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- Electricity from the Sea
- Irish companies that they say could harvest power from the turbulent waters off the country's West Coast in a few years. They want to bring it to the U.S. and New Zealand too. News.com's Michael Kanellos traveled to Galway, Ireland to check out their plans.
- Tags: Derek Robertson, general manager, North America, WaveBob
- Videos 2008-04-01
- north america polluted by East Asia?
- In a recently released study, NASA researchers have confirmed that air pollution travels around the world. They've used new satellite sensor capabilities to measure pollution traveling from East Asia to North America between 2002 and 2005. According to NASA, the amount of pollution arriving in North America is equivalent to...
- Tags: NASA, Pollution, Satellite, North America, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- 41% of all WiMAX revenues were in north america
- Shipments of 802.16e-compliant infrastructure overtook 802.16d in 2007. North America service revenues will account for 41% of all service revenues in 2012. ShareThis by site admin
- Tags: Revenue, North America, Operational Accounting, WiMAX, Finance, Wireless, site admin
- Blog posts 2007-12-30
- Market Research Company Speeds Research Results and Development Time
- GfK Group, a global market research company, wanted to offer its clients faster access to research data with technology that was easier to implement and extend. In the past, the company developed its own data analysis technologies with custom code that was difficult and time-consuming to create and maintain. To...
- Tags: Data Analysis, Market Research, Software Product, Research Company, Microsoft Corp., Market Research Company, North America, Marketing Research, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Marketing, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2006-08-04
- Audubon Quadrupeds (zip)
- Audubon's superb paintings capture the breathtaking beauty of the four-footed creatures of the North American forest and plains of the 1840's. In the early 1840's John James Audubon decided to paint the animals of North America. Having achieved worldwide fame with his Birds of North America, he decided to draw...
- Tags: North America, Audubon
- Software downloads 2006-05-09
- Increasing Data Center Efficiency by Using Improved High Density Power Distribution
- A new approach to power distribution for high density server installations saves floor space, simplifies power cabling, saves capital cost, reduces weight, and increases electrical efficiency. This paper describes this distribution architecture and quantifies the benefits. Note: The methods in this paper only apply in North America...
- Tags: American Power Conversion Corp., Data Center, North America, Data Centers, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2006-04-25
- Magic Map (north america Edition) (exe)
- Magic Map helps you locate your targets quickly by phone numbers, street addresses, or zip numbers. You can try to find anything you like around any neighborhood using the new local search feature. Flexible personal marker sets can help you create customized views with your own information on the map...
- Tags: Phone, Local Search, North America, Search
- Software downloads 2006-04-11
- Use of 208 Volt Verses 120 Volt Inputs for Servers
- 208 Volts offers various technical advantages and is the only choice for higher power servers to be pluggable into standard NEMA outlets. Technically, 208V is a superior choice for powering computing equipment when compared with 120V due to lower current draw. However the ubiquitous nature of 120V wiring in North...
- Tags: American Power Conversion Corp., North America, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2005-02-04
- Virgin Entertainment Group, north america: Gaining Advantage From Microsoft Software Assurance
- The Virgin Entertainment Group VEG operates one of the largest media product retail chains in the world, with 20 Virgin Megastores in the United States and North America, as well as stores in Europe and Japan. Virgin Entertainment Group, North America, purchased Software Assurance SA to help reduce costs, make...
- Tags: Virgin Entertainment, Microsoft Corp., Software Assurance, North America, International Data Group, Virgin Entertainment Group
- Case studies
- PeopleSoft Case Study: Toyota Motor Manufacturing north america
- Toyota Motor Corporation is the world's third largest carmaker. To achieve its ambitious market growth goals, Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America TMMNA needed to control costs while optimizing employee productivity. With PeopleSoft, TMMNA laid the groundwork for becoming a real-time enterprise by automating business processes, improving visibility, and controlling expenses....
- Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Toyota Motor Corp., North America, TMMNA, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Manufacturing, Portals, Human Resources, Internet
- Case studies
- Textile Manufacturer Sees Efficiency Gains With Worldwide Data Collection System Deployment
- Coats North America (Charlotte, North Carolina), is part of the worldwide Coats family-the world's largest supplier of industrial sewing thread and craft products. Coats North America wanted to replace, enhance and expand its existing inventory management systems at 22 total facilities in North America, Central America and the Caribbean. Coats...
- Tags: Data Collection, Inventory Management, North America, Scanners, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Software
- Case studies
- ReserveAmerica Improves IT Performance and Scalability
- ReserveAmerica, an operating business of IAC/InterActiveCorp, is North America's leading camping reservation, campground management, and tour/ticketing solutions provider. Managing the largest campsite inventory in North America, ReserveAmerica wanted to implement a cost-effective, scalable database infrastructure and increase production system service levels. The company wanted to streamline IT management to optimize...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Scalability, North America, ReserveAmerica, Storage, Databases, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Data Management, Management
- Case studies
- DaimlerChrysler's MOPAR Division Streamlines Warehouse Management
- DaimlerChrysler's MOPAR division manages 26 Parts Distribution Centers PDCs in North America. Until recently, different non-realtime systems ran the national and field warehouses in this network. The cost to maintain these two different systems and their aging "Batch" designs prompted MOPAR to seek a single, realtime system that could run...
- Tags: Business Services, Daimler AG, Distribution Center, IBM Corp., Networking, North America
- Case studies
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- No, really, we're studying physics
- I've only recently discovered the joys of roller coasters; according to my 13-year old, I have a very manly scream. I guess that's a compliment. Regardless, I'm taking my physics class to Six Flags New England (made possible in part by a generous donation from Rocky's Ace Hardware,...
- Tags: Physics, Insurance, Financial Planning, Corporate Communications, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Marketing, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Images: Mars is getting a new visitor
- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is expected to search for life after it touches down near an icy region of the Red Planet on May 25.On the morning of May 25, Mars will receive a new alien contraption from Earth, the Phoenix Mars Lander. Its three month mission is to sample...
- Tags: Surface, Earth, NASA, Phoenix Technologies, It', CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-05-15
- Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?
- As expected, billionaire Carl Icahn launched his proxy war to turn over Yahoo's board of directors and one of his nominees is Mark Cuban, who sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo and then took those funds to buy the Dallas Mavericks. Just for entertainment value I may buy a...
- Tags: Shareholder, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Chairman, Mr., Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Director, Yahoo Shareholder, Bebchuk, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- 100% Free Rummy Board Game for Windows (exe)
- Plunder Melds and Run with this Jewel! No one knows whether Rummy originated in Spain, Mexico, China, or even America. But we do know one thing you'll love playing Championship Rummy. Vivid graphics enhance game play across five skill levels. Whether you're an expert or a beginner, our endearing characters...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, DreamQuest, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-05-15
- Photos: Where the building is the network
- The San Jose, Calif., headquarters of Echelon, maker of technologies for smart buildings, model the company's energy management systems.Behind the scenes of "smart" buildings, including the Louvre Museum in Paris and the Sears Tower in Chicago, lies technology from Echelon. The company doesn''t call its embedded control technologies "green,"...
- Tags: Network, Echelon, Photograph, Building, It', Echelon', That', Networking, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-05-14
- The death gap
- The death gap, the likelihood of dieing young based solely on your economic and social class, is big and growing in the U.S. An analysis of statistics from the Clinton Administration, published today at PluS ONE, shows an uneducated white woman was more likely to die young...
- Tags: Death Rate, Median Age, Benefits, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Polar Bear Threatened, says U.S. Global warming acknowledged in public.
- The U.S. Department of Interior has just listed the polar bear as a "threatened" species, that is legally and technically different than being listed as "endangered." The Feds based their announcement on studies by government scientists. Global warming is reducing Arctic sea ice off...
- Tags: Bear, Global Warming, Bloomberg News, Wetzler, Kivalina, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
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