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- Start cooking: can you explain SOA or mashups in two minutes?
- Start cooking: can you explain SOA or mashups in two minutes?Now - can you explain how it helps anybody in 2 min? ntnt = no textGreat question: readers, can it be done?Even if we can define the concept or project in two minutes, be it SOA or mashups or something...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Collaboration, Web services, mashup, Start Cooking, SOA
- Discussion threads 2009-03-30
- How-to: Build a $300 DIY NAS device with Ikea
- How-to: Build a $300 DIY NAS device with IkeaDIYI used to have a voltage 110 to 220V convertor housed in a cocoa box, the guy who DIY-ed for me forgot to wash the box, so everytime the convertor got hot, that's every time, I got the nice cocoa smell all...
- Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage, DIY NAS device, NAS, How-To, IKEA
- Discussion threads 2009-03-10
- My fantasy: Robocall, meet Do Not Call Registry
- My fantasy: Robocall, meet Do Not Call RegistryRobo call registryIt is too bad that politicians continue to exempt themselves from Do Not Call law.StopPoliticalCalls.org is fighting for the privacy of the American voter.1 - Creating a Political Do Not Call Registry 2 - Testifying in the US Senate about robo...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, HERE IS, Do-Not-Call, Do-Not-Call Registry, fantasy, Robocall Privacy Act, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
- Blog fight: on dumping email servers
- Blog fight: on dumping email serversHa ha ha..is it April Fool's again already?Geeze and I thought it was April Fool's all over again! What absolute drivell of an assumption.Look, what planet are you guys seriously living on? Have you ever actually worked in an enterprise?And as if gmail is going...
- Tags: E-mail servers, Groupware, e-mail server, blog, HERE IS, Google Inc., e-mail, server, Google Apps
- Discussion threads 2008-05-23
- SunRocket orphans, send me your switching stories
- SunRocket orphans, send me your switching storiesVonage: morons on the phone...A less than auspicious start to my relationship with Vonage. I signed up on Monday (16 July). They won't give me the 2-month free deal because "that's Tuesday's deal", so unless I cancel my account and reapply from...
- Tags: VOIP, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Vonage Holdings Corp., SunRocket, ViaTalk, HERE IS, phone
- Discussion threads 2007-07-18
- Holograms used to test your vision
- Australian researchers have developed a test that uses holograms to diagnose the astigmatic error of the human eye. 'In this new test, patients view a hologram consisting of sunburst patterns; by reporting which sunburst lines appear clearest, the eye doctor can obtain information he or she can use in determining...
- Tags: Health &, Medicine, Science &, Nature
- Blog posts 2007-07-06
- A new nanowire light source
- Californian researchers have created a bio-friendly nano-sized light source capable of emitting coherent light across the visible spectrum. According to the researchers, this is 'the first electrode-free, continuously tunable coherent visible light source that's compatible with physiological environments.' When the technology becomes available, maybe in 10 years, our computers might...
- Tags: Science &, Nature, Nanotechnology, Engineering &, Innovation, Energy &, Environment
- Blog posts 2007-07-02
- Tracking contaminated airline cabins
- With the numbers of airline passengers always increasing, the regulation authorities are more concerned than ever by the possible contamination of air cabins by contagious viruses, such as SARS or H5N1. This is why Purdue University researchers have developed a system that can track a pathogen substance to an area...
- Tags: Defense &, Security, Engineering &, Innovation, Health &, Medicine, Space &, Aerospace
- Blog posts 2007-05-30
- Google Notebook leaves beta, gets new interface
- Google Notebook was previously a "Google Labs" project, but it has left that phase to become an official service without the familiar "beta" label. Though the interface isnt extremely different, it has been nicely polished and finally looks like a finished product.The old interface has a different logo, the navigation...
- Tags: Google Notebook, Google Inc., HERE IS, notebook
- Blog posts 2007-03-28
- Intel is inside the Apple iPhone
- Intel is inside the Apple iPhoneHere is what it uses..It uses an Apple only, 45nm, single core Penryn running 1Ghz (1.77Watts) It is 2.3X faster than AMD's fastest 65Watt chip!A swing and a miss!"We are not providing the silicon inside the iPhone," Intel spokesman Bill Kirkus told Reuters. "We...
- Tags: Chipsets, Semiconductors, Network technology, Processors, Apple iPhone, chip, Intel Corp., Apple Inc., Unicorns, HERE IS
- Discussion threads 2007-01-10
- Robotic deer to fight illegal hunting
- If you were a law enforcement official searching for hunters who dont follow the rules, what would be a good gift for you? In Robot Deer Captures Poachers, Brian Bull, reporting from Mosinee, Wisconsin, writes that you can buy robotic decoys for deer, elks, moose and even bears. These life-like...
- Tags: Brian Bull, Custom Robotic Wildlife, decoy, HERE IS
- Blog posts 2006-12-25
- David Burke dissects Apple's response on SecureWorks
- David Burke dissects Apple's response on SecureWorksGeorge, I am disappointed in you...Just was I was starting to like you....and you bring back your imaginery friend David Burke...Here is a hint. There are no "legal professionals" Either you are a lawyer, or not. I am lawyer, but in...
- Tags: UNIX, HERE IS, David Burke, Apple Inc., Maynor, SecureWorks Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-09-25
- Morphine relief without addiction?
- Morphine has been used as a painkiller for decades, if not centuries. Unfortunately for patients, morphine is also an addictive substance. Now, Brigham Young University BYU chemists are using a vine plant that grows in Australia to develop a new painkilling molecule, but with fewer side effects. The Deseret Morning...
- Tags: Brigham Young University, molecule, vine
- Blog posts 2006-08-20
- Is agricultural biotechnology safe?
- Many of us are concerned by the possible risks of agricultural biotechnology. For example, when you grow transgenic crops, can their modified genes alter wild varieties of similar wild plants? The latest issue of the California Agriculture magazine carries several articles focusing on transgenic crops, fish and animals. And some...
- Tags: crop, species, genetically engineered
- Blog posts 2006-07-31
- Direct Revenue plotted to hijack your computer
- Direct Revenue plotted to hijack your computerVonageIf Vonage is still actually using them, then karma is coming back to haunt Vonage after it's disastrous IPO..... Is there a complete list of current companies using this company? I really hate companies like these and would like to join any...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, computer, Direct Revenue, HERE IS
- Discussion threads 2006-07-07
- Bangalore woos foreign capital for face-lift
- Bangalore woos foreign capital for face-liftCheaper labor elsewhereI don't think the infrastructure is India's chief issue. The main problem is that skilled labor is becoming scarce which has forced companies to pay more to employees for retaining them. This cost is coming back to the cusomters. But,...
- Tags: city traffic, HERE IS
- Discussion threads 2006-06-30
- Microsoft pictures a 10-gigapixel photo
- Microsoft pictures a 10-gigapixel photoMicrosoft pictures a 10-gigapixel photoMicrosoft Research bringing the future to us now. I remember saying this recently and was ridiculed for it. So let me ask, how does that crow taste now? A little tabasco sauce might help with the flavor. High res...
- Tags: HERE IS, photograph, innovation, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-05-03
- The dance of three atoms
- Physicists from Austria and in the U.S. have built a system of three atoms of cesium leading to a new state of matter. In their experiments, two of these atoms couldn't even be assembled as pairs because of their weak attraction. But by adding a third atom, they formed a...
- Tags: new state, atom
- Blog posts 2006-03-19
- Windows bloat? It's always been that way
- Windows bloat? It's always been that wayI'd say......a good number of people are already aware of this, but obviously many aren't. Nice of you to research and post actuall press pieces showing how shortsighted people many people are.The snippet from the article where the author praises ME over 2000 was...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows, Linux, hardware, Microsoft Corp., HERE IS
- Discussion threads 2006-03-13
- Watching the brain when processing language
- Why are we able to follow a complex conversation while even apes can only understand individual words? German researchers from the Max Planck Institute have used the fMRI functional magnetic resonance imaging technique to discover that our brains are hard-wired for grammar. They found that simple language structures are processed...
- Tags: grammar
- Blog posts 2006-02-22
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