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Nanodisks used to encrypt information: PhysOrg.com reports that U.S. researchers have used nanotechnology tricks to develop nanodisks which could be useful to create codes to encrypt information. This method, which conceptually is similar to barcodes, could be used for DNA tagging or tracking goods and people. Even if this looks interesting, the best part is...; Tags: Researcher, Disk, DNA, Northeastern University, Strand, Northwestern University, Author, Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-12-28
OnScreen DNA Lite (zip): OnScreen DNA Lite gives everyone a painless way to grasp the details of the double helix structure of DNA. This is accomplished by on-screen tutorials that guide you through an exploration of a virtual 3D model. Numerous aids to learning and understanding, including popup labels, an auxiliary linear representation of...; Tags: DNA, Strand, Biotechnology; Software downloads 2007-11-20

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Alabama's Broadband Tide: BROADBAND INITIATIVE – If you really want anywhere access to the Internet, you understand the value and you'll pay for it. A DirecWay dish on an RV at Gulf State Park, on the so-called "Redneck Riviera," at Orange Beach, Alabama. ORANGE BEACH, Ala. – No more...; Tags: Initiative, Broadband, Alabama, DirecWay, RV, Johnson, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, TVs, Telecommunications, Tv & Home Theater, Networking, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-06-18
IBM to cool chips with H20: Much like a Porsche boxer engine -- only much, much smaller -- scientists from the IBM Zurich Research Lab and the Fraunhofer Institute in Berlin are working on a microchip that uses micro pipes of water to cool itself, IBM announced this morning. The chip's components are...; Tags: IBM Corp., Chip, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-06-05
Online dating comes to the iPhone: Dating DNA has announced a full-featured online dating system for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Just like online dating is shifting away from traditional dating sites such as Match.com and eHarmony to social networks like Facebook and MySpace, so too are many people moving to their cell...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Dating DNA, Web App, Web Browsers, Digital Music, Biotechnology, Channel Management, Digital Media, Internet, Personal Technology, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-04-29

AT: ATAre not profits used for re-investment within the company?Anymore?Or ever?RE: ATYou have to be kidding me, he is failing to take into account advancements in network, and IPV6, never mind the software side, especially advancements in compression of video. Does this guy realize that the telecommunications industry changes and advances...; Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, telecommunications, government, Internet; Discussion threads 2008-04-18
Richard Clarke on recent Mideast cable outages: I just happened to be reading Breakpoint by Richard Clarke last week. The premise for the book is that the US finds itself undergoing a series of attacks on its infrastructure starting with simultaneous bombings of several beach heads for the main trans-Atlantic fiber cables as well as undersea cuttings...; Tags: Richard Clarke, Outage, Oracle Real Application Cluster, Fiber, Mideast, Cable Outage, Breakpoint, Threatchaos, Cable, Network Technology, Blade Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Servers, Hardware, Software, Data Management, Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2008-02-06
MySpace: Will its socialist-like approach to its social app developers succeed?: MySpace kicked off its developer program Tuesday by providing API's and development tools to tens of thousands of developers, with some unique diistinctions, and restrictions, that it hopes will result in high quality apps. Developers were invited to its "Sandbox" event in San Francisco to learn more about the...; Tags: Developer, Difference, MySpace, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-02-06
Programming with molecules: It has been tried before, but researchers are now fully realizing the potential of DNA and want to create a programmable way of combining computers with chemistry. As said one the leading researchers at CalTech, 'Programming chemical systems needs to be thought about. The meeting of computer science and chemistry...; Tags: Life, DNA, Scientist, Chemistry, Computing, Programming, Biotechnology, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-11-21
Remotely controlled nanoparticles fight tumors: Many researchers around the world have tried to use nanoparticles to battle cancer. Now, researchers from the MIT have gone a step further. They found a way to 'talk' with the nanoparticles. In other words, they can control the nanoparticles and ask them to deliver drugs directly into tumors. Strands...; Tags: Tether, Nanoparticle, Particle, Biotechnology, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-11-17
Verizon FiOS: The beginning (Photos: Verizon FiOS installation step by step): Verizon FiOS: The beginning (Photos: Verizon FiOS installation step by step)NiceDo you mow your own lawn, or have your kids do it?Green ConnectorLooks to be an SC type connector. only showing one, means that they are useing some sort of 2-way multiplexing? normally you have 2 fibers, 1 transmitting and...; Tags: INTERNET, Network technology, Cable, TVs, Telecom & Utilities, photograph, Fios, Verizon Communications Inc., Verizon Fios; Discussion threads 2007-07-16
Verizon slammed for 'chronically poor' service: Verizon slammed for 'chronically poor' serviceWhat da...Are we kidding? Verizon is absolutely the pits in everything! They are a corrupt money-hungry corporation out of control. Don't believe me? Please go and sign up for a their wireless service plan for a year or two... come the...; Tags: Product marketing, Customer relationship management (CRM), DSL, Broadband Internet, Network technology, Telecom & Utilities, Verizon Communications Inc., customer service, Verizon customer service; Discussion threads 2007-04-18
Random thoughts on The Future of Web Apps event: There's plenty of word-for-word notetaking already posted about Carson Workshop's The Future of Web Apps event which was held over the past couple of days in San Francisco so journalistic reportage seems like a pretty big waste of both of our time. Instead, here are some random observations, thoughts, and...; Tags: Cellular phones, Web; Blog posts 2006-09-15
Engraving goes digital, but craftsmanship remains: Even the most skilled jobs are transitioning to digital. The Washington Post profiles master engraver Christopher Madden of the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, who is learning to move with the Bureau, from hand- to digital-engraving. Adept of an exquisite craft ("You must remain very quiet and calm...; Tags: digitaL, Madden, engraver; Blog posts 2006-06-19
Visicalc co-founder offers a modest proposal: Visicalc co-founder offers a modest proposalcommon mistakesSo, you're saying that the simple fact that a service is offered, regulation is justified? Because I sell beef to McDonalds, I should be required by law to sell to Burger King for the same price? There is no such thing as a guaranteed...; Tags: INTERNET, Regulations, Taxes, Telecom & Utilities, Free trade, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, regulation, guaranteed market, modest proposal, Nevermind, VisiCalc; Discussion threads 2006-05-30
Exploring the fourth dimension: Does our universe have more than four dimensions -- four spatial dimensions plus time? According to some American scientists, the answer is yes. Their new theory of gravity is challenging Einstein's general relativity. They think that the discovery of hidden "black holes" in the "dark matter" of our universe can...; Tags: theory; Blog posts 2006-05-26
So what should we be teaching?: So what should we be teaching?Nice analysis, Chris!Yeah, in terms of IT courses, you don't really need anything too rigorous in high school and, as far as programming goes, any good programmer knows that if you know one programming language learning another one is no big deal. (It is...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Development tools, computer, tool; Discussion threads 2006-04-13
How Google can tell Ed Whitacre to get lost: Ed Whitacre is CEO of AT&T- which intends to buy BellSouth and hopes to charge high-bandwidth content providers like Vonage and Google carriage over their pipes.But that photo is one of dark fiber, of which Google has lots. If Google plays it right, those fiber strands could strand the broadband...; Tags: Google Inc.; Blog posts 2006-03-06
Broadband fiber ain't what it used to be: There's a mythology out there, spread by the uninformed, that since 90 percent of broadband fiber is sitting in the ground and we getting exponentially better at sending massive amounts of bits through the air, that fiber's time has come and gone. Not so. As the demand for rich...; Tags: fiber; Blog posts 2006-02-23
Microsoft putting a push on RIM's Blackberry: The Associated Press reports that Microsoft will announce a new push e-mail service for mobile devices at the 3GSM phone show in Barcelona, Spain today. This is, of course, terrible news for embattled RIM whose Blackberry devices have been a corporate standard for this service. According to the report, a...; Tags: Research In Motion Ltd.; Blog posts 2006-02-13