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A Russian floating nuclear plant?

A Russian floating nuclear plant?Wow...Even my Russian wife thinks this is a bad idea...When you consider how many oil tankers we and others have screwed up...devestating shore lines and such...Yeah...this is death waiting to happen.No different from Nuclear Subs.We have nuclear submarines and nuclear aircraft carriers - and the Russians...

Tags: Warships, reactor, Russian Arktika, PWR

Discussion threads 2006-10-15

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Transcript: PDC08 Keynote – Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava, Bob Muglia and David Thompson

Todd Bishop, TechFlash; Ed Bott, ZDNet;  Kip Kniskern, Liveside; Rafael Rivera, Within Windows; Paul Thurrott, Windows Supersite; and Tom Warren, Neowin; and Long Zheng, Istartedsomething — and yours truly--did a group blog of the first PDC keynote. Here's the live blog transcript (speakers: Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava,...

Tags: Keynote, Ed Bott, Mary Jo Foley, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Service, App, Liveside, Neowin.net, Tom Riley, Signal God, Paul, MJ, Azure, Z, Red Dog, Download Link, Saruhan, Bluehoo, MOS, SSDS, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-10-27

Will industry react to new cell phone cancer scare?

Will industry react to new cell phone cancer scare?hmm...what are we going to do with microwaves, wireless routers and TV & radio stations that emit in a similar spectrum?...Go in the mountains,or... in a cave?What about Bluetooth?So I hear some people saying to use headsets instead, but if they're Bluetooth,...

Tags: Federal government, Cellular phones, Wi-Fi, industry, cell phone, FCC, Bluetooth, new cell phone cancer, radiation, cell phone cancer, phone

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

IP Contact Centre Increases Staff Productivity and Improves Service for Residents

Rushmoor Borough Council wanted to upgrade its existing data infrastructure with new Voice over IP VoIP technology to meet the Council's ICT strategic objectives, improve efficiency and enhance service for local residents. Rushmoor deployed a cost-effective, scalable and easy-to-manage IP telephony solution, to increase efficiency and service capability. Based on...

Tags: Nortel Networks Corp., IP, VOIP, Telephony, Network Technology, Networking, Ethernet, Telecommunications

Case studies 2008-02-26

Today's Debate: Ban cell phones from hospitals?

Today's Debate: Ban cell phones from hospitals?Improve Hospital MachinesI would hope that the medical companies could figure out a way to shild their machines from such devices. Even if you ban cell phones, as small as they are now, some folks forget they are turned on. I would...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, hospital, cell phone, phone

Discussion threads 2007-09-06

Dreaming up a new defence contractor

Dreaming up a new defence contractorPattern recognition fails when the pattern is changed.Streamers can confuse some tracking missiles.Suppose something similar here, a way to "blur" the surface signal. That could be a disguise, could be used to send the hunters in the wrong direction.A surface pattern isn't inherent in...

Tags: pattern recognition, satellite, submarine, Murph

Discussion threads 2007-05-22

Leading National Provider of Medical Supplies Uses VoIP for Superior Customer Relations

Byram Healthcare engaged an analyst firm to evaluate end-to-end business processes, from ordering to pick-ship-bill. The company wanted an Interactive Voice Response IVR system to streamline ordering processes, on the grounds that repeat customers don't necessarily need to talk with a sales agent, but just want speedy completion of their...

Tags: Medical Supplies, Nortel Networks Corp., Interactive Voice Response (IVR), LANs, VOIP, Telephony, Network Technology, Networking, Ethernet, Telecommunications

Case studies 2006-09-28

Creating a Virtual Call Centre Using IP Technology

Land Information New Zealand LINZ The management of geographically dispersed staff, a single service management scenario with consistent customer service compliance and a complete picture of nationwide call-in patterns and reporting systems to plan and schedule more flexibly to call demand, was required. The deployment of Nortel's Communication Server 1000,...

Tags: Service Management, Nortel Networks Corp., IP, It Services, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking

Case studies 2006-08-15

Intel launches long-awaited Montecito Itanium

Intel launches long-awaited Montecito ItaniumPOWER 5+ is still highly in useYou are referring to the Cell which is a massive redesign for scalability. I don't think it will be going anywhere small soon. I have a feeling that IBM may start pushing PCs out of the way by...

Tags: Processors, IBM POWER5, Ultra IV, Montecito, Intel Corp., IBM POWER5+, Cell, Intel x86, Intel Itanium, Sun Sparc

Discussion threads 2006-07-18

Toshiba embraces new Intel chips in tablet PC

Toshiba embraces new Intel chips in tablet PCWhy i havent bought a tablet...to expensive and too slow.Good to see the Tablet category come backIt seems this time around the technologies are there to make this category finally take off. Thin : ...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, tablet, Intel Corp., tablet PC, Toshiba Corp., chip, PC

Discussion threads 2006-02-07

New Macs--Intel inside, but not outside

New Macs--Intel inside, but not outsideThe reason why... That will NOT be told.Well, after campaining for years on a dead horse about how great the G4 chips were andthey were registered as supercomputers, basically ran intel down.But on the other hand, they should just put thelogo on there and...

Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, Network technology, PPC, Intel Core chip, chip, Intel Corp., IBM PowerPC, IBM POWER5, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., Nintendo Co. Ltd.

Discussion threads 2006-01-10

Even Luddites can change - gradually

I remember reading a Wall Street Journal article a few years ago examining broker Edward Jones' then-apparent resistance to technology innovation. The piece mentioned that - in contrast to the sweeping momentum of online investing and ubiquitous broker contact options of most other investment services firms, Edward Jones brokers preferred...

Tags: 3Com Corp., Edward Jones, IP

Blog posts 2005-06-22