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PARC VP: Lowering costs with clean tech

Scott Elrod, VP of the hardware systems lab at PARC, says that lowering costs is key in clean tech. By looking at their ink jet technology and applying it to solar cells, the company was able to come up with a lower price per watt—making solar an even more cost-effective...

Tags: Inkjet Printer, VP, Xerox PARC, Clean Technology, clean tech, solar, PARC

Videos 2008-12-02

The future of... Paper

It's a possible fix for the reams and reams of paper that are printed, used briefly, and then tossed everyday. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das takes us inside the Palo Alto Research Center where scientists are developing a way to print an image that disappears, allowing the paper to be...

Tags: Xerox PARC, Ream, Future of, paper, green, parc, xerox, office, print, printer

Videos 2008-11-19

Resistance is futile...I want to buy a Mac

Resistance is futile...I want to buy a MacAnd they last longerGoing to Our University's Surplus warehouse, I would find Dell's that were less than 1 year old. (I'm pretty sure I saw a model we bought like 6 months ago). I never found a Mac that was newer than...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh, RESISTANCE IS FUTILE, Apple Inc., Parc

Discussion threads 2007-12-16

Additional Resources

(Photos: Inside the Palo Alto Research Center)

(Photos: Inside the Palo Alto Research Center)Not just Ethernet, laser printing, etc.A little-known fact: Google's fundamental search and relevance algorithms were also developed at Xerox PARC. They bought the rights to the IP in 2000 with the Outride acquisition. Outride was spun out of Xerox PARC.

Tags: Network technology, NETWORKING, Xerox PARC, photograph

Discussion threads 2009-02-11

We live in media as fish live in water

The other day I was looking for a quote by Ted Nelson, a computer pioneer and maverick thinker. I found it: "We live in media as fish live in water." This is very descriptive of our daily lives, imho. As I searched, I was reminded of...

Tags: Media, Video Game, Video, Computer, WWW, Macintosh Interaction, Productivity, Corporate Communications, Games, Marketing, Personal Technology, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-02-05

What

WhatExplaining IT behavior, what we're missingJust a guess but I think it has a lot to do with what you've talked about earlier, the social dimension to all of this. I would add that there's a cultural factor.Having been a part of the Windows world where I occasionally visit, I...

Tags: Operating systems, Unix, UNIX Security, modality, PC, developer, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-01-27

The Mac at 25: GUI battles in business

The Mac at 25: GUI battles in businessSystem 7 was the worst OS I've ever usedShudder, that thing was S...L...O...W... Well, that's not totally true. It would crash really fast, really often. The whole System 7, 8, 9 line was absolutely terrible. It wasn't until Apple gave up trying to...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., GUI

Discussion threads 2009-01-23

The Macintosh turns 25 (and how it was almost a Bicycle)

The Macintosh turns 25 and how it was almost a BicycleMacintoshI bought my own Macintosh 512K computer in the UK on the 18 December 1984 at a cost of £2175 (US$ 2958). I still have it at home and I see that Stephen Fry regrets giving his Macintosh away in...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., computer, GUI

Discussion threads 2009-01-23

Microsoft Big Brains: Chuck Thacker

Microsoft Big Brains: Chuck ThackerOne of the creators and influencers of the modern computerI read "Bottlers of Lightning", the book about Xerox Palo Alto Research Center PARC where so much of the current computer landscape originated: Ethernet, Windows with Mouse control, WYSIWIG, Laser Printers, etc. etc. and where Thacker contributed...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Corp., Chuck Thacker, Microsoft Big Brains

Discussion threads 2009-01-16

Worlds.com patent litigation could ripple through virtual worlds

Worlds.com patent litigation could ripple through virtual worldsQuake 3 predates this patent by two yearsQuake 3 would seem to run counter to this patent, as would Tribes, and several other online games from the 90s. The core concepts of such online interactions were also presented in the 90s movie...

Tags: Quake 3, patent, virtual world, patent litigation

Discussion threads 2008-12-30

Apple sued over Apple TV, Airport Express and Mac

Apple sued over Apple TV, Airport Express and MacAnd so then I guessthat Papermaster [i][b]was[/b][/i] hired just to run the "iPod division"Apple would never think of having him lend a hand in their server products developement.This Apple TV case may just prove how "true" the above mentioned statement is... ;)It...

Tags: TVs, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Apple TV, Apple AirPort Express, TV

Discussion threads 2008-12-19

Can Microsoft innovate? Should we care?

Microsoft's new Chief Software Architect, Ray Ozzie, recently said that Microsoft's reactive culture may be the company's greatest liability as an innovator. But we don't need an innovative Microsoft. Simple competence would be improvement enough. Ozzie's comments in an article by the excellent Steven Levy in...

Tags: Innovation, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Leadership, Strategy, Management, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-12-07

The Green Enterprise: PARC VP: Lowering costs with clean tech

Scott Elrod, VP of the hardware systems lab at PARC, says that lowering costs is key in clean tech. By looking at their ink jet technology and applying it to solar cells, the company was able to come up with a lower price per wattâ€"making solar an even more cost-effective...

Tags: Inkjet Printer, VP, Xerox PARC, Clean Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-03

A 1968 computer demo that changed people's lives

Can a computer demo change people's lives? I've seen plenty in my time but none that moved me in any significant way. Yet 40 years ago, Doug Engelbart gave a demo that did change people's lives and changed the entire course of computer systems development. On Monday...

Tags: Collective Intelligence, Computer, Demo, Productivity, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-12-02

How to hire innovators

Scott Elrod, VP of the hardware systems lab at PARC, explains how the company really got into clean tech. By hiring curious and passionate people, management doesn't even need to hand down directivesâ€"employees get together and start these things all on their own. by Administrator

Tags: Hardware, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Administrator

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Detecting cancer with laser printing tech

Scott Elrod, VP of the hardware systems lab at PARC, explains how the company applied its history of laser printing technology to the bio-medical fieldâ€"and came up with the fastest method for scanning slides for cancer cells available today. by Administrator

Tags: Laser, Printing, Document Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Administrator

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Lowering costs with clean tech

Scott Elrod, VP of the hardware systems lab at PARC, says that lowering costs is key in clean tech. By looking at their ink jet technology and applying it to solar cells, the company was able to come up with a lower price per wattâ€"making solar an even more cost-effective...

Tags: Inkjet Printer, Clean Technology, Administrator

Blog posts 2008-12-02

PARC VP, hardware systems laboratory: Scott Elrod

Scott Elrod, vice president of the hardware systems laboratory at the Palo Alto Research Center, talks to CNET’s Dan Farber about researching and supporting innovation at one of Silicon Valley’s most storied tech institutions. He discusses new advancements in erasable ink, clean tech and what it takes to stay...

Tags: Innovation, Xerox PARC, Hardware, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Administrator

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Microsoft launches online store: Is there deeper meaning here?

Microsoft launches online store: Is there deeper meaning here?How many years have Apple had online stores?You have to stand in awe at Microsoft's ability to innovate. Apple opened an online store on November 10th, 1997 - 11 years later, Microsoft finally get round to doing the same.RE: Microsoft launches online...

Tags: Microsoft launches online store, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Launches, online store, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-11-14

A Kindroid in every pot?

Fellow blogger, Jason Perlow, has written a couple of interesting pieces lately on ways to get cheap ebook readers/tablets into both students' and consumers' hands. In, "Kindroid: Two great tastes that would taste great together" he described how an Android-based Kindle ebook reader could allow this platform to really...

Tags: Kindroid, E-books, Tablets, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-10