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Codename of the day: Nitrogen

Codename of the day: NitrogenCodeword - "Infection"Can't think why ZDnet aren't trumpeting Microsoft's latest embarassing achievement -Wonder if the US army's robots will be running 'Hasta La Vista'?http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7583805.stmNasa has confirmed that laptops carried to the ISS in July were infected with a Windows virus known as Gammima.AG.The worm was...

Tags: Games, Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Nitrogen

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

PCS - Nitrogen Uses Thin Client Technology With Wonderware to Modernize Its Plant Operations and Control

Nitrogen is a leader in food production. The initial decision to implement thin client technology came about after the new APACS system was installed and operating. The plant operators were extremely pleased with the improvements in plant visualization, to the point where they asked for additional monitors in the control...

Tags: PCS, Food, Thin Client, Invensys, Nitrogen, Thin Clients, Food & Beverage, Hardware, Manufacturing

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Scientists make ultrathin superconducting films

U.S. researchers have developed ultrathin films that when sandwiched together form a superconductor, an advance that could lead to a new class of fast, power-saving electronics. CHICAGO--U.S. researchers have developed ultrathin films that when sandwiched together form a superconductor, an advance that could lead to a new class of...

Tags: Degree, Electronics, Reuters, superconductor, film

News items 2008-10-09

Chilling data from the Arctic

Less ice, more water. More swimming, fewer polar bears. That seems to be the conclusion from some recent Arctic data. Oh, and the ARctic is belching methane, a greenhouse gas far worse at warming the atmosphere than mere CO2. The loss of...

Tags: Polar Bear, Ice, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-09-23

Coal's outspoken enemy and his uphill battle

Coal's outspoken enemy and his uphill battleMore FB-SMore faith Based Science. Explain exactly how this is a problem when the average temperature hasn't increased in the last decade and the polar icecap was 10% larger in 2007 than in 2006.Coldest summer in Alaska, on Record?James Hansen would prefer us all...

Tags: global warming, coal, outspoken enemy

Discussion threads 2008-09-09

News to know: IE 8; iPhone password locks; SOA; Palm Treo Pro reviews

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: IE 8 Beta 2 ready for download Ed Bott: Internet Explorer 8 gets a massive makeover Gallery: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Password, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, SOA, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-28

Codename of the day: Nitrogen

The Microsoft codename contest continues. Today's entry is Nitrogen, which is the next version of Microsoft's ISA Server. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Codename, Microsoft Corp., Game Players, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Not so idle: HP earns green transport logo for business products

It takes more than better attention to energy-efficiency or attention to materials to classify some gadget or another as green tech. That's why Hewlett-Packard has made a concerted effort to have its products vetted as part of the Environmental Protection Agency's SmartWay logo program, which focuses on the fuel consumption...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Emission, Product, Document Management, Supply Chain, Transportation, Monitors & Displays, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Business Operations, Hardware, Components, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-08-15

2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."

July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an aggressive personal trainer session from the...

Tags: PC, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Your flat screen TV could be killing the planet, read all about it

There's a research paper being much-touted in the tech and green press: concludes that nitrogen trifluoride is many times worse for the earth's atmosphere than methane or CO2 or the more popular greenhouse gases. That nitrogen trifluoride, also known as NF3, its chemical formula, is used in making...you got...

Tags: Atmosphere, Carbon Dioxide, TV, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-07-09

Towards eco-friendly fireworks?

Many fireworks will be launched in July, at least in the U.S. and in France. A recent American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac briefly describes how chemists are developing environmentally friendlier compounds for fireworks (scroll to article #5 in the PressPac). Current 'fireworks, flares and other so-called pyrotechnics commonly include potassium...

Tags: Pyrotechnics, Real Estate, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-07-01

Fired up for new coal plant in Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia has given the green light for a large coal-burning plant to generate electricity. It's planned for the southwest corner of the state and is expected to require lots more Virginia coal. The utility has promised to burn only coal mined in Virginia Opponents...

Tags: Coal, Pollution, Plant, Virginia, Commonwealth Of Virginia, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-26

Shell edges closer to Arctic drilling, but still has to delay

Shell Oil has obtained one of its needed permits to begin exploratory drilling offshore in Alaska. It got the EPA's permissions to release a certain amount of nitrogen oxides at each of its proposed drilling sites. The EPA says that is the amount released annually by 1500 school...

Tags: Offshore, Permit, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Alaska, Outsourcing, Advertising & Promotion, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Marketing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-21

How Tough is Ozone Crackdown by Feds

How Tough is Ozone Crackdown by FedsElectric VehiclesWe need trees need clean, unpolluted air, we need to reduce our carbon emissions, we need to find alternatives to our gas guzzlers. We need to look at solar power, wind power, electric power. To switch to electric vehicles, take a look at...

Tags: ozone, pollution

Discussion threads 2008-03-13

Photos: Cryogenics chilled systems at CeBit

Amid the talk of green and power-efficient computing at CeBIT this year, in some cases it is all about faster and cooler--and in one instance, that involves liquid nitrogen. ZDNetUK reports from Hannover, Germany. by Andy Smith

Tags: CeBit, Hardware, cooling

Image galleries 2008-03-05

Nanotechnology-based clean hydrogen for cars

Nanotechnology-based clean hydrogen for carsI don't get it[i]The most interesting part of the story is that the existing gas stations would not need to be modified to distribute hydrogen.[/i]I thought H2 is in gas form at normal temperature and pressure.How can they use an existing fuel pump to pump H2...

Tags: Liquid Nitrogen, hydrogen tank, nanotechnology, Combustion, hydrogen, O2 Plc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-27

Cryogenically frozen RAM bypasses all disk encryption methods

Computer encryption technologies have all relied on one key assumption that RAM Random Access Memory is volatile and that all content is lost when power is lost. That key assumption is now being fundamentally challenged with a $7 can of compressed air and it's enough to give every security...

Tags: Software, Disk, RAM, USB, Computer, Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, George Ou

Blog posts 2008-02-21

Lasers for analyzing our breath?

According to the Optical Society of America OSA, U.S. researchers have shown it is possible to use lasers to analyze our breath to detect diseases such as asthma or cancer. This technique -- hold your breath -- is called 'cavity-enhanced direct optical frequency comb spectroscopy.' It is based on research...

Tags: Breath, Laser, Molecule, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-02-19

Earth Live: investigating the Earth with Flex

Discovery Channel launched a cool rich Internet application today, Earth Live, that lets you view the earth with overlays of information like weather or environmental data. The center of the application is a 3D earth which you can interact with and spin around. Then you can use the tabs in...

Tags: 3D, Earth, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-02-11

Cellphones to track air pollution

Computer scientists in Cambridge, UK, are using bike couriers to monitor air pollution. These couriers are doing their usual jobs, but their bicycles are equipped with air-pollution sensors and GPS units that connect to their cellphones via Bluetooth. So their phones are constantly reporting the levels of carbon monoxide, nitrogen...

Tags: Phone, Mobile, Pollution, Sensor, Cell Phone, Courier, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-01-03