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EXCLUSIVE: helium Web 2.0 'knowledge rules' targets $16 billion Internet ad market: Helium President & CEO Mark Ranalli believes his new Web 2.0 start-up that launched in the wee hours this morning (I shared in the countdown!) will ensure that “quality rises” in the online “user-created reference resource” space.The Helium tag line is “where knowledge rules.” Ranalli’s pre-launch build-out was certainly done...; Tags: Helium, Helium Web 2.0; Blog posts 2006-10-09

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Volvo recall due to airbag software problems: Swedish automaker, Volvo, recalled 65,000 cars due a software problem related to side impact airbags. I spoke with Volvo spokesperson, Maria Bohlin, who told me the problem was discovered by Euro NCAP, a European automotive testing agency, which found the "inflatable curtain deployed milliseconds too late." She added that Volvo...; Tags: Software, Volvo, Tools & Techniques, Semiconductors, Management, Hardware, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-04-30
Two robotic jellyfish, AquaJelly and AirJelly: A Design News editor was lucky enough to watch two robotic jellyfish swim and fly at the Hannover Fair in Germany. These two robots, AquaJelly and AirJelly, made by Germany-based Festo company, are using 8 tentacles based on fish fins for propulsion. The AquaJelly has 11 infrared light-emitting diodes and...; Tags: Signal, AquaJelly, AirJelly, Festo, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-04-23
Toshiba to open up U.S. nuclear-power business: Toshiba to open up U.S. nuclear-power businessHah. Fat chance.Americans have been programmed to think nuclear radiation is the most toxic material on the planet.RE: Toshiba to open up U.S. nuclear-power businessOne mention of the words 'Nuclear Power' and everyone freaks out. They immediately link it to nuclear fission, which...; Tags: Toshiba Corp., nuclear-power business, reactor, nuclear energy; Discussion threads 2008-03-06
helium Music Manager (zip): Helium Music Manager is a music manager for ripping, tagging, searching, browsing, burning and synchronizing your music with portable players. It can catalog, edit, and play the most common music formats (MP3, MP4, OGG, WMA, iTunes M4A, FLAC, APE, and MPC, WAVE) as well as standard audio CDs. Catalog your...; Tags: Intermedia, Music, Helium Music Manager; Software downloads 2008-01-15

helium leads to geothermal energy resources: When we think about alternative sources of energy, we often forget the potential of geothermal energy resources. In fact, it has been estimated that accessible geothermal energy in the U.S. represents 90 quadrillion kilowatt-hours or 3,000 times the country's total annual energy consumption. So far, it has been difficult and...; Tags: Earth, Researcher, Fluid, Energy, Arizona State University, Energy Resource, Web Site Development, Productivity, Web Technology, Internet, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-12-02
Blaze Audio VoiceSFX (exe): VoiceSFX is an innovative program designed to let you record and create special effects from your own voice, then apply audio magic like Helium Breath, Slow Monster, Fade, and Echo. You can also capture sound from any source your computer supports (microphone, line-in, CD, etc.) and then distort it into...; Tags: CD, Computer, VoiceSFX, Productivity; Software downloads 2007-11-29
A hundred million miracles: This post is something of an apology. And an explanation of the picture at right. While I've been writing about IBM and Microsoft, about the the biggest trees in the open source forest, thousands of little shoots have been growing, ignored. Zoho has been...; Tags: Zoho, Phishing, Open Source, Software As A Service (SaaS), Security, Spam And Phishing, Emerging Technologies, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-09-19
SCO files for bankruptcy: SCO files for bankruptcyBWAHAHAHAGood riddance to an irrevelant company.RE: SCO files for bankruptcyThis was expected. I see they're still optimistic enough to file a Chapter 11, but they're going to need some very lucky breaks to avoid liquidation. Always tragic to see a company go under due to...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, SCOx, Caldera/SCOX, SCO Group Inc., Novell Inc., bankruptcy, Chapter 11; Discussion threads 2007-09-14
Google offers $30 million to land on the moon: Google offers $30 million to land on the moonIt will be interestingto find out if helium-3 really is as plentiful on the moon as scientists theorize. If this is true, goodbye fossil fuels and greedy oil barons.Just $30 million for Google to continue its quest to rule everythingand now the...; Tags: Investment, moon, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-09-14
Windows Vista Extras - what a rip off!: Windows Vista Extras - what a rip off!Is this the first time you've felt taken by M$? (nt)ntAt least it wasn't a repackaged Bob. (nt)..You know not what you speak...The extras you speak of are embedded in the code. It is called "Ultimate" after all. After Ultimate, there can be...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2007-07-02
helium PINGer (zip): Network checking by ping services. Multithread technology for multiple parallel pings. Traceroute is availeble too. IP generator for easy users creating of ping list. Command for traceroute, SMB open and http open.; Tags: Generator, Traceroute, Smb/Sme, Networking; Software downloads 2007-04-23
DEMO 07 - the wisdom of crowds and algorithms: As DEMO 07 enters the final afternoon, the theme is all about wisdom – the wisdom of the crowds as well as the wisdom of the algorithms. You probably have the same reaction to that last concept as I did – what the heck does that mean? Turns out theres...; Tags: Productivity, Software, Web Apps, DEMO, algorithm; Blog posts 2007-02-01
Look who's coming to DEMO 2007: Ill be attending the DEMO 07 conference next week in Palm Desert, CA. This will be my third DEMO Conference and fourth DEMO event. Chris Shipley and her team put on an absolutely first-rate event and I cant wait to see what great ideas are presented this year. The companies...; Tags: DEMO, Computer Associates International Inc.; Blog posts 2007-01-26
Going aloft for wind power: Going aloft for wind powerI'm still betting on fusion (nt)nt = no textAn air traffic nightmareWith variable wind velocity and direction, it would be difficult to predict where an object tethered at 15,000' would be from one day to the next so the only option would be to treat the...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, GOING, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-01-04
Sustainable nuclear reactors: Dutch researchers at the Delft University of Technology are working on Generation IV nuclear reactor designs. These future Gas Cooled Fast Reactors (GFR) should produce more new fissile materials than the ones consumed by the reactors. They will use helium as coolant at high temperature and should bring us sustainable...; Tags: reactor, Engineering &, Innovation, Science &, Nature, Energy &, Environment, GFR; Blog posts 2006-12-15
(Images: Solar flare heads toward Earth): (Images: Solar flare heads toward Earth)Break out the marshmallows!However, I think you'd need a really long stick.Well, that explains things at workNo wonder everyone was wound up today....how do they handle this at the spacestation?jus wunder'nWe're Done Man...Game Over Man..Game Over.!!!!!!Armageddon outa here !This is SUPER..where's my NOVA ?Party like...; Tags: Games, Solar Flare, Party Like It; Discussion threads 2006-12-14
Another step toward quantum computers: One day, we might use super fast computers based on quantum physics. But how these computers will read data? An international team from Germany and the U.S. has just shown that its possible to read data stored as nuclear spins. This new way of reading the spin of thousands of...; Tags: Computers &, Internet, Science &, Nature, Engineering &, Innovation; Blog posts 2006-11-20
TechCrunch goes to Bed in NYC: I was in Bed with Michael Arrington tonight, along with several hundred NYC techies, entrepreneurs, and VCs.Arrington hosted his first NYC TechCrunch meetup in Manhattan, at the Bed Lounge in Chelsea. The liquor was flowing, the hors doeuvres were passed, and enthusiastic sponsors demoed their Web properties to slightly soaked...; Tags: Web 2.0, Culture, Blogs, Venture Capital, VC, NYC, Bed; Blog posts 2006-11-16
TechNet Summit: Going for green tech: TechNet Summit: Going for green techUsing nuclear to create fossil fuelsWe could use nculear energy combined with our abundant coal supplies to create synthetic oil and natural gas with the well-known Fischer-Tropsch synethesis process, and stop importing oil completely while reducing CO2 emissions.Not unless they can do it reliably with...; Tags: green technology, fission, Microsoft TechNet, alcohol, gasoline, Brazilian; Discussion threads 2006-11-16