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- Envision a solar parking lot: cool, clean and green
- Solar Trees. Solar Groves. The value of shade in the future economy. Bio-mimicry. My little brain was racing to absorb all the solar heat coming through the phone. I spent nearly an hour talking with Robert Noble. Trained as an architect, he's...
- Tags: Acre, Kyocera Wireless Corp., Tree, Plug-in, Robert Noble, Envision, NREL, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-10-07
- Some clarity about 'services'
- If you're looking for some good working definitions and explanations about what SOA is all about, ServiceOrientation.org is a good place to start.Created by Thomas Erl, author of Service-Oriented Architecture: A Field Guide to Integrating XML & Web Services,the site provides nice brief, to-the-point overviews and some chartsof concepts such...
- Tags: SOA, enVision
- Blog posts 2005-03-31
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- My three cents: Verizon's text fee could cripple SMS services
- Verizon Wireless dropped a bomb today on companies that send content over SMS text messaging systems. Techmeme Effective Nov. 1, companies that send messages and other notifications to Verizon Wireless customers via SMS text message - that's everyone from Google to Twitter to startups like alerts.com - could be forced...
- Tags: Fee, Verizon Communications Inc., Text Messaging, Messaging, SMS, Verizon Wireless, Twitter, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- xkoto launches support for Microsoft SQL Server
- Today xkoto announced that they've added Microsoft's SQL Server to the list of database management systems that they're supporting in GRIDSCALE, fulfilling a promise to expand their offering to support many databases made when they exited stealth mode in December 2007. For those keeping track, I introduced xkoto GRIDSCALE and...
- Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, Server, SQL, Microsoft Corp., Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Could Android finally be the mobile education platform?
- It's no secret that I'm a big ol' Google lover. I am, however, utterly attached to my BlackBerry. I've installed the Google Mobile Apps for the BlackBerry platform, but no matter how cool Android is, you'll have to pry my BlackBerry from my cold, dead hands. ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Mobile, Platform, RIM BlackBerry, Kindle, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Marketing, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- Misinformation travels fast
- One of the amazing things about the age we live in is the speed at which information propagates, whether correct or not. Matthew Brown of Forrester Research touched on this recently on September 11th (an infamous date of course, which seven years ago had everyone clamoring for information to find...
- Tags: Community, Information Technology, Social Software, Engineers, Collaboration, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- Logitech Z-5
- A couple of years ago Logitech brought out the Z-10s, an interesting set of PC speakers that featured USB connectivity and a digital readout on the front of one of the speakers. They looked good, sounded decent, and were cutting edge in their nod to visually incorporating digital music playback--though...
- Tags: Logitech, speaker, Z-5s
- Product reviews 2008-09-17
- Logitech Squeezebox Boom
- One of our favorite streaming-audio products in recent years is the Logitech Squeezebox Duet. That unit makes it fairly simple to access a wide range of Internet- and PC-based digital audio sources, and listen to them in any room of your home. But the Duet is a two-part product--a...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, stereo speaker, Logitech, Logitech Squeezebox Boom, digital audio
- Product reviews 2008-09-10
- Is Microsoft is putting Windows 7 on a diet?
- Is Microsoft is putting Windows 7 on a diet?How did we not see this?This is brilliant on Microsoft's behalf. They do get rid of the anti-trust sentiments at least the plausible ones and still have their share in the market.Now, don't misunderstand me. It's going to take a lot more...
- Tags: Operating systems, SECURITY, iTune, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, diet, Microsoft Windows 7, antitrust
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- NEC AccuSync LCD22WMGX (22-inch)
- For a 22-inch display, the NEC AccuSync LCD22WMGX packs in a lot of features for its price (as low as $300 online) including built-in speakers, a headphone jack, HDMI and component connections, VGA and DVI ports, and many software-based enhancements for viewing photos. The sacrifice for these features? The monitor...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, power button, NEC Corp., NEC AccuSync LCD22WMGX, bezel, Envision G2219w1, monitor, headphone, display
- Product reviews 2008-08-04
- The Ultimate Geek Vending Machine
- The Ultimate Geek Vending MachineNo problem.When you buy an ipod from an apple vending machine, you're under the hardware warranty. If it is DOA, you do have the right to get a replacement. Either go to an Apple store or call applecare.It sounds intriguing but,I can envision having...
- Tags: Digital music, OTB, Apple iPod
- Discussion threads 2008-08-01
- Facebook teams with Intel to set stage for Web 2.0 growth
- The headline on a Facebook-Intel announcement today is FB's selection of Intel-based processors to beef up its infrastructure as the company expands. That's good news for Intel. Facebook has become one of the most popular Web 2.0 sites/platforms on the Internet and people are starting to use it as a...
- Tags: Web, Facebook, Team, Intel Corp., Web 2.0, Open Source, Internet, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-07-31
- Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?
- Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has thrown down the gauntlet to his merry band of open source followers: Make Ubuntu as pretty and ultimately better looking than Apple's Mac OS. eWeek's Darryl Taft quotes Shuttleworth Techmeme: "The great task in front of...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Operating System, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- What programming language should we teach?
- What programming language should we teach?Re: What programming language should we teach?How about Javascript? No, seriously... it's free, it's cross-platform, it's already available on virtually ANY computer without needing to install anything at all, it's not terribly complicated, and it greatly resembles many of the other languages in use.When it...
- Tags: Programming languages, Development tools, C#, Scripting languages, programming, programming language
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- Information Protection - Protecting Sensitive Data With Active Directory Rights Management Services in Windows Server 2008
- As more and more of the world's information, commerce, and communications moves to digital form, it will open the door to a new world of connected experiences. Increasingly, people envision a world of anywhere access - a world in which the information and the content that they value is available...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Information, Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Microsoft Windows, Directory Services, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software
- Webcasts 2008-06-18
- Can open source help liberate the bureaucracy?
- Can open source help liberate the bureaucracy?Why can't you have a five eprson team iplement UK health recordIf you design UK, Canada, or any centralized health system country's health record system, you will have to insure access to tens of millions of persons worth of records on a 24/7 basis...
- Tags: Government, E-health, Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, bureaucracy, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-06-05
- Park over there, under that solar tree
- It seems sort of counter-intuitive that you could derive shade from a solar structure, but Envision Solar International has developed something it calls the Solar Tree. Here's a picture: The technology is being targeted at buildings with big parking lots, which...
- Tags: Installation, Telecom & Utilities, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-05-30
- Samsung SyncMaster T220
- Is it possible to base an LCD purchase strictly on the display's bezel? If so, Samsung has an LCD to sell you. The Samsung SyncMaster T220 features the company's new Touch of Color bezel, which presents a most attractive visage. The black frame features slightly curved edges along the top...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Samsung T220, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Dell SP2208WFP, Samsung 2232GW, bezel, Samsung SyncMaster T220
- Product reviews 2008-05-13
- Envision G2219W1
- Priced at $270, the Envision G2219w1 is a bit cheaper than the bulk of 22-inch LCDs that generally hovers around the $300 mark. The display, manufactured by AOC the company sells monitors under both the AOC and Envision brands, performed well on most of our tests, but its lack of...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Envision G2219w1, display, OSD
- Product reviews 2008-05-08
- Sugar on Windows looking inevitable
- Sugar on Windows looking inevitableWindows EERYWHERE.It's more than a slogan. ;-)You should reconsider your own views.Maybe educators, like governments, will prefer Windows.If the mission is in fact to provide a tool for learning, shouldn't the operating system be a lesser priority? If the customer wants a particular operating...
- Tags: Operating systems, Linux, PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Sugar-on-Windows, Microsoft Corp., operating system, tool
- Discussion threads 2008-05-05
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