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To the Moon: How we built the technologies

The historic Apollo 11 mission in July of 1969 culminated in the first manned moon landing. While many of the proud Americans who were involved in that project are no longer with us 40 years later, the technologies they built still live on, will be further...

Tags: Radio, Satellite, Exploration, John F. Kennedy, Advertising & Promotion, Network Technology, Marketing, Networking, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-06

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If JFK's doing it, you should too

As I was browsing News.com, I stumbled upon an article from a couple years back talking about a 10-year project to digitize the complete collection of papers, photographs, documents, and audio records of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. Awesomely enough, this collection will be made available to people around the...

Tags: Paper, Document Management, Managerial Accounting, Corporate Communications, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Marketing, Doc

Sponsored content 2009-09-19

Best Faked Moon Landing... Ever!

They faked  the Moon landing! The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum's and AOL's WeChooseTheMoon.org site is perhaps one of the coolest applications of Adobe Flash I've ever seen. 40 years ago this week, Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin (assisted by...

Tags: Mission, WeChooseTheMoon.org, LEM, Corporate Communications, Web Browsers, Marketing, Internet, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-21

To the Moon: Rocketdyne, Keeper of the Flame

The historic Apollo 11 mission in July of 1969 culminated in the first manned moon landing. While many of the proud Americans who were involved in that project are no longer with us 40 years later, the technologies they built still live on, will be further refined, and will return...

Tags: Engine, Moon, Aerospace & Defense, Workforce Management, Manufacturing, Human Resources, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-15

Famous Speeches 1.4.1 (Mobile)

Enjoy the most influential speeches known to man with this application. Contains speeches made by Susan B. Anthony, Mark Antony, St. Francis of Assisi, Napoleon Bonaparte, Winston Churchill, Marie Curie, King Edward VIII, Dwight Eisenhower, Queen Elizabeth I, Mahatma Gandhi, Lou Gehrig, Patrick Henry, Adolph Hitler, Victor Hugo, Harold Ickes,...

Tags: Mobile, Speech, SwampBits, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-06-23

Innovation Network Lecture Series: The eXtensible Access Method (XAM) Standard and Its Role in Digital Curation

The Digital Curation Centre defines digital curation as "Maintaining and adding value to a trusted body of digital information for current and future use." The presenter of this webcast will relate his experience with the digitization project currently underway at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum. The presenter will...

Tags: Innovation, Microsoft Access, Network, EMC Corp., Standard Corp., Digital Curation Centre, Storage, Hardware

Webcasts 2009-06-03

American Pen 1.1 (Mobile)

Beginning with the nation's first inaugural address by George Washington, we include addresses by presidents who governed during some of the most trying times in our nation's history, such as Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy. And of course, we include the historic inaugural address of our...

Tags: Mobile, Address, Apple iTunes, Jessica Vazquez, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-03-05

Transitioning NASA: Tensions high between Griffin, transition team

Barack Obama has his scalpel poised over NASA's Constellation program and NASA Administrator Mike Griffin is fighting back, engaged in a no-holds barred campaign to save his baby, the Orlando Sentinel reports.fd In a heated 40-minute conversation last week with Lori Garver, a former NASA associate administrator...

Tags: Team, NASA, Griffin, Transition Team, Barack Obama, Sentinel, Aerospace & Defense, Team Management, Manufacturing, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-12-12

Al Gore's 'Unified Smart Grid' vision for repowering the USA - will it happen?

This week's Web 2.0 Summit was characterized by some very big picture ideas culminating in final keynote speaker former US vice president Al Gore laying out his vision for a 'Unified National Smart Grid': a new, state of the art integrated electrical infrastructure for the...

Tags: Web, Vision, Al Gore, Grid, Web 2.0 Summit, Michael Wesch, Web 2.0, Transportation, Internet, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-11-08

JetBlue unveils high-tech terminal Oct. 22; IT as customer service tool

Joseph Eng, executive vice president of JetBlue's systems and technology, said the company will unveil its high-tech terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York Oct. 22. The terminal when it launches will be the culmination of one big technology project. JetBlue's terminal at JFK,...

Tags: Customer Service, Information Technology, JetBlue Airways Corp., Tool, Projects, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Operational Accounting, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-15

Green light for hacker's extradition

Green light for hacker's extraditionUS owned server spaceWhen he hacked into our military's network's, he was trespassing on US owned server space.The EU would cry bloody murder if we had a little pasty 16 yr old hack MI6 and do what this guy did, and we didn't extradite him. book...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, Green Light, extradition, hacker

Discussion threads 2008-07-30

Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate fossil fuels as an electricity source by 2018

Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate fossil fuels as an electricity source by 2018Infogreat info...to bad most want to stay on the bandwagon...politically correct view...passing the LIE around...then understanding Global Warming is a political tools to keep those we dont want in power to stay there.RE: Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate...

Tags: global warming, foreign oil, attention-getting challenge, latest attention-getting challenge, oil, Gore, dependence, fossil fuel

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

D5: Senator John McCain's league of extraordinary gentlemen

Presidential candidate Senator John McCain took fielded some tough questions from Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher in the opening interview at the D: All Things Digital conference. One of the more interesting exchanges during the interview, beyond McCain's positions on various campaign issues, was his call for the best...

Tags: D5, General

Blog posts 2007-05-30

Lou Dobbs and illegal immigration

This is a technology blog where Im supposed to discuss technology topics. On occasion, I dive into economic issues that relate to technology, such as antitrust, or more relevant in the case of this blog, outsourcing and skilled immigration through the H-1B visa program. Illegal immigration from Mexico and H-1B...

Tags: Outsourcing, General, Economic Policy

Blog posts 2007-05-03

In poor Mexico, interactive digital screens in 165,000 classrooms

Mexico has embarked on the largest application of technology in schools, installing large interactive screens in 165,000 Mexican classrooms, reports the BBC. Some five million 10- and 11-year-olds Mexican students now get their curriculum delivered through large format digital screens which use a new interactive encyclopedia called, "Enciclomedia."...

Tags: International, Education Technology, Classroom Tech

Blog posts 2007-03-30

In poor Mexico, interactive digital screens in 165,000 classrooms

Mexico has embarked on the largest application of technology in schools, installing large interactive screens in 165,000 Mexican classrooms, reports the BBC. Some five million 10- and 11-year-olds Mexican students now get their curriculum delivered through large format digital screens which use a new interactive encyclopedia called, "Enciclomedia."...

Tags: Education Technology, Classroom Tech

Blog posts 2007-03-02

JetBlue fiasco: A database could have made a difference

JetBlue fiasco: A database could have made a differenceThey were probably using an access database...and it fell over with all of the updates.Glad to know they're a MS Shop. I'll never fly them.Scary to think that they are running an airline on MS software. And proud of it.Guess...

Tags: Storage, Databases, Achilles Heel, database, JetBlue Airways Corp., fiasco

Discussion threads 2007-02-20

Newspapers struggle to find a place in the classroom

Could the venerable newspaper be going the way of the film strip? A new study shows that more teachers are using the Internet in their classrooms to teach about national and international current events, rather than having students read newspapers, reports Reuters. A newly released study by the Carnegie-Knight...

Tags: Education Technology, K-12

Blog posts 2007-01-31

Wikipedia: Should students trust it?

Wikipedia: Should students trust it?DiscretionIt shouldn't be banned. Students should be informed and reminded that anyone can put anything on Wikipedia, and it is not necessarily a credible source. However, they need to be able to make this choice for themselves.Professors missing the point completely...Colleges shouldn't "ban" Wikipedia, or "the...

Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia, Chinese Wikipedia, administrator

Discussion threads 2007-01-27

Travel Washington, DC - illustrated travel guide and maps (Mobile)

Travel Washington, DC is a comprehensive travel guide illustrated with maps and photographs. Indulge Yourself with a personal travel guide on Your PDA. FREE General Information chapter and a map in the trial version.Features Fully illustrated. Historical overviews. Interesting facts. Maps of Downtown, Metro, and more. Museums hours and ticket...

Tags: Mobile, PC, Desktop Computer, MobileReference, Handhelds, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2006-12-11