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- NOMAD
- A relational DBMS for IBM mainframes, PCs and VAXes from Select Business Solutions, Trumbull, CT (www.selectbs.com). Introduced in the mid-1970s, it was one of the first database systems to...
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- Office nomads: co-working gaining ground
- Office nomads: co-working gaining groundI am none of the aboveSince we actually run a bonafide coworking space RIGHT DOWN THE STREET from ZDNet...Citizen Space which has been open for almost a year and full - one of two spaces in San Francisco that receive coworkers plus another two are opening.You...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, nomad
- Discussion threads 2007-09-13
- Office nomads: co-working gaining ground
- I heard a story on Morning Edition yesterday about making telecommuting a social affair. Just the day before I'd published short piece on what's come to be called "co-working." Co-working is a developing trend where developers, writers, independents, and other professionals to spend at least part...
- Tags: Space, Microsoft Office, Communication, Phil Windley
- Blog posts 2007-09-13
- Nomad wish list for hotels
- Nomad wish list for hotelsMy #16: a decent desk.Some hotels "get it", but plenty don't. I'm more than a little tired of having to work with my laptop by having to:a. prop myself up on a bed or sofa somewhere or sit it on my knees;b. lean over to some...
- Tags: Notebooks, TVs, NOMAD, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2007-06-04
- Nomad wish list for hotels
- Andy Abramson posts a list of 15 things hotels can do to better serve digital nomads who stay with them on his Working Anywhere blog. Andy logs more miles than just about anyone I know and, like me and a few of my nomadic buddies, always has a variety of...
- Tags: Productivity, Mobility
- Blog posts 2007-06-04
- Towards a Mobile Agent Framework for Nomad Using .NET
- Mobile agent systems offer a wide variety of advantages. However, most actual mobile agent systems only offer a wired connection and typically have very limited, if at all, mobile device connectivity features. To date, Java has been the foundation of almost all existing mobile agent systems. This paper discusses the...
- Tags: Microsoft .NET, Mobile, Agent, Nomad, Mobile Agent System, Advertising & Promotion, Real Estate, Marketing, Business Operations
- White papers 2005-05-17
- Nomad: 3.8 M WiMax users in UK by 2006
- Nomad estimates that, with a projected 3.8 million Wi-Fi users in the UK by 2006, and over 1 billion rail journeys being made, the market for its services should grow steadily.
- Tags: NOMAD
- Blog posts 2003-12-09
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- Looking Back: The Apple iPod
- Looking Back: The Apple iPodNo wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame. :P [nt][nt]
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iPod, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-09
- Dell rolls out new Latitude laptop lineup; Targets longer battery life
- Dell on Tuesday rolled out its revamped lineup of nine new Latitude and Precision laptops and trumpeted longer batter life and designs that appeal to the so-called digital nomad--the person roaming the airport for a coveted outlet to plug in his laptop. The company said the new...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Battery, Dell Latitude, Laptop Computer, AC Power Adapter, Latitude E5400, Precision M2400, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
- Ali: Mighty Nomad - Game 1: The Pyre Menace Demo (exe)
- When a young traveler named Ali arrives at the house of Old Man Darry Willis, he met with grave news. The people of the northern lands are being menaced by a cruel dragon. Ali at once decided to go and help the people and as a side bonus, he will...
- Tags: version, big tree world, games, personal technology
- Software downloads 2008-08-08
- MobileTechRoundup show #142, Is the line blurring between feature phones and smartphones?
- James and I started off MobileTechRoundup show #142 with our thoughts on the MWg Zinc II Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional device and then Kevin joined in to talk about Windows Mobile and the apparent lack of excitement for the platform. Usability is becoming quite the topic of conversation in the...
- Tags: MobileTechRoundup, Phone, Mobile, Smart Phone, Podcasts, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- ActiveX control bug bites Creative Labs AutoUpdate engine
- A high-severity security flaw in the Creative Software automatic update engine could put Windows computers at risk of remote code execution attacks, according to a warning from the US-CERT Computer Emergency Readiness Team. The vulnerability affects the software used to provide updates to Creative Labs' audio/video entertainment product line,...
- Tags: Webcam, Zen, Automatic Update, Blaster Worm, ActiveX Control, Creative Labs Inc., ActiveX Control Bug, Create Software AutoUpdate Engine ActiveX Control, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Patches, Viruses And Worms, Security, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-05-30
- Nottingham City Council Blends Instantatlas With ESRI to Deliver Community-Level Geographical Information
- Provided by Nottingham City Council, NOMAD+ is a shared intelligence and policy resource committed to sharing data effectively and making associated resources such as reports more accessible. Nottingham City Council uses the ArcGIS and ArcIMS solutions from ESRI as its corporate standard for geographical information and mapping. To support local...
- Tags: Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., GeoWise, Nottingham City Council, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Case studies 2008-05-15
- Andy Abramson: give me these features and I'll be a happy road warrior
- Prominent VoIP blogger, wine connisseur, entrepreneur, and publicist Andy Abramson is also a technology enthusiast when it comes to communication tools and technologies.Today he is out with a 15-attribute tech and amenities pointer for hotels who want to please the business traveler. "What A Global Nomad Wants To Work In...
- Tags: Predictions and Observations
- Blog posts 2007-06-04
- 802.11n - The consequences of abandoning the 5 GHz frontier
- 802.11n - The consequences of abandoning the 5 GHz frontierWhy shouldn't this become the standard?5 Ghz is not nearly as saturated as 2.4 GHz. I am sure much of the problem begins to rear its head with the problem of broadcast transmission power. 802.11a did have a limited...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Ghz Equipment, IEEE 802.11n, spectrum
- Discussion threads 2007-01-24
- Why there's an iPod nano on my wish list - and not a Zune!
- Why there's an iPod nano on my wish list - and not a Zune!How should I put this...How about...Wuss.Whip.Two-faced.Humph...blaming others for your own weaknesses. Suppose that's why you get the 'big bucks' doing what you do, too.I'm sure others have far more, ahem, colorful adjectives that would apply...As for dissing...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iPod Nano, Creative Zen V, Microsoft Zune, Apple iPod
- Discussion threads 2006-12-05
- IBM and Nomad Software and Processing Services Help Affinity Cards Be Among First to Market Pre-Paid Cards in the UK and Europe
- Affinity Cards, a start-up, had to quickly build an IT infrastructure to support its new business of offering pre-paid debit cards in the United Kingdom and Europe. Affinity Cards deployed Nomad Software's CORTEX product and services delivered through IBM Managed Services as a solution. As a result without investing large...
- Tags: Card, Europe, U.K., IBM Corp.
- Case studies 2006-12-01
- Google dives into the deep end of the wiki pool
- So Google lobs another mind grenade in the general direction of Redmond with today's news that they have acquired JotSpot - an interesting player in the wiki-as-application-framework space that includes others like Central Desktop and Mindtouch. What does it all mean?There's no shortage of prognostication and conjecture. Techmeme is overflowing...
- Tags: Google Inc., JotSpot, Wiki
- Blog posts 2006-10-31
- Will Google Office's solution to the "offline" problem mean trouble for MS-Office?
- Will Google Office's solution to the "offline" problem mean trouble for MS-Office?Isn't this nothing more than a smart clientapplication that works online or offline and automatically syncs as needed. MS was doing this in the 1990s with Outlook.The solution to making web apps rich …… is to turn them into...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Programming languages, Java, Microsoft Windows Vista, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., Web, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-10-11
- Sony won't cut PSP price in '06
- Sony won't cut PSP price in '06Go ahead Sony, stay the courseit seems to me that Nintendo is the big winner for this year leading into the next. You've got a PSP that's sold so-so well but a UMD format that's tanked with some movie distributors and consumers, a...
- Tags: Game players, Games, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Sony PlayStation Portable, Sony Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-10-06
- Apple settles with Creative for $100 million
- Apple settles with Creative for $100 millionprobably wouldn't have happened but....it would have been cool if creative could have held out for acc licensing.but that's a big "Yeah Right!"Apple...Apple gets a black eye! ....... about time!!!Where is everyone?When this story first came out, there was page after page about...
- Tags: Digital music, Litigation, Digital media, game, AAC, Patent System, MP3 player, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-08-23
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