code) either what they'd...

Tags: Market Moves

Discussion threads 2009-02-27

Garmin and Asus to show off nuvifones; Will anyone buy them?

Garmin and Asus next week will show off two nuvifones, a smartphone with a GPS twist, but the larger question is whether proconsumers will buy it. Garmin-Asus is a co-branded partnership with Garmin and Asus parent ASUSTek Computer. The duo will show off the nuvifone G60 and M20...

Tags: ASUS, Garmin Ltd., Garmin Nuvifone, M20, Smart Phones, GPS, Handhelds, Keyboards, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-12

$9 million ATM heist: the dark side of international collaboration

$9 million ATM heist: the dark side of international collaborationServers open to the world with lax security...Anybody who sets up a server that ONLY needs state side access or access in a certain area and they do not deny/allow only the ranges should be fired. Then the argument of what...

Tags: Network technology, server, security, international collaboration, dark side, ATM, collaboration

Discussion threads 2009-02-07

$9 million ATM heist: the dark side of international collaboration

'' The New York Fox News video report above by John Seutzman describes a well coordinated attack on 130 automatic teller machines (ATM's) in 49 cities worldwide within 30 mins, which jeopardized sensitive information and netted over $9 million. Shortly after midnight Eastern Time...

Tags: Card, Phone, Collaboration, FBI, Payroll, ATM, GPS, Network Technology, Networking, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-02-07

Spam: You just can

Spam: You just canI have won!I have blocked the entire world except for the United States and a few IP ranges have been blocked due to the fact they are spammers from overseas...After blocking the Eastern world my problems went away!:)Yes, you can win against SPAM.Here's one solution: create a...

Tags: Spam, Cyberthreats, e-mail, spammer

Discussion threads 2009-01-30

Talkback Tuesday: Apple's AV non-announcement

I was traveling the eastern seaboard all of last week, visiting family, friends, and old work colleagues in Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, so I didn't have much opportunity to provide feedback to what had become the most heavily discussed blog post I have yet generated. Two...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Malware, Apple Inc., Timiteh, Alaniane, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Adam O'Donnell

Blog posts 2008-12-16

Malware found in Lenovo software package

Malware found in Lenovo software packageJust one more reason not to buy Lenovo.I have way too many of their computers in my shop, bought by my predecessor, and they are mostly junk. They are a far cry from the quality of IBM.RE: Malware found in Lenovo software packageThis could happen...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Tools & Techniques, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Notebooks, Lenovo Group Ltd., malware, software package, software

Discussion threads 2008-11-19

Higher education key to healthy choices

Higher education key to healthy choicesIt would seem that ....... your higher education doesn't prevent you from making staqtements not supported by the facts however. Even if it is true that Huntington has fewwer people with higher educations, there is nothing in the study that links that to the...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Food & Beverage, Higher Education, healthy choice, health care

Discussion threads 2008-11-17

GM, Chrysler, and one specific IT Job

GM, Chrysler, and one specific IT JobNot just CAFEI think it's more than CAFE, it's also the myriad of safety/crash regulations and other government requirements that the auto makers have to meet that makes it harder. How do you think the WWII jeep would do in a side impact test?...

Tags: information technology, General Motors Corp., Chrysler LLC, car

Discussion threads 2008-11-08

Russia, Georgia and NASA

Russia, Georgia and NASASelf reliance is a good thingLet's be really glad we're not dependent on Russia for more important things... and yes, I do think that foreign countries should be wary of over-dependence on the US works both ways.I think Bill Nelson has done a good job over the...

Tags: Self-Reliance, COTS, SpaceX, Orbital, NASA

Discussion threads 2008-08-18