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Shows latest news with links from Science Centric (sciencecentric.com). Science Centric delivers breaking news about the latest scientific discoveries in the fields of physics, chemistry, geology and palaeontology, biology, environment, astronomy, health, and technology.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Net Empire, Science Centric

Software downloads 2008-03-13

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CRM Association-Netherlands Rocks Het Huis!

I'm in love with Amsterdam....no wait, I love it but I'm not in love....no, hold on, I like it a lot, but I'm not in love, nor do I love it. The Theory.... Interestingly enough (to me at least and who else am I really writing this for...

Tags: Car, Amsterdam, Conference, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-16

While I'm away..."Good riddance, Encarta!"

While I'm away..."Good riddance, Encarta!"Did not many people sayincluding the creator of wikipedia (?) that much of the material and sublect matter retained within wikipedia is not to be regarded as 100 percent factual?RE: While I'm away...I kind of liked that Encarta was at least somewhat verified as factual. ...

Tags: Wiki, Keyword Searches, Encarta.com, Wikipedia, encyclopedia, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-13

Clouds, history, and unmitigated drivel

Clouds, history, and unmitigated drivelHere come the flames!Regardless of the accurracy/inaccuracy of your vision, I can see the flames coming already.I personally don't see anything overtly incorrect in what you state, but my interpretation differs slightly.In my opinion, until they can find a way to capitalize on the creation of...

Tags: NETWORKING, New Network Architecture, network, monoculture

Discussion threads 2009-01-29

Could 'The Toyota Way' & Enterprise 2.0 Rescue the Big 3 US Auto Companies?

Andrew McAfee of Harvard Business School, who coined the term Enterprise 2.0 and with whom I am on the advisory board for the conference of that name, wrote a fascinating blog post earlier this month: 'The Enterprise 2.0 Recovery Plan'. It's a long...

Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise Software, Groupware, Information Technology, Internet, McKinsey & Co., Oliver Marks, Software, Toyota Motor Corp., Web, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2008-12-14

Creation in science classes? Maybe...

Creation in science classes? Maybe...The Last QuestionIf you really want to confuse people about this issue, have them read Asmiov's "The Last Question". Then see if they think about this issue the same way.Take care............WayneWhy is there necessarily a conflict?As a former science teacher, I handled the topic of...

Tags: creationism, science class, theory

Discussion threads 2008-09-14

Seeking the iPhone in Adobe's annual analyst briefings

Even if you're not an analyst, Adobe's 2008 financial briefings available online make interesting viewing, from its showcase of new AIR tools to the "soul" of Adobe, Google and Microsoft. And then there's the iPhone. The recordings cover the morning and afternoon sessions...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Financial Accounting, Marketing, Finance, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-05-08

SAP's CTO: Business knows 'what', IT knows 'how'

The Naked IT interview series talks with innovators about the evolving relationship between IT and business. Please listen to the audio podcast and enjoy the brief excerpts below. Vishal Sikka is SAP's Chief Technology Officer. Reporting directly to CEO Henning Kagermann, Vishal is responsible for driving...

Tags: CTO, Line Of Business, Information Technology, Packaged Application, SAP AG, Business byDesign, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-04-28

NakedIT: JP Rangaswami says, 'Don't call them IT projects'

The Naked IT interview series talks with innovators about the evolving relationship between IT and business. Please listen to the audio podcast and enjoy the brief excerpts below. JP Rangaswami is Managing Director of Service Design at  BT Design, which has total responsibility for designing, building and...

Tags: Podcast, Information Technology, British Telecommunications, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-02-13

Rating Al Gore's tech cred

Rating Al Gore's tech credAgendasFirst of all there are many scientists who link global temperature fluctuations to a documented cyclical increase in solar activity.The theory of 'human-caused catastrophic climate change' is first and foremost a tool for implementing global socialism. Lot's of people including you through your implications like to...

Tags: Al Gore, global warming, climate change

Discussion threads 2007-11-02

Debating the morality behind software development

Debating the morality behind software developmentWell, that's where themorality issue somes up. While one person may find it morally objectionable to do a thing, eventually someone else will probably do it. So for that one person, he has made a choice based on his ethical beliefs. So...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, nuclear energy, software, software development

Discussion threads 2007-10-15

OMG! Study finds iPhone texting 2x slower than QWERTY

OMG! Study finds iPhone texting 2x slower than QWERTYI think it is a worthwhile evaluationThe test highlights one of several significant lackings in the iPhone's current implementation - lack of haptic feedbackThe all touch screen interface is cool albeit swiped from LG and Apple's UI mavens definitely gave the device...

Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Object Management Group, Apple iPhone, phone

Discussion threads 2007-08-16

A Mac-to-school guide

As I opened Monday's paper, I noticed a CNET Back to School Guide in the technology/business section. It's a slice of the greater Gift Ideas package launched on CNET.However, the print package is filled with suggestions for PCs that students should take to school. All but one of the desktops...

Tags: Printer, Notebook, Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2007-08-14

Digital privacy behind virtual walls

Ubiquitous computing was the only subject discussed at the 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on May 13-16, 2007. As reports the National Post, in the future, everything will be a computer. As ultra small computers can now embedded in virtually everything, pervasive computing applications...

Tags: Computers &, Internet, Leisure, Robotics, Social Sciences, Wireless &, Telecom

Blog posts 2007-05-27

Should I have bought those Macs?

Should I have bought those Macs?Not a bad buyJust because you have a preference for the PC there is no need to feel bad ordering Macs. It's not like you have betrayed your school district or country.The simple fact is that you have a teacher who has experience with...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, PC, software, operating system, standardization

Discussion threads 2007-02-22

768 cores ought to be enough for anybody

Bill Gates is often quoted as saying "640K ought to be enough for anybody." He denies it, but at the time (c. 1981) 640K must have seemed like a vast amount of memory. Were in a similar situation today as dual- and quad-core processors are becoming mainstream. How will we...

Tags: chip, Commercial, General, Java, processor, Programming

Blog posts 2007-02-12

What are students really losing without technology?

Negroponte wants a laptop on every kids lap, especially if theyre in a developing country. But do kids really lose anything without technology in their schools? Our accreditors think they do - they think our kids wont be competitive nationally or internationally without technological immersion. Yet comparisons...

Tags: Education Technology, K-12, Classroom Tech

Blog posts 2007-01-17

Yahoo vs. Google: Why Panama is the wrong destination

Do the marketers rule at Yahoo, while the engineers rule at Google? Fred Vogelstein believes he has “empirical evidence” that such is the case.Vogelstein begins his Wired magazine piece: “Terry Semel was pissed,” in bold for emphasis.Vogelstein looks back to Yahoo vs. Google in 2002, and apparently has a pictorial...

Tags: Advertising, Search, Google, Yahoo, Google Software Applications, Yahoo! Inc.

Blog posts 2007-01-17

Maturation of application development requires better insight into what works in practice

Read a full transcript of the podcast. Sponsor: 6th Sense Analytics.Some 9.5 million developers around the world are toiling away, and their bosses -- either individually or collectively -- have rather small insight and limited information about what they do and how they do it. We see requirements go in...

Tags: .NET, Agile Development, Application Lifecycle Management, developer, Developer Tools, DSO, Eclipse, Enterprise Java, IDEs, Java, Microsoft, Open Source, Podcasts, SaaS, Software Development, Testing Tools, tool

Blog posts 2007-01-12

Looking beyond the facts

The Microsoft "get the facts" report I discussed yesterday wasnt the only one I read - todays subject, a case study on a decision by people at the University of Cincinnati Genome Research Institute GRI to migrate their HPC clusters from Unix/Linux to Windows, is another winner. Heres...

Tags: General, Linux, Vistabulations

Blog posts 2006-11-22