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Deep-diving robot takes to the bottom of Crater Lake

Research team sends camera-equipped robot to get some long-awaitResearch team sends camera-equipped robot to get some long-awaited answersOn a followup to our previous video on the moss research happening at Crater Lake, CNET News.com was on hand for the official 'dive' of the latest rover to explore the depths of...

Tags: Crater Lake, Research Team, robot

Videos 2006-08-24

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ZDNet blogger: working from home

More and more people work from home every day. Not only that, more and more people don't work from their offices, or "where they're meant to work". With the Internet, intranet's and extranet's, email and unified communications with VoIP and Blackberry devices, it makes life much easier...

Tags: Phone, Tea, Blogger, E-mail, Online Communications, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Linux ready to replace Windows? Not yet…

Is Linux ready to replace Windows on the desktop? Linux advocates think that light, cheap netbooks show off the advantages of an open-source OS over Windows. Out in the real world, though, the market is arguing to the contrary. The director of sales for one especially hot-selling netbook says its...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-10-06

The Secrets of CEOs

I just finished reading an advance US manuscript of 'The Secrets of CEOs - 150 Global Chief Executives lift the lid on business, life and leadership' by Steve Tappin, who is a managing partner in the global CEO & board practice of Heidrick & Struggles, and Andrew Cave, a leading...

Tags: CEO, Collaboration, Groupware, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-10-06

46% of social networking users visited mobile social networks

According to ABI Research, 46% of those who use social networks have also visited a social network through a mobile phone. Of these, nearly 70% have visited MySpace and another 67% had visited Facebook. No other social networking site reached 15% adoption mobile adoption. SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "46%...

Tags: Mobile, Network, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, AM

Blog posts 2008-10-06

You get what you pay for: Paid contributors drive open source

What's the difference between a paid contributor to a FOSS project and a volunteer contributor? According to a paper by Evangelia Berdou, quite a bit. Berdou finds that paid developers take up key positions in projects, while volunteers often work on the periphery. In other words -- much of the...

Tags: Developer, F/OSS, Contributor, Core Contributor, Open Source, Joe Brockmeier

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Large Hadron Collider computing grid launched

The Worldwide Large Hadron Collider Computing Grid, which can draw on the computing power of more than 100,000 processors, was officially launched on Friday. One of the world's largest computing grids, capable of streaming the equivalent of three million DVDs a year, was officially launched on Friday....

Tags: CERN, Scientist, Grid, Large Hadron Collider, particle accelerator, physics, Nick Heath, silicon.com

News items 2008-10-06

Yahoo: What happens if Google deal doesn't go through?

Yahoo's search advertising deal with Google, which is expected to increase the company's ability to monetize its Web pages, has been delayed to give the Department of Justice more time to evaluate it. This Google-Yahoo partnership has raised hackles from Microsoft as well as others, but the larger question is...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-06

The top five reasons why Windows Vista failed

On Friday, Microsoft gave computer makers a six-month extension for offering Windows XP on newly-shipped PCs. While this doesn't impact enterprise IT -- because volume licensing agreements will allow IT to keep installing Windows XP for many years to come -- the move is another symbolic nail in Vista's coffin....

Tags: Information Technology, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., IT Department, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Crowdsourcing? Try expert sourcing

Corporate America has hopped on the crowd sourcing bandwagon, but they may want to start considering another option: Expert sourcing. That's one of the big takeaways from a report by Forrester Research. Forrester analyst Chris Townsend writes: Corporate use of Innovation Networks is rapidly expanding as...

Tags: Sourcing, Crowdsourcing, Forrester Research Inc., Expert Sourcing, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Techies choose Obama - by a landslide

If techies could choose the next President, Obama would win in a landslide. Checking donors from 10 large tech companies, including Apple, Dell, Google and Microsoft, over 90% of the donations support the senator from Illinois. Why does high-tech love Obama? First the numbers The...

Tags: Landslide, Broadband, Obama, McCain, Telecommunications, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-10-05

Forrester: There's really no such thing as "green IT"

News flash. In a recent report called "Is Green IT Your Emperor With No Clothes?," market research house Forrester is advising IT managers to forget about the notion that there's any such thing as TRULY green technology. Yes, folks, it's part of that green tech backlash that we've all been...

Tags: Asset, Green Technology, Information Technology, Green IT, Forrester Research Inc., Energy Consumption, Asset Management, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-05

More on wikipedia abuse

More on wikipedia abuseThanks!That's an interesting report - if the research stands up, the method used could form the basis for a more general approach. Thanks for pointing it out.RE: More on wikipedia abuseReaders might be interested in seeing a study on vandalism of US senator's WP articles here :...

Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia

Discussion threads 2008-10-04

End the spectre of science for sale

End the spectre of science for saleOr Not[i]He will graduate from high school next spring, an honor student, and cost me a fortune at some elite college.[/i]Depends on what he really wants to study. There are some world-class universities that are also shockingly inexpensive, even for out-of-state students. ...

Tags: NIH, democracy

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Washington Times amongst newspapers putting semantic technologies to work with help from Inform Technologies

New York-based Inform Technologies issued a press release earlier this week, reporting the success of their recent partnership with the Washington Times on a major website redesign. Having spoken to both Inform's CEO Jim Satloff and the Washington Times' Executive Editor John Solomon, there's an interesting story to tell of...

Tags: Story, Editorial Staff, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Corporate Communications, Operational Accounting, Channel Management, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, Finance, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Hitwise: Microsoft's cash for search program working (sort of)

Hitwise: Microsoft's cash for search program working sort ofHitwise: Microsoft's cash for search program working sort ofI see it as a promotional move to get people to try Microsoft Live Search. Once they do and see that the results are relevant to their search terms and not just a...

Tags: Team management, Hitwise, Microsoft Live Search, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Hitwise: Microsoft's cash for search program working (sort of)

Microsoft made a splash this week by adding new perks to its "hey we'll pay you to use our search" program and may actually be making some progress--sort of--with it. Hitwise has some interesting research on the topic. In a blog post Hitwise director of research Heather...

Tags: Hitwise, MSN, Microsoft Corp., Blogging, Operational Accounting, Internet, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Election Talking Points: A discussion place

Election Talking Points: A discussion placeSpoken like a true believer in ...a constitutional republic.RE: Election Talking Points: A discussion placereally this post is for an opinion location,It really becomes a bunch of BSGuess doe to reports about the debate it help McCain,everyone has to put two cents of nonsense,Ok...

Tags: Mortgages, Palin, Election Talking Points

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Stop brain-dead software testing!

Stop brain-dead software testing!re: Stop brain-dead software testingin reality, its not usually software testing that's the problem. it's the project stakeholders who don't plan enough time to do adequate testing. it's the programmers who go way over their time estimates. it's the program managers or similar role...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, software testing, software

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Mimicking electric eel cells to produce energy

A team of U.S. engineers has found that it's possible to build artificial cells replicating the electrical behavior of electric eel cells. In fact, these artificial cells deliver better performance than the real ones, called electrocytes, which can generate electric potentials of up to 600 volts. The researchers have developed...

Tags: Ion, Cell, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-10-03