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- B&W Zeppelin Mini Speakers for iPod
- Back in 2007, Bowers & Wilkins brought out the uniquely styled Zeppelin iPod speaker, which we described in our review as being every bit as sophisticated as Apple's iconic player, with detailed sound that largely lived up to B&W's high-end reputation. That Zeppelin remains on the market, but now it's...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Zeppelin Mini, Apple iPod, B&W, Apple iPhone, speaker
- Product reviews 2009-11-13
- Oracle OpenWorld 2009 - Social CRM Technology Rears an Actual Head
- I am almost always in awe of Oracle OpenWorld. The scope of this conference is spectacular. Can you imagine an event that the attendance is down to 37,000 attendees? Actually, that puts me in awe of their event planners more than even the event. How in the name of whoever...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Siebel Systems Inc., CRM, Anthony Lye, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2009-10-14
- The 2010 Productivity Tool Bonanza - Microsoft, Google, Zoho & Open Standards
- On the eve of what looks to be a major Microsoft productivity products year in 2010 with the Windows 7 operating system, Exchange 2010, Office 2010, MOSS/SharePoint 2010 and Azure it's interesting to look at how the market for these products serve has changed. ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Open Standard, Zoho, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-09-25
- 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid
- Photo gallery:2010 Ford Fusion HybridThe problem with some hybrid cars is that they're often more hybrid than they are car. The 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid doesn't have that problem. Even without considering the gas and electric tag team happening under its hood, the Fusion is a well-put-together vehicle with an...
- Tags: Ford Motor Co.
- Product reviews 2009-09-03
- Forbes: No new iPhone chip next week
- Although Apple is widely believed to announce a third-generation iPhone handset at WWDC with up to 32GB RAM and a 3.2MP camera with video recording capabilities, Forbes thinks that it's too soon to see the fruits of last year's acquisition of chipmaker P.A. Semi in the new iPhone. Instead,...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Forbes, Apple Inc., Chip, Semiconductors, Advertising & Promotion, Network Technology, Processors, Hardware, Marketing, Networking, Components, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
- Scientists accurately measure the 'edge of space'
- The fuzzy point where the earth's atmosphere transitions into space has been detected by an instrument developed by scientists at the University of Calgary with "unprecedented detail". According to the team, space begins 118 km (73.3 miles) above Earth, which confirms what other scientists...
- Tags: Earth, Scientist, Kilometer, C/C++, Team Management, Programming Languages, Network Technology, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Networking, Chris Jablonski
- Blog posts 2009-04-10
- Bang the TomTom slowly
- Bang the TomTom slowlyBang the TomTom slowly but surely"TomTom's use of the Linux kernel in its products, ..."The fact of the matter is, the "Linux Kernel" was mentioned by name.^o^Still, if we let MS keep threatening, and demanding cross licensingagreements for invalid patents, it helps validate invalid patents. One at...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, TomTom, Microsoft Corp., Tom-Tom, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-02-27
- Linux Foundation ready to fight Microsoft if TomTom lawsuit involves Linux kernel
- Linux Foundation ready to fight Microsoft if TomTom lawsuit involves Linux kernelA mixed barrel of fish.There are so many threads in this mess that one can look at almost anything. But some things come out loud and clear:1. We are in a post-Bilski situation......software patents (which seem to be at...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Linux kernel, Tom-Tom, TomTom, patent
- Discussion threads 2009-02-27
- High School Robotics Team Wins the Judges Award at FIRST Robotics Competition
- The FIRST Robotics Competition, FRC, is an international robotics competition for high-school-aged students. They had a grand Vision of what they wanted to accomplish with the Custom Dashboard. However, the visualization of data for real time systems is a challenging field for software development. The company deployed Perpetuum Software Instrumentation...
- Tags: Robotics, Perpetuum Software, Robots, Emerging Technologies
- Case studies 2009-01-01
- Improve your failed IT culture
- Improve your failed IT cultureRisk and rulesWhat's the connection between your suggested steps to improve projects and the problem identified?Is it possible to deal with the problem identified in the following quoted quotes without using the word "blame"?Creating a culture for risk management is a challenging proposition for most firms....
- Tags: Strategy, Financial Planning, Computer Services, Anton, risk management, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-10-06
- 2009 Honda Pilot EX-L 2WD
- Photo gallery:Honda Pilot EX-LLet's face it. The Honda Pilot has always looked like a brick on wheels. The new for 2009 Pilot, with its CR-V inspired grille, looks even worse. It doesn't get much better on the inside, with a dash dominated by cheap plastics and questionable material choices. As...
- Tags: Twin-Peaks, mpg, Honda Motor Co.
- Product reviews 2008-08-29
- Quelle GmbH Optimizes Analytical and Operative Customer Relationship Management Strategies
- As Quelle GmbH continued to grow, the challenge for Quelle's database management team was to integrate various data sources and develop an efficient, high-availability platform for the company's data warehouse application. Quelle replaced its Symmetric Multiprocessing SMP architecture with Oracle Real Application Clusters, achieving higher performance and significant cost savings....
- Tags: Data Warehouse, Oracle Corp., Mail-order, CRM, Quelle GmbH, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Sales Channel, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Sales
- Case studies 2008-08-01
- DIRECTV: Well HERE's Your Problem, Ma'am...
- DIRECTV: Well HERE's Your Problem, Ma'am...Continuing Saga to show how great D* is now adayFrom a 7+ year customer and I am a paper thin from calling it for D*.http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=133090RE: DIRECTV: Well HERE's Your Problem, Ma'am...I've been with DTV since December 1994. I am also a FCC certified card carrying...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Network technology, DirectTV, Ma'am, Well HERE, DirecTV, closet
- Discussion threads 2008-07-20
- Ruby on Rails: scaling to 1 billion page views per month
- While a lot of attention has been focused on Twitter with questions about whether Ruby on Rails scales, LinkedIn has been quietly running a RoR application on Facebook that is beating down around 1 billion page view per month. Bumpersticker, a relatively trivial Facebook application that allows you to create...
- Tags: LinkedIn, Ruby, Joyent, Ruby On Rails, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-06-23
- Polar robots to explore the Arctic
- It's now almost certain that the world's ice shelves are melting. And while satellites provide lots of data about their evolution, ground-based weather stations could be even more useful. But if scientists can no longer stay on fragile and volatile ice sheets, what can they do? They can use specially...
- Tags: Professor, Georgia Tech, SnoMotes, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- Tiny music files almost as good as MP3 ones
- Researchers at the University of Rochester have encoded a 20-second clarinet solo in a file smaller than a kilobyte. This is about 1,000 times smaller than regular MP3 files. But the sound is almost as good according to the scientists. The system works by 'recreating in a computer both the...
- Tags: Researcher, MP3, Modeling, Computer, Music, Research & Development, Productivity, Business Operations, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-04-02
- Beckman Coulter Empowers Sales Force While Maintaining Control of Sensitive Information
- Beckman Coulter, Inc., a leading manufacturer of biomedical testing instrument systems, tests, and supplies, is in the business of simplifying and automating laboratory processes. Beckman Coulter wanted to create an electronic SRM for its team, but needed to ensure that its information was secure. It also had to be certain...
- Tags: Information Security, Sensitive Information, Oracle Corp., Sales Force, Sales, Information Rights Management, Beckman Coulter
- Case studies 2008-03-01
- i-Snake, a new robotic surgeon
- Several newspapers in the UK have published today very short articles about the i-Snake, a new surgical robot which will be developed at the Imperial College London ICL. For example, The Times of London writes that the ICL team has won a £2.1 million grant (€2.84 million or US$4.2 million)...
- Tags: Robot, Imaging, Surgery, Surgeon, i-Snake, Robots, Document Management, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-12-29
- NASA checks coastal waters from space
- Using NASA satellite imagery, researchers at the University of South Florida USF in St. Petersburg have found that it is possible to monitor coastal water quality. This means that water quality can be checked daily rather than monthly as done by traditional methods which involves expensive boat surveys. This information...
- Tags: Technique, NASA, Satellite, Water, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-08-30
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