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- (Images: A lesson plan from the South Pole)
- (Images: A lesson plan from the South Pole)That's nice. Who cares? ntnt = no textA lesson plan from the South PoleI sometimes watch ed-TV and remember the North Pole lesson plan. This teacher in summer goes all the way to the north pole and on the horizon appears a big...
- Tags: South Pole, lesson plan
- Discussion threads 2007-02-19
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- Web 2.0 security? What a mash
- * Ryan Naraine is away on vacation. Guest editorial by Guillaume Lovet Ah, Web 2.0. Its endless composition of heterogeneous sources (aka "mash-up") possibilities, its social networking-oriented nature, its user-provided content... A Web adapted to today's powerful machines, linking people together in world...
- Tags: Google Inc., Web, Facebook, Codec, YouTube Inc., Video, Web 2.0, Corporate Communications, Channel Management, Security, Internet, Marketing, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- 'Fish' = 'Sex'? iPhone can't understand British accent
- The new voice-recognition search tool for the iPhone has problems understanding British accents, leading to some bizarre answers to spoken queries, according to a report by Agence France Presse. The free application, which allows iPhone owners to use the Google search engine with their voice, mistook the...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Web Site, Accent, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Telecommunications, Internet, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Don't inhale, it's legal but it's toxic
- That's the conclusion of a United Nations report on the atmosphere above large sections of Asia. Guess all that economic growth comes with a little extra. Nasty plumes of smoke, soot, toxic gases and other fine manmade crud are found all over the planet, but the...
- Tags: China, Sunlight, U.N., Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Qualcomm's Kayak "PC alternative" pictured
- Here's a picture of Kayak, the "PC alternative" for emerging markets that Qualcomm announced yesterday. It looks pretty much the way the company described it: sort of a cross between the Apple Mac Mini--bring your own monitor, keyboard and mouse--and the OLPC's XO laptop with its...
- Tags: PC, Qualcomm Inc., Kayak, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Desktops, Wireless, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Challenging Silicon Valley to put poverty into a museum . . .
- I'm not washing my right hand for a while because I used it to shake the hand of Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient and a person that I've held in the highest regard for many years. Mr Yunus gave the keynote speech at the Tech Museum's Tech...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Poverty, Bangladesh, Mr., Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank, Grameen Loan, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Online gaming site visits in Asia-Pacific in August 2008
- Â % Reach Total Unique Visitors (000) Average Minutes per Visitor Average Visits per Visitor Asia Pacific 51.1 199,081 86.8 11.5 China 54.9 90,292 69.8 13.0 Singapore 49.6 1,172 140.0 13.0 Australia 44.7 5,032 125.2 11.3 Taiwan 42.4 4,465 151.0...
- Tags: Online Game, Visitor, Games, Personal Technology, NB
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Speculation among speculators: what's green under Obama?
- I mean what'll be profitable, that kind of green. The Wall Streeters and those with money to invest are already gaming what sectors of the American economy look to benefit from the shift in the political winds. One piece in an MSM pub says green tech could do...
- Tags: Solar Panel, Government, Transportation, Manufacturing, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-09
- GM, Chrysler, and one specific IT Job
- GM, Chrysler, and one specific IT JobNot just CAFEI think it's more than CAFE, it's also the myriad of safety/crash regulations and other government requirements that the auto makers have to meet that makes it harder. How do you think the WWII jeep would do in a side impact test?...
- Tags: information technology, General Motors Corp., Chrysler LLC, car
- Discussion threads 2008-11-08
- America loses its moral technologist: Michael Crichton
- America loses its moral technologist: Michael CrichtonThank YouSeven years ago I was applying to colleges. A common essay prompt was "Write about a particular work of literature or author who has had an influence on your life and describe that influence."I wrote about Michael Crichton. I argued many...
- Tags: Michael Crichton
- Discussion threads 2008-11-06
- 2009 Mercury Mariner Hybrid
- Photo gallery:2009 Mercury Mariner HybridDespite an update between the 2007 and the 2008 models, Ford upgrades the 2009 Mercury Mariner Hybrid, giving it a big improvement over the 2008 Mariner Hybrid. Part of this update has to do with the advent of Sync and Sirius Travel Link, two technologies Ford...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Mariner Hybrid, Mercury Mariner Hybrid, Mercury Mariner, freeway, Mercury, navigation system, road construction
- Product reviews 2008-11-06
- Google-Yahoo deal: Washington doesn't understand us
- Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang made an interesting comment during his appearance at the Web 2.0 Summit this week. When asked what caused the pending ad deal with Google to go south, Yang said - among other things - that Washington doesn't understand our industry. Amen, brother! ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Advertisement, Search Engine, Washington, Yahoo! Inc., Industry, Search, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- Google's favorite penny stock: Nexicon
- Google's favorite penny stock: NexiconSounds like a competitor bitch to meWhile I'm not familiar with Nexicon or their product, 75% is better than nothing in a war that can't be won anyway. As for understanding the 'enemy' perhaps they do. While media companies treat the customer as the enemy a...
- Tags: Nexicon, penny stock, favorite penny stock, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-06
- Green tech company hits the red, and the panic button
- An ethanol-maker in South Dakota goes for Chapter 11. It's VeraSun, hit by a combo of high clorn prices, and tight credit. Even though corn prices are now only about half of their record $8 per bushel from mid-summer, VeraSun is feeling the pinch and is "re-organizing." ...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, Green Technology, Fossil Fuel, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-02
- Survey reveals favorite ISPs around the United States. None of them is Comcast.
- The heart of any wireless network is its Internet connection, since sharing Web access among multiple computers is one of its most if not the most important tasks. While its best known for conducting user surveys among car buyers, J.D. Power also measures user satisfaction with broadband ISPs around the...
- Tags: J.D. Power Associates, EarthLink Inc., Comcast Corp., Internet Service Provider, Survey, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Cable, Network Technology, Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-11-02
- Electric cars on the streets
- I took these pictues in the driveway of a home in Dulwich, South London, Britain. The car is called the Gee-Whiz i. It's being marketed by GoingGreen. The prices on these little two-seater, all electric cars runs from 9465 to just over 11,100--British...
- Tags: Car, London, Battery Life, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-10-30
- First Black Friday ads show up online: 50-inch Samsung plasma for $899.99
- First Black Friday ads show up online: 50-inch Samsung plasma for $899.99The Full Sears AdYou can get the full Sears ad the actual ad scans instead of just a list here:http://blackfriday.gottadeal.comThis is the oldest and most popular BF site.RE: First Black Friday ads show up online: 50-inch Samsung plasma for...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Games, plasma, advertisement, Black Friday, Black Friday Ads, LCD, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-27
- Will Windows 7 have a place in Ed Tech?
- Zack Whittaker posted some shots tonight of the Windows 7 user interface. Needless to say, I couldn't get myself to worked up over them. Apparently somebody did since the post was yanked shortly, but don't worry...you weren't missing much that you haven't seen in Windows Vista. ...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Hardware, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-10-27
- Transcript: PDC08 Keynote – Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava, Bob Muglia and David Thompson
- Todd Bishop, TechFlash; Ed Bott, ZDNet; Kip Kniskern, Liveside; Rafael Rivera, Within Windows; Paul Thurrott, Windows Supersite; and Tom Warren, Neowin; and Long Zheng, Istartedsomething — and yours truly--did a group blog of the first PDC keynote. Here's the live blog transcript (speakers: Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava,...
- Tags: Keynote, Ed Bott, Mary Jo Foley, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Service, App, Liveside, Neowin.net, Tom Riley, Signal God, Paul, MJ, Azure, Z, Red Dog, Download Link, Saruhan, Bluehoo, MOS, SSDS, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2008-10-27
- Could being sustainable save the world AND the economy? New book makes convincing case.
- Could being sustainable save the world AND the economy? New book makes convincing case.Software as a service = sustainabilityIt seems like we use less when we make use of shared resources. Software as a service SaaS is turning out to be a very green proposition. Most of us...
- Tags: Green Washing, sustainability
- Discussion threads 2008-10-25
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