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Federal IT Flunks Out

In his cover story for CIO, Federal I.T. Flunks Out, Allan Holmes leads off with a telling story about the farewell party for Dan Matthews, CIO for the Transportation Dept. for three years. John Flaherty, chief of staff for Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, stood up to say...

Tags: Matthews, information technology

Blog posts 2006-05-17

Matthews: There is reason for optimism about edtech

Jay Matthews, the Washington Post's education columnist and an avowed "technoskeptic," grudgingly concedes that there may be something to all this technology in the classroom. Matthews is writing about the EdWeek's Technology Counts study, this year titled, "The Information Edge: Using Data to Accelerate Achievement." First, the good...

Tags: EdWeek, Matthews

Blog posts 2006-05-16

Additional Resources

Greentech may not escsape the town hall screamers

What a befoon!Anti-government? I didn't see MSNBC on your resume. Hey....wait a minute...Chris Matthews? Is that you...you kidder you. Hey, great job on cloning yourself. Too bad they haven't worked out the whole personality missing thing yet.RE: Greentech may not escsape the town hall screamersAhh! People might want to see...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Minute Maid Park, Minute Maid, Astros, lunatic

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

TealMealDB: London, England Restaurant Guide (Mobile)

; Submitted by Adam Matthews. View this restaurant database with TealMeal, the PalmOS personal restaurant database and chooser by TealPoint Software, available for free trial download elsewhere on this site.

Tags: Mobile, TealPoint Software, Palm OS, Storage, Mobile Operating Systems, Databases, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-07-09

DMBSetlist 1.0 (Mobile)

DMBSetlist allows fans of the Dave Matthews Band to access realtime setlist data provided by the DMB Road Crew in a native iPhone application with a multi-touch look and feel. During every Dave Matthews Band concert, the road crew updates the road page with data as it happens. This new...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Data, Lee Rosen, DMBSetlist

Software downloads 2009-06-09

Mirage MX 5.1

Just when we thought satellite/subwoofer systems couldn't get any smaller, along comes the ultracompact Mirage MX 5.1 retailing for $1,200. (Mirage calls it a "Home Theater System," but it's really just a surround speaker package that requires a separate AV receiver/amplifier.) Just how small is it? Each MX satellite speaker...

Tags: speaker, Mirage MX 5.1, deflector, satellite

Product reviews 2009-02-20

Why aren

Why arenIt should at least be in the datacenter.I have worked in public ed at one of the largest districts in the country. Open source should have easily been in the data center but it wasn't and I'll tell you why.No real study was done when there came a time...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Linux, Microsoft Corp., administrator, open source

Discussion threads 2009-01-28

Marantz ES7001 SSX Front Surround Speaker System

As one of America's oldest audio brands, it was inevitable Marantz would offer a single-speaker surround system. Every few months another manufacturer unveils a new one, and now it's Marantz's turn. With the ES7001 SSX Front Surround Speaker System, Marantz built a model that competes in the upper end of...

Tags: Build Quality, ES7001, Marantz

Product reviews 2008-11-24

Think Different: Find New Ways to Grow Your Business

View this Webcast and listen as SAP experts, drawing on lessons from the past, share creative strategies for capitalizing on an economy in distress and competitors in retreat. Speakers include: Robin Carey, Founder / CEO, Social Media Today Mike Manning, CTO, Polyglass Dr. John...

Tags: Dr., SAP AG, Strategy, Management

Webcasts 2008-11-20

iTunes is back in China but Tibet album is not

Any lingering doubts that China was blocking iTunes over the Songs for Tibet album must be wiped away now. The Register reports that iTunes access is back in China, but not for the album released by the Art of Peace Foundation, which features Sting, John Mayer and Dave Matthews. ...

Tags: China, Tibet, Apple iTunes, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Xen makes it easy to checkpoint, restore, and migrate guest domains

If you've decided to deploy and manage a Xen-based environment, you'll need some detailed instructions and advice on best practices. This sample chapter from Running Xen: A Hands-On Guide to the Art of Virtualization explains what you need to know about checkpointing the state of a guest domain and how...

Tags: Domain, Xen, Prentice Hall Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage

Book chapters 2008-05-08

Microsoft should do this: Exchange plus Hotmail

One of the reasons cited (by Cap Gemini, for example) for investigating Google Apps for Enterprise as an alternative to Microsoft Office is the cost of rolling out Exchange email to every worker in an organization. Employees who only need email accounts occasionally, for example to correspond with the HR...

Tags: MSN Hotmail, Microsoft Corp., Service, Exchange, Mailtrust, Prices, E-mail Providers, E-mail, Internet, Online Communications, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-04-21

Debating the most influential security folks list

Ryan Naraine has cooked up a list of the most influential people in security. Here's the list packaged in a slideshow, which is annoyingly set on fast forward. For instance, I viewed two slides, went to bathroom and by time came back the gallery was over (and...

Tags: Google Inc., Ryan Naraine, Team Management, Security, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-13

T-Mobile releases Shadow update with text entry improvements and more

I personally love my T-Mobile Shadow and other than the rather short battery life think it is one of the best smartphones I have ever used. I just read on the AllShadow.com site that T-Mobile USA released a firmware update for the device. I have to say that T-Mobile is...

Tags: T-Mobile, Backups, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-02-06

What do the database deals mean?

Two things seem self-evident concerning this week's news about Oracle buying BEA and Sun acquiring mySQL: This is an important turning point for enterprise open source, and the database business generally. Everyone has an opinion on it, but no one really knows anything. I...

Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., History, MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Open Source, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-01-17

Patent App would trigger Zune downloads based on user's musical preferences

A newly posted Microsoft Patent Application appears to describe technology that would provide automatic downloads to a Zune media player if newly tracks from various artists whose work is already stored on Zune or on a user's PC-based library becomes available. Although...

Tags: Song, Microsoft Zune, Playlist, User, Dave, Music Service, Media Library, Media Device, Media Players, Digital Music, Digital Media, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-09-20

Hardball 1.0129 (Windows)

Hardball, hosted by MSNBC's Chris Matthews, is an hour of in-depth political analysis and fiery debate. Hardball pulls directly from the show's RSS feed and will keep you up to date on the world of politics. Hardball style. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: NBC Universal Inc., RSS, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-06-01

Ximage 1 (Windows)

Ximage is a simple and fast image converter program created by Chris Matthews of Digital-X-Interactive. It converts between three formats: BMP, JPEG and PNG, with plans to add more formats in the near future. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Format, Digital-X-Interactive, Ximage, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-05-31

Fear and loathing in the Internet echo chamber

Ever since Leon Festinger first formulated his theory of cognitive dissonance people have, usually reluctantly, accepted the reality that we seek out information confirming our beliefs while actively avoiding contrary information. The obvious lesson for people who are aware of this is...

Tags: Unanswered questions, General

Blog posts 2007-05-07

Reagan, Schwarzenegger win big in Republican debate campaign 2008

Digital Markets Blog presidential campaign 2008 special series on what I am calling “User Generated Politics”The Republican 2008 presidential campaign field blew its first chance to engage with the American public, big time.Who DID the slate of ten Republican hopefuls engage with at the party’s first debate held at the...

Tags: User Generated Politics, Presidential Race, President Clinton, Politics, Political Campaign, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Government, Barack Obama

Blog posts 2007-05-06