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Giant gas field found in the Appalachia: It's well known that the Marcellus black shale in northern Appalachia, which covers hundreds of square miles in five states (New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland and West Virginia), contains natural gas. But now, two U.S. researchers have discovered that the reserves are much bigger than previously thought. They estimate that...; Tags: U.S., Joint, Pennsylvania, Fracture, Natural Gas, Marcellus, J1, Telecom & Utilities, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-01-20
Images: The futuristic world of 'Fracture': LuscasArts hopes to establish franchises in video games beyond that little one involving a Wookiee, and it's looking to Fracture to do just that.; Tags: Games, fracture, franchise, video game, video, game; Image galleries 2007-05-03

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Is SAP's weakness its real strength?: Conversations with Doug Merritt, a member of SAP's executive council and the person driving Business Objects as a platform for intelligence are always entertaining. Merritt represents the unconventional, disruptive element within SAP that was in evidence during Shai Agassi's tenure. For me, Merritt charaterizes the public face of fracture I...; Tags: SAP AG, Merritt, Phil, Corporate Governance, Strategy, Leadership, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Human Resources, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-05-22
Can+medical+inflation+be+controlled%3F: Can+medical+inflation+be+controlled%3FFingers in the pieHmmm -- compare two cases. Both occurred at the same place, same mechanism, same injury (parking lot slip on ice, twisting fall, fractured tibia.)In one case, a friend of the patient happened to be an orthopaedic surgeon and reduced the fracture manually before the ambulance arrived....; Tags: HEALTHCARE, X-ray; Discussion threads 2008-02-06
Will comparative effectiveness cut medical market?: Will comparative effectiveness cut medical market?Is that really two tier?Any medical intervention that doesn't offer verifiable long-term improvements isn't good medicine. It might be personally preferable, along the lines of some cosmetic surgery, but not "medicine" in the third-party payor sense.This isn't an academic question to me right now:...; Tags: ROI/TCO, Insurance, hip-length cast, manual traction, titanium rod, rod, cast; Discussion threads 2008-01-17

The day my iPhone touch screen died: The day my iPhone touch screen diedParts is Parts[url=http://www.intomobile.com/2007/08/10/analyst-apple-iphone-screen-problems-may-get-worse-the-dreaded-dead-strip.html]FYI[/url]The linked article speaks for itself.Touch Screen Gotcha. It can be argued......whether touch screens are great technology advancement.But, when it comes to failure, well you are dead in the water. I've had a couple of issues with my Nokia N95...; Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, touch screen, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Apple Store; Discussion threads 2007-12-24
The real issue in the software patent fight: The real issue in the software patent fightThis is why the issue NEEDS to come before the Supreme Court ...The legal basis of Software Patents has never been tested before the Supreme Court. The reason for that is that heretofore all of the litigants in Software Patent cases have...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, software, software patent; Discussion threads 2007-10-15
Today's Debate: Is Medtronic recall good enough?: Shares of Medtronic fell today after it announced it was recalling its Sprint Fidelis defibrillation leads from the market. The FDA was quick to note that the recall does not mean currently-implanted leads should be taken out of patients' pacemakers. The company said it had found "just"...; Tags: Medtronic Inc., Lead, Federal Government, Government, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-10-15
Microsoft boosts Office for Mac's business features: Microsoft boosts Office for Mac's business featuresIt will be nicewhen office become irrelevant on both platforms.Wow -- away messages!Another Microsoft innovation -- ~/.forward !RE: Microsoft boosts Office for Mac's business featuresGood. I hope Microsoft wastes tons of money trying to get the Mac folks to pay for their warez.Microsoft must...; Tags: Desktops, MacBU, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., business feature; Discussion threads 2007-09-07
Graphics related bugs still plague Vista: Graphics related bugs still plague VistaUnfortunateI remember XP having some problems when it came out, I don't remember this many problems and taking this long to resolve. Part of that you can chalk up to the increasing complexity of what we expect PC's to do reliably. We're asking...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, graphics; Discussion threads 2007-09-05
The secrets of mother-of-pearl strength: Do you know that the nacre layer, or mother-of-pearl, which is found in pearls and abalone shells is 3,000 times more fracture-resistant than aragonite, the mineral of which it is composed? According to researchers at University of Wisconsin-Madison, this remarkable strength "is due to well-defined nanolayers of organics at the...; Tags: Nanotechnology, Science &, Nature; Blog posts 2007-07-03
MonkCast #5: Keeping beer cold in 1300 A.D., Is Safari hot?, eBay vs. Google: On this week's MonkCast a joint production between ZDNet and the IT analysts at Redmonk, I'm joined by RedMonk co-founder and principal analyst James Governor and before we could even get into any analysis of the week's happenings, we landed on a discussion about keeping beer cold in the old...; Tags: Apple, Entertainment, General, Mobile, MonkCast Podcast, Podcasts, Software Infrastructure, Telephony, Web technology, Wired &, Wireless; Blog posts 2007-06-15
LucasArts tries to get back in the game: LucasArts tries to get back in the gameIf it's from Lucas Arts I take a wait and seeLucas Arts games generally are really hit and miss. Even the good games are usually just a me too game with a Star Wars theme or such.The only game I thought was...; Tags: Games, computer game, Crysis, game, Lucas Arts, PC, LucasArts; Discussion threads 2007-05-03
Ambiguity over open sourcing Java only serves Sun's detractors: Sun Microsystems' quiet announcements today at a small gathering at the San Francisco W Hotel (a stone's throw from LinuxWorld Expo) about open sourcing the Standard Edition SE version of Java, while a welcome step, won't change the long-baked perceptions about Sun and Java.This validation by Sun of the long...; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Java; Blog posts 2006-08-14
Fracture (gz): Fracture is a screensaver for OS X that creates a wide variety of fractal images. It can render the Mandelbrot Set, Julia Sets, Self-Squared Dragons, and Attraction Basin fractals generated using Newton's Method, Halley's Method, and two other root-finding algorithms. It can make images using advanced fractal imaging techniques such...; Tags: Fractal, Stick Software; Software downloads 2006-06-30
Automatic Dynamic Load Balancing for a Crack Propagation Application: Automatic, adaptive load balancing is essential for handling load imbalance that may occur during parallel finite element simulations involving mesh adaptivity, nonlinear material behavior and other localized effects. This paper demonstrates the successful application of a measurement-based dynamic load balancing concept to the finite element analysis of elasto-plastic wave propagation...; Tags: Performance, Load Balancing, Performance Management, Network Technology, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Networking; White papers 2006-06-09
Sun and Eclipse part 2: Getting past SWT vs. Swing: This is a continuation of yesterday's discussion, "Sun ready to join Eclipse, part 1". If you haven't read that one yet, then this one won't make any sense. So go read that one first. Go on, I'll wait... ...; Tags: Swing team, Swing, SWT; Blog posts 2006-05-05
TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Does Threat Modeling (Level 300): The process of threat modeling is built on a simple principle: To build a feasibly secure system, one must understand all the threats in that system. The challenge, however, is in making threat modeling more accessible to non-specialists. Microsoft has developed a process through which minimal input can produce a...; Tags: Webcast, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Modeling, Microsoft TechNet, Threat Modeling, Research & Development, Business Operations; Webcasts 2006-04-11
"Trapped data" raises switching barrier to newer, sometimes better services: "Trapped data" raises switching barrier to newer, sometimes better servicesreducing some switching costs...You make a great point about being "trapped" by a service provider. We are working on a solution at ElephantDrive (www.elephantdrive.com). We already have a great online backup and storage service, but we are designing a...; Tags: Storage, Google Inc., barrier, photograph; Discussion threads 2006-03-13
Tracking the cracks: Israeli physicists from the Weizmann Institute have used a new approach to study how materials break. In a short news release, brilliantly titled "Breaking news", they explain their new method for analyzing the progression of a forming crack. The news release even says that it could have help engineers predict...; Tags: team, Weizmann Institute; Blog posts 2006-02-05