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Singularity Summit 2007: The view from never, never land

Singularity Summit 2007: The view from never, never landRE: Singularity Summit 2007: The view from never, never landMost amusing. Love your style. But do really think it's impossible? It seems mostly a matter of RAM & links after all doesn't it? Or do you think there is a 'soul'?edward.cooper@bsa.aeNice Informative...

Tags: Singularity Summit 2007, Singularity

Discussion threads 2007-09-08

Singularity Summit 2007: Open source Singularity

"If the singularity is in fact near, the fundamental tools of information, collaboration and access will be our best hope for making it happen in a way that spreads its benefits and minimizes its dangers -- in short, making it happen in a way that lets us be good ancestors.,"...

Tags: Software, Scenario, Open Source, System, Benefit, Google Earth, Technology, Tool, Democracy, Singularity Summit 2007, AR World, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-09-08

Singularity Summit 2007: How the artificial intelligensia thinks ahead

Guest post: This weekend I am at the Singularity Summit 2007 in San Francisco at the Palace of Fine Arts. About 800 people showed up to hear about the issues related to a future in which humans won't be the driving force in delivering scientific and technological innovations, eclipsed cognitively...

Tags: Face, Chris Matyszczyk, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-09-08

Singularity Summit 2007: A change is gonna come

Singularity Summit 2007: A change is gonna comeEarth to David......you are clear for landing back on Mother Earth. ;)Check that...'Dan' you are clear to land.That should be enuf on the Singularity Summit 2007 front. ;)landingwhat else to do on a weekend but contemplate the AI :)

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Discussion threads 2007-09-08

Singularity Summit 2007: iPod of the future

Rodney Brooks is the Panasonic Professor of Robotics at MIT and CTO of iRobot. From 1997 - 2003 and from 2003 - 2007, respectively, he was Director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab and Director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. He knows a lot about robots, AI...

Tags: Professor, Apple iPod, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Rodney Brooks, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-09-08

Additional Resources

Microsoft exec rebuts hypervisor security claims

Microsoft security strategist Steve Riley has answered claims that the company's hypervisor software could be maliciously replaced on PCs without administrators knowing. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA--Senior Microsoft security strategist Steve Riley has used the vendor's TechEd conference in Sydney to rebut claims by a Polish researcher that Microsoft's hypervisor software could...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Hardware, Liam Tung ZDNet Australia, rootkit, hypervisor, Joanna Rutkowska, security

News items 2008-09-05

Handicapping the Fall Enterprise Software Race: SAP vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft

It's leapfrog time in enterprise software land, and the next frog to jump will be Oracle, which is hosting industry analysts next week in Redwood Shores and then hosting the entire world at its much-too-massive Open World Conference in San Francisco the following week. Oracle is...

Tags: Strategy, Small And Medium Enterprise, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Smb/Sme, Enterprise Software, Software, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Microsoft finally earns a passing grade (barely) for WGA

Microsoft launched its Windows Genuine Advantage WGA anti-piracy program in early summer 2006. Its first year was, to put it charitably, a disaster. An epic fail. A big fat F on the year's report card. Things didn't get much better in 2007, either, as a server failure and other outages...

Tags: Report, Activation, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows Vista, Product Key, Microsoft Corp., Forum, Product ID Number, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Critical WMP, MS Office bugs on Patch Tuesday swat list

Microsoft today announced plans to ship four security bulletins next Tuesday (September 9, 2008) to cover worm holes affecting Windows users. All four bulletins in September's Patch Tuesday will be rated "critical," Microsoft's highest severity rating.  A "critical" rating is used to rate a vulnerability that can...

Tags: Windows Media, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-09-04

BREAKING: Sony recalls 440,000 Vaio laptops

Sony said today that it is recalling 440,000 Vaio laptop computers worldwide due to faulty parts that could trigger overheating. The recall involves 19 models in the Vaio TZ series manufactured between May 2007 and July 2008. The laptops are being recalled because improperly placed wires near...

Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Vaio, Recall, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Access Virtualization for Mac OS X - Aqua Connect ACTS 3.0

Aqua Connect is an exception. It focuses on providing access virtualization for users of Mac OS-based servers. (For those keeping track, the post, Aqua Connect Access Virtualization for Mac OS X, introduced the company back in December 2007.) This time, the good folks at Aqua Connect are in the process...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Access, Operating System, Environment, Unix, Aqua Connect, Apple Mac OS, Virtualization, Operating Systems, Apple Mac OS X, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Remove Excel Write Password (exe)

Remove Excel Write Password removes any MS Excel shared workbook password, password to modify, workbook protection and sheet protection passwords. If you have forgotten any internal Excel password this is the solution for you. Passwords of any length and character set are supported and removed in a few minutes each....

Tags: Password, Dombaj Soft, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2008-09-04

Internet traffic up 53% in the last 12 months

According to TeleGeography, international Internet traffic grew 53% between mid-2007 and mid-2008, down from 61% the preceding year. Traffic growth between the US and Latin America was especially fast, surging 112%. Traffic on internet backbones between major cities in the relatively more mature US market rose a modest 47%. For...

Tags: Internet-backbone, Traffic, Internet, AM

Blog posts 2008-09-03

Handicapping Apple's September 9 event (updated)

Now that it's official that Apple will be holding a special "Let's Rock" media event in San Francisco on Tuesday let's take a look under the curtain to see what announcements may be in store from Cupertino. It's pretty apparent that new iPods are in the offing,...

Tags: Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Kevin Rose, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-09-03

2008 Acura MDX

Photo gallery:2008 Acura MDXThe 2008 Acura MDX remains largely unchanged from the 2007 model, when we reviewed the then-new redesign and found it chock full of tech options inherited from Acura's sedans, and with improved handling courtesy of similarly upgraded four-wheel-drive management. Back in 2006, the first-generation MDX had some...

Tags: navigation system, Acura MDX, Acura, car

Product reviews 2008-09-02

Who keeps failing their FISMA compliance?

Who keeps failing their FISMA compliance?Report CardActually, the Report Card listed is for 2007, not 2008. The 2008 Report Card does not come out until 2009 - similar to how you calculate your 2008 taxes in 2009. The 2008 Report Card cannot be compiled yet because 2008 is not yet...

Tags: Report Card, FISMA

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Bid to stop Large Hadron Collider fails but EU, US suits move forward

Bid to stop Large Hadron Collider fails but EU, US suits move forwardHere's what's going to happen:Here's what's going to happen:Someone will turn on a switch and we'll learn something new. What's going to happen in the LHC happens [i]trillions[/i] upon [i]trillions[/i] of times every day. If the...

Tags: Large Hadron Collider, move forward

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Worldwide semiconductor sales up 7.6% in July 2008

Global semiconductor sales rose 7.6% in July 2008 from July 2007. Worldwide sales were $22.178 bln, up from $20.603 bln a year ago, the Semiconductor Industry Association said. Excluding memory products, semiconductor sales increased by 11.6% YTY and by 3.2% sequentially. The 7.6% increase is down slightly from the 8%...

Tags: Semiconductor Sale, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Semiconductors, Sales, Hardware, AM

Blog posts 2008-09-02

Worldwide Growth among social networking sites in June 2008

Jun-2007 Jun-2008 % Change Total Internet : Total Audience 778,310 860,514 11% Social Networking 464,437 580,510 25% FACEBOOK.COM 52,167 132,105 153% MYSPACE.COM 114,147 117,582 3% HI5.COM 28,174 56,367 100% FRIENDSTER.COM 24,675 37,080 50% Orkut 24,120 34,028...

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

Blog posts 2008-09-02

VMware's R&D chief quits after 9 months

VMware said Tuesday that its executive vice president of research and development has resigned after nine months on the job. In a terse statement, VMware said that Richard Sarwal quit to go back to Oracle. Sarwal joined VMware in December 2007. VMware CEO Paul...

Tags: Stock Option, Security, Amount, R&D, Stock, Employment, Agreement, VMware Inc., Company, RSU, Control, Change, Cause, Person, Stock Options, Investment, Benefits, Human Resources, Stock Options & Grants, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-02