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- A vote for passive noise isolation, not active reduction
- Based on a cross-county flight to NYC I took this week, many travelers are using active noise-reduction technology to shut out the din of the airplane. However, I prefer the passive approach of noise isolation, which is a greener solution, and provides more accurate sound. ...
- Tags: Headphone, Isolation, Noise, ER-4, ER, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
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- U.S. health care not getting better
- U.S. health care not getting betterThe study has predetermined the result[Michael Cannon, the Cato Institute's director of health policy studies, summed up what's wrong with the study: "The report does nothing more than reveal which nation does the worst job of satisfying the subjective preferences of the people who conducted...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, U.S. Health, medical care, health care
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Rhode Island's novel approach to addressing budget gaps
- Rhode Island's novel approach to addressing budget gapsRhode Island's novel approach to addressing budget gapsHooray for RI! I haven't heard of any energy crisis in RI. You can bet the naval base there would probably want to get on this.You knowif we actually built power plants this wouldn't...
- Tags: Blackstone, mill, river, Blackstone River
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Twitter And Summize Sitting In A Tree. M-E-R-G-I-N-G
- I can almost picture the scene - two young CEOs meet on a Spring day at New York's Shake Shack to talk about their planned nuptials. After they polish off their fries and the chocolate shake with one straw (I'm assuming), they head over for a stroll through Union Square...
- Tags: Twitter, Blogging, Performance Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, E-mail Providers, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Investment, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Confirmed: Twitter buys Summize
- Confirmed: Twitter buys SummizeTwitter uses Web Data MiningThis makes much sense, because Summize offers great Sentiment Analysis technology.With Summize Twitter is now a gold mine for Web Data Mining and Web Monitoring. Ford could ask Twitter, how their products do. If the people like their new car or not. Ford...
- Tags: Channel management, Twitter, Summize
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Twitter confirms Summize acquisition
- Twitter confirms Summize acquisitionTwitter could make money with Data MiningThis makes much sense, because Summize offers great Sentiment Analysis technology.With Summize Twitter is now a gold mine for Web Data Mining and Web Monitoring. Ford could ask Twitter, how their products do. If the people like their new car or...
- Tags: Channel management, Twitter, Summize
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- iPhone 3G SMS charges bypassed using AOL Instant Messenger
- iPhone 3G SMS charges bypassed using AOL Instant Messenger"AOL IM is not SMS"This is an important thing to note.One is not bypassing anything by using a "substitute". SMS message fees are outrageously high and highly profitable for phone companies. Just because people can use something else that provides...
- Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular phones, Instant messaging, SMS Message, SMS, Apple Inc., AOL Instant Messenger, iPhone 3G SMS, Apple iPhone, AOL Instant, iPhone 3G, America Online Inc., instant messenger, AT&T Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- Vista is "OK", says Ubuntu-converted teenager
- Vista is "OK", says Ubuntu-converted teenagerInteresting...I find this experiment very interesting. However, there are a couple observations here:1) This wouldn't really be a typical experience for a typical user. Ubuntu has to be installed and configured; would he have done this or been able to do this without...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Vista, VISTA IS, GUI, Ubuntu, typical user, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-07
- Trick out your fleet with fuel consumption monitors from Networkcar
- OK, I admit it. When I bought my car a year-and-a-half ago, comparing the fuel consumption metrics among the different models WAS part of the equation, but not the most important part. Now, with gas lines forming in my own little town and people putting summer trips...
- Tags: Monitor, Performance, Technology, Performance Management, GPS, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Judge: Viacom gets 12TB of YouTube user data
- Judge: Viacom gets 12TB of YouTube user dataWell it's not like anyone has EVER... used an IP address to take legal action against an individual....oh wait. They have.Never mind.RE: Judge: Viacom gets 12TB of YouTube user dataGlad I am not a Google Log-Oner!Of course who's to say that the data...
- Tags: YouTube user data, Viacom Inc., user data, YouTube Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- News to Know: Googlenomics; Windows Mobile 7 phones; Broadband hell
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Free Sourcefire tool pinpoints hostile MS Office files Apple security team finds code execution holes in Ruby Google using invalid security certificate Dancho Danchev: Phishers targeting Facebook users, fake logins...
- Tags: Security, Google Inc., Phone, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Information Technology, Broadband, Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Virtualization, Telecom & Utilities, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, David Grober
- Blog posts 2008-06-23
- Savvis gets savvy-er about when to retrofit and when to start anew with data centers
- Savvis gets savvy-er about when to retrofit and when to start anew with data centersgigaCENTERAlso check out the new gigaCENTER designed by IBM and RackForce - see http://www.rackforce.com/blog/?p=68
- Tags: Data centers, Storage, start anew, Savvis Communications, data center
- Discussion threads 2008-06-22
- Savvis gets savvy-er about when to retrofit and when to start anew with data centers
- Welcome to my latest post in the Greenest-Data-Center-of-them-all blog series. This brief entry comes courtesy of my chat last week Jim Kozlowski, vice president of hosting service for data center operator Savvis, which just opened a new facility in the Chicago area. The actual press release detailing the opening of...
- Tags: Data Center, Savvis Communications, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-06-21
- Might we see a doctors' strike?
- Might we see a doctors' strike?Because the system is so broken...I have seen a resurgence of homeopathic medical practices. My regular civilian physician is a homeopathic doctor.My chiropractor only takes cash or check and keeps his patient records on 3x5 cards... still. He doesn't trust the system.I think what is...
- Tags: Insurance, Financial Planning, HEALTHCARE, strike
- Discussion threads 2008-06-20
- What's triggers "gadget lust"?
- What's triggers "gadget lust"?gadget lust vs. Dell and colorI think Dell would be better served by working on CRM rather than marketing. After my experience with Dell several years ago I've switched to hp and IBM / Lenovo. As far as color goes, my daughter the non tech...
- Tags: Keyboards, Apple iPhone, Dell Computer Corp., trigger
- Discussion threads 2008-06-20
- Airport security part 2: TSA is failing us, let my associated ranting begin thusly
- I want to start out by saying that I take great personal risk of getting black listed before my flight to K.C. tomorrow morning, but I thought I'd talk about an article by Rafal Los on how the TSA is failing us again. This actually reminds me of an older article that...
- Tags: Airport Security, Transportation Security Administration, Rafal Los, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- More oil refineries coming right up. Will this stunt cleantech growth?
- Saudi Arabia is preparing to add more refineries in the next few years. And they plan to begin refining more of their less desirable, more sulphurous, crude oil. Saudi is aiming for an 80% increase in refining capacity. Most refineries in the world can now only handle...
- Tags: Refinery, Canada, Clean Technology, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- Windows will go open source when pigs fly
- Windows will go open source when pigs flyMicrosoft can not afford to go to open source....People will see how much of other companies IP they have used.Er??? >> Er???"Pliny the Elder" had it right, your ("SpikeyMike") logic is wrong or you misread the post.expanding on the statement: If MS code...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., open source, F/OSS, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-06-05
- Reaction to Yahoo's Microsoft-inspired poison pill: 'That's nuts'
- Reaction to Yahoo's Microsoft-inspired poison pill: 'That's nuts'Can't get past the employee part...It was truly written by people that don't understand what was going to happen on the inside for the employees. There was not going to be some smooth transition and retention if MS was going to start...
- Tags: Microsoft-inspired poison pill, Yahoo! Inc., poison pill, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-02
- What's in a name? For LimeLeap, apparently, a whole lot
- Someone asked me the other day if I thought IT solution providers (what you might call a reseller, VAR or systems integrator) could build a reasonable branding message around green tech or environmental issues. While I haven't seen a whole lot of these companies do anything publicly, two jumped to...
- Tags: Green Technology, Luzuriaga, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-06-01
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