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Whistleblower calls on Congress

Whistleblower calls on CongressOpinionsRemember Congress is just that a small narrow minded entity focused on what abuse they can inflict on our society. They want to be remembered in history for some minute fact or legislarion.More and more they take away from us and suening is a part of the...

Tags: Government, U.S. Congress, lead based paint

Discussion threads 2007-11-12

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Could you green the world brick by brick?

One California-based company is going to try. And they're going to make those "green" bricks in Wisconsin, not ship them in from China. The new-fangled brick has been pioneered by CalStar Products. A basic ingredient of the CalStar brick is coal ash, residue from burning coal. There...

Tags: Brick, CalStar Products, Coal Ash, Michael Kane, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-19

AMD posts another quarterly loss

If AMD can't produce...a CPU that will compare with Intel in performance they may not be around for a lot longer. They are so completely outclassed by Intel i7 that they aren't even in the ball park. It is hard to believe they can't come up with something ant closer.I...

Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, quarterly loss, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., CPU

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Google Wave: Begging for a classrom

Using Wave to interconnect academic institutionsI think, the first large-scale Wave deployment should be used to interconnect all academic institutions around the world.This would be attractive because:1. younger generations are very adaptable, to new technology.2. there is a great deal of collaboration, in the academic world.3. technical glitches are likely...

Tags: Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Google Inc., classrom, IRC

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

Is your supply chain gonna kill you?

Jason Busch has an excellent post: Friday Rant: Beyond SarbOx -- Waiting for the Big One to Hit . I'm betting few people want to talk about this particular hot potato. Please don't choke on your early morning coffee. He says: Then as now [when SarbOx was enacted], companies...

Tags: Supply Chain, International Financial Reporting Standards, Audit, Jason Busch, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-04

An update on the wife's computer - Ubuntu does it again

An update on the wife's computer - Ubuntu does it againAn update on the wife's computer - Ubuntu does it againAnd still nobody cares about your crusade to install linux on your family's PCs. Making them suffer through the process should have been a red flag in your household.....

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, Ubuntu, Linux, computer

Discussion threads 2008-10-22

Microsoft and Cray to unveil $25,000 Windows-based supercomputer

Microsoft and Cray to unveil $25,000 Windows-based supercomputerI Wouldn't Use ItWould you if you were a scientific organization that needed precision calculation and system reliability? I'd rather have a beowulf cluster doing my job than this mess.Horse Power NeededYou can now run vista with all its bloatware in full...

Tags: Operating systems, supercomputer, Cray Inc., WINDOWS BASED, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-09-16

My Windows 7 wish list

My Windows 7 wish listPut more muscle in thereWhen you pay 100+ bucks, you'd expect it's loaded with more than just Notepad or Paint. Those two haven't had much major upgrade since Windows 3.0. If you want some themes, you shouldn't have to pay another 40 or so to get...

Tags: Keyboards, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-08-19

Don't insulate, Nansulate, says Florida cleantech company

Thermal testing. Courtesy Industrial Nanotech. Energy costs are now serious business for industries, office managers, and home owners across the world. Buildings account for over half of the energy use in the U.S. and a fair portion of that is for heating and...

Tags: Insulation, Clean Technology, European Union, Nansulate, Energy Cost, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-05-08

What you don't know can really hurt your business

This fascimile chart shows how RockBlocks would enable a buyer to conmpare and evaluate various aspects of a product. And here's how RockBlocks intends to help the manufacturer and the retailer. Avoid the pain. A software company that was recently spun off, Boston-based...

Tags: Raw Material, Diamond, Retail Company, Product, RockBlocks, Retail, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-04-13

KDE 4 for Windows

KDE 4 for WindowsKonquerorThe best file manager ever invented. It does native FTP, SSH, has integrated MIME managers, mouse over preview of songs and movies, split left/right/top/bottom, fully customizable view and is a fully integrated web browser. Now, I hope, a feature that has LONG been a malware...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, KDE, Microsoft Windows, KDE 4, KDE4, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-01-25

Antibacterial paint is on the horizon

Using a method similar to how the body breaks down fats, scientists have found a way to cheaply create silver nanoparticles for use in antibacterial paints. The really important point, according to Rice post-doc Ashavani Kumar, is we now have a general method for producing nano-particle dispersions....

Tags: Nanoparticle, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-01-23

Saving Internet freedom - for users - from telcos

Saving Internet freedom - for users - from telcosA little thing called competitionTelcos have to compete with cable broadband providers. Competition is the best regulator. Government regulation never works. We pay way to much for our phones due to government regulation, taxes and fees all meant to...

Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telecom & Utilities, QoS, telecommunications company

Discussion threads 2007-12-13

Close call: U.S. NOT the world's worst polluter

Close call: U.S. NOT the world's worst polluterNo you don't[B]"Hah, I have a god-given right as an American to drive an SUV that gets 12 MPG and keep my house at 68-degrees even when its a 110-degrees outside by my swimming pool. I even live in a house built in...

Tags: carbon dioxide, pollution, polluter, global warming

Discussion threads 2007-12-09

With SP1, Microsoft plans to ditch the Vista "kill switch"

The case for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 just got a lot stronger. When SP1 ships sometime in early 2008, it will strip away one of Vista's most annoying features and remove one of the most persistent objections to Vista's adoption. Microsoft plans to remove the infamous "kill switch" from...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2007-12-03

National Security and the PC

National Security and the PCAnd not Sun?Are you saying that Sun doesn't buy any of their chips from foreign suppliers? Doesn't do any significant development work in non-allied countries?This is an issue with pretty much all software and electronics, not just PCs and Windows.Well, let's just go back to...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Desktops, PRODUCTIVITY, Network technology, Semiconductors, Sun Microsystems Inc., PC, software, chip

Discussion threads 2007-11-14

Can Google and Wal-Mart break the Microsoft desktop monopoly?

Can Google and Wal-Mart break the Microsoft desktop monopoly?i dont thnk its as nothing to do with walmartwalmart is just the outlet .... nothing new there it could be radio shack, compusmart , or anything ....the true power behind this is the goggle os .....this i can wait to...

Tags: Benefits, walmart, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-11-01

Kodak EasyShare 5500 All-in-One printer

In its attempt to do everything, the $300 Kodak EasyShare 5500 All-in-One printer fails to do any one thing well. To use some features of this multifunction inkjet is an exercise in frustration; other features, such as photo editing, are entirely lacking (instead, you have to turn to your PC...

Tags: Printers, tray, printer, photograph, Eastman Kodak Co., EasyShare 5500, USB port, Kodak EasyShare, control panel

Product reviews 2007-08-22

Lead toys and economic engagement

It was recently discovered that a certain Chinese supplier for Mattel, a US-based toy company, was using lead paint on some of its toys. The economic fallout for the supplier is likely to be severe. The CEO of the affected company even committed suicide. China certainly seems to be taking...

Tags: China, Supplier, John Carroll

Blog posts 2007-08-20

AMD's no angel, but Intel's public usage of benchmark data is feloniously misleading

AMD's no angel, but Intel's public usage of benchmark data is feloniously misleadingIntel pulled an "evolution of man" chartIt looks like Intel was doing the same thing that they did with that famous Time/Life chart showing the evolution of man. There, though, they made a picture that looked like...

Tags: Semiconductors, Processors, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., benchmarking, chip

Discussion threads 2007-03-16