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- Land Warrior: Soldier-based tech gets a test run
- On Star Trek, the Borg were a cybernetic race in which technology was deeply integrated with flesh and blood humanoids. We're not quite there yet, but with the Army's new Land Warrior system, currently getting a dry run at Fort Lewis, Wash., soldiers and technology are getting closer than ever....
- Tags: Land Warrior, Fort Lewis, soldier
- Blog posts 2006-07-24
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- Laptops with mobile WiMax now available
- The first laptops with built-in mobile WiMax wireless broadband are now available in the U.S. Sprint, Intel and the computer companies announced the new WiMax configurations at an event in Baltimore just a few days after Sprint launched its Xohm service there. All of these laptops use...
- Tags: Mobile, Sprint Xohm, Laptop Computer, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, 3G, Chipsets, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- How to read your FBI file
- As part of the occasional series Life in post-Constitutional America I'm pleased to offer a brief primer on How to read your FBI file. It isn't as easy as you'd think, since the FBI has failed several times to create a modern data management system - which may not be...
- Tags: FBI, File, Mistakes, Federal Government, Government, Data Management, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- Stallman vs. the cloud computing tidal wave
- Stallman vs. the cloud computing tidal waveStallman sounds panicIf FOSS folks believe they can compete with proprietary software, why not build their own FOSS cloud and then take the battle right to the other proprietary cloud platforms?Ever been in a restaurant kitchen ?How old is the food ? Where have...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Cable, OPEN SOURCE, Stallman, cloud computing, tidal wave, TV
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- 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
- IT failure: The definition game
- What does IT "failure" actually mean? While this question should be easy to answer, many discussions on the topic become little more than word games. Simple metrics. Some observers, including myself, begin their analysis of failure with three criteria. We ask whether a...
- Tags: Game, Information Technology, Failure, Strategy, Roi/Tco, Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
- Top-growing sites in UK in June 2008
- Property May-2008 Jun-2008 % Change Total Internet 34,489 34,860 1% Channel4 3,544 4,664 32% John Lewis Partnership 2,119 2,416 14% Guardian Media Group 3,793 4,305 14% First Choice Holidays PLC 3,939 4,246 8% 365 Media Group 2,299 2,462...
- Tags: Media, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-09-14
- Question about Gov. Sarah Palin
- Question about Gov. Sarah PalinI searched online and got on the site with this linkhttp://www.state.ak.us/but could not get to anywhere when I clicked on her image to go to that page, eitherBlame ObamaObama's campaign team, probably caught by surprise at this announcement, are probably trying to dig up whatever dirt...
- Tags: Branding, GUESS IT, Sarah Palin, Obama, Hillary, GOP
- Discussion threads 2008-08-29
- Dell's second quarter: Another milepost in the turnaround tale
- Dell reports its fiscal second quarter results on Thursday after market close and analysts are turning optimistic about the company's turnaround prospect amid better consumer notebook designs, emerging market revenue and solid server sales growth. Dell is expected to report fiscal second quarter earnings of 36 cents...
- Tags: Revenue, Dell Computer Corp., Miscioscia, Sales Strategy, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, Financial Services, Sales, Finance, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- 2008 BMW M6 Coupe
- Photo gallery:2008 BMW M6As in other current M models from BMW, the 2008 BMW M6 is afflicted with a dual personality. It masquerades as a big luxury coupe around town, but when the roads open up, the M6 can transform into a superhero. At a push of the M button...
- Tags: BMW M6, BMW AG, Crissy Field
- Product reviews 2008-08-19
- Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the Internet
- Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the InternetWe agree about content providers...But in my fantasy world you would not necessarily need a DVR you could pay extra for a download and you could get a stream anywhere with net access.It didn't melt but I think it got hot. ntntRE:...
- Tags: DVR, Digital video, Corporate communications, digital video recorder, Olympic Games, Limelight Networks, video, Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-08-17
- Wordcamp 2008
- In the quiet flats of University of California San Francisco Mission Bay campus, bloggers, thinkers, journalists, developers, and inventors melt together for a full day of lectures and learning. The goal of Wordcamp 2008 is to figure out the future of publishing on the web. ...
- Tags: Open Source, Blog, Wordpress, Plug-in, Automattic, Wordcamp, Mullenweg 3:00, BuddyPress, Discovery Channel, Al Upton, ChickSpeak, ScholarPress, Netconcepts, Post Title, Akismet, Virality, Diso, Compliment Spam, Monotone, Prologue, GigaOm Daily, Gigalogue, Comments Screen, Blogging, Internet, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-08-16
- Countering an Apple-favoring .NET critic
- Countering an Apple-favoring .NET criticFantastic post JohnI'd give you two thumbs up if I could. :)[i]This is what one might consider a thesis statement, to be followed by details as to why .NET is "bad" and / or "simplistic and inflexible." At least, that is what one would expect if...
- Tags: .NET, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., environment
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- Georgia conflict may mean the birth of modern cyber-warfare
- As widely reported (ZDNet's Zero Day blog summarizes the events as well as anyone), Georgia government websites site down were attacked in just about the time frame as Russia's Prague 1968-style attack of the country. The question is, who's responsible? The Russian government appears to have managed to keep its...
- Tags: Georgia, Attack, Russian Government, VNUnet, Government, Security, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
- Britain moves against illegal file sharing
- CBC News out of Canada is reporting that British ISPs are making an aggressive move against illegal file sharing by implementing a program designed to discover copyright violators, who will be sent warning letters and may potentially have their internet connections disconnected. For more on the article,...
- Tags: File-sharing, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- User beware: Electronic documents can reveal far more than you want
- The WYSIWYG mentality can be dangerous when users fail to understand what underlies the visible presentation of electronic data. This chapter from Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion explores the premise that "What you see is not what the computer knows" -- focusing...
- Tags: Electronic Document, Addison-Wesley, Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Book chapters 2008-07-17
- Airport security part 5: Snakes on planes? Check. Marshalls on planes? Nope.
- Update: TSA has commented on the CNN story on their website. From our good friend Dave Lewis from Liquidmatrix Security Digest, and memorable quotes from Samuel L. Jackson, apparently we can draw the conclusion that we have snakes on planes, but not Federal...
- Tags: Airport Security, Transportation Security Administration, Dave Lewis, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- EPIC iFAIL
- My wife Rachel has been awaiting the iPhone 3G for several months. Even though I am wedded to my beloved BlackBerry, she wanted to be able to carry a single device to play her music, act as a phone, and to be able to check her email. At the $199...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Customer Service, Phone, EPIC, AT&T Corp., 3G, Telecom & Utilities, Product Marketing, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- Dan Kaminsky breaks DNS, massive multi-vendor patch coming, details at Black Hat Vegas '08
- It would seem there's a bigger story to that MS08-037 flaw that came out for Patch Tuesday today. From Dave Lewis over at the Liquid Matrix security blog: Today Dan Kaminsky released a first, as far as I can recall. A coordinated patch was released today...
- Tags: Black Hat, DNS, CERT, Flaw, Mogull, Updates, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- News to know: Linux; iPhone; Gmail; Insecure antivirus software; SAP
- Notable headlines: Phil Wainewright: SaaS star leaves SAP for Salesforce.com Dennis Howlett: Ticking bombs in enterprise land Garett Rogers: Your Gmail is now a lot more secure Dancho Danchev: Approximately 800 vulnerabilities discovered in antivirus products ...
- Tags: Software, Apple iPhone, Linux, Google Gmail, SAP AG, Antivirus Software, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
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