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- News to know: Oracle gets SaaSy; Vista SP1; Alienware; Supercomputing
- Notable headlines: Phil Wainewright: Oracle goes for the CRM jugular. Dennis Howlett: @oow: on following Oracle OpenWorld. Mary Jo Foley: More signs of a new Vista SP1 build waiting in the wings. Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1 is ready to roll. Microsoft readying a...
- Tags: Google Inc., Alienware, Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Computer, Supercomputing, Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1, D-Wave, Northeastern, Productivity, WiMAX, Time Management, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Web Browsers, Wireless, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Internet
- Blog posts 2007-11-12
- Northeastern sues Google over search patent
- Northeastern sues Google over search patentWhat a TargetThey really found a way to go after a big target.The scourge of software patents legalizes unprecedented extortion.File a few patents, sit quietly, wait for a big enough target and then call the attorneys.Despicable!It's time for the idiot politicians to pull their heads...
- Tags: patent, Northeastern, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-11
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- Where are all the programmers?
- I was at a conference Wednesday that covered an awful lot of ground. There were some good sandwiches, too, and the cookies were first-rate. One thing that stuck out in my mind, though, aside from the deserts, was one companies inability to hire good programmers domestically. This...
- Tags: Recruiting, Programmer, Computer, Development Tools, Productivity, Recruitment & Selection, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Web Science: The next academic hot spot
- Web Science: The next academic hot spotThe previous issue of SciAm was very good.For anyone who doesn't know, the prior issue of Scientific American was almost entirely about privacy and security, with an appropriate focus on the Internet.I thought the web science article in the current issue was very interesting...
- Tags: Channel management, Web, web science, academic hot spot, Web Science, hot spot
- Discussion threads 2008-09-27
- Hacking SCADA for terrorism and destruction
- SCADA scares me, and I've seen enough things on the Internet to be desensitized to many things, but attacks against SCADA threaten our national security in a very real and topical way by attacking power grids, water treatment plants, nuclear plants, etc. Hacking networks that SCADA devices reside on and...
- Tags: Device, Hacking, Internet, Network, SCADA, Terrorism, Attack, Enterprise Software, Software, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-06-12
- China's cyber-militia behind U.S. blackouts?
- Chinese hackers may have been behind power blackouts in Florida and the Northeast, according to a report in the National Journal. The report, penned by Shane Harris for the National Journal, lays out a lengthy case that China has deployed hackers working unofficially and officially for the...
- Tags: U.S., China, Blackout, Hacker, Intelligence Official, Takeaway, Government, Hacking, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-30
- U.S. Waterwatch online
- Here's where you can click to see water quality measurements in your part of the U.S. The site was set up by the U.S. Geological sruvey. It gives real time data on turbidity, pH and temperature among other measurements. This comes from active monitoring stations around the...
- Tags: Monitoring, USGS, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-05-25
- Comcast offers really-broad band
- Comcast offers really-broad bandComcast creating bigger issues.I'm not sure what Comcast is doing in Minnesota but in the Indianapolis area particularly the northeastern suburbs they are making a big sales push with their bundled packages, voice, cable and internet. The only problem is they are using modems that don't...
- Tags: INTERNET, Network technology, NETWORKING, Comcast Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-03
- Both sides will revel in this data: ice's melting, but we've been there before
- Global Warming (we like to call it "GW" here on this blog) is a political issue of set opinions. Like gun control, abortion, teaching evolution, there are those of opposed and fixed positions. This latest bit of scientific data from Baffin Island--northeastern Canada, check it out--will fuel the arguments...
- Tags: Ice, Blogging, Internet, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-03-06
- Green-walling with patented new tech
- I had a serious talk with the chief of Serious Materials. And the company promises some serious energy savings with their new products. But in my talk with CEO Kevin Surace I hit a green wall on one topic: how do they make this stuff? ...
- Tags: Window, Product, Aluminum, Kevin Surace, Construction, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-01-27
- Harbin a harbinger of China's tropical future?
- When you have an ice festival, it's pretty well expected you will have a lot of...well, ice. And for years in far northeastern China thew great city of Harbin has hosted an annual ice festival. This year their plans have melted away like the ice sculptures themselves. ...
- Tags: China, Cold Calling, Festival, Sales Tools, Sales, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-01-11
- Nanodisks used to encrypt information
- PhysOrg.com reports that U.S. researchers have used nanotechnology tricks to develop nanodisks which could be useful to create codes to encrypt information. This method, which conceptually is similar to barcodes, could be used for DNA tagging or tracking goods and people. Even if this looks interesting, the best part is...
- Tags: Researcher, Disk, DNA, Northeastern University, Strand, Northwestern University, Author, Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-12-28
- Liverleaf Flower Screensaver (exe)
- Hepatica is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants belonging to the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. A native of central and northern Europe, Asia and northeastern North America, Hepatica is sometimes called liverleaf or, liverwort. It should not be confused with liverworts, which may also be called Hepaticae. A few botanists include...
- Tags: Screensaver, Hepatica
- Software downloads 2007-12-03
- The top 10 IT disasters of all time
- The top 10 IT disasters of all timeWhy omitions?(Note: We have purposely omitted incidents that resulted in loss of life.) Why omit these incidents??? THESE are the ones that count!If some flacky software kills hundreds or thousands I would want to know.Purposely omitted errors that cost lives?Errors like the Therac-25...
- Tags: Operating systems, Imperial unit, GOODNESS, IT disaster, Microsoft Windows, information technology
- Discussion threads 2007-11-27
- Fuming over fumes: Bush's E.P.A. versus California, New York and Co.
- Fuming over fumes: Bush's E.P.A. versus California, New York and Co.The electric companies wont be the ones paying..."Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s administration is to issue regulations requiring power plants to pay for their greenhouse gas emissions, part of a broader plan among 10 Northeastern states, known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas...
- Tags: Regulations, E.P.A., CO.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-24
- Fuming over fumes: Bush's E.P.A. versus California, New York and Co.
- Of course, the current version of the "Environmental Protection Agency" has been loath to move toward tougher emission standards for car and trucks in the U.S. Two years California movced to put in place tougher standards for car in that state, but the E.P.A. has not granted a waiver....
- Tags: Emission, California, Greenhouse Gas, Standards, Quality, Business Operations, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-10-23
- Heads up, our gases are coming your way
- Americans are polluting the air for fellow Americans. Here's what the U.S. Geological Survey found in a study released today: "Nitrate found in precipitation occurring in rural areas of the Northeastern and Midwestern United States is primarily caused by emissions from stationary sources located...
- Tags: Coal, Pollution, U.S. Geological Survey, Fossil Fuel, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-10-22
- Diesel wants to be your friend
- Okay, folks, if you drive a car, ride in a bus, consume anything ever carried in a truck or ship, or simply are interested in questions about energy supply and greenhouse gases...pay attention. I have an acronym for you to memorize: ULSD. That's...
- Tags: Car, Diesel Technology Forum, France, Diesel, Allen Schaeffer, Forum, Rapeseed, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-08-29
- Skype failure and the Enterprise 2.0 mess
- Skype failure and the Enterprise 2.0 messCheck for sabotageIf I were a Skype technician, I would be looking for some kind of sabotage from the telecoms who receive income from the competeing and much more expensive versions of VOIP.This not Enterprise 2.0Well not really anyway. Enterprises do need more reliable...
- Tags: Six Sigma, TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Process improvement, INTERNET, Telecom & Utilities, Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Skype Technologies S.A., Enterprise 2.0
- Discussion threads 2007-08-16
- Photos: Southwest canyon wonders
- Canyons in Arizona and Utah offer stunning tableaus. Here, a look at some of the more awe-inspiring scenes.CNET News.com reporter Daniel Terdiman has been traveling through the Southwest for the last three weeks on Road Trip 2007, and much of the last week or so has been spent in Arizona...
- Tags: photograph, North Rim, Monument Canyon, Grand Canyon, Canyon, National Park Service, erosion, ruin, thunderstorm, debris, New Mexico, cloud, park, White House, Colorado, attraction, wall, Microsoft Windows
- Image galleries 2007-08-09
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