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- Chill-Off project tests various recipes for real-world data center cooling
- It seems appropriate as I hunker down in my rather chilly office that I pen this post about the ongoing data center "Chill-Off" projects being run by the Association For Computer Operations Management AFCOM in Northern California. The intention of the Chill-Off demonstrations/tests is to monitor the effect of modular...
- Tags: Data Center, Blog, Data Centers, Blogging, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-11-27
- Microsoft's Live launches malware detection service for webmasters
- Playing catch-up with Google's Safe Browsing diagnostic, Google's warnings for potentially hackable sites, and Yahoo's SearchScan introduced through their partnership with McAfee, Microsoft's Live Search has updated their Webmaster tools to offer detection for embedded malware. Moreover, as a late entrant they simply had to differentiate, and they did it...
- Tags: Webmaster, Malware, Microsoft Corp., Site, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Yes, Twitter really is worth the trouble
- Our resident student blogger, Zack Whittaker, asked a question this morning that caught my eye: "Twitter: is there any point?" My answer, as a growing devotee of Twitter and other bits of social media is, "Of course there's a point!" Even for Ed Tech, I maintain...
- Tags: Twitter, Chris Brogan, Education 2.0, Productivity, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- The case for Scala
- Programming languages are like screwdrivers for developers. One size does not fit all, so good programmers keep several in their tool belt. The problem is, new languages are coming out all the time and you've only got so much room on your belt and in your schedule to learn them....
- Tags: Function, Method, Functional Programming, Language, Scala, Seq, List, Scala System, HQ9+, env:Env, David J. Biesack, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Black Friday '08: Deals, steals & specials guide
- There's always a lot of madness surrounding consumerist pseudo-holiday Black Friday, but with the economy in a chokehold, this year's event has been hard to predict. Will there be good deals because of a tanking economy, or did companies sign off on their specials before the...
- Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Home Theater, Savings, HDTV, Price, LCD, Laptop Computer, Approx, SKIP, Home Entertainment, GPS, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-11-23
- Google Chrome to be pre-installed on PCs in 2009?
- Google is reportedly thinking about cutting deals with PC makers to have its Chrome browser pre-installed on new computers, a move that could position the Internet giant to not only boost its presence in search but also put some of its branded apps - Gmail, Google Docs, Google Reader and...
- Tags: Google Inc., PC, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Web Browsers, Internet, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Diigo for education
- I posted several bookmarks via Diigo on Wednesday. Although I had planned to use delicious, I find the interface to be really kludgy, so I set about looking for another social bookmarking site. Although plenty of teachers in my district post lists of links on their blogs or...
- Tags: Education, Bookmark, Social Bookmarking, Teacher, Diigo, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Great educational websites (and an intro to Diigo)
- As promised, I've compiled your suggested educational websites and posted them on Diigo, as well. Diigo, by the way, is a bit like delicious on steroids. It has a really straight-forward interface and allows you to highlight and annotate sections of a website (perfect for building web quests...
- Tags: Web, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- More tidbits about electronics recycling and e-waste
- Goodness, they did it. As debate continues over nasty e-recycling behavior and the role of the government, businesses and the average U.S. citizen in fixing the situation, Massachusetts asset disposition company Converge has delivered on its promise to expand its international network with responsible partners. The company says it has...
- Tags: Asset, Recycling, Electronics, E-waste, TV, Alberta Recycling, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Free magazines on your iPhone
- Back in May Zinio released a Web-based iPhone magazine reader which allows you to view complete magazines for free. To access it, simply navigate to www.zinio.com/iphone from your iPhone and you'll get free access to a number of popular magazine titles including: U.S. News Playboy ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, iSmashPhone, Web Browsers, Cloud Computing, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Preparing for a Flickr Apocalypse (Updated, with Yahoo response)
- What would happen to my food blog and precious memories if suddenly all 12,000 of my photos were suddenly to disappear off Flickr? Tuesday's posts by ZDNet's Janice Chen and SAAS Blogger Phil Wainewright scared the living crap out of...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Blog, Flickr, Photograph, Flickredit, Blogging, Internet, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Non-profit group looking to get greener? TechSoup adds green-tech resources
- TechSoup Global, which is a technology information and education resource for non-profit groups that operates on an annual budget of $22 million, has been bitten by the green tech bug. The organization has started an effort called the GreenTech Initiative to help non-profits get a better handle...
- Tags: Green Technology, TechSoup, Reduce Paper Use Challenge, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Lighting the way: Three more higher-ed schools embrace LED technology
- Three more U.S. colleges have signed up for the LED University program that is backed and publicized by LED technology company Cree. The schools include Indiana's University of Notre Dame, North Carolina's North Carolina State University and Wisconsin's Madison Area Technical College. The installations range from modest...
- Tags: Light-emitting Diode, Engineering, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Twitterank Creator Speaks
- After my post yesterday afternoon about Twitterank, its creator Ryo Chijiiwa contacted me by email to ask if I'd like to hear his side of the story: I offered him a guest post. Over to Ryo: I blame the Family Guy. There I was in my...
- Tags: Password, Twitter, Twitterank, Security, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- 63% of men visit social networking sites
- Break Media looked at top activities by males online, which include visiting social networking sites (63%), playing video games (60%), playing computer games (51%), forwarding links to online video (31%), reading blogs (31%), shopping (30%), commenting on online content (28%), and uploading photos to the Web (23%). Interestingly, the findings...
- Tags: Network, Video, Social Networking, Corporate Communications, Games, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, NB, Video Game
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- Profitability of spam finally measured
- Researchers at UCSD have determined the return on investment for spam generated by the Storm botnet. While the per-message response rate is astonishingly low, it is sufficient for a spammer to generate a profit. At this year's ACM Conference on Computer and Communication Security, Stefan Savage,...
- Tags: Anti-spam, Anti-spam Technology, Spam, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Adam O\'Donnell
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- If you don't think Wikipedia is a worthy resource, make it better
- A number of the teachers in my district are already using wikis and blogs to post assignments and class information. However, as we all began using a wiki to collaborate on some sweeping curriculum changes, a significant number made a link between our wiki and Wikipedia. OK, so...
- Tags: Wikipedia, Wiki, Online Communications, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- The Business Resource Planning Farm League
- The Business Resource Planning Farm LeagueTerrific ArticleI especially liked the two links to my articles.For much more on this see http://1234567890.typepad.com/quickbooks/2008/11/the-business-resource-planning-farm-league-quickbooks-addons-quickbase-.html
- Tags: Business Resource Planning Farm, Business Resource Planning
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- YouTube = AdTube. Why Not?
- YouTube = AdTube. Why Not?Oh no! Oh wait, it's not as badThank GOD that they don't yet want to put those ads inside regular video's as a preamble. That would be the nightmare of nightmares.As long as those ad videos are just part of the search results, and clearly marked...
- Tags: Corporate communications, YouTube Inc., AdTube, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
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