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The Texas petawatt laser: The Texas petawatt laserThe Texas petawatt laserAwesome! All they need to do now is mount it to a b-1 bomber and aim it at a house filled with popcorn kernels.oh dudeyer kilin' me; Tags: Texas Petawatt Laser; Discussion threads 2008-04-08

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Texas Instruments pulls power management efforts under new division: Quick update on Texas Instruments TI, which looks at power management from the guts of the chip level. Here's the blog I wrote last week describing some of those efforts. I wasn't all that surprised to hear that the company has pulled all its power management and...; Tags: Power Management, Texas Instruments Inc., Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-05
Energy Independence Day...not yet, but it's a popular idea: Click on any image to see the whole picture. These are just three of the images from our local Fourth of July Parade today. We happen to live in a state which does not produce much...; Tags: Subsidy, Denmark, Natural Gas, Taxes, Free Trade, Telecom & Utilities, Financial Planning, Finance, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-07-04
News to know: Searching Silverlight; IE 8; Dell; Google vs. YouTube: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft: Silverlight content searchable, too Ryan Stewart: Brian Goldfarb talks about Silverlight 2 and Deep Zoom with Michael Cot LineRider releases a Silverlight 2 version Microsoft steps up self-policing of its OSI-approved source licenses ...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Mobile, YouTube Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Linux, UNIX, Keyboards, Operating Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-03
Michael Dell's a believer: Makes a $100 million statement: Michael Dell's a believer: Makes a $100 million statementDoes that make him...?Just wondering if that makes him the majority shareholder now? Or could that be his goal, to make sure he retains control over Dell as a rule because he may be considering stepping aside as CEO to pursue something...; Tags: Mortgages, Dell Computer Corp., Michael Dell, believer; Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Laser-aided software for tunnel construction: Laser-aided software for tunnel constructionvisualization in civil engineeringi understand importance of visualization in engineering but if i remember surveying principles it all depends on the precision provided by actual devices not the quality of the software putting it all together so it looks niceso if device used provides you with...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, software, laser; Discussion threads 2008-07-02
Laser-aided software for tunnel construction: If you ever have cruised on California's Highway 1, you know it offers spectacular views of the Pacific ocean. But several areas of this road are potentially dangerous because they can be affected by landslides. This is why the U.S. National Science Foundation NSF is helping the California Department of...; Tags: Software, National Science Foundation, Tunnel, Laser, gVT, Tools & Techniques, Management, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-07-02
What MP3 player and mobile phone sound the best to you?: I enjoy listening to music during my commute, while working out, and at other times throughout the day and most often use whatever mobile phone I happen to have to listen to those tunes. I also use dedicated MP3 players from time to time and Steve Laser recently approached me...; Tags: Phone, Mobile, MP3 Player, Cell Phone, MP3, Digital Music, Digital Media, Media Players, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Create A Gift 2008 (exe): Create A Gift 2008, create & print high quality personalized gifts from www.My-Accessories.co.uk using any inkjet or laser printer to produce the perfect gift for friends & family or even to start your own business. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Gift, Terry Mancey, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals; Software downloads 2008-07-01
Are more companies refusing to pay more for green IT?: There used to be a perception, not so many months ago, that your company would have to spend more to green-ify its IT infrastructure. But the flagging economy is apparently dashing any hopes that high-tech vendors might secretly have harbored that they could get customers to spend more dollars for...; Tags: Rackspace, Green Technology, Green IT, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-06-30
Asia printer market grew 6.3% in Q1 2008: According to IDC’s Asia/Pacific Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals HCP Tracker, the combined printer and MFP market grew 6.3% YTY to reach 6.5 mln units in Q1 2008. Prices of A4 monochrome and color laser MFPs hit new low at $160 and $250 respectively following aggressive trade-in and end-user promotions. The A3...; Tags: Laser, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals, NB; Blog posts 2008-06-30
Lasers detecting explosives from 20 meters away: Lasers detecting explosives from 20 meters awayBajeebersIt's amazing what people can do when they have a good enough reason.RE: Lasers detecting explosives from 20 meters awayAlso see the article on the SPIE Newsroom website "Novel method for remotely detecting explosives" using a pulsed UV laser, from MIT Lincoln Lab. http://spie.org/x24953.xml; Tags: laser; Discussion threads 2008-06-27
Lasers detecting explosives from 20 meters away: Oak Ridge National Laboratory ORNL researchers have developed a super-sensitive explosives detector which uses a laser and a device that converts reflected light into sound. Interestingly, the technique they've used is based on earlier works of Alexander Graham Bell in the late 1880s. In their experiments, the researchers used three...; Tags: Technique, Detection, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Laser, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-06-27
U.S. tech sector jobs show strong growth, but lack of engineers could hurt in future: U.S. tech sector jobs show strong growth, but lack of engineers could hurt in futureIn other news...IBM, AMD, Intel, Boeing..announce job cutsThese "shortage of engineer" articles are starting to smell fishy when balanced against job cuts and outsourcing news from the same companies that complain about shortages.Why not just cut...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Brother-In-Law, U.S. tech sector job, sector job, U.S. Tech, job, strong growth, H1B; Discussion threads 2008-06-26
Time for open source to build a Code Recycling Center: Time for open source to build a Code Recycling CenterExcellent ideaExcellent idea. Often companies have utilities created for in-house use that are no longer needed. Years ago I wrote a utility to determine the answer date on lawsuits in Texas, which does not work on a "20 days...; Tags: Code Recycling Center, open source; Discussion threads 2008-06-26
Killing cancer cells -- one at a time: A team of U.S. engineers and researchers have developed a laser surgery probe which targets individual cancer cells. This 'microscalpel' can destroy a single cancerous cell while leaving nearby cells intact. According to the lead researcher, 'You can remove a cell with high precision in 3-D without damaging the cells...; Tags: Imaging, Laser, Cell, Cancer Cell, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-06-26
Fired Director of IT accused of destroying organ donor information of former company: Here's a story that will make you absolutely sick. I used to live in Houston, time to time I still check out the Houston Chronicle... which I did this morning. I was interested in reading more about the altercation between the Astros pitcher and general manager, but then I stumbled...; Tags: Organ, Houston, Agency, Advertising & Promotion, Backups, Hacking, Marketing, Security, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-06-26
News to know: Nokia Symbian; XP phase-out; Apple badware: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: No reprieve: XP phase-out begins June 30 Dancho Danchev: Trojan exploiting unpatched Mac OS X vulnerability in the wild Spam attack shut downs Marshall Islands email service 200,000 sites spreading web malware, China's...; Tags: Nokia Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Apple Inc., Symbian Inc., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), E-mail, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Leadership, Advertising & Promotion, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Online Communications, Hardware, Operating Systems, Management, Marketing, David Grober; Blog posts 2008-06-25
Mobile RIAs - getting more exciting thanks to Nokia and Symbian: Big news today for those following mobile RIAs closely. Nokia is buying the remaining 52% of Symbian that it doesn't own and making the mobile platform open source. As Steve O'Hear said, the move is "bold to say the least". At a time when everyone is trying to make a...; Tags: Nokia Corp., Mobile, Open Source, Rich Internet Application, Symbian Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-06-24
Texas Instruments strives to make power management more intuitive, deep within its processors: Before I get into the guts of this post, a special thank-you to the team at Texas Instruments (Bill Krenik, CTO of the wireless business unit, and Dave Freeman, Texas Instruments Fellow, Analog & Digital Power Control Products) who were patient enough to brief me weeks and weeks and weeks...; Tags: Processor, Power Management, Texas Instruments Inc., Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-06-24