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High tech will radically change the grid

High tech will radically change the gridOther side of the coinsIt sounds like a more advanced version of what we have here in Toronto.From the article link.[i]Imhoff said customers who moved their thermostat toward green-friendliness, setting their dials to respond to prices calibrated every five minutes, saw an average reduction...

Tags: High Tech

Discussion threads 2009-03-10

High tech: respected in Europe, projected in the U.S.

High tech: respected in Europe, projected in the U.S.Couple of points.It's reckoned by some that all of 4% of the food problem can bet attributed to biofuels. Crop failures around the world (especially Australia, India and now Burma/Myanmar) are a much larger contributor and biofuels wouldn't contribute at all if...

Tags: Food & Beverage, food, High Tech

Discussion threads 2008-05-19

A camera in a pill to detect cancer

A camera in a pill to detect cancerThe future is in the High Tech toiletsHigh tech toilets of the future will provide all the necessary diagnosis - including cancer. This is a fact and already pursued in Japan. It makes total sense. The toilet is where urine and stool samples...

Tags: toilet, camera, High Tech

Discussion threads 2008-01-25

High tech shows low ice in Arctic

High tech shows low ice in ArcticI have four kids. I don't know what the future holds for themThis scares the hell out of me. Why won't GWB do something real???This level of global change makes the twin towers pale into insignificance no offence intended. Could this be the extinction...

Tags: High Tech, Arctic

Discussion threads 2007-10-01

(Photos: Stellar views from the Hubble at 17)

(Photos: Stellar views from the Hubble at 17)Windows, Apple, Linux...None of that really matters when you look at something like these.....now there's the 'WOW'!! nt;-)Speaking of vision and clear sight!For those seeing these images on the web it might come as quite a shock that Hubble is not a...

Tags: High Tech, photograph, Hubble

Discussion threads 2007-04-25

Photos: High tech hits the racetrack

At this year's San Jose Grand Prix, sophisticated data monitoring systems take up the pole position for team RuSport.

Tags: team, High Tech, monitoring system

Image galleries 2006-07-31

High tech's slow march in land mine campaign

High tech's slow march in land mine campaignIt's really quite simpleDig up the first mine, find out who made it, and then make that company responsible for making it find the rest. When they're done, make the company president walk the first mile along the "demined" tract.Hopefully, there be the...

Tags: landmine, High Tech, somewhere-ELSE

Discussion threads 2006-07-11

High tech helps airport screening switch

High tech helps airport screening switchHomeland security...what a joke! ]:)At least it's a move in the right directionI find that the organizations are moving in the right direction. Changing the government is like turning an Ocean liner: I can be done, but it takes a lot of time, money,...

Tags: Homeland security, High Tech

Discussion threads 2006-03-20

Tools for the ultimate high-tech survival kit

Tools for the ultimate high-tech survival kitHigh tech is the way to go...These kits were designed to give the user the ability to make rational, possibly life saving decisions without having to spend time or energy thinking about your most basic needs of food, water, continuous light and communication. Other...

Tags: Nanotechnology, Engineering, Channel management, High Tech, hand-crank, survival kit, Katrina

Discussion threads 2005-09-30

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News to know: Cisco; Azure; Smartphones; Twitter lists; Facebook; Skype; Twitter device

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: Cisco unveils collaboration, e-mail and social tools for the enterprise Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft puts more...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Twitter Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Skype Technologies S.A., Cisco Systems Inc., Smartphone, Sam Diaz, E-mail, Web Browsers, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Online Communications, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-11-09

The Enterprise 2.0 Value Propositions Agenda

Time is Money: Where's the Beef? The now biannual US 'Enterprise 2.0' conference is a wrap, but disappointingly there is still little business understanding of what the term means or what the value propositions and benefits are. The general 2.0 suffix is well understood by technology...

Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Conference, E2.0, Susan Scrupski, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Windows 7's default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samples

RE: Windows 7's default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samplesyawnWho can I trust *now*....Even Ed Bott said '7' was more secure!The Windows Infect Season is not over yet.. Nothing's changed.... That people even USE Windows these days is quite remarkable.... It must be the power of habit...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, malware, UAC, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic"

RE: Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are One report has at 4% market share the weekend of launch so im sure its past that already.Has Windows 7 marketshare eclipsed total OS X marketshare yet?Just wondering. :)MSFT: 1/2000 = $56. Today, $28.40Win 7 may not be the catastrophe the last...

Tags: Sales strategy, Businesses, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, stock split, Win7, recession, Steve Ballmer, sales, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

New York AG files antitrust charges against Intel; alleges bribery, coercion

Normally I'd say this is just another NY AG trying to run for higher officebut this seems to have legs. I hope Intel didn't do it - but if they did, they need to be repremanded.Great to see some justice against InhellI can hardly wait to see the M$...

Tags: Video cards, Corporate law, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., antitrust, graphics

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Are the Microsoft layoffs over now?

I hope soI hate seeing "SoandSo killing X amount of jobs" in the news =/Ballmer should be the first to get laid offHis reklessness to ignore the FOSS and cling to the proprietary model drove M$ into the ground.Q1 revenues of $13Bn generating $3.5Bn in net profit ...... would tend...

Tags: Operational accounting, Financial services, accounting, Creative accounting, Microsoft Corp., layoff

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac prices

RE: Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac pricesIf they wanted marketshare at a lower entry price they could have pulled that off years ago with cloner acquisitions and more mfg on their own part with rigid standards and practices to ensure quality and lower production costs. ...

Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Mac proponent, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Audi AG, Mac Share

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

News to know: AT&T, Verizon; T-Mobile; Microsoft CRM; Win7; datacenters; Sony-Ericcson

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: AT&T sues Verizon Wireless, calls map ad "misleading" but doesn't dispute accuracy Matthew Miller: T-Mobile experiences...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Data Center, Dana Gardner, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, T-Mobile, AT&T Corp., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Microsoft CRM, Sam Diaz, CRM, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Tools & Techniques, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management

Blog posts 2009-11-04

Water, water everywhere. So why not use it to create steam?

Here is a lesson on how little we can put in the blog...and still call it our own. Could you write less and still get paid ???sheshEver heard of Nuclear powered ships? They heat water that flashes into steam and thus turns the turbines.This short article.I think the...

Tags: Fuel cells, hydrogen, steam

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Laptop computers

Not High Tech - but some think it's wiredHere is a unique not high tech affordable Gift that I give to my friends, family and students who enjoy plants, nature or gardening. ?A TickleMe Plant! Ever see a plant move when you tickle it? The TickleMe Plant grows year round...

Tags: computer, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

News to know: Microsoft store; Domain names; Blackberry Storm2; VoIP; Android

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Robin Harris: A visit to Microsoft's first store Zack Whittaker: Web addresses to extend to non-English languages...

Tags: Data Center, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Domain Name, Sam Diaz, Data Centers, Sales Strategy, Telephony, VOIP, Storage, Telecommunications, Hardware, Data Management, Sales, Networking

Blog posts 2009-11-02