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No, this is not bathroom humor. Brondell touts toilet seats that cut back on toilet paper usage

No, this is not bathroom humor. Brondell touts toilet seats that cut back on toilet paper usageAir Dryer??In a toilet?? Let's see.... water.... electricity... plumbing.... naked butt..... Hmmmmmmm.But as a conversation piece, it could be loads of fun. I mean, uh, discussing how the air dryer blows your........

Tags: Forest Service, toilet, Forest, set-aside, Brondell

Discussion threads 2008-09-17

An April Fool's Day Tour de Farce

An April Fool's Day Tour de FarceDodoThe best one I saw was a.viary.com's Dodo demo, which I actually believed at first (we've seen a lot of cool stuff coming out of that start up), until I saw the date...Man, I wish that was real, but it was just too cool.http://a.viary.com/blog/posts/dodo-web-based-time-machineits...

Tags: Corporate communications, Branding, Blizzard, Farce, Day Tour, April Fool

Discussion threads 2008-04-01

Controversy over Forest Service's Landfire project

The Forest Service and the Interior Dept are cooperating on a $40 million fire mapping tool to identify communities most at risk of wildfire, but an environmental group has criticized the project because it contains ecological data but none on where people live, the Billings Gazette reports Federal officials...

Tags: Landfire

Blog posts 2006-10-11

Additional Resources

FTC publishes final rules on blogger payola, endorsements

It's about time!It's only fair that if somebody refers you to a product or a service through their blog, and they have received any sort of remuneration, that they reveal this information to you.won't workhow are you going to find the ofenders?padded reviews, stuffed 'online polls' is just something we...

Tags: Blogging, FTC, advertisement, blogger, blog

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

MacTopos Colorado 3.0 (Mac)

Camp, geocache, off-road, hike, and bike Colorado in style! James Associates, producer of MacGPS Pro software, now offers MacTopos Colorado for the ultimate topographic digital map solution.Two DVDs for Colorado contain USGS topo maps of the entire state in three crystal-clear map scales: 1:24K, 1:100K: and 1:250K plus US Forest...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, James Associates, GPS, Desktops, Tools & Techniques, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Management

Software downloads 2009-09-05

California's burning: greentech solution?

Of course, there's no substitute for human arrogance an dignorance. We insist on living along earthquake faults from San Francisco to Tokyo. Folks love beachfront property in hurricane and typhoon zones. Italians rebuilt cities at the foot of Vesuvius. Cities and towns clog major floodplains all over...

Tags: Biofuel, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-01

Your iPhone could soon be watching you!

Have you completely lost your mind?"OK, this seems like a great feature for product vendors because it allows them to duck warranty obligations"What obligations are there exactly if you drop your iPod into a bathtub, or spill coffee on it while driving? If anything, these nuissance claims get built into...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

Olive drab isn't the only green the Army cares about

Want to know what the U.S. Army uses to manage its greenhouse gas emissions? The agency just extended its deployment of software from Enviance, which develops a greenhouse gas reporting and management system. After a pilot in Colorado's Fort Carson, the application is being rolled out at...

Tags: Greenhouse Gas, Enviance System, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-07-21

Samsung debuts retro-styled WB1000 digital camera with AMOLED

Striking a balance between digital cameras of the 21st century and film cameras of the 20th, Samsung has introduced its WB1000 compact camera, a 12.2-megapixel shooter with an ultra-wide angle lens, 3-in. 480x260 AMOLED display and retro dials. The WB1000, which comes in...

Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Pixel, Digital Camera, Camera, Tele, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-11

Airlines on Climate: Don't blame us blame the Banks

I've posted before in these pages about how the business lobby, under pressure to respond to climate change, is starting to fracture. There was another dramatic example of this yesterday in Kuala Lumpur at the annual general meeting of the International Air Transport Association IATA when the CEO, Giovanni Bisignani, took an...

Tags: Bank, Carbon, Climate, Climate Group, Government, James Farrar, Management, Strategy, UK Air Passenger Duty

Blog posts 2009-06-09

Apps bolster iPhone in business, but AT&T remains an obstacle

Apps bolster iPhone in business, but AT&T remains an obstacleThe only thing stopping me from getting an iPhone is...AT&T. Time you listened Apple...RE: Apps bolster iPhone in business, but AT&T remains an obstacleI live around the St. Louis area, and AT&T has really good signal no matter where I...

Tags: Handhelds, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-05-18

Will downtime rain on the cloud computing parade?

Will downtime rain on the cloud computing parade?Cloud Computing Would be a Problem, ifCloud Computing Would be a Problem, if the vendor who provides the software runs out of the business. In that case, we may have to choose the competitor who give us the similar component. But sometimes our...

Tags: Virtualization, cloud computing, downtime

Discussion threads 2009-03-11

Likewise Open 5.1 (Mac)

Likewise Open is the first open source enterprise solution to address the authentication needs of organizations with mixed networks. Likewise Open quickly and easily joins Linux�®, UNIX�®, and Mac�® platforms to Microsoft�® Active Directory. Likewise Open is a great starting point for companies trying to ease their authentication challenges. Features...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Likewise Software, Authentication, Linux, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Directory Services, Enterprise Software

Software downloads 2009-03-02

McAfee Total Protection Service Protects Chamber of Commerce PCs With Less Effort and Expense

Located in East Texas, not far from the Louisiana border, the county of Nacogdoches (pronounced nack-a-doe-chus), is home of Stephen F. Austin State University, "Texas Forest Country," and just over 60,000 residents. The Chamber of Commerce has limited in-house IT expertise and resources to devote to IT security. The Chamber...

Tags: McAfee Inc., PC

Case studies 2009-03-01

IBM job cuts underway

IBM job cuts underwayOne week for every one week?I have to ask, "one week's pay for every one week's service"????I have 25 years with IBM, this nets out to something north of $2M. Where do I sign up for this?? :-)IBM Damage ControlI think that IBM not posting...

Tags: Business ethics, Workforce management, Recruitment & Selection, IBM Corp., IBM job cuts underway, IBM Job Cuts, IBM job, underway

Discussion threads 2009-01-21

Forest Service - Intermountain Region Ranges Far With WAVE

The Forest Service USFS manages national forests across the United States. Dispatchers and radio users were further constrained by the hard-wired analog circuits used to connect radio facilities with specific dispatch centers. As the cost and scope of their firefighting efforts grew, the Forest Service needed a flexible, affordable and...

Tags: Radio, Twisted Pair Solutions, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Case studies 2009-01-01

CRM 2009 - Companies to Watch For - Live and Let Die - Part 1

We're heading into the forecasting homestretch now. You've seen what I'm thinking 'sup for 2009 with this post, this post, and this post.  Now we move onto the final one or two or three (we'll see how long I can go writing each one before I get tired or sick...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Oracle Corp., Vision, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Sales, CRM, SDN, BPX, Marketing Functionality, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-12-10

Performance Intelligence: BI for Database Performance

Ignite Performance Intelligenceâ„¢ is a database performance analysis technique that identifies the most important database performance problems and their resolution. Performance Intelligence takes proven business intelligence techniques and applies them to IT performance management. By capturing and analyzing data in a data warehouse, it identifies trends, reveals anomalies and correlates...

Tags: Business Intelligence, Performance, Performance Intelligence, Performance Management, Storage, Databases, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2008-12-02

Why did Microsoft wait 7 years to fix SMBRelay attack flaw?

Why did Microsoft wait 7 years to fix SMBRelay attack flaw?Sour over mis-predicting the patches this month?First off, does anyone proof-read these posts? Multiple typos/grammatical errors make it look like this was rushed out... Anyway.Mentioning the token-kidnapping issue makes me wonder if Ryan is sour that his patch prediction (on...

Tags: SECURITY, Patches, Viruses and worms, anti-MS people, NTLMv2, Admin Access, Microsoft Corp., vulnerability, SMBRelay, SMBRelay attack flaw, Ryan, attack flaw

Discussion threads 2008-11-12

Porn To Run: Online Advertising Gets A Flesh Blocker

Sex sells. As long as you don't go too far. Here is your typical family on the beach. Two boys playing in the sand. Husband and wife looking on. She's got only about about 5 percent of her body covered in clothing. Exposed flesh reigns. ...

Tags: Advertisement, Pornography, Image, Online Advertising, Helix, Online-ad Growth, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-11-11