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CDC looks to cell phones for outbreak containment

It hasn't happened yet, but what happens if and when avian flu starts to spread from person to person? Well, a lot of bad things, so the need for people in affected areas to take proactive measures is critical. The Centers for Disease Control is...

Tags: CDC, mobile, evacuation, outbreak

Blog posts 2006-01-18

Thanks to tech, Gilligan couldn't happen today

Thanks to tech, Gilligan couldn't happen todayYeah, if you had a portable generator...Or if the battery fairy landed for you...Are you kidding? Thanks to tech, you probably have moreof it happening today. Software crashes and so does your boat. Myriad glitches knock you off line. Etc,...

Tags: Engineering, Gilligan, evacuation, Federal Emergency Management Agency

Discussion threads 2005-09-06

Additional Resources

Open source and the 'fear factor' mentality

Open source and the 'fear factor' mentality....Look, our resident troll is back! ]:)OK everybody!Shut everything down. Open Source doesn't work. Go back to proprietary because they never have any security breaches. How many repositories are we talking about? You site one breach and declare the Open...

Tags: open source, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-08-20

Space Siege demo (exe)

In 2199, the colony ship Rebecca Lee arrive at the second planet orbiting Beta Canum Venaticorum. Every scan of Beta CVn II showed the same thing: a perfect world for sustaining life; a paradise 27 light years from Earth; a new home for humanity. The colonists christened it Elysium IV...

Tags: Colony, Earth, Sega Corp., Kerak, Games, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-08-11

To picture or not to picture

To picture or not to pictureIs it even legal?Do you have legal authorization to be taking file pictures of minors without parental consent?I would suspect that, at a minimum, a model release would be needed. The liability exposure is potentially enormous, so please consult your Legal Counsel.Answer? NOThe potential...

Tags: Web site development, Databases, liability exposure, photograph

Discussion threads 2008-02-07

VP Bank Group Launches Communications System Based on Avaya and NovaLink Solution

One of the largest banks in Liechtenstein, VP Bank Group has more than 600 employees and draws customers from over 60 countries. VP Bank Group needed a system that would fulfill all its requirements in the areas of alarms, evacuation, unified messaging and call reporting. The system also needed to...

Tags: Bank, VP, Avaya Inc., Financial Services

Case studies 2008-01-01

If yesterday's ruling holds, TorrentSpy must die

If yesterday's ruling holds, TorrentSpy must dieI might agree that...... torrentspy.com should be shut down but not that torrents should be made illegal. I use them regularly for downloading my Linux ISOs and it would be very inconvenient to not be able to use them. Classifying torrents as a 'den...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, TorrentSpy

Discussion threads 2007-12-19

C-17 Globemaster III Screensaver (exe)

The C-17 Globemaster III is the newest purpose-built cargo aircraft to enter the United States and Western air forces. It is capable of rapid strategic delivery of troops and all types of cargo to main operating bases or directly to forward bases in the deployment area. It is also capable...

Tags: Screensaver, C-17 Globemaster III, C-17 Globemaster III Screensaver

Software downloads 2007-12-11

Cal fires: broadband, digicam ubiquity enable these"citizen" videos of tragedy to hit the Web with force

With little room for debate, the most dramatic doemstic U.S. news story this week is the terrible fires raging in much of Southern California. The loss of thousands of homes and the evacuation of hundreds of thousands pale any technology angle into virtual...

Tags: Web, Broadband, Video, CNN, Corporate Communications, Network Technology, Cable, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Marketing, Networking, Personal Technology, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-10-26

Using Twitter to report on SoCal fires

Cell phone networks are overwhelmed in San Diego and other parts of southern California as residents thoughtlessly make voice calls to alert relatives of their condition, W. David Stephenson, a homeland security consultant, says. "Every time we have a disaster, people use their phones inappropriately,"...

Tags: San Diego, Twitter, Wiki, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telecommunications, Online Communications, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-10-24

Photos: Commuter challenge in the skies

This weekend, NASA held its first Personal Aircraft Vehicle PAV Challenge, a test of experimental small-seat airplanes with a prize purse of $250,000.This weekend, NASA held its first Personal Aircraft Vehicle PAV Challenge, a test of experimental small-seat airplanes with a prize purse of $250,000. The contestants were all flying...

Tags: Monitors & displays, photograph, Cafe Foundation, Personal Aircraft Vehicle, Personal Aircraft Vehicle Challenge, flight simulation, purse, daylight, terrain, assortment, lamp, biodiesel, cabin, pass, aircraft, team, touch screen, USB, banking, Amazon.com Inc., mo

Image galleries 2007-08-14

Expert: IT industry has failed in desktop security

Expert: IT industry has failed in desktop securityYupe, that's right...Another commentator with a point on top of his head and no solution.Thank you, Captain Obviousn/tAgain WiFi is Killing One Laptop Per Child ProgramI was appalled to discover that the OLPC project was dependent on WiFi. Here you have a Linux...

Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, federal government, security, desktop, SE Linux, Intel Corp., One Laptop Per Child project, Wi-Fi, IT industry, Classmate

Discussion threads 2007-05-21

Envisioning 911's version 2.0

Writing in this weeks Science, two researchers at the University of Maryland argue that 911 services would benefit from a social networking treatment, Technology Review notes. Although dialing 911 is effective during health emergencies and home fires, when natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina strike, telephone operators are rapidly...

Tags: Emergency, Government technology, State &, Local Govt

Blog posts 2007-02-19

Nokia to buy navigation software firm gate5

Nokia to buy navigation software firm gate5Great for 911Certainly would be useful for targeted web based broadcasts of evacuation routs and directions to emergency services. Frank L. Mighetto CCP

Tags: Channel management, navigation software, Nokia Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-08-31

The Bear robot to the rescue

According to Associated Content, Vecna Robotics has built a prototype of the BEAR Robot for the U.S. Army. This robot has been designed to find, pick up and rescue wounded soldiers in dangerous areas. In fact, the Battlefield Extraction and Retrieval Robot BEAR, which for the moment is remotely controlled,...

Tags: Vecna Robotics, robot, BEAR Robot

Blog posts 2006-08-29

Site puts disaster info at schools' fingertips

With hurricane season bearing down on the Southern states once again Tropical Storm Alberto threatens to become a hurricane at post time, the nation's top emergency management officials now have a new resource for helping schools deal with disaster preparedness, reports eSchool News. Ready-or-not.org is a low-cost,...

Tags: Ready-or-Not

Blog posts 2006-06-12

Telecoms call for legal fixes after Katrina

Telecoms call for legal fixes after KatrinaNo Problemfor the WiMAX Steamroller. A couple of WiMAX routers could cover the whole area and enable VoIP service to emergency workers and citizens. Of course that depends on the IEEE passing the WiMAX Mobile standard - and they are stonewalling something fierce.Lawlessness?Thinking back...

Tags: WiMAX, Telephony, telecommunications, hurricane, lawlessness

Discussion threads 2006-06-02

Star Wars: Empire at War Yavin IV map pack (zip)

This is my attempt to create an actual multiplayer skirmish map. I decided to do the battle of Yavin IV. This takes place after the destruction of the Death Star and during the evacuation. I've included both a land map and a space map. The land map is a rather...

Tags: Fleet, Tower, Star Wars, Rebel, Ackbar

Software downloads 2006-06-01

Microsoft adds Ultimate edition of Office

Microsoft adds Ultimate edition of OfficeBwahahaha!!What a useless word, "ultimate"....it'd be like saying I took the ultimate dump, as though you are supposed to get some better understanding of my evacuation by including that relative adjective....I'd love to see the ultimate punishment being handed down to Microsfty from the EU..Bwahahahaha!!YEAH...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Right Now IT, OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp., Ultimate Edition, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2006-05-25

How can IT save the world?

How can IT save the world?Save the world: GET RID OF MICROSOFTAny company that tells you to reformat your hard drive after malware/rootkit has infected it as a result of flaws in their system needs to be kicked to the curb.Internet Saves LivesYou can get a calculator for less than...

Tags: information technology, Internet

Discussion threads 2006-05-04