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Web 2.0's legacy: The startup Petri dish

The legacy of Web 2.0 is on parade in New York City--a never-ending stream of startups armed with PowerPoints, infomercials and terms like long tail, mashups and mindshare. One exec used four Web 2.0 buzzwords in a sentence. Bottom line: Its...

Tags: Web 2.0, Web, Petri, AlwaysOn

Blog posts 2007-01-31

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When you see Chrome OS think business model

When you see Chrome OS think business modelI stopped reading at."But when you consider the $50/year price to license an anti-viral, the $30/year to license a malware program and the additional $30/year you need for a registry cleaner"Talk about exaggerating the costs to justify the rest of your article. Not...

Tags: Operating systems, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Chrome, Chrome OS, Google Inc., operating system, malware, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-07-10

Signs of the Times, Redux: The World's Next Mass(ive) Medium?

In colonial times, journalism was born on broad sheets of cheap paper and the vocal chords of human marketing throats. The long sheets delivered news to those who could read. But in the middle of most cities of any size, from Derby, England, to New York, NY,...

Tags: News, Willard, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-04-29

TekView Explorer 1.0 (Windows)

TekView Explorer is a stock charting and technical analysis tool designed to assist traders become more proficient through practice and testing. It provides an easy-to-use interface the supports multiple views, overlays and indicator charts. Traditional indicators can be inserted with simple menu selections. More complex custom indicators can be derived...

Tags: Stock, Microsoft Windows, Scribner Software, TekView Explorer, Petri Net, Data Management, Productivity, Storage, Scripting Languages, Databases, Investment, Hardware, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance

Software downloads 2009-03-18

Images: Photographic marvels in a petri dish

Nikon's photomicroscopy contest puts the focus on the fungus, nanotubes, and other microscopic wonders. by CNET News.com

Tags: Nikon Corp., Nanotube, Marvel, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-11-28

A Short Comparison Between UML Activity Diagrams and Petri Nets in Hardware Behavioural Modelling

Together with the technology access a hardware specification process becomes more important. It is due to the fact that embedded systems become more complex and have to be more reliable. The appropriate design of the new devices is the first and very important step to the successful project realization. Nowadays...

Tags: Hardware, University Of Zielona Góra, UML, Programming Languages, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2008-10-21

Ask.com: Innovation doesn't always pan out

Ask.com in the last year or so had been a nice little Petri dish. It launched AskCity, tinkered with its interface, created universal search results and became a credible alternative to Google. The problem: Ask.com couldn't grow its base of users. With that backdrop, Interactive Corp. IAC...

Tags: Innovation, Ask.com, Search, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-04

Anyone out there cleaning their keyboards?

I was working in the main office and guidance suite today since, on the first day of a new semester, we invariably have countless schedule changes, grading problems from the end of the semester, reports to run, etc. I didn't bother bringing my laptop as our student information system...

Tags: Bacteria, Computer, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-01-23

Will educational software ever be fun?

Will educational software ever be fun?Second LifeHave they considered just using thator something like it as the basis? That was the thought that first came to mind when I started to read this, even though I don't play it.PETA”A virtual world is a tool like a petri dish,” he says....

Tags: Tools & Techniques, PETA, software

Discussion threads 2007-12-06

Will educational software ever be fun?

MIT's Technology Review recently published an article on a $250,000 research project at Indiana University. The project was designed to create an online virtual world in which researchers could test economic theories: by manipulating the rules of the game, [Indiana University professor Edward Castranova] hoped...

Tags: Game, Software, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Games, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2007-12-05

A Toolkit for Performability Evaluation Based on Stochastic UML State Machines

This paper considers a sub-set of UML State Machines extended by annotations from the UML Profile for Schedulability, Performance, and Time for the modeling of technical systems and their behavior. A toolkit is presented for performability evaluation of these stochastic UML State Machine models. It extends the modeling and evaluation...

Tags: UML, Programming Languages, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2007-10-25

Scalix: A Microsoft 'Exchange killer' no more?

Scalix: A Microsoft 'Exchange killer' no more?ID10T Alert!!.Strategy vs. Tactics[i]I think M$ is just trying to extract a protection fee from OSS,[/i]The amounts involved are chump change for MS. The main value is strategic: by blocking redistribution, they convert a "community" that they never figured out how to counter...

Tags: Linux, E-mail servers, Groupware, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., Scalix Corp., Exchange Killer

Discussion threads 2007-08-15

Wrinkles in nanoscale-sized films

An international team of scientists from Chile, the Netherlands and the U.S. has found a very simple way to measure the material properties of thin films having a thickness of only a dozen nanometers. The researchers just dropped water on thin film floating in a Petri dish. This causes wrinkles...

Tags: Film, Wrinkle, Polymer, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-08-12

Designing Tool Support for Translating Use Cases and UML 2.0 Sequence Diagrams Into a Coloured Petri Net

Using a case study on the specification of an elevator controller, this paper presents an approach that can translate given UML descriptions into a Coloured Petri Net CPN model. The UML descriptions must be specified in the form of Use Cases and UML 2.0 Sequence Diagrams. The CPN model constitutes...

Tags: UML 2.0, Use Case, Tool, UML, Programming Languages, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2007-07-10

Petri Heil - Gold Online 3.11 (Windows)

Petri Heil - Gold Online is new fishing simulator. This game lets you feel this wonderful feeling without leaving your home. Real fish-life simulating. Photorealistic graphic, bird singing, nice water. You can play Petri Heil - Gold Online both at home and at the office. It is a brilliant game...

Tags: Home, Switlle, Games, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-07-03

3-D model of breast cancer in the lab

According to BBC News, U.K. researchers have built a 3-D version of breast cancer in a test tube. Their model contains cells from normal and cancerous breast tissue. The researchers used a collagen gel to form 3-D structures to create structures similar to the ones find in a woman breast....

Tags: Health &, Medicine, Science &, Nature

Blog posts 2007-05-10

SOA consolidation ramps up with Software AG's purchase of webMethods

German IT software infrastructure vendor Software AG is buying webMethods for nearly $550 million in cash, pulling together a larger solution set but perhaps more importantly straddling the Atlantic to serve both the North American and EU markets in ways many U.S. SOA components firms alone cannot.WebMethods has itself recently...

Tags: management, IT Service Management, HP, IT Management, Developer Tools, database, business intelligence, SOA, Web Services, Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SOA Governance, SOA architect, Oracle

Blog posts 2007-04-05

Does the Internet need a do-over?

The Internet is maxing out, isnt viable over the long run and is being flooded by rich applications and thousands of gadgets. If the Internet were air traffic control you wouldnt fly. Thats the gist of a Computerworld report. Computerworld argues...

Tags: Broadband, General, Government, Hardware Infrastructure, IT Management, Mobile, Security, Software Infrastructure, Telecommunications, Web Technology, Wired & Wireless

Blog posts 2007-02-13

Web 2.0's legacy: The startup Petri dish

Web 2.0's legacy: The startup Petri dishUse more web 2.0 tools not buttonsThe Mediavidea blog has a related story:http://mediavidea.blogspot.com/2007/01/to-be-really-web-20-savvy-mainstream.htmlWeb 2.0 is Already a Bubble in the MakingThis is a bubble, and it will burst, just like others. However, just like others, there will be those companies that survive by...

Tags: Channel management, Mediavidea blog, Web, Web 2.0, Web 3.0, dot-com

Discussion threads 2007-01-31

News to know: Oracle DB rootkits; 5th Word zero-day; Microsoft pay as you go

Notable headlines:Security is front and center: A fifth MS Word zero-day? Oracle DB rootkit for sale in exploit pack. Vista Speech Command exposes remote exploit.Hacker finds chink in Microsoft’s anti-piracy armor. Oracle Unlimited and Fusion Futures.Google amps up its Mini search appliance. Expectations high for Google earnings. Googles Bosworth: Why...

Tags: Rootkits, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Web 2.0, Blogging, Oracle DB, Oracle Corp., Apple iPod, Microsoft Windows Vista, rootkit, Web, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word

Blog posts 2007-01-31