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- Photos: Russian air show aims high
- The MAKS 2007 event has lofty aspirations, but is it ready yet to surpass the Paris Air Show? For hard-core aviation fans, it may not matter.The distance between France and Russia is more than just half a continent. You can see it in everything from drink (wine vs. vodka) to...
- Tags: aerospace, aerospace company, aircraft, aspiration, attack, beverage, blockbuster, continent, defense contractor, display, England, food, France, jet, magnet, MAKS 2007, MAKS 2007 event, Moscow, Paris, Paris Air Show, photograph, president, pride, resort, Russia, Salon, spectator, staff writer, theorist, toilet, wine
- Image galleries 2007-08-23
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- Computers have speed limit as unbreakable as speed of light, say physicists
- A pair of physicists have shown that if processors continue to accelerate in accordance to Moore's Law, we'll hit the wall of faster processing in roughly 75 years. The curtain will eventually come down for silicon in today's manufacturing methods once engineers can no longer further shrink...
- Tags: Processor, Physicist, Speed, Computer, Moore, Productivity, Chris Jablonski
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Hadron Collider's mysterious disappearing magnets
- It's beginning to seem that the Large Hadron Collider may never be able to produce the gargantuan amount of energy that caused many to fear it would create a world-ending black hole. The Times reports that the collider's magnets have been massively under performing....
- Tags: Electron, Magnet, E-mail, Online Communications, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-08-04
- Timing fishy on WSJ's Jobs story and Apple's Monday morning news
- Timing fishy on WSJ's Jobs story and Apple's Monday morning newsPlayed?"It just feels a little too convenient and I can?t help feeling that I may have been played a bit."Duh.Not a bit. A lot.I Moved OnBut, I'll hesitate here one moment.I don't think the Journal would have run the story...
- Tags: Public relations, job, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-22
- NCIS: Episode #140: Breakout
- NCIS: Episode #140: BreakoutNCIS ScriptPaul, keep taking the medication mate.Paul, you really are losing it.If you were to assess laptop marketshare by what you see used on TV, then you could easily be forgiven for concluding NOBODY BUT Apple makes laptops!This clearly isnt the reality of the world - its...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, NCIS, TV, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Paul
- Discussion threads 2009-05-09
- Conficker wakes up, updates, drops payload
- Conficker wakes up, updates, drops payloadSo basically......anyone who patched back in October and who doesn't install dodgy files is still OK?Which seems to be about 99%+ of Windows users.This thing is a walk in the parkcompared to the new w32.Virut.nbn variationsit's game over as soon as you catch itnastiest thing...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Patches, SECURITY, Conficker, payload
- Discussion threads 2009-04-09
- Another WiFi health scare breaks out
- Another WiFi health scare breaks outOh NOooooo! Not their precious cell phones![i]And if electromagnetic waves are truly dangerous, why aren?t the cranks going after cell phone companies, or TV and radio stations?[/i]They won't go after cell phones because most people are addicted to cell phones. If you were...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, Wireless and Mobility, health care, cell phone, Wi-Fi, phone
- Discussion threads 2009-04-08
- Facebook introducing new security warning feature
- With Facebook persistently under attacks from phishers and malware authors, looking for creative ways to efficiently exploit its users base, Facebook's security team has silently introduced a new "security warning feature" alerting its users on the potential maliciousness of the third-party site they are about to visit. Is the newly...
- Tags: Facebook, Security Warning, MySpace, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-09-15
- Yahoo: Our board a lot less loved today
- Yahoo: Our board a lot less loved todayA conspiracy theorist would say this was done intentionally......by Yahoo in order to convince Ichan to throw in the towel before the fight even began due to overwhelming odds.There are still law suits...pending over the handling of the MS deal. This votes outcome...
- Tags: Corporate governance, Yahoo! Inc., board
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- Health conspiracies usually aren't
- Health conspiracies usually aren'tExonerated?Don't you mean implicated? If not, please explain.How old was Woody Allen in Sleeper?Remember the scene in "Sleeper" where Woody's character, a health food nut, is surrounded by doctors smoking cigarettes and drinking martinis?Don't think tobacco will be rehabilitatedThe health problems associated with tobacco usage over...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, statin, Health conspiracy, health care, Statins
- Discussion threads 2008-03-03
- Should we even bother asking teachers?
- Should we even bother asking teachers?No -- K-12 is about preparing kids for the future.Given that only 30%, if that, of children will go on to college, the computers in schools should represent what is being used in the workplace.The choice of PC vs. Mac is simple. What will...
- Tags: Desktops, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2008-02-20
- A thought about Utility Computing
- A thought about Utility ComputingThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Data Center.Nicholas Carr is Earth's answer to Oolon Colluphid. Everywhere he looks, IT is dying. I expect him to release his new book, "Well, That About Wraps It Up For IT" any day now.Of course, centralized processing is not the entire...
- Tags: Hitchhiker, IT IS, utility computing, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-02-06
- Broadcasters get leeway on digital TV switch
- Broadcasters get leeway on digital TV switchHi Voska, Sorry! I was joking...... that was my take on our local conspiracy theorist's typical rant that everything is a government plot out to empty his wallet. I guess I might have done it a bit too well...Personally we have a nice...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, switchover, TV, digital television, broadcaster, leeway, cable
- Discussion threads 2008-01-02
- A Tutorial on Reed-Solomon Coding for Fault-Tolerance in RAID-Like Systems
- It is well-known that Reed-Solomon codes may be used to provide error correction for multiple failures in RAID-like systems. The coding technique itself, however, is not as well-known. To the coding theorist, this technique is a straightforward extension to a basic coding paradigm and needs no special mention. However, to...
- Tags: Technique, Fault-tolerance, Theory, University Of Tennessee, Productivity, RAID, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2008-01-01
- OLPC: the best designed notebook in the world
- OLPC: the best designed notebook in the worldYou know, I was thingking the same thing. The OLPC would be great forschools right here in the good old US of A. I would think they should hire somebody to sell the idea to schools HERE. If we get a critical mass...
- Tags: Behar, notebook, Design Continuum, One Laptop Per Child project, Third World, computer
- Discussion threads 2007-12-19
- OLPC: the best designed notebook in the world
- The One Laptop Per Child OLPC is the best-designed notebook computer in the world. It just isn't designed for you. Get over it. Criticism of the OLPC centers on the fact that it isn't like the notebooks adults use. As the ASUS Eee shows a low-cost conventional...
- Tags: Notebook, Connectivity, Expression, Industrial Design, Activity, Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2007-12-19
- Microsoft's Ballmer calls out Red Hat with more patent threats
- Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is back on the "Linux violates our patents" kick. But this time, he's calling out Red Hat, specifically, for allegedly infringing on Microsoft IP. At the UK launch of Microsoft's Startup Accelerator Programme last week, Ballmer said it's only a matter of time...
- Tags: Red Hat Inc., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-10-09
- Police agencies push for drone sky patrols
- Police agencies push for drone sky patrolsThey want to rush it, until......someone gets killed. When will they realize that a drone is not a model plane with a range of a few hundred feet. Will be all happy until a drone wanders away, crashes into an airliner and...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Drone, sky patrol, Police Agencies
- Discussion threads 2007-08-09
- Laptop thief may go to prison for life
- Laptop thief may go to prison for lifeRoutine crime. Nothing special.This kind of stuff happens every day all across the country. It's not limited to on-line. The same happens to people who meet in bars, etc.There's also nothing unusual about the "three strikes" law. Most, probably all, states have them....
- Tags: laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2007-06-29
- Google already winner in Clinton presidential bid
- Google already winner in Clinton presidential bidGo Ron Paul! Go Ron PAul!GO RON PAUL! GO RON PAUL! GOD BLESS RON PAUL! RON PAUL FOR PRESIDENT 2008!Ron Paul in CNN debate on June 5, 2007!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwJKGfAWQUo"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannotsurvive treason from within. An...
- Tags: Google Inc., murderer, Ron Paul
- Discussion threads 2007-06-29
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