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- A knotty problem: timber rustling and you
- A piece of Ecotimber's antique yellow pine. The company's not new, but it's got a new financial outlook. Many of its products are far older than the company itself. And even though the CEO's been in the same industry for years, he displays an...
- Tags: Product, Ecotimber, Forest Stewardship Council, Quality, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-01-21
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- Report: Data-mining for terrorists doesn't work
- After years of the federal government grabbing all the data it could find, building huge collections through which to data-mine for connections that would yield leads to terrorism suspects, a 352-page study released on Tuesday by a committee of the National Research Council warned that such goals "will be...
- Tags: Terrorist, Terrorism, Homeland Security, Data Mining, Federal Government, Government, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- AMD finally announces "asset-smart" plan; new Foundry Company created
- AMD and a technology investment company backed by the government of Abu Dhabi have established a new semiconductor company that will manufacture AMD's advanced processors. The new company--currently known as "The Foundry Company"--will take over all of AMD's existing manufacturing facilities, including the two leading-edge fabs in Dresden, Germany, and...
- Tags: Asset, Foundry Networks Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Manufacturing, Semiconductors, Government, Hardware, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Crumb - Win (exe)
- Explore the secrets of the Enchanted Forest to discover what happened to the Forest Mother. Collect magical crumbs to read the pages of her journal, as you search for and learn the true identity of the Forest Mother. Crumb features over 50 beautifully detailed levels to explore, an exciting family-friendly...
- Tags: PiddlePup
- Software downloads 2008-09-30
- Norway to challenge closed iTunes model
- Norway's Consumer Ombudsman Bjoern Erik Thon announced that he's taking Apple Inc. to the government's Market Council to force the company to open its iTunes music store to digital players other than its own iPod. Currently, songs purchased and downloaded through iTunes are designed to work with Apple's market-leading...
- Tags: Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- News to know: Google and T-Mobile on G1; OpenWorld; SOA; Apple
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Andrew Nusca: T-Mobile G1: Specs, pricing breakdown UPDATED: T-Mobile, Google, HTC unveil G1 (with hands-on pics) Ed Burnette: Google releases Android 1.0 SDK Hands-On with...
- Tags: Google Inc., T-Mobile, Apple Inc., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Semantic Web, Web Services, Research & Development, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-24
- Using tree power to prevent forest fires?
- Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT think it's possible to use the energy generated by trees to power a network of wireless sensors to prevent spreading forest fires. These sensors are equipped with off-the-shelf batteries that can be slowly recharged using electricity generated by the trees themselves. 'The...
- Tags: Researcher, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Sensor, Tree, Mershin, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- Ghosts and Phantoms screensaver (pd)
- In this spooky free screensaver from American Greetings, a full moon illuminates the bare trees and reveals some ghostly shapes and images through the mist. The trees part, the moon shifts position in the sky, and mysterious lights and spectres appear throughout the forest.Note: The screensavers from American Greetings require...
- Tags: American Greetings Corp., Screensaver
- Software downloads 2008-09-22
- City Witch screensaver (pd)
- This free Halloween screensaver from American Greetings showcases a stylish urban witch out walking her spiders. There's no creepy cottage in the forest for this witch. She's a trendy sorceress taking in a little night life. A spooky black cat will scare the witch and her spiders away, but don't...
- Tags: American Greetings Corp., Screensaver
- Software downloads 2008-09-22
- Verari: A system builder that claims to be green tech to the core
- It seems to have become sort of de rigueur for the server vendors to introduce blades optimized for virtualization and, of course, the last VMware software technology. I wanted to make note this week of one such offering from Verari Systems, not necessarily because it's the only game in town...
- Tags: Data Center, Green Technology, Verari Systems Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-09-21
- The Hedgehogs (exe)
- Enjoy a new puzzle action as you enter into a magical world to help the hedgehogs escape from a mischievous forest witch. Play the classic mode or relax with a Zen untimed challenge. Find trophies as you advance through the levels. Playful art and visual effects help create a great...
- Tags: Escape, Andy Jurko
- Software downloads 2008-09-18
- DHS still doesn't quite get this cybersecurity thing
- The Department of Homeland Security is still lacking in the cybersecurity department, according to a bevy of critics. What's galling is that the DHS' inadequacies are barely news anymore. Here's what would be a real news flash: "DHS locks down cybersecurity. Hackers locked out!" Perhaps I'm cynical...
- Tags: U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity, Intelligence Community, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
- Tesla plans San Jose manufacturing site for electric car
- San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed has convinced green car maker Tesla Motors to build a proposed $250 million facility in north San Jose, adding approximately 1,000 clean-tech jobs to his community by 2010. The deal will be disclosed today during a press conference in California. The first...
- Tags: Car, San Jose, Clean Technology, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, Clean-tech Job, Mayor Reed, Manufacturing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
- 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
- Biogerontechnology impact in 2025
- In 'U.S. sees six disruptive technologies by 2025,' Computerworld reports that the National Intelligence Council NIC is preparing a report about disruptive technologies expected to have a major impact on the world. The NIC defines as disruptive 'a technology with the potential to cause a noticeable -- even if temporary...
- Tags: U.S., Health Care, Technology, National Intelligence Council, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Robots, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-09-13
- Open source patents: Four companies offer green tech to public domain
- So it turns out that the Eco-Patent Commons, which I wrote about back in January, isn't just another empty-handed cooperative industry effort. Three new companies, Bosch, DuPont and Xerox, have joined the effort and another, Sony, has contributed an additional patent to the community. ...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Xerox Corp., Public Domain, Patent, Green Technology, Open Source, DuPont Co., Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-09-12
- The LHC and the importance of pure research
- The LHC and the importance of pure researchFair enoughMoral hazards litter the path walked by scientists and the governments who try to fund them. Pork barrel spending can apply to research as much as public infrastructure projects. I don't think that means, however, that there aren't benefits to...
- Tags: Vertical industries, pure research, private industry, government, industry
- Discussion threads 2008-09-12
- When it comes to LEDs, people are beginning to see the light
- Whether it was the high-profile use of light-emitting diodes at the Beijing Olympics or simply the more eco-conscious atmosphere around the globe, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council reports that LED makers in Taiwan realized a 16.2 percent increase in sales for their products during the first half of 2008....
- Tags: Light-emitting Diode, Engineering, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-09-11
- ADUC+ (zip)
- ADUC+ is an easy to use, drag & drop application based on Microsoft's Active Directory Users and Computers. It allows you to administer your own forest as well as any external domain you trust. With ADUC+ you can restore deleted objects with their properties, such as group memberships and telephone...
- Tags: VisionIT, ADUC+, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2008-09-11
- Large Hadron Collider powers up
- The world's largest machine will switch on for the biggest scientific experiment of the 21st century on Wednesday morning. Early Wednesday morning, scientists at Cern turned on the Large Hadron Collider for the first time. Within one hour, a particle beam had been successfully circulated through the machine. ...
- Tags: CERN, Particle, U.K., Large Hadron Collider, Cloud Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking, David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk, particle accelerator
- News items 2008-09-10
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