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Al Gore's 'Unified Smart Grid' vision for repowering the USA - will it happen?

Al Gore's 'Unified Smart Grid' vision for repowering the USA - will it happen?Gore MistakeAl is making a big mistake with marketing this plan.Power transmission is extremely inefficient, and the infrastructure is very costly to maintain. This cannot change with a ‘smart grid', because no grid is smart enough...

Tags: Al Gore, vision, Power Transmission, POWER LINES

Discussion threads 2008-11-09

Broadband over powerlines: It may take awhile

Broadband over powerlines: It may take awhileIt will take a LONG while....While it would be REALLY nice to see some more competition in the broadband market pretty much sucks now, I'm not holding my breath. As I've said all along in regards to BPL, if you're over 40, you...

Tags: Network technology, POWER LINES, FCC, broadband over power line, cable, powerline

Discussion threads 2007-02-23

EU slams 'interference' in sex site vote

EU slams 'interference' in sex site voteSupporters weren't thinking.If .xxx sites get filtered...... then there's no reason porn providers would use it.Or, more likely, they'll get a .com AND a .xxx, to make it easier to find, and harder to block.So ... what was the point in the first place?...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, XXX, POWER LINES, XXX Domain, Internet

Discussion threads 2006-05-12

Additional Resources

Arguing About the Collaboration Toolkit: Cisco's Enterprise Collaboration Platform

In the aftermath of last week's San Francisco Enterprise 2.0 conference there's been some lively debate about what constitutes '2.0', including some great comments on my previous post. Meanwhile Cisco have literally just announced their Enterprise Collaboration Platform, which will be broad set...

Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Cisco Systems Inc., Tool, Productivity, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-08

U.S. unemployment rate highest in 26 years, at 10.2%

Misinterpreted numbers..."In October, the number of unemployed persons increased by 558,000 to 15.7 million."That's not 190,000. The 190,000 is non-farm payroll decrease, which doesn't include farm workers or self-employed persons who have hung it up.Maybe we need a NEW "New Deal?"Remember the 3 R's of Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal?"...

Tags: Operational accounting, Personal finance, FDR, Common-sense, unemployment rate, New Deal, Obama, Reagan

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

RIM BlackBerry Bold 9700 (T-Mobile)

Photo gallery:RIM BlackBerry Bold 9700It's been about a year since the original RIM BlackBerry Bold made its debut, and while it remains a very solid device, it's about time that a flashier, faster model took over the reigns. And that device would be the RIM BlackBerry Bold 9700. Not only...

Tags: Handhelds, BlackBerry Bold 9700, RIM BlackBerry, RIM BlackBerry Bold, RIM BlackBerry Bold 9700, Research In Motion Ltd., T-Mobile, Bold 9700

Product reviews 2009-11-05

Insectoid 1.0 (Mac)

Insectoid is for anyone who grew up playing classic arcade shooters such as Galaga in the 80's. Featuring fast-paced, adrenaline-inducing gameplay, over 50 unique levels, four custom ships, stunning high-res graphics that look great even on a 30" display, and a professional musical score, Insectoid is a retro shooter fan's...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, ActionSoft, Insectoid

Software downloads 2009-11-04

GOP will present a health care bill

Good startGood work Dana. This blog is not biased to the left (we'll see how you fare in the talkbacks though).There's of course still the question why you put politics on this IT tech site."ZDNet: Tech News, Blogs and White Papers for IT Professionals. Where Technology Means Business: ZDNet delivers...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, IT Pros, health care, No., Pelosi, GOP

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Sony Ericsson Equinox TM717 - carbon black (T-Mobile)

Photo gallery:Sony Ericsson Equinox TM717The Sony Ericsson Equinox is the first phone from the manufacturer to land at T-Mobile since the TM506. In many ways the Equinox is a fitting successor; like the TM506 it has a thin flip phone design and it sports a similar feature set that includes...

Tags: display, Equinox, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, phone, T-Mobile

Product reviews 2009-11-03

Net Neutrality: You own the Internet - make sure it becomes Law

how to get from there to herewhile net neutrality makes a lot of sense to most people, how can we make sure that it becomes law. Our open source government democracy is decidedly NOT neutral, and the same interests that would take away our rights on the internet, are the...

Tags: Net Neutrality, Internet, government

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

2010 Infiniti QX56

Photo gallery:2010 Infiniti QX56Compared with sporting and agile cars such as the Infiniti G37 and FX50, the 2010 Infiniti QX56 is an odd throwback, a journey into yesteryear before the first hybrids strode the earth. Built on a truck frame, it rides like a railway car. The engine, big enough...

Tags: Infiniti QX56

Product reviews 2009-10-30

OmniGraphSketcher 1.1 beta 1 (Mac)

OmniGraphSketcher helps you make elegant and precise graphs in seconds, simply by sketching what you want. Specifically designed for reports, presentations, and problem sets where you need to produce sharp-looking graphs on the fly, OmniGraphSketcher combines the data plotting power of charting applications with the ease of a basic drawing...

Tags: Graph, Apple Macintosh, Beta, OmniGraphSketcher 1.1, Productivity, Mice, Engineering, Databases, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-10-28

Samsung Blue Earth

Photo gallery:Samsung Blue EarthAs it does with most trends, Samsung is pursuing eco-friendly cell phones with vigor. It already gave us the Samsung Reclaim, and now we finally have a chance to review the Samsung Blue Earth. Forgive us if we're a bit excited, but Samsung has been holding this...

Tags: Keyboards, Cellular phones, Blue Earth, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-10-23

Samsung Moment (Sprint)

In case you haven't noticed, the Google Android dam has broken. For almost a year HTC was the only manufacturer to offer handsets with the operating system, but in the past month, Motorola and Samsung almost fell over each other to offer Android smartphones of their own. Moto gave us...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, slider mechanism, Sprint Communications, Samsung Moment, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-10-22

Bang & Olufsen tries to make land-line phones cool again with BeoCom 5

No one wants a land-line anymore for other reasons1. The landline service is too expensive considering that all the 'infrastructure' is already there for them. $30 dollars a month is VERY expensive for a landline, and that's why my family is thinking of dropping ours.2. Cell phones are simply more...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, phone, cell phone, land line, BeoCom 5, Bang & Olufsen, VoIP

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Radio Free Europe News Reader for iPhone 1.6.6 (Mobile)

Radio Free Europe News Reader for iPhone grabs the top stories from RFE and delivers them to your iPhone and iTouch. The news feeds covers all news, more news, Iran election diary, watchdog, on the front lines, the power vertical, Persian letters, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, journalists in trouble, and cultural capital.

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Radio, Splaysoft, Smart Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-21

AMD rolls out 8 new Athlon CPUs in time for Windows 7

Too littleI've bought AMD CPUs in the past, but they lost their edge with Intel's release of Core 2. AMD has yet to recover. I just don't see myself going AMD to save $50. Frankly, $100 won't move me when I consider I will keep a new...

Tags: Processors, CPU, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Intel Core i5, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., processor, Core i5, Intel Corp., AMD Athlon

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Windows 7 in action: a closer look at Windows XP Mode

Now that's coolSo XP apps can be run directly on the desktop? Now that's cool :).How is this different than Virtual PC?Ed, I have XP running under MS Virtual PC 2007 on my Vista Business x64 machine. How is this different? I know that I had to supply...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Windows XP Mode, virtualization, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Web powerhouses to FCC: We support open Internet

The Internet's big guns have signed their names to a letter of support for a continued open Internet, sending it to the FCC this morning, just days before the agency is slated to vote on network neutrality rules. The letter is actually from the Open Internet Coalition,...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Web, Net Neutrality, Internet, Federal Government, Government, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Teradata unveils cloud strategy, answer for Oracle's Exadata machine

Data warehousing giant Teradata is outlining its cloud computing strategy including an internal cloud service and a public offering via Amazon Web Services. In addition, Teradata is rolling out an appliance it claims will provide a big performance boost. The announcements, timed for Teradata's partner conference in...

Tags: Strategy, Data Warehouse, Teradata, Oracle Corp., Performance Claim, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-19