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Smart People: Tom Low, Director, Medical Robotics, SRI International

Smart People: Tom Low, Director, Medical Robotics, SRI InternationalGreat video..I've been following this science since 2001 and it is good to see how it's "fleshing" out, so to speak. Actually no pun intended.

Tags: Robots, Medical Robotics, Tom Low, Smart People, SRI International, robotics, Tom

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

Smart People: Tom Low, Director, Medical Robotics, SRI International

A robot in every operating room? Tom Low leads a team of researchers and engineers working on the next generation of medical robots to be used in laparoscopic surgery. Pioneered in the 1980s by SRI, the procedures involve doctors making very small incisions and then using long, skinny, robotically controlled...

Tags: Robotics, SRI International, Tom Low, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-08

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News to know: iPhone; Win 7 upgrade answers; Psystar; SOA; Google

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Finally, some answers to Windows 7 upgrade questions Dion Hinchcliffe: Are the iPhone and social networks making...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Psystar, Photograph, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-26

Gartner in the dock over Magic Quadrant

Persona Non GartnerOver the years, I've watched, participated in researching and experienced the results of the positing of Gartner's disclosures. My analysis is as follows:On any given subject at any given time, there is a .90 probability that the opinions expressed by Gartner will be either flat out wrong or...

Tags: Gartner Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

CTIA: Android and Apps everywhere

Locked UpWe'll only see real growth the market liberalises, and real competition is given a chance -- when I can buy an iPhone/aPhone outright and use it only any network.@leegeeUnfortunately, without those kinds of lockdowns and gaurantees of profitability for the producers & telecoms, there is no incentive for a...

Tags: Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, CTIA

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

News to know: AT&T; Apple; Google; Verizon; Microsoft

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dancho Danchev: Weak passwords dominate statistics for Hotmail's phishing scheme leak Larry Dignan: The Android army: Verizon Wireless, Google...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Wireless, Wireless Coverage Data, Microsoft Windows, Mobile Operating Systems, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Wireless And Mobility, Handhelds, Wi-Fi, Mobile Applications, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-07

News to know: Win7, Google Wave, Palm WebOS, Apple Tablet, Google Docs

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft's message to IT pros: Meet us half way with Windows 7 Larry Dignan: ...

Tags: Tom Foremski, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Google Docs, Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Tablets, Sales Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sales, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-30

Will cloud computing services get a boost from low IT spending?

This coming holiday season could be very good for cloud computing companies because many enterprises have scaled back their IT spending . . . by Tom Foremski

Tags: IT-spending, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-09-29

News to know: HP; AT&T; Malware; Twitter; RIM

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Hordes of owners complain of problems with HP Elite Pavilion PCs using Core i7 Ed Bott: Apple...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Hewlett-Packard Co., Twitter Inc., AT&T Corp., Malware, Apple Inc., Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-28

News to know: Office Web Apps; Palm; AMD-Intel; Andreessen; Win7 for students

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Office Web Apps go to testers: Ten things to know Zack Whittaker: Office 2010 for...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Palm Inc., Web Application, Andrew Nusca, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Blog posts 2009-09-18

News to know: Adobe; Sergey Brin; Apps.gov; Oracle; Facebook

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Adobe to acquire Ominture; CEO calls move a 'game-changer' Larry Dignan: Feds launch Apps.gov; Cloud computing players...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., Sergey Brin, OIN, Enterprise Service Bus, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Tablets, Notebooks, Cloud Computing, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-09-16

How long should a Windows 7 upgrade really take?

Even if it takes 20 hours, it's still faster than starting from scratchIf you have a massive PC that needs 20 hours for upgrading, you'll need a week to re-install and configure all your apps before you have a configuration that's even remotely comparable. So even if it takes 20...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, clean install, user data, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

News to know: E-readers; Web OS and IT; VMware; Cisco

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dion Hinchcliffe: How the Web OS has begun to reshape IT and business Oliver Marks: Course Credits as a...

Tags: E-reader, Sony Corp., Google Inc., Web, Virtualization, Information Technology, Amazon.com Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Camera, E-books, Open Source, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-08

News to know: Snow Leopard; YouTube; VMWorld; Google Books

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Snow Leopard ships with vulnerable Flash Player Sam Diaz: Report: EC considering delay of Sun-Oracle over...

Tags: Google Inc., Andrew Nusca, YouTube Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Data Centers, Virtualization, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Storage, Data Management

Blog posts 2009-09-03

News to know: Gmail outage; VMWorld; Skype; Browsers; Steve Jobs; Google Wave

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: Partly cloudy: Google's Gmail goes down; outage chronicled on Twitter Christopher Dawson: Oh sure...4 days in...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Sony Corp., Google Inc., Google Gmail, Larry Dignan, Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Outage, Sam Diaz, E-mail Providers, Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Internet, Software

Blog posts 2009-09-02

CoPilot Live launches full iPhone navigation solution for just $35

What about a WM review?I noticed that CoPilot 8 came out a while ago on WM and I was quite interested in it. I've been using aMaze GPS which is free (can't beat the price!) but if CoPilot is better, $35 is a very small price to pay. Are you...

Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, Apple iPhone, GPS, CoPilot Live, speaker

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

Can social business software transform people into a "platform"?

[caption id="attachment_685" align="aligncenter" width="475" caption="Ross Mayfield co-founder of SocialText - photo by Jemima Gibbons"][/caption]Ross Mayfield is the co-founder of SocialText, a Silicon Valley startup that has been pioneering the use of social network tools within the world of enterprise IT. It might seem that...

Tags: Software, Business Software, Social Software, Collaboration, Wiki, Online Communications, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-08-12

News to know: SOA, Google Voice app; Twitter bots; Google Wave; Clunkers

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Joe McKendrick: More SOA tools emerge in the cloud Jason Hiner: Forget the iPhone app, Google Voice coming as...

Tags: Google Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Jason Perlow, SOA, Microsoft Corp., Bot, Twitter, Attack, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), XML, Security, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-08-10

News to know: Apple security; Windows 7 bug?; Cisco; HP

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Apple warns of Mac attack risk via image files About the Mac OS X v10.5.8 Update ...

Tags: Security, Apple Macintosh, Hewlett-Packard Co., T-Mobile, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Camera, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, 3G, Operating Systems, Software, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-06

Chip industry's boom/bust cycles and the failure of business intelligence

The chip industry appears to be recovering from its bust cycle and beginning to enter into its boom cycle - it's a repetitive cycle of around four years in length. The Semiconductor Industry Association reports a 20 percent drop to $51.7 billion for the second...

Tags: Business Intelligence, Industry, Chip, Chip Industry, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Manufacturing, Hardware, Networking, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-08-03