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- Efficiency, sustainability, and digital natives accelerate paper's path to digital
- As people spend more time consuming information digitally at home and at work, reliance on paper continues to decrease. But how far are we across the Digital Divide? In 1975, George E. Pake, then head of Xerox Corp.’s Palo Alto Research Center, predicted that in 1995 his office would be...
- Tags: Word-processing, Sustainability, Whiteboard, Tool, Forrester Research Inc., iWorkers, Productivity, Sheri McLeish
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
- Psystar pulls Mac-clone line from online store
- Very importantApple gives me the freedom to decide on a (actually, the only) complete computer with matched, very well designed and integrated hardware and software, that I know will work productively and reliably and virus free for years. And Apple, being the sole vendor of this package, offers a good...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, linux user, online store, Apple Inc., Linux, Psystar, security
- Discussion threads 2009-12-03
- Admin fired for incompetence, not alien search
- Did you say failed to protest...students' and staffs' personal information? I think a similar case could be brought against those using Google. Not much protection there.Reason given is more than enoughInstalling unapproved software that will peg machines at 100% utilization when they have spare cycles is a terminable offense...
- Tags: Public relations, PRODUCTIVITY, Recruitment & Selection, Processors, SETI
- Discussion threads 2009-12-03
- What the "Black screen of death" story says about tech journalism
- Well done and well said EdUnfortunately I have no hope that this will even slightly temper the sloppyness of the next one to come down the pike. As you said it's all about the page hits for these turds...Gutmann effectIt would appear that this is just another example of the...
- Tags: Blogging, black screen, Reporting, Ed Bott, Gutmann
- Discussion threads 2009-12-02
- Five Helpful Green Printing Tips
- Taking the Green Route to Printing EfficiencyIt is, of course, important that organisations choose the most environmentally efficient route for their commercial printing. Dependent on the size of the job, there are always occasions when it makes sense to outsource printing. If a company needs 1,000 sets of a 30-page...
- Tags: Document management, printing
- Discussion threads 2009-11-25
- Can Obama make science cool?
- Give him a Nobel for Science for his science speeches!Please! Obama doesn't even deserve to be your President. All the promises he made have remained just that. What else can this world expect from a politician? And things are clear from his popularity ratings.Obama is good with one thing and...
- Tags: Workforce management, Obama, education
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Is Wikipedia maxed out?
- Interesting....I don't see a reason Wikipedia would max out considering that every day new younger participants are entering the field. It's timeless relevance could diminish as new and younger editors focus on more up-to-date matters as Twitter, Sexting and Cloud computing, and less on the Roman Empire, the Great Depression...
- Tags: Wiki, Achilles, Wikipedia, Obama
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Firefox faces browser clone war in China
- Come on ZDNet!!!!Is this really newsworthy????Newsworthy? That's not the point...ZDNet's intent was not to write about anything worthwhile. It's intent was to draw you in and to have you read further in order to get you to visit at least one more page in their web-site.If they had...
- Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- NoteTaker 2.4 (Mac)
- NoteTaker is powerful new OS X software for organizing your information lifestyle, your digital workstyle. At its most basic level, NoteTaker is a personal note and idea organizer. With NoteTaker, you can make a list, organize an outline or jot down an idea. It's that basic. But with everyday work...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Lifestyle, AquaMinds Software, NoteTaker, Apple Mac OS X, Team Management, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Management
- Software downloads 2009-11-18
- Green building boom
- Somebody please explain something here.How can these green building--and associated manufacturing--jobs not be the same old "not green" jobs just slid into a new spot? Are these in addition to the "not green" jobs. Are the old "not green" just canned and dropped from the rolls of humanity....
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, McGraw-Hill Construction, job
- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- Canadian organization enables peer-to-peer carbon comparisons
- Waste of time.Global warming is a lie anyway.People who really want to believe that - against all science - should not burden others.Where are your facts to support otherwise?I would like to see your proof that Global Warming is NOT occurring.Here you go. My pleasure.My challenge to you: watch this...
- Tags: Corporate communications, P2P, global warming, video
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- Software that automatically fixes itself, without shutting down
- Invariant DetectionThis is supposing that the software is simple enough to determine invariants and not block valid code paths that are infrequently used. It sounds a lot like applying design by contract after the fact.Software That Fixes Itself?The headline implies an application that fixes itself. The article describes and...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, invariant, software, Clearview, erroneous execution
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- Forrester Strategies for Assessing IT Business Satisfaction
- If you aren't assessing customer satisfaction you are overlooking a potential goldmine. This valuable data is crucial to creating a successful IT strategy. But where do you start? This new Forrester Research white paper explores the importance of assessing IT business satisfaction. It includes best practices...
- Tags: Information Technology, Forrester Research Inc., Business Satisfaction, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2009-10-29
- Carbon nanotubes: Great for agriculture, but for humans?
- CNTs in agricultureChrisre: research into whether CNTs are safe for humans if ingested or used to improve seed strike or anywhere else in ag. You are correct about the potential risks, but as I read their paper, the researchers who found their tomatoes had improved propagation with CNTs are...
- Tags: Nanotechnology, carbon nanotube, nanotube, CNT
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Stunningly poor quality predictions about the future Internet from Google's CEO
- Sounds nitpickyI don't think Mr. Schmidt had time to include all types of disclaimers or footnotes to his predictions, it wasn't a research paper as far as I know. I can apply the same type of nitpicking to your writing.For example, citing "teenagers" is simply a easy way to describe...
- Tags: INTERNET, poor quality prediction, quality prediction, future internet, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- ZDNet readers don't care about celebrity endorsements
- I agree with the poll. I'm not buying a new camera because Ashton Kutcher is pimping one out, or because Justin Timberlake is doing it in his commercials. I'll buy one based on the features I need. I'd rather see the commercials prop up the features rather than the celebrity.Oh...
- Tags: camera, celebrity endorsement, advertisement, ZDNet-reader
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Global warming promises more hunger, more innovation
- Hopefully not a repeatThe idea of GM foods is found most abhorrent in the nations with some of the worst food problems? Also, did anyone notice that the FPRI report indicates that more than 50% of the world's agricultural green house emissions are generated by the primitive natural agriculture...
- Tags: global warming, climate change, food
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Google challenges e-readers by taking e-books directly to browser
- Kindle Format?Did they also say how they propose to display Kindle's proprietary format in your browser?Oh myDunraven, go get a good strong cup of coffee, drink it down, and read the article again. You just aren't awake yet.This is cool!NTRE: Google challenges e-readers by taking e-books directly to browserAnyone...
- Tags: Web browsers, E-books, e-reader, Web browser, Google Inc., e-book
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- Integrated Lifecycle of IT Services in a Cloud Environment
- Virtualized Service models are now emerging and redefining the way information technology is delivered to end users. Current research is focused on specific pieces like service discovery, composition etc. There is no holistic view of what would constitute a lifecycle of virtualized services delivered on a cloud environment. This paper...
- Tags: University Of Maryland, IT Services, Information Technology, Environment, Virtualized Service Model, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2009-10-13
- How much can UPS efficiency save you? Eaton has some answers.
- I am growing increasingly fascinated by power distribution and regulating equipment. I know, sick admission. Eaton, one of the big uninterruptible power supply UPS and power distribution equipment vendors, is starting to talk up its new Energy Saver System as a tool that data center operators can...
- Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Power Supply, Uninterruptible Power Supply, Eaton, NetRiver, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-10-08
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