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New physics as applied to solar tech

New physics as applied to solar techNone of which will make a bit of differencebecause of the fact that incident sunlight striking the earth is 1 kw/m^2.An insufficient energy density for an industrialized society. Stick your fingers in your ears and cry la-la-la all you want. Even at 100% efficiency,...

Tags: New Physics, solar tech

Discussion threads 2009-02-10

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Large Hadron Collider sets record

The recently restarted Large Hadron Collider has become the world's most powerful particle accelerator, after setting a new record for beam intensity. The recently restarted Large Hadron Collider has become the world's most powerful particle accelerator, after setting a new record for beam intensity. Scientists working...

Tags: Intensity, CERN, Record, Large Hadron Collider, particle beam, Tom Espiner ZDNet UK

News items 2009-11-30

Are small cars doomed to fail in the American market?

Well, Americans will at least buy cars that get better gas mileage, and aresmaller when gas prices rise. It was not that long ago that US manufacturers had big problems with people switching over to Japanese crossover SUVs when gas prices spiked.Maybe the very smallest and best gas mileage will...

Tags: standout, car, small car, SUV

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

Resistance to change: The real Enterprise 2.0 barrier

Vive Le Resistance!Michael - Resistance to Change, Immunity to Change - there is a lot of activity on the "real work" beyond tech and into enacting and leveraging change agents of Enterprise 2.0 lately... great that we're all surfacing these issues in increasingly large forums.For a bit more flavor on...

Tags: Enterprise 2.0, transparency, worker

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

JAMDAT Bowling 2 14.2.10 (Mobile)

Strike again! Roll a perfect 300 on your wireless phone! Youll love the new and improved JAMDAT Bowling 2.0. Features include multiplayer capability, hot sounds, graphic effects, ball color choice, superior physics, and faster performance. Art icons for strikes, spares and gutter balls. Easy-to-read game scores and stats. Roll with...

Tags: Mobile, Electronic Arts Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-10

Washington: lots of talk about global warming

Fuller: Too many blogs about the LIE of global warming.Global warming b*llshit demolished:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1533290/Climate-chaos-Dont-believe-it.htmlGuys (or should I say - Fuller), stop LYING.Also, stop saying there's a problem and then coming up with burdening 'solutions' to non-existent problems. The latest FASCIST idea: Blame Children for 'global warming'. Yeah right.http://unitedfamiliesinternational.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/children-to-blame-for-climate-change/Fuller, why are you...

Tags: global warming, carbon dioxide

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

GL Golf 2.26 (Mac)

GL Golf is a realistic 3D game for the casual gamer. With a realistic physics system and great simple graphics, you and up to four players can golf all 432 holes for countless hours. Everything in a real game of golf is included, such as water hazards, sand traps, trees,...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Hole, Nuclear Nova, GL Golf, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-29

Hearings on climate, cap'n'trade, energy

well dont expect any change economy will always prevail the rest ....Maybe one day when it will be too late to turn around ... people will understand once again too late.. They will have a vibrant economy and a dead sentence quite ironic.. Im full of...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, Businesses, tax, IT IS

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Global warming? No, no, no, it ain't me, babe

Harry, cut the BS. Write about tech some time.or get a job.Stop Preaching...and writing in a condescending tone. You and Blanchenwhatshisname should start your own site and stop posting this junk to a TECH site. Throwing in a line at the end about Green Jobs doesn't mean your...

Tags: Gender and diversity, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-10-25

Amoebaz for iPhone 1.2.1 (Mobile)

In Amoebaz for iPhone Amoebaz are dropping in like candy, but while they might be cute, they are not the smartest primordial life forms around. In fact, they are clueless lost as to where to go. They're going need some help, and they are looking to you. Direct the Amoebaz...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-22

Rocket Golf 1.01 (Mac)

Rocket Golf gives golfing a new twist with its 2D gameplay and clean 3D graphics. Challenge yourself to 36 unique holes over two courses. Rocket Golf provides accurate game physics while maintaining an arcade feel. Up to four players can enjoy all of Rocket Golf's features for countless hours, including...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Nuclear Nova, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-22

LHC cooled to operational temperatures

these experiments should be abolishedthese arrogant Eurocrats are putting the world at risk and are performing acts against nature and God.Where are the greenies when you need them???The amount of power this thing is using, where are the "global warming" theorists? Why aren't the greenies upset?Hoping someone shuts this...

Tags: LHC, collider

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Future ERP

Brian Sommer's provocative post that juxtaposes SAP's technology thinking around the 'old' and 'new' worlds provides insights into something SAP was talking about last year - the two speed world of ERP. At the back end there is still plenty to do, hardening applications, winkling out recurring bugs...

Tags: Innovation, Salesforce.com Inc., Financial, SAP AG, ERP, Brian Sommer, Brian, S-curve, Cloud Infrastructure, BRP, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Computers have speed limit as unbreakable as speed of light, say physicists

Yeah, they have been saying this same thing for years....and everytime, they find a way to make computers even faster. I don't think that they will EVER reach a limit for computer power. Not ever.FacinatingI always knew there would be a wall somewhere, but what will be needed with that...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

ClearView RC Car Simulator 2.0 (Windows)

ClearView RC car simulator brings the real RC driving to your computer. It uses new generation physics for reality level not seen yet. See suspension working, wheels spin, car slides or jumps just like your RC car or truck will do. Controlled by keyboard, mouse or game par or special...

Tags: Car, Microsoft Windows, SVKSystems

Software downloads 2009-10-16

Computers have speed limit as unbreakable as speed of light, say physicists

A pair of physicists have shown that if processors continue to accelerate in accordance to Moore's Law, we'll hit the wall of faster processing in roughly 75 years. The curtain will eventually come down for silicon in today's manufacturing methods once engineers can no longer further shrink...

Tags: Processor, Physicist, Speed, Computer, Moore, Productivity, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-10-15

Amju Super Cool Pool 2.2 (Mac)

The grooviest pool game ever with full 3D physics, three tables, 32 games and super funky soundtrack. Play against a friend or against computer Marin - she�s hard to beat! 6 Ball, 9 Ball, US 8 Ball and UK Pool, Crazy Pool and Trick Shots! Three different tables Collect hearts...

Tags: 3D, Soundtrack, Apple Macintosh, Amju Games, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-10

The Open College Textbook Act of 2009

ProfsWhat will the profs who force everyone to buy the latest edition of their own $125 textbook do now?Probably still the same thing.RE: The Open College Textbook Act of 2009You do know that this act will severely curtail the research that could lead to new curricula and textbooks?Why? It's because...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, textbook, Open College Textbook Act

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

News to know: XP Mode; Cisco; Comcast; 'Ardi'

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft releases XP Mode virtualization to manufacturing [video=346621] Larry Dignan: Cisco doubles down...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Microsoft Windows XP, Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Channel Management, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-10-02

Nvidia: Next big supercomputer player?

Nvidia unveiled its next-generation graphics processing unit GPU architecture, dubbed Fermi, and announced a key supercomputing win with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The takeaway: Graphics and visualization are becoming key to scientific discoveries. And Nvidia could be a major player. Oak Ridge's supercomputer will be used...

Tags: Supercomputer, NVidia Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Supercomputing, GPU, Fermi, Oak Ridge, CNET News, JMP Securities Alex Gauna, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-01