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- Shock absorbers for woodhouses
- In November 2006, a 73,000-pound, 1,800-square-foot woodhouse will be subjected to the equivalent of a very powerful earthquake... in a lab. This house will be equipped with shock absorbers installed horizontally throughout its walls. The experiment will be recorded with the help of 250 sensors installed throughout the house and...
- Tags: shock absorber, NEESWood Project, This House
- Blog posts 2006-06-21
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- Apple kicks off Ultracompact USB adapter exchange program
- Back in September Apple announced a recall of the Ultracompact USB power adapter for the iPhone 3G following claims that the metal prongs might break off in the power outlet an present a risk of electrical shock. Well, today is the day that Apple kicks off the exchange program. by...
- Tags: Swap, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Apple begins shipping replacement iPhone chargers
- Apple announced a recall of all of its ultracompact USB power adapter for iPhone pictured on 21 September 2008 because its metal prongs can break off and remain in a power outlet, creating a risk of electric shock. iPhone Alley received word that a reader has received the replacement he...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Recall, Apple Inc., Strategy, Management, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- The invisible frontier of our solar system
- On October 19, NASA will launch a new spacecraft named IBEX, short for 'Interstellar Boundary Explorer.' Its mission, which will last about two years, is to refine what the Voyager spacecraft experienced in 2004 when 'an invisible shock formed as the solar wind piles up against the gas in interstellar...
- Tags: Earth, Spacecraft, NASA, Orbit, Solar System, IBEX, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- SAP: first to hit the buffers
- SAP pre-announced its Q3 results at what could not have come at a worse time for the beleaguered stock market. Although executives were bragging about 4% growth in software sales as though BusinessObjects doesn't exist the reality is that year over year growth was off 9%. Management...
- Tags: Software, SAP AG, U.S. GAAP Software Revenue, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Apple aims to dismiss Psystar countersuit
- Apple aims to dismiss Psystar countersuitTime will tell.....However knowing Apple I have my doubts about the suits success. Still if they do loose the case there is nothing stopping Apple from switching processors again. So far that tact hasn't hurt business any.Pagan jimTheftThis is an abstraction, you're going...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Operating systems, Processors, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- Thanks, but no thanks, SAS
- Yesterday I wrote about some data analysis I need to do. It turns out, there is quite a lot of analysis that needs to take place, along with fairly serious data management, especially as we start to relate MCAS scores with other data (SATs, special education testing, socioeconomic data,...
- Tags: SAS Institute, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- TV Shock (exe)
- TV Shock is a free program for watching and browsing TV and radio channels from Turkey. There is no need for a PC TV card because the TV channels are streamed through your Internet connection. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: TV Shock, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
- Software downloads 2008-09-26
- Motorola i365 - black (Nextel)
- If there ever was a Nextel phone, the Motorola i365 would be it. Big, burly, and bulky, the i365 looks as if it could withstand just about anything. Make no mistake: this is a serious phone for making voice and push-to-talk PTT calls. There's no camera or music player, and...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Motorola Inc., I365, phone, Nextel Communications Inc., Motorola i365
- Product reviews 2008-09-25
- Motorola Renegade V950 (Sprint)
- Photo gallery:Motorola V950The Motorola V950 is the fifth QChat phone that Sprint has released this year. We've seen the Sanyo Pro 200, the Sanyo Pro 700, the LG LX400, and the Samsung Z400, and now we come back to the company that pioneered push-to-talk PTT in the first place ....
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone, Renegade V950, Motorola V950, PTT, Motorola Inc., rubber, Sprint Communications
- Product reviews 2008-09-22
- Logitech PlayGear Pocket Lite (DS)
- Back in 2005, Logitech released a carrying case for the Sony PSP called the PlayGear Pocket. The hard plastic clamshell provided protection for the PSP's big and beautiful screen, and even made that portable system a bit more comfortable to hold during long gaming sessions. Logitech has since reissued the...
- Tags: Games, Nintendo DS, PlayGear Pocket Lite, Logitech, Sony PlayStation Portable, DS Lite
- Product reviews 2008-09-22
- Financial cesspits and compliance
- Governance risk and compliance are not the most popular of topics. Until there is a monumental screw up that is. Then everyone with a GRC solution emails to remind me they have the solution that could have avoided last week's mayhem in the financial markets,which will fix the ongoing situation...
- Tags: Trader, Financial, Compliance, Investment Banking, GRC, Government, Financial Accounting, Litigation, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- Apple recalls iPhone power adapter
- Today Apple announced the Apple Ultracompact USB Power Adapter Exchange program. Apple has determined that under certain conditions the new ultracompact Apple USB power adapter's metal prongs can break off and remain in a power outlet, creating a risk of electric shock. Â We have received reports of detached blades...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Adapter, Apple Inc., Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-09-21
- Beware the shocking iPhone 3G power adapters
- Apple on Friday said it recalled (actually it's an "exchange") every power adapter that shipped with the 3G iPhone. In a statement Apple said: Apple today announced that under certain conditions the new ultracompact Apple USB power adapter's metal prongs can break off and remain in...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Adapter, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, 3G, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-19
- BPA story gets all political
- BPA story gets all politicalWhat a shock!And you are surprised by this? You can't be that naive.Big business, and even small business, has been bed with politicians forever...on both sides. It’s just more pronounced with this current bunch of Nazis in Washington for the past seven plus years. You know...
- Tags: BPA, Nazi, TWAIN, BPA story, first study
- Discussion threads 2008-09-17
- What's the big deal about the Firefox EULA?
- A number of people seem to have their knickers in a twist over Mozilla's requirements to display the Firefox EULA when the program is launched the first time in Ubuntu. What's the big deal, exactly? The big fuss comes over the realization that Firefox 3.0 will be...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, EULA, Web Browsers, Internet, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2008-09-15
- Gov. Palin's Site Back Up, Sotto Voce
- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's official gubernatorial Web site is back up -- to show off a two-paragraph statement about her thankfulness at being chosen to be Ariz. Sen. John McCain's running mate on the GOP presidential ticket. Better a day late, than two. Here's a summary of...
- Tags: Site, Governor, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Servers, Internet, Marketing, Hardware, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-08-30
- Microsoft to bolster Live Search in Europe with Greenfield acquisition
- Microsoft to bolster Live Search in Europe with Greenfield acquisitionReagrding MS Live SearchHas it occurred to Microsoft that a great many people, far more than they imagine absolutely can't stand Live search. Microsoft's foray into the new and improved is a disaster and should be withdrawn, or at the very...
- Tags: SEARCH, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Live Search, Europe-with Greenfield acquisition
- Discussion threads 2008-08-30
- Say goodbye to laser: Microsoft 'Blue Track' mouse discovered (with pic)
- Say goodbye to laser: Microsoft 'Blue Track' mouse discovered with picGood find!i want one.. my laser is eating holes in my laminate desk tray.is it me, but what is the point of this?it seems to have lights all over it. That would get distracting and annoying to me. It would...
- Tags: Mice, mouse, laser, goodbye, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Apple faces suit over iPhone. Is it still worth the switch?
- Apple faces suit over iPhone. Is it still worth the switch?If you gauge the usefulness of mobile devices by legislation...If you gauge the usefulness of a device and balance that with how much legislation is against it, why bother getting anything?Apple products are about useability . . .not functions and...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Apple Products, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., 3G, HSBC
- Discussion threads 2008-08-21
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