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- The Holy Grid cometh
- Ian Foster is one of rock stars if there is such a thing of grid computing. For the last decade, Foster-- Associate Director of the Mathematics and Computer Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory and the Arthur Holly Compton Professor of Computer Science at the University of Chicago--and his cohorts...
- Tags: Foster, Globus Toolkit, grid computing
- Blog posts 2005-01-23
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- Chrome is 42x faster than IE7, 9x faster than FF3
- Chrome is 42x faster than IE7, 9x faster than FF3Pretty amazing!! It seems like we DO need competition to foster innovation.NT.Chrome and key logging!http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/web_services_browser/chrome_privacy_is_full_of_dents.htmlRE: Chrome is 42x faster than IE7, 9x faster than FF3Well please, by all means, do the opposite give us an example of ANY javascript test that...
- Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, FF3, 9x, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Yahoo and Intel's Web TV widget could be the winner
- Yahoo and Intel's Web TV widget could be the winnerTotally agree. This will revolutionize the TV experienceIt's about time t6he big screen in the living breaks free of the current, one way model.Today, we switch channels and get a one way stream of content. BORING. It will be great...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Network technology, Cyberthreats, Yahoo! Inc., Intel Web TV widget, Intel web, TV, Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- Compromise on the drinking age debate
- Compromise on the drinking age debateThe Land of Misfit toysA brief conpendium of former Rice people would have to include Howard Hughes, Carrie Bradshaw and Matt Wilson, all of whom left after their freshman year.Among our graduates are John Doerr, writers William Broyles and Bill Goyen, game designer Steve Jackson...
- Tags: Food & Beverage, drinking age, beverage
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- An apology to the Vietnam vets out there
- An apology to the Vietnam vets out thereWhat?*roflhao trying not to wet himself* oh jesus!... i mean... oh my goodness (no offense intended to all those right side of the fence, sandle wearing, western, monotheists out there!).i mean for the love of mary!! political correctness is far far far far...
- Tags: Vietnam VET, Vietnam War
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- Katie Moussouris on HOPE 2008: HOPE Springs Eternal
- Guest Editorial by Katie Moussouris of Microsoft If cyberspace is a mass, consensual hallucination, as William Gibson characterized it, then HOPE was a dream manifested in meatspace that would not die. While Hackers On Planet Earth has been running every other year since 1994, it was...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., IP, Tool, Con, Katie Moussouris, Last HOPE, Wiki, Internet, Productivity, Security, Network Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-28
- Government, markets and regulation
- Government, markets and regulationJust Another Gov't Program Gone BadFannie Mae was created in the Depression to create liquidity in the mortgage market. Lequidity had been wiped out by the stock market collapse and bank runs.As with all government programs, it just grew and grew and never went away. ...
- Tags: Mortgages, Vertical industries, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mortgage, government
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- The Dark Knight IMAX
- The Dark Knight hits the big, big screen, and we talk to Greg Foster, the president of IMAX to get his take on the technology behind the film.
- Tags: Film, Dark Knight, News
- Videos 2008-07-18
- Is the Dutch model the right reform for U.S. healthcare?
- Is the Dutch model the right reform for U.S. healthcare?a little betterIt's better, in that it involves some competition between private companies, and not full government involvement. It's also good that it provides coverage to everyone.However, as you stated, much of it is paid for by "the wealthy", which...
- Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Dutch model, right reform, U.S. Healthcare, health care, reform, government, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- News to know: iPhone 3G launch; Vista; Botnets; Dial-up diaries
- Notable headlines: The iPhone 3G rollout: Assessing the wild cards Steve O'Hear: Gallery: 25+ social networking apps for iPhone and iPod touch. Gallery right. Analyst: Most iPhone 3G buyers will pay more than $199 GigaOm: I Can't...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Microsoft Windows Vista, 3G, Podcasts, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- 10 ways to improve your client relationships
- One thing is true for all consultants: If we have any work, we have clients. And one of our most important roles is to maintain and enhance our relationship with them. Here are some suggestions to help you foster those important business relationships.This download is also available as an entry...
- Tags: Client Relationship, Blogging, Internet
- Download resources 2008-07-11
- Sneak Peek - LinkedIn searchable user groups foster connected communities
- Sneak Peek - LinkedIn searchable user groups foster connected communitiesAnother suggestionWhile deleting a group might serve Linkedin's desire to clean up their directory it is not much of a solution for the group members. A better idea would be to allow group admins to merge their groups. Linkedin could...
- Tags: LinkedIn
- Discussion threads 2008-07-10
- Sneak Peek - LinkedIn searchable user groups foster connected communities
- I've been a member of several LinkedIn user groups for some time, and while the experience has been valuable, finding the groups was like pulling teeth. Thankfully, that changes tomorrow. by Jennifer Leggio
- Tags: Group, LinkedIn, Search, Networking, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- YouTube vs. Viacom: Google's IP wins; Users lose
- YouTube vs. Viacom: Google's IP wins; Users loseCompetition?Does Viacom think that a 10 minute pixellated clip of a show or movie is really competition for seeing the entire show/movie on a TV or big screen? This is getting ridiculous. If anything, having these clips on YouTube is free...
- Tags: Network technology, NETWORKING, Viacom Inc., Google IP, YouTube Inc., IP, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Using Web 2.0 to develop new loans
- Jay Shah, CIO of E-Loan talks about taking mortgage products to market in a matter of weeks using Web 2.0 tools that foster collaboration and help speed up product cycles. by Andrew Mager
- Tags: Web, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- 31% of US organizations have weight-loss programs
- 36% of US organizations offer health care coverage for both same-sex partners and for dependent grandchildren. In addition, 30% offer health care benefits for foster children, and 15% give paid adoption leave. 62% pay for long-distance calls home during business travel; 37% offer a compressed work week; 24% offer such...
- Tags: Health Care, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, AM
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- diversITy: can being gay hold your career back?
- diversITy: can being gay hold your career back?thank uGood article and great research. Somthing different from usual posts. It is very sad that not all people are treated the same at work.Free will...Orientation may or may not exist in terms of genetic factors, but that does not take away the...
- Tags: Professional development, career
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- MIT students making solar power realistic
- MIT students making solar power realisticno kiddingIn fact, the researchers believe that, because they can concentrate the heat from the sun so intensely, any water run near the focus could easily be vaporized to run a turbine and generate electricity.For crying out loud.I'm getting so tired of this.Here's all you...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, UCSD, Peak-Power, solar energy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, SolarCity
- Discussion threads 2008-06-22
- Kids have high expectations for school web content
- Featured in a recent Ars Technica post, Martin Weller,Professor of Educational Technology at Open University UK, describes the current state of collaboration and online learning tools available at most universities as "systems with 'digital tumbleweed blowing down their forums.'" As he notes, the latest generation of students...
- Tags: Web, Online Learning, Student, E-learning, Web 2.0, Training And Certification, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-06-20
- GOOG CEO says "Don't Be evil" is misunderstood
- GOOG CEO says "Don't Be evil" is misunderstoodGoogle and Fair IsacTwo most modern day evil compaines!RE: GOOG CEO sayswho/what is Fair IsacEvil?By what absolute scale does one determine whether a given act or policy is "evil"? Relativism, particularly in a corporate context, makes it a somewhat slippery concept. As a...
- Tags: who/what, slogan, Moral Relativism, Be Evil, Google Inc., GOOG, Fair Isac
- Discussion threads 2008-06-12
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