Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads
Additional Resources
- Teaching language to robots
- For a project scheduled to end in 2011, Plymouth University researchers will build two robots using software allowing them to interact with each other to exchange learned information like humans. The team will use language-learning techniques designed for children. According to The Engineer, the goal of the project is to...
- Tags: project, concept, neck, belpaeme, robots, emerging technologies, roland piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- News to know: Mozilla; Windows Server; LinuxWorld; Apple
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Talking Firefox security with Mozilla's Window Snyder Mary Jo Foley: What's next for Windows Server Microsoft finalizes SQL Server 2008 TechRepublic: 10 questions and answers about Microsoft Live Mesh Dancho Danchev: Today's...
- Tags: google inc., larry dignan, microsoft windows server, server, apple inc., mozilla corp., linux, phishing, smart phones, service-oriented architecture (soa), cyberthreats, microsoft windows, operating systems, unix, open source, software, security, spam and phishing, consumer electronics, personal technology, web services, enterprise software
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- Mozilla taps crowd for concepts: Will the browser usurp the OS?
- Mozilla taps crowd for concepts: Will the browser usurp the OS?1997 called. It wants its article backAs a reader of News.com and ZDNet for years and years, I had to laugh when I saw the headline for this one. Sounds familiar, except it would have been about Netscape.Next maybe you...
- Tags: operating systems, web browsers, desktops, operating system, web browser, desktop, mozilla corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- Mozilla taps crowd for concepts: Will the browser usurp the OS?
- Mozilla Labs has launched a casting call for concepts for the successor to Firefox and after watching a few videos it's striking how a common theme emerges: The browser could nudge the operating system out of the way. Mozilla's concept series is really a crowd sourcing effort...
- Tags: operating system, web browser, mozilla corp., mozilla labs, web browsers, operating systems, internet, software, larry dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Cisco Telepresence: Coming to a home near you (someday)
- Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers can barely keep quiet about the company's Telepresence video effort, a high-end video conferencing system, but on the company's fourth quarter conference call he was especially chatty. The big takeaways: Telepresence will be a $1 billion business within five years and it will be coming...
- Tags: john chambers, cisco telepresence, video, cisco systems inc., telepresence, corporate communications, collaboration, tv & home theater, marketing, personal technology, larry dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- The Semantic Web is about bringing information to life
- So says Vincent Maher, in a recent post that suggests he's sat in one too many of those meetings; "There is nothing more frustrating than a gaggle of geeks sitting in your boardroom talking about simple concepts in an unnecessarily obfuscatory manner because their revenues...
- Tags: object-oriented, semantic web, ooa/ood/oop, rdf, xml, internet, software development, software/web development, web development, paul miller
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- Why open source fails application security tests
- Why open source fails application security testsMakes SenseMost FOSS is built by people with a passion to make something important to them. Implementing comprehensive security is not a fun task to do when developing software.RE: Why open source fails application security testsYou could have summed it up by saying that...
- Tags: application security test, application security, open source, security
- Discussion threads 2008-08-01
- Neocleus and Endpoint virtualization
- Recently I've had the opportunity to speak with Ariel Gorfung, CEO, and Etay Bogner, CTO, both of Neocleus about their concept of "Endpoint Virtualization." At first I didn't understand how this differed from the various forms of desktop virtualization that others are speaking about. Now I understand that they're bringing...
- Tags: desktop, hypervisor, operating system, physical machine, virtual machine, neocleus, virtualization, desktop virtualization, cloud computing, storage management, utility computing, hardware, storage, dan kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-07-31
- Information Modeling (zip)
- Information modeling is a critical process in content management. This book provides basic concepts of information models and explains how to design database based on data analysis and SQL models. It also provides case studies of database design based on information modeling techniques. This version is the first release on...
- Tags: javvin, modeling, information modeling, research & development, databases, storage, business operations, enterprise software, software, data management, hardware
- Software downloads 2008-07-30
- Music ed needs to include recording
- I went to see some old students of mine this weekend playing in their band. The band (called Joint Compound - gotta love it) was really good. I've seen them a few times and they just keep getting better. These kids, who didn't exactly graduate cum laude...
- Tags: student, music, cad, workforce management, software, human resources, christopher dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-29
- (Photos: Microsoft's computer in the round)
- (Photos: Microsoft's computer in the round)Sphere who needs it?Now what use is a ball with photos on it? What practical use can this concept have? Looks like another Microsoft failure and will put more tears in Gates eyes. Microsoft should be working on practical concepts that people want...
- Tags: currency & foreign exchange, productivity, microsoft corp., photograph, computer
- Discussion threads 2008-07-29
- More details emerge on the Microsoft Sphere
- More details emerge on the Microsoft Spherere: More details emerge on Microsoft SphereHow about working on making an OS that'll make us forget Vista instead of this?Your priorities are all wrong.A spherical display device? - HOW PRACTICAL!I must be missing something here! Is it not easier to use a flat...
- Tags: sphere, microsoft corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-29
- Photos: Microsoft's computer in the round
- Like the tabletop Surface computer introduced last year, Sphere uses a combination of infrared cameras for input and a projector for output to create a multitouch computer. by CNET News.com
- Tags: microsoft corp., photograph, computer, productivity, projectors, hardware, components, cnet news.com
- Image galleries 2008-07-29
- News to know: Microsoft; Oracle; SAP; Vista SP1 video
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft mashes up multiple natural-user-interface inputs How will Microsoft spend its multicore millions? More details emerge on the Microsoft Sphere Larry Dignan: The future of computing: Multiple cores, multiple inputs Ryan Naraine: Evilgrade: Exploit...
- Tags: software, larry dignan, oracle corp., dana blankenhorn, microsoft windows vista, sap ag, video, microsoft corp., microsoft windows vista sp1, attack, wiki, tools & techniques, online communications, management
- Blog posts 2008-07-29
- More details emerge on the Microsoft Sphere
- On July 29 at its Faculty Research Summit, Microsoft is expected to allow attendees some hands-on time with the Microsoft Sphere. Thanks to one of Microsoft's partners, here's a little more information on what is behind the globe-like, multi-touch device. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: multi-touch, microsoft corp., mary jo foley
- Blog posts 2008-07-28
- Hello World! Welcome to my world
- If you haven't noticed, the Internet is shaking things up. Anyone can spread a message to the whole world in a matter of milliseconds. Take today's earthquake in Los Angeles. Before anyone at any news organization could...
- Tags: web, blog, blogging, channel management, internet, marketing, andrew mager
- Blog posts 2008-07-28
- Pre-Med Flashcards - MCAT Flashcards (zip)
- Pre-Med Flashcards offers an inexpensive and effective way to review the material that will be on the MCAT. The MCAT Medical College Admissions Test is now computerized, so it's time to get used to answering questions and studying on the computer. The program is easy to use and versatile. You...
- Tags: biology, question, virtual flashcards, pre-med flashcards
- Software downloads 2008-07-28
- Risk Management: Bridging Policies and Procedures - Fundamental Security Concepts
- One thing that security professionals know is that security is about processes, not about the technology. The key to security is to match the technology to the process, but you have to know the process first. Policies and procedures are the requirements, and risk management is the bridge between the...
- Tags: risk management, security
- White papers 2008-07-25
- Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs
- Inside the mind - and config - of Terry ChildsGuilty of Incompetency in Office Politics, Being a JerkThe word is that Childs was the sole keeper of the passwords for months if not years, and management was aware of the situation during this period.The new director of security took a...
- Tags: workforce management, it field, terry childs
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- << Previous
- page 1 of 1
- Next >>
White Papers and Webcasts
