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Biofuels, the debate continues: Nature.com has an interesting take on American governmental mandate for more biofuels. You'll have to pay to read the whole piece, but all the talkbacks are free and some quite thoughtful. They come from enemies, friends and interested observers of the whole biofuel issue. Corn lovers to...; Tags: Food, Natural Gas, Nature.com, Food & Beverage, Telecom & Utilities, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-13

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Introduction to BIT: This is the 1st excerpt from the second book in the Defen series: Business Information Technology: Foundations, Infrastructure, and Culture Introduction This book is designed for people who interact with, but do not want to become, professional information systems...; Tags: Information System, Bear, Computer, Business Owner, Systems Decision, Dick, Jane, Systems Culture, Productivity, Data Centers, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-05-16
Medical companies celebrate death of patent reform: Medical device makers and drug companies are celebrating the apparent death of the 2008 Patent Reform Act. (For the other side of this debate, visit my open source blog.) Why were AdvaMed, PHRMA, and the rest of the industry so dead-against an end to...; Tags: Patent, Industry, Patent Approval, Drugs, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Patent reform dead for 2008: The death of the Patent Reform Act in the Senate spells hard times for open source. That's because one of the act's main aims was to end "forum shopping," the practice of filing lawsuits in, say, the Eastern District of Texas, which never saw a patent plaintiff...; Tags: Patent, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Why HP-EDS is a disaster in the making: As I've noted elsewhere HP's takeover of Compaq destroyed essentially all of HP's pre-takeover value and left the Compaq organization operating as HP. Now they've announced their intention of taking over EDS. On the good news side there won't be a culture clash in bringing these...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows, Manufacturing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Accounting, Operating Systems, Software, Investment, Finance, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-05-13

CO2 is increasing says US report, but GW doubters give raspberry: CO2 is increasing says US report, but GW doubters give raspberryYour bias is showingYou are obviously biased against GW doubters. What are your credentials to make such a judgment?Tobacco - that's it neutrally!Obviously "what comes 'round goes 'round" applies. Trees and plants require CO2 to grow, so burning...; Tags: carbon dioxide, GW doubter, doubter; Discussion threads 2008-05-13
HP seals EDS deal; Services No. 2 behind IBM; Can Hurd run EDS better?: Updated: Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd said Tuesday he plans to use a familiar playbook to integrate Electronic Data Systems: Leverage scale, squeeze costs -- and underpromise and overdeliver. "We're running the playbook we know how to run very well," said Hurd, on a conference call with analysts....; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Earnings, IBM Corp., Non-GAAP Earning, GAAP, Financial Accounting, Construction, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-13
CO2 is increasing says US report, but GW doubters give raspberry: A new report based on data collected at the observatory on Mauna Loa, Hawaii, shows CO2 levels in the atmosphere are higher than they've been in a long time. How long? About 650-million years. Global warming researchers says CO2 is major greenhouse gas and contributes to warmer...; Tags: China, Carbon Dioxide, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-05-12
The physics of flocking in 3-D: You might think that bird watchers are only amateurs armed with binoculars. But biologists have also been studying flocks of birds for a long time. And now, they're helped by physicists, according to this New Scientist article about how European researchers are capturing flocks in 3-D. With a couple of...; Tags: 3D, Animal, Physicist, Handbook, Analysis, STARFLAG, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-12
A new career: isotope designer: According to a Michigan State University MSU news release, 'Made-to-order isotopes hold promise on science's frontier,' nuclear physicists can now start a new career as isotope designers. These scientists can build specific rare isotopes to solve scientific problems and open doors to new technologies. The lead researcher says this approach...; Tags: Michigan State University, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Professional Development, Productivity, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Career, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-10
Pine trees to frogs, global warming is killing 'em off: In the northern lattitudes the boreal forests of North America are losing their evergreens. Scientists say the mountain pine beetle is thriving due to the warmer winters. In turn beetles are killing large numbers of trees in Canadian forests. Previous beetle attacks have occurred in the Canadian...; Tags: Climate, Global Warming, Species, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-05-09
Neil Young gives his name to a spider: Canadian rocker Neil Young made headlines this week for appearing at the JavaOne conference and for releasing his musical archive on Blu-ray discs. But he was also honored by a East Carolina University ECU professor of biology, who named a newly discovered trapdoor spider Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi after the legendary rock...; Tags: East Carolina University, Species, Myrmekiaphila, M., Neotype, Blu-Ray, Investment, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Finance, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-09
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Seeking the iPhone in Adobe's annual analyst briefings: Even if you're not an analyst, Adobe's 2008 financial briefings available online make interesting viewing, from its showcase of new AIR tools to the "soul" of Adobe, Google and Microsoft. And then there's the iPhone. The recordings cover the morning and afternoon sessions...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Financial Accounting, Marketing, Finance, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Prince backs 'green' thin clients: Prince backs 'green' thin clientsPrincely savingsPrince Charles is on the right track. There are many benefits in addition to energy savings that will accrue to the company that moves from PCs to thin clients. Symbio Technologies offers a stateless zero thin client that uses just 4 watts of energy. This...; Tags: Thin clients, Symbio Technologies, Prince Charles, HRH, thin client, PC; Discussion threads 2008-05-08
Large Hadron Collider will put academic networks to the test: The Large Hadron Collider LHC will be coming online this summer when its construction is complete outside of Geneva. Run by CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, the collider will be the largest facility of its type, designed to detect new types of subatomic particles, generate previously unseen...; Tags: CERN, Network, Data, Internet2, Networking, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-08
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