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In 'Second Life,' the ring of revolution?

In 'Second Life,' the ring of revolution?OMG!Virtual people blown up by virtual bombs!Beats real people blown up by real bombs.Maybe they could do it like they did in that old Star Trek episode....Wow. The Perfect Place for Bush and Alberto GonzalesThis is where we should send Bush and Gonzales. ...

Tags: Virtual reality, physical reality, Second Life

Discussion threads 2007-03-05

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The medical home is reform without objections, so far

Medical HomeThis path is already being broken. At my company, the $56/paycheck credit for not taking a company medical insurance plan has been replaced with a $20 credit IF you participate in a company-sponsored "wellness" program. You have to have a screening on company time - weight, BP,...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Financial Planning, United HealthCare, DUI, public entity, insurance

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Flipping Fantastic

Getting the most out of Flip video cameras The picture above a still from a Flip video is of my venerable old three chip Sony VX1000 video camera, Frezzi light and associated 10 pound battery belt. In the foreground is a Flip video...

Tags: Microphone, Video Camera, Video, Camera, Flip, Flip Camera, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-21

Rumored HTC 'Dragon' Google phone to spar with iPhone, Droid

The problem for competitors is that Google could throw a billion or more atmobile OS market including Android and ChromeOS. They just want a flood of cheap, very functional, very powerful mobile internet devices. They do not need ANY profits on the OS itself.Hardware manufactures like Palm, Blackberry, and Nokia...

Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Smart phones, Handhelds, phone, keyboard, Google Inc., physical keyboard, High Tech Computer Corp., iPhone Droid, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Gallery: Droid vs. iPhone - battle of the screens

when people do photos like that it's kind of useless.....aren't they? you don't see it at a one to one size and you don't get a good sense of if the more pixels actually makes sense at that small size or if the iPhone resolution is enough or if...

Tags: Smart phones, iPhone Screen, Apple iPhone, Droid, pixel

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

Five Things You Wish You Knew Before You Virtualized

The reality of deploying virtualization is that it can also increase the complexity and cost of managing the applications and servers. As Virtual Machines VMs proliferate - storage growth, data protection, and application and data recovery are just a few detours that can impact the business' bottom line. Without an...

Tags: Symantec Corp., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage

Webcasts 2009-11-03

Burnout - the Dangers of Remote Work Forces

The problem is as old as work itself: you're working as part of a team and seem to be doing twice as much  - or more - as your colleagues, yet no one seems to notice. It feels as though you're carrying the weight of entire projects on your back...

Tags: Team, Burnout, Team Management, E-mail, Process Improvement, Management, Online Communications, Quality, Business Operations, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-10-11

The month ahead: Can Windows 7 close the Vista flop chapter?

Win7 cannot completely close the Vista flop chapter. Win7 is still WAY too bloated and inflexible, a take it all or leave it approach. Compare that with Linux where you can use it from a tiny embedded system all the way up to a large server with multiple cores and...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Win7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Linux, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

FCC: Comcast contradicts itself in claim agency has no power over it

Not surprising..They got caught with their hand in the cookie jar and now want to deny it. So of course they will change their tune when any type of action is taken. Comcast needs to be strung up from the tallest tree and hung for the world to see. I...

Tags: Federal government, agency, FCC, Comcast Corp., legal argument

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Is keeping big media alive good for the future of journalism?

All old media companies need to die off...They are too constrained reliving memories of past glory to change in any meaningful way. What we need are modern 21st century media companies who understand the digital world. If Amazon, Google, or Facebook were to start new media companies, you can bet...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, media, media company, big media, First Amendment

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Insurance reform is not health care

So whose fault is your inertia?>I should have had my cholesterol checked earlier. My neighbor should have had it checked period. That?s health care, but because we have health insurance instead my care came late, and my neighbor died.Your doctor doesn't accept appointments? S/he told you never to call and...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance Reform, health care, insurance, health insurance

Discussion threads 2009-08-18

Shock Horror 'Social Media': Who Will Save/Train the Children?

An interesting US national poll from Common Sense Media asking 'is social networking changing childhood?' opens up some wider issues. Common sense media suggest their poll... ...illustrates a continuing disconnect between parents and kids when it comes to kids’ digital lives....

Tags: Facebook, Network, Social Media, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-08-11

Fed's RFIDiocy pwnd at DefCon

Do you even read your own stuff?From your quote:". . . will be releasing a $50 kit at the end of August that will make reading 125-kHz RFID chips ? the kind embedded in [b]employee access cards[/b] ? trivial." emphasis addedAnd yet you go and say that this is a...

Tags: WPA2, passport, RFID, pwnd, RFIDiocy, RFIDiocy pwnd, security, DefCon, Federal Reserve Board

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

Enterprises seek better ways to discover, manage and master their information explosion headaches

Listen to the podcast. Download the podcast. Find it on iTunes/iPod and Podcast.com. Read a full transcript. Download the transcript. Learn more. Sponsor: Hewlett-Packard. Join a free HP Solutions Virtual Event on July 28 on four main IT themes. Learn more. Register. ...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Podcasts, Strategy, Data Centers, Internet, Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-07-21

Avoid accidental complexity, and 96 other things every software architect should know

Favor simplicity. Avoid accidental complexity. Don't worry about building the 'perfect' beast. Don't worry about future-proofing. Treat people with respect. These common-sense pearls of wisdom come from a book titled 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know, edited by Richard Monson-Haefel, that is packed with truisms...

Tags: Solution, Complexity, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-07-20

Rumors

RumorsFor people like me who don't know what "the UCS systems" are/is.http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns944/And after you read Cisco's blurb, you still won't know what it is.RE: RumorsJust rumors or this reality...?Ok I hope you listen Michael Jackson Radio Streaming.That to dedicated for him , just click and hear : http://freeradiofm.blogspot.com/2009/07/michael-jackson-radio-muenchen.htmlRE: RumorsCorrect me...

Tags: Data centers, Storage, Utility computing, data center, Cisco Systems Inc., computing solution, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2009-07-08

Optimum Ultra: So how fast is it?

Optimum Online's $99 per month Ultra DOCSIS 3.0 service is one of fastest residential broadband offerings available today. But is it really "Up to" 101Mbps as advertised? As I mentioned in a post last week about broadband service outages, Last Friday, I was...

Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Router, Network, Adobe PDF, Broadband, Server, NetGear, Ultra DOCSIS 3.0, CISCO DPC3000, Speed Test, OOKLA, SRXN3205, Network Technology, Routers & Switches, Modems, Home Networking, Cable, Firewalls, Broadband Internet, Networking, Telecommunications, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-07

'EvoGrid' to model life's origins, and maybe answer the big questions

EvoGrid is a grid-computing concept that'll attempt to digitally simulate the primordial soup from which life arose and it may shed light on the origins of life on Earth and in the universe. It may also provide new tools for evolutionary biology, biochemistry, and complexity studies. Studying...

Tags: Earth, Soup, Computer, EvoGrid, Life Form, Productivity, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-07-04

Cisco Live! - CEO Chambers on Collaboration Business Value

The above video clips from my handheld Flip are from John Chambers Cisco Live! keynote address today and are specifically two edits about Cisco's strategic perspective on collaboration and Web 2.0 technologies in the enterprise. In the second edit Chambers talks about Cisco's business architectural re-engineering...

Tags: Web, Collaboration, Network, Cisco Systems Inc., Web 2.0, Internet, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-06-30

Dynamic Data Center Compliance With Tripwire and Microsoft

Compliance is a reality, but IT Operations does not need to become a security expert to monitor the health of their IT infrastructure in real-time. With the Tripwire Compliance Management Pack for System Center, users gain a central, end-to-end solution for monitoring the health and performance of their virtual and...

Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Tripwire, Regulatory Compliance, Data Centers, Strategy, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management

White papers 2009-06-27