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Iceland could become a green hub for global cloud computing

Iceland could become a green hub for global cloud computingNot Sure!Not Sure if ICELAND can be a hub for global cloud computing.I am worried about the initiatives the Govt of Iceland will be willing to take in the given economical crisis. And moreover ICELAND is one of the worst hit...

Tags: Iceland, pollution, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-03-29

Iceland could become a green hub for global cloud computing

Iceland is in a bit of trouble these days, its economy collapsed last year when its three largest banks failed. And so now it is being bailed out by the International Monetary Fund and trying to get its economy on an even keel. One of Iceland's most...

Tags: Geothermal Energy, Data Center, Aluminum, Iceland, Data Centers, Cloud Computing, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-03-29

The wave and its powerful-looking future

The "sea serpent" use for generating electricity, the Pelamis. Courtesy Pelamis Corp. Among the European nations there seems to be a competition to become the greenest. Flat and windy, Denmark has turned to wind-generated electricity. Germany has pursued solar technology. So has...

Tags: Nuclear Energy, Coal, Iceland, Software Tech, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-12-05

Canon to develop fuel cells for printers, cameras

Canon to develop fuel cells for printers, camerasYawn, another pie-in-the-sky Hydrogen plan...not to mention another attempt to tie customers to industry-specific consumables. Forget buying a cheap pack of AA cells; Canon wants you to have to buy their fuel cells. As for the hydrogen, the article, like all...

Tags: Fuel cells, Iceland, printer, camera, hydrogen, Canon Inc., fuel cell

Discussion threads 2005-10-25

World broadband penetration leaders: Korea, Netherlands, Denmark, Iceland and Switzerland

OECD ranked its country members on broadband penetration, dissecting DSL, cable and other hookups. Korea, Netherlands, Denmark, Iceland and Switzerland all boast broadband penetration above 20%.Broadband penetration numbers in OECD states Penetration, number of lines per 100 RankCountryDSLCableOtherTotalTotal Subscribers1Korea13.98.92.725.512 260 9692Netherlands13.68.9022.53 642 3153Denmark13.26.12.421.81 176 6374Iceland21.00.30.421.763 5535Switzerland12.77.20.420.31 515 4466Canada9.49.70.119.26 142 6627Finland16.32.20.218.7978...

Tags: OECD, Iceland, broadband

Blog posts 2005-10-21

Iceland buses come clean with hydrogen

Iceland buses come clean with hydrogenNow this is an example ofan earlier comment I made about Europe producing some awesome technologies. Now granted Iceland is not technically Europe, the cities that are participating in the experiement are. And where is the US? Oh yes that's right, falling behind the rest...

Tags: poverty, environmentalism, global warming, Bottom line is fossil fuel, pollution, U.S. Government, Kyoto Protocol, Iceland, hydrogen

Discussion threads 2005-01-12

Additional Resources

A single national market for health care

health care should wait untill we get rid of the liberals in the governmentonce the Democrats are no longer in power we could start talking about some real healthcare reform based on tax credits and tort reform.Socialist ideeas like single payer or public option are a non starter.Heaven forbid, a...

Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Healthcare reform, health care

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

Google experimenting with ads between messages in Gmail

A user in the Blogoscoped forums reports that in his email, he's now seeing ads between messages -- a more in your face approach to ads in Gmail. This promotion for a flight France-Iceland appeared just above an email confirming my...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, Advertisement, E-mail Providers, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-09-09

Bing: Decision engine = shopping engine

Bing is also better at medical searchesTry searching for "sciatica" on Google vs Bing. The Bing results are better laid out and categorized:http://www.bing-vs-google.com/?q=sciatica It's also great for weather and maps......although I still like Google Maps UI a little better with being able to change the course for directions by dragging...

Tags: Thurrott, MS marketing, Bing, Apple Inc., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

Is the Apple rumor mill getting out of control?

How to stop the rumors1) Have the MS posters stick to what they know rather than invent Apple stories. Have the Apple posters stick to their product rather than invent MS stories ok have not noticed much of the latter2) Stop the idiot bloggers who post a diatribe for or...

Tags: rumor mill, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-28

Neuron Games Magic 8 1.1 (Windows)

Finally, Answers to All of Life's Questions. Is your boyfriend cheating on you? Are your parents your real parents? Should you quit your job to be an American Idol? Are there any WMD's in Iraq, Iran, Iceland? Are Slugnar's really from Platypus Prime? The answers to these questions and many,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Video Game, Video, Entertainment, Neuron Games, Magic 8, Games, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-07-10

What do Green IT, the economic crisis, and best selling author, Thomas Friedman, have in common? Poor accounting

Consider the following questions posed by Thomas Friedman, New York Times columnist and author of The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century, and more recently, Hot, Flat And Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution - And How it Can Renew America: “Was it an...

Tags: Accounting, Friedman's Inc., Financial, PC, Information Technology, Environment, Green IT, Economic Crisis, Printing, Strategy, Management, Doug Washburn

Blog posts 2009-06-25

Health care is rationed and people die

Health care is rationed and people dieWrong approachThe health care provisions in the current "stimulus" package are a prescription for the elimination of the aged and no amount of "data"worship can change that fact. What's next "Soylent Green"?Government Run Health Care == VA HospitalsWant to see how government mandated...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care

Discussion threads 2009-02-15

Global warning: act now

Global warning: act nowI don't think it's sth we can controlI'm not sure we even fully understand how all the elements work in the climate equation.31,000 Scientists say Hansen is full of ithttp://www.oism.org/pproject/RE: Global warning: act nowFunny how all their graphs stop at the year 2000, but don't show the...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, tax, Hansen

Discussion threads 2009-01-19

British police can now hack citizens' PCs

British police can now hack citizens' PCsDifferences...The only difference between Britain and the US... Britian is public with its plans and has government approval. The US has faced scrutiny of Congress but intelligence agencies pressed ahead anyway and already data mine all of your communications.Say hi to your Uncle...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Desktops, Spyware, British Police, PC, e-mail

Discussion threads 2009-01-04

Walking on Thin Ice - VersaLogic's Cobra EBX Platform Used by GeoAcoustics to Survey Polar Ice Cap

Among the challenges that scientists face is how to accurately measure ice thickness, to truly reflect the volume of the ice contained in areas with complex cracking and ridging. New technology now makes this possible. The Gavia autonomous underwater vehicle AUV from Hafmynd, Iceland, has returned from its latest trip...

Tags: Board, Sonar, Survey, VersaLogic, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law

Case studies 2009-01-01

Chief Master Sergeant Chooses Allied

Chief Master Sergeant Errol Sanders first heard about Allied in the Keflavik Education Center in Iceland. Allied's distance education courses provided him with the opportunity to complete his education worldwide; it was the ideal option to get the career training he needed while on two overseas assignments. Chief Master Sergeant...

Tags: Allied Schools, Professional Development, E-learning, Training And Certification, Career, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-01-01

Umbra Issue 1 1.0 (Mobile)

Set in Iceland in 1999, Umbra is a three-issue mini-series about a young police forensics technician with an anxiety disorder and a bit of a drinking problem, and how her discovery of a very strange skeleton sets in motion a series of violent and tragic events. And then things get...

Tags: Mobile, Apple iTunes, UCLICK LLC, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2008-12-12

Arctic Group Plans for the Future With IBM Cognos and EDB Gruppen

Arctic Group is a trading company based in Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, which supplies a wide range of goods and services to businesses and consumers in Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. Supplying a range of 155,000 products to remote communities in Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands...

Tags: Greenland, Cognos Inc., IBM Corp., Arctic Group, Supply Chain, Business Intelligence, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Finance

Case studies 2008-11-01

Transcript: PDC08 Keynote â€" Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava, Bob Muglia and David Thompson

Todd Bishop, TechFlash; Ed Bott, ZDNet;  Kip Kniskern, Liveside; Rafael Rivera, Within Windows; Paul Thurrott, Windows Supersite; and Tom Warren, Neowin; and Long Zheng, Istartedsomething â€" and yours truly--did a group blog of the first PDC keynote. Here's the live blog transcript (speakers: Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava,...

Tags: Keynote, Ed Bott, Mary Jo Foley, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Service, App, Liveside, Neowin.net, Tom Riley, Signal God, Paul, MJ, Azure, Z, Red Dog, Download Link, Saruhan, Bluehoo, MOS, SSDS, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-10-27