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Nortel Demos Virtual World Platform

Nortel demoed a virtual world prototype here in a Ottawa at a day long event. Dubbed Project Chainsaw, the virtual world is the first project to come out of Nortel new research effort that imposes a VC-like model for funding research. Like other virtual worlds, Project...

Tags: Collaboration, Nortel Networks Corp., Voice, World Platform, Project Chainsaw, Telecommunications, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-05-16

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WebAlive: A Virtual World that Means Business

The campus with its tapered lawns, water fountains, and post-modern styled buildings, were typical of any professional campus. Only this wasn’t just any campus. It was Nortel’s virtual online campus in WebAlive, its new virtual world service. I was just given...

Tags: Virtual World, Nortel Networks Corp., WebAlive, Altadyn, LDAP Integration, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Nortel’s Loss, Good News for the Enterprise

As I was reading about Nortel’s rerun today, I was thinking that there might be a silver-lining in all of this for enterprise folk.  The bad news, of course, was Nortel’s $3.4 billion loss reported for the third quarter, its worst loss since 2001....

Tags: R&D, Nortel Networks Corp., Gowan, Research & Development, Business Operations, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-11-10

A virtual chainsaw to train lumberjacks

German researchers have developed a virtual chainsaw for a tool manufacturer. By using the concept of 'mixed reality,' which combines the real world and virtual reality, they've created a simulation tool to train workers to use dangerous tools with no risk to be harmed. As they said, 'It looks like...

Tags: Researcher, Motor, Tool, Tree Trunk, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-08-16

IT Commandment: Thou shalt not fear change

I've been wracking my brain for a commandment which would fit with the theme this week, and I figured that the commandment "Thou Shalt Recognize the Inherent Superiority of Microsoft Software" might be a tad too partisan, particularly coming from guy who works for Microsoft in its IPTV division (queue...

Tags: information technology, outsourcing

Blog posts 2006-04-05

FAQ: When Google is not your friend

FAQ: When Google is not your friendEncryptionIf that's so then it's important that we honest people start encrypting everything. A locked door doesn't mean you're trying to keep out the police because you're doing something nefarious.re: what about ZDNet blogs?What about them? There is a very obvious difference between a...

Tags: SECURITY, Absolute Power, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-02-03

Doom 3 Project Brian mod (Windows)

This Doom 3 mod features several gameplay tweaks to enhance the experience. Zombies come back to life after a short while unless you dismember them with the chainsaw, the BFG explosion is much brighter, grenades are less bouncy, the shotgun is more powerful, the chaingun clip has been increased to...

Tags: Doom 3, Captain_Brian, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2004-08-11