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- Was Heathrow 777 crash caused by poltergeists?
- Was Heathrow 777 crash caused by poltergeists?Fuel system probably contains softwareSoftware is everywhere in modern airplanes and automobiles and just about everything else.Also, if it was a problem with damaged or worn hardware failing, it could be that the self test and diagnostics software in the plane failed to detect...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Heathrow 777, software
- Discussion threads 2008-03-03
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- Vpax Virtual Passenger Screensaver (exe)
- Fasten your seatbelt, sit back, relax, and become a virtual passenger onboard a Boeing 747-400 during its final descent into London Heathrow airport. Real video footage, over 8 minutes long, steady uninterrupted footage, perfect for any aviation enthusiast.This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Footage, Screensaver, Video, Passenger, VPAX Software, Corporate Communications, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-08-26
- Top ad carriers in June 2008
- Rank Property Audience, 000 Reach % Total Internet 189,873 100% 1 Platform-A 170,312 90% 2 Yahoo! Network 158,064 83% 3 Google Ad Network 154,419 81% 4 Specific Media 148,311 78% 5 ValueClick Networks 141,915 75% ...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Media, eBay Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-08-03
- IT failures roundup: Airports; jail system; angry travellers
- To describe more failures than one lone blogger could possibly investigate himself, here's a new type of post: the IT failures roundup. I'll periodically report on interesting failures using a brief, overview format. JFK airport baggage handling system goes down. American Airlines scored...
- Tags: Software, Information Technology, Failure, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Networking, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- Top US search engines in May 2008
- Core Search Entity May-08 Jun-08 Growth Total Core Search 10,777 11,541 7% Google Sites 6,664 7,096 6% Yahoo! Sites 2,221 2,416 9% Microsoft Sites 920 1,056 15% Ask Network 486 501 3% AOL LLC 486 471 -3% ...
- Tags: Search Engine, Site, Search, NB
- Blog posts 2008-07-31
- Top US search engines in May 2008
- Core Search Entity Apr-08 May-08 Growth Total Core Search 10,582 10,777 2% Google Sites 6,514 6,664 2% Yahoo! Sites 2,159 2,221 3% Microsoft Sites 961 920 -4% AOL LLC 491 486 -1% Ask Network 458 486 6% ...
- Tags: Search Engine, Site, Search, NB
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Computer problems delay air passengers in Fiji
- Computer problems delay air passengers in FijiRather be stuck coming back than on the way in :-).RE: Computer problems delay air passengers in FijiThey must be running linux.FijiI think any excuse to be stuck in Fiji might not be too bad!Yeah.. Fiji over Heathrow ANY time [n/t]n/tRevenge is sweetNo, I...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, computer, Revenge, Fiji, Computer Problems
- Discussion threads 2008-07-13
- MySpace's big spam win: Will it really be a deterrent?
- MySpace won statutory damages of more than $230 million against spammers Stanford Wallace and Walter Rines, but the big question is whether this ruling--delivered in the Federal District Court in Los Angeles--will act as a deterrent. To be sure, MySpace's win see court order PDF has some...
- Tags: MySpace, Stanford Wallace, User Engagement, Cyberthreats, Spam, Phishing, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- EMEA PC market in Q1 2008
- Vendor 1Q07 1Q08 Share 1Q07 Share 1Q08 QTQ Growth Hewlett-Packard 3,777 4,853 19.1% 20.7% 28.5% Acer 2,335 3,622 11.8% 15.4% 55.1% Dell 2,317 2,813 11.7% 12.0% 21.4% Fujitsu Siemens 1,420 1,550 7.2% 6.6% 9.2% Toshiba 984 1,350...
- Tags: NB
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- News to know: AMD; IT spending; Google; Microsoft Mesh; ULPCs
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Google App Engine: When will Microsoft field a competitor? Garett Rogers: Google announces App Engine: Should Amazon worry? Michael Krigsman: Heathrow T5 failure: What really happened Larry Dignan: AMD: Sales weak; Layoffs on tap ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Jason O'Grady, IT-spending, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Printers, Fuel Cells, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Notebooks, Open Source, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Hardware, Peripherals, Emerging Technologies, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-08
- Heathrow T5 failure: What really happened
- Heathrow T5 failure: What really happenedTony BlairThis is typical of modern Britain. All show. All glitz. 100% image and 0% substance. This is the legacy of Tony who turned Britain from a country proud of its merit into one only concerned with the next news story and to hell with...
- Tags: Strategy, Heathrow T5
- Discussion threads 2008-04-08
- IT failure at Heathrow T5: What really happened
- Anyone having the misfortune to pass recently through Heathrow's new Terminal 5 knows the huge project debuted as a case study in full-blown systems failure. Most reports have focused on stranded customers, a crazed supermodel, and Queen Elizabeth's grand opening speech, which called the terminal "a 21st Century gateway to...
- Tags: Software, CIO, Baggage, British Airways Plc., Information Technology, Problem, Terminal 5, BA, Vanderlande Industries, Vanderlande, Bags, Paul Coby, Airports Authority, Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-04-07
- News to know: Microhoo redux; Mobile Linux; Jive; Google; Let XP die
- Notable headlines: Yahoo launches 'stock market for ads' Larry Dignan: The three week Microhoo countdown begins... Mary Jo Foley: Ballmer tells Yahoo board: Get off the pot Microsoft's letter to Yahoo Paula Rooney: Backed by Intel, Ubuntu, Google, mobile Linux is poised for commercial takeoff in...
- Tags: Google Inc., Mobile, Microsoft Windows XP, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Mobile Linux, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-07
- Crazed supermodel pissed at Heathrow T5 failure
- Crazed supermodel pissed at Heathrow T5 failureWas she dressed like this at Heathrow? :-).RE: Crazed supermodel pissed at Heathrow T5 failureGiven her job is modelling and the missing luggage contained the clothes she was being paid to wear, I have a certain amount of sympathy.I would probably have Fedexed or...
- Tags: Heathrow T5, Heathrow T5 failure
- Discussion threads 2008-04-06
- Crazed supermodel pissed at Heathrow T5 failure
- While researching a detailed post on Heathrow's T5 baggage systems failure, I came upon this tidbit regarding supermodel Naomi Campbell. Turns out she was traveling through the airport, learned her bags were lost, and went nuts. This is the first and probably last...
- Tags: British Airways Plc., Corporate Governance, Productivity, Blogging, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Internet, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-04-06
- 20-inch iMac owner sues for lack of colors
- An iMac owner sued Apple Monday claiming 20-inch iMacs can't display the "millions of colors" Apple promises in its advertising. The case comes on the heels of a suit by two professional photographers who claimed that Apple falsely advertised the quality and capabilities of its MacBook and...
- Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Desktops, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
- Fastest-growing Japanese sites in January 2008
- Property Dec-2007 Jan-2008 % Change Total Audience 54,348 54,544 0 J-CAST.COM 1,470 2,678 82 SPONICHI.CO.JP 2,340 3,870 65 JIJI.COM 2,741 3,497 28 FRESHEYE.COM 3,068 3,810 24 YOMIURI.CO.JP 4,561 5,490 20 Mizuho 2,496 2,987...
- Tags: ComScore Networks Inc., NB
- Blog posts 2008-03-11
- News to know: Microsoft StartKey; SaaS; NeoOffice; Intel Atom; Apple
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft preps StartKey: A 'Windows companion' on a USB stick Will OOXML get the ISO standards nod? It's not a given. Dana Blankenhorn: The U.S. voted no on Microsoft Office standard at ISO Ed Bott: A real-world Vista...
- Tags: Google Inc., Software-as-a-service, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc., Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Software As A Service (SaaS), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- Was Heathrow 777 crash caused by poltergeists?
- Despite speculation also here and here that the January 17 crash of a BA airplane at Heathrow Airport was caused by defective software, the most recent Air Accidents Investigation Branch AAIB report does not draw this conclusion. Although the investigation has not yet unconvered the cause...
- Tags: Software, Investigation, Aircraft, Accident, Analysis, Policies And Procedures, Aerospace & Defense, Tools & Techniques, Human Resources, Manufacturing, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-03-01
- System update kicks Heathrow baggage system offline
- System update kicks Heathrow baggage system offlineBlame it on MSEven if there is no MS product involved I would venture to say its a Microsoft problem somehow someway, haha.Actually...In one of the reference links, it mentions the system is built around the .NET framework.All joking aside, this a quite a...
- Tags: Backups, system update, Teleflex, Logan, BAA, baggage, Heathrow
- Discussion threads 2008-02-22
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