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- Introduction to BIT
- This is the 1st excerpt from the second book in the Defen series: Business Information Technology: Foundations, Infrastructure, and Culture Introduction This book is designed for people who interact with, but do not want to become, professional information systems...
- Tags: Information System, Bear, Computer, Business Owner, Systems Decision, Dick, Jane, Systems Culture, Productivity, Data Centers, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Polar Bear Threatened, says U.S. Global warming acknowledged in public.
- Polar Bear Threatened, says U.S. Global warming acknowledged in public.Theory vs. enumerationSo, the gov't says Polar Bears are threatened because sea ice will disappear. That's a theoretical prediction.However, actual enumeration of polar bear populations shows their numbers increasing.Perhaps Polar Bears actually do better when there's less ice making it difficult...
- Tags: polar bear population, bear population, polar bear, bear, U.S. Global warming, Polar Bear
- Discussion threads 2008-05-14
- Workday: a tipping point?
- Larry Dignan is enthusiastic about Workday's 200,000 person deal it won to supply Flextronics with HR functionality, adding in the Chiquita 26,000 person deal as validation for what he suggests is a 'tipping point' for Workday. I'm a little more cautious. Next week, Workday will release update...
- Tags: Workday, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Polar Bear Threatened, says U.S. Global warming acknowledged in public.
- The U.S. Department of Interior has just listed the polar bear as a "threatened" species, that is legally and technically different than being listed as "endangered." The Feds based their announcement on studies by government scientists. Global warming is reducing Arctic sea ice off...
- Tags: Bear, Global Warming, Bloomberg News, Wetzler, Kivalina, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Tasty Baking's new LEED factory
- Brendan O'Malley, CIO at Tasty Baking talks about the company's green goals, which includes building a new LEED certified food factory and managing power and cooling within the data center. by Administrator
- Tags: Food, Factory, Food & Beverage, Data Centers, Manufacturing, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Administrator
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- The key to Windows success? It's all about the drivers
- The key to Windows success? It's all about the driversTrialware payolaSo I read Item#5 as something of curiosity in terms of who pays and who gets. So if Widget Mfg. installs Widgette software as trialware, Widgette pays Widget Mfg. a fee to get into the installation rotation? Then...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Widgette, Widget Mfg, Microsoft Corp., OEM
- Discussion threads 2008-05-13
- Vierme (exe)
- The second version of the Vierme game, improved with a better engine, nice new graphics and more play modes like moves limit, multiplayer in food fight or battle mode with AIs or friends over the network or on the same computer. Version 2 includes unspecified updates.
- Tags: Mode, Lucian Ciobanu, Food & Beverage, Games, Productivity, Manufacturing, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-05-13
- Electrical outages make you appreciate mobile technology
- I awoke this morning to the crackle and thunderous crash of a 100-year-old oak tree snapping and falling in my next-door neighbor's yard iPhone picture above. We're lucky that no people or property were damaged, but the tree fell on a power line knocking out service for my...
- Tags: Mobile, Apple MacBook, Battery, Outage, Engineering, Modems, Notebooks, RSS, Hardware, Components, Notebooks & Tablets, Internet, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- How artificial is the crude oil price? Have we passed peak oil?
- How artificial is the crude oil price? Have we passed peak oil?What's wrong with walking to workAlthough I accept that "nobody wants to sit in the dark" the notion that "nobody wants to walk to work" is ridiculous.It is the car addiction of countries like USA that has led...
- Tags: Self-Interest, Oil Prices, oil
- Discussion threads 2008-05-12
- Mowser purchased by dotMobi; is there a need for a .mobi domain?
- Mowser purchased by dotMobi; is there a need for a .mobi domain?.mobi is UsefulI like developed .mobi sites, and have a blog and showcase of .mobi sites at http://mobienthusiast.mobi. It's true that there are many mobile optimized .com sites, but I like the simplicity of being able to type in...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, DotMobi, mobi site, mobi, mobile, mobi domain, dotMobi, Visit BofA.mobi, domain
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- Always-on boosted by British government study
- Always-on boosted by British government studyAlways On ... and the Food PoliceWhat happens when the cops show up at the grocery store and arrest you for purchasing that TwinkieR? Or you get a surcharge bill from your insurance company because your food purchases don't match your prescribed diet?Not likely? Well,...
- Tags: Food & Beverage, Always-On, insurance company, diet, insurance
- Discussion threads 2008-05-07
- Where's your federal tax "economic stimulus" going?
- Where's your federal tax "economic stimulus" going?I am going to build a Mac Clone.NTI won't be getting one.I make too much.EntertainmentI'm finally going to buy an HDTV and surround sound system. I was thinking of building a new pc, but that would have been just for me. My whole family...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, federal tax, tax
- Discussion threads 2008-05-07
- Egypt shuts off cell anonymity
- As protests continue to mount over rising food prices, Egypt is moving to keep close tabs on cellphone users. The government wants cellphone companies to close down anonymous subscribers, Reuters reports. "Everyone who uses the telephone must be known," Trade Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid told a news...
- Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, Egypt, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- I can take costly energy, rice shortages, pricier platinum, but not my beer!!!!
- If this be a harbinger of things to come, life is gonna get bleak here pretty soon. I'm not talking about recession or no recession, health care or not health care, not even worried about food prices going up 50% in a year. I eat too much anyway....
- Tags: Hop, Food & Beverage, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- Everyone loves the Eee
- I spent the day at a conference sponsored by our SIS developer. The food was excellent, which is always a solid barometer for conference success and I learned that I've forgotten too much java (X2's Aspen SIS largely uses java to interact with the relational database that sits on...
- Tags: Conference, SiS, Keyboards, Linux, E-mail, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- A new robotic tasting device
- A new robotic tasting devicehehe.. yea robots that eat.i have been telling people for years that food is not the same when in different forms.ahha i win.
- Tags: Robots, robotic
- Discussion threads 2008-05-06
- A new robotic tasting device
- According to the latest American Chemical Society ACS Weekly PressPac, French researchers have developed an artificial mouth that chews apples like you and me. Here is a link to this PressPac, from which you'll be able to read a very short note titled 'Munch-o-matic: Scientists develop the artificial mouth.' The...
- Tags: Food, Compound, Hre, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- The "ubiquitous computer" changing the ed tech landscape
- The Christian Science Monitor is featuring a piece on netbooks and the drastically decreased cost of bringing computing to students and adults in both mature and developing markets. According to Michael Gartenberg, vice president and research director at Jupiter Research, They represent the idea of the "ubiquitous computer...
- Tags: Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Productivity, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- Hacking NASA: One small step for man, one giant leap for hackers?
- Hacking NASA: One small step for man, one giant leap for hackers?This is scriptAll digital is exe.An exe is constructed and recorded into a ROM chip.And when you press START,the exe starts and the Microwave oven cooks your food."Deb can cook---hard wieners--Dr.Debbie Smith's program for the Microwave---part two--episode three".duhhhh"great work...
- Tags: SECURITY, Hacking NASA, hacking
- Discussion threads 2008-05-05
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