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- Portable, trash-powered generator ready for deployment
- Portable, trash-powered generator ready for deploymentwonder what it smells like....ewwwviolates physical law?"The system is efficient, with the first prototype producing about 90 percent more energy than it consumes ...." Huh? Doesn't that violate some physical law? Do we have a perpetual motion device here?Really OLD news!The busses...
- Tags: energy source, trash, physical law
- Discussion threads 2007-02-02
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- Copyright czar is born: Prez signs Pro-IP law
- Get ready for the Copyright Czar. President Bush just signed the Pro-IP Act (the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008), which provides for a new executive position dedicated to managing copyright protections. The bill also increases penalties for infringement...
- Tags: President, U.S. Congress, Intellectual Property, Leadership, Strategy, Research & Development, Business Operations, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Egnyte: using and sustaining Enterprise 2.0
- Egnyte, in a nutshell, is a software as a service, cloud storage application. But it's a lot more than just that. It feels like your online home of files, storage and where you put your valuables. Egnyte started out because the small business, which is...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, On-demand, Server, Enterprise 2.0, Egnyte, Backup Facility, Storage, Backups, Hardware, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- 9/11 suspects get laptop, no Net
- Al Qaeda leader Khalid Sheik Mohammed gets a laptop and 12 hours of battery time a day, but no Internet. That's what a military judge ruled last week, according to the Miami Herald. The issue in the 9/11 trail of Mohammed and his coconspirators is what resources they...
- Tags: Battery, 9/11 Commission, Laptop Computer, Engineering, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Facebook: Is there a Moore's Law for sharing?
- Love it or hate it, that new look to Facebook - the one that everyone has been up in arms over - stems from our increasingly comfortable attitude about sharing tidbits of information about our personal lives. Admit it. The old site was getting cluttered with all of those shared...
- Tags: Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Can virtualization help when times get tough?
- When times get tough, many organizations look for new ways to reduce costs while still being able to provide their customers with the products and services they need. This appears to be just such a time. Virtualization technology can most certainly be part of the solution. Let's review how each...
- Tags: Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Print this: Actually, please don't, but DO think about why printers should get more airtime in green tech discussions
- I was talking to someone within the past couple of months (I honestly can't remember who right now, sorry) who made a pretty profound statement that seems pertinent in the context of this post. I had just admitted, somewhat shamefacedly, to my ongoing addiction to printing out my notes, presentations...
- Tags: Green Technology, Printing, Printers, Document Management, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Will Bush sign Pro-IP? Biz, labor, schools push for it
- There's no word yet on whether President Bush will sign the PRO-IP bill [ZDN] but big business and labor were united in favor of the bill that creates a copyright czar in the executive branch. The bill originally called for the Justice Dept. to prosecute copyright...
- Tags: Bill, President, IP, Justice Dept, Network Technology, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Microsoft: How we'll take on VMware
- The software maker believes it has the tools and the right price point to beat VMware in the battle for the virtualisation market. Microsoft has a three-pronged strategy to beat VMware in the virtualization market, according to the company's senior director for virtualization product management, Zane Adam. ...
- Tags: Hypervisor, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Colin Barker ZDNet.co.uk, virtualization, Microsoft, VMWare
- News items 2008-10-10
- H-1B visas rife with fraud, worker mistreatment
- H-1B visas rife with fraud, worker mistreatmentWell, Duh.....Anyone working in the tech field can provide many examples of this activity. The financial services company where I work is almost completely outsourced to Indian vendor company workers, over here on H-1B's. Additionally, many of us here have trained the very people...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Litigation, Outsourcing, H-1B, worker mistreatment, mistreatment, job, worker, fraud
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Entellium executives arrested by FBI for making up revenue figures
- Software as a service company Entellium's future is uncertain after its CEO and CFO were arrested by the FBI for inflating sales to land venture capital. The U.S. Department of Justice said in a press release that CEO Paul Thomas Johnson, 40, and Parrish Jones, 39, were...
- Tags: Revenue, Entellium, FBI, Revenue Figure, Federal Government, Operational Accounting, Corporate Governance, Government, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Start-up looks to extend battery life
- Intel-backed ZPower's silver-zinc battery is set to make its debut with a large laptop manufacturer next year, promising batteries that are 95 percent recyclable and 40 percent longer life. Intel-backed start-up ZPower may be the first to introduce an alternative to the ubiquitous lithium-ion laptop...
- Tags: Battery, Intel-backed ZPower, Mercury, Battery Life, Engineering, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk, batteries, laptops, ZPower, silver-zinc battery
- News items 2008-10-09
- WiMax - the technology, devices and momentum - finally arrives.
- WiMax - the technology, devices and momentum - finally arrives.Great NewsI've been reading a of articles about wimax and the buzz is all the same...excitement. This is evidence enough for me that it's time to buy a new laptop :)No information?Coverage where? Fixed or Mobile? Reception distance?ANSWERS:Coverage...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, WiMAX
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Desktone "Desktops as a Service"
- I had the opportunity to chat with Desktone about their recent announcements. In the last little while they announced a pilot of virtual desktops as a service and partnerships with both Wyse and Microsoft. Here's what Desktone had to say in the desktop as a service announcement: Desktone,...
- Tags: Virtual Desktop, Desktone Inc., Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- News to know: IBM earnings, Blackberry Storm, WiMax arrives, Oracle+ Primavera
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: IBM reports early. Profits up 20 percent, full year estimates reaffirmed. Larry Dignan: IBM: Beats earnings target but... Times are officially...
- Tags: Touch Screen, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, RIM BlackBerry, Earnings, IBM Corp., E-mail, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, WiMAX, Monitors & Displays, Online Communications, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software, Wireless, Components, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Kernell's prior: In 7th grade he broke into school computer
- Kernell's prior: In 7th grade he broke into school computerprobably an arrogant kidI doubt that other kids don't wanna hang around with him due to his smartness. He probably likes to put other kids down trying to show-off himself. Why leave a computer logged into the school server? If you...
- Tags: Kernell, e-mail, school computer, Palin
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- HyperShot (exe)
- Bunkspeed's HyperShot delivers interactive 3D rendering. Its real time, for everyone, from anywhere - even your laptop. See instant global illumination and physics-based materials on models come alive, right before your eyes, with stunning photographic results. Science based and patent-pending, HyperShot equips you to simply load your models and environments,...
- Tags: Bunkspeed, Designs, Engineering, Marketing Research, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-10-09
- Palin the reformer? In fact, a pattern of stonewalling and hiding
- The Associated Press takes a hard look at Sarah Palin's spotty – perhaps, hypocritical – record on open government and online transparency. She claims to be a reformer who will bring to Washington the government openness she says she established in Alaska. But the AP's review of her...
- Tags: Associated Press, Alaska, Sarah Palin, E-mail, Online Communications, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Intel X-25M solid-state drive (80GB)
- Intel's X-25M solid-state hard drive represents a major leap forward for the solid-state drive category. While we've heard about the benefits of solid-state hard drives for years--faster access and boot times, improved battery life--Intel's drive raises expectations for the category as a whole. You will most definitely have to...
- Tags: Intel Corp., Intel X-25M, SSD, hard drive
- Product reviews 2008-10-08
- Poker sites fight to get domain names back from Kentucky
- This is a novel legal strategy. And so far it's working. Last month, in an effort to preserve the state's monopoly on legal gambling, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear sued to have 141 online gambling sites' domains transferred to the state's control. According to the Washington Post, a big...
- Tags: Kentucky, Domain Name, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
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