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- 2010 Honda Fit Sport
- Photo gallery:2010 Honda Fit SportSince its introduction to the U.S. market in 2007, the Honda Fit has endeared itself to small car lovers with its economical engine and flexible interior. The car received an update for 2009, gaining size and an optional navigation system. Those updates came just in time,...
- Tags: Saving Grace, Scion xB, Honda Fit, Honda Motor Co., car
- Product reviews 2009-11-19
- A flip of the on switch: Utah wind project goes online
- Seems wasteful to send the energy 2 states away...Very cool to see a big wind farm come online, but most of that energy is going to be wasted on transmission line leakage by the time it gets to California. We really need to get to the point of highly-localized power...
- Tags: power generation
- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- 2009 BMW Z4 sDrive35i
- Photo gallery:2009 BMW Z4 sDrive35iBMW proves the German reputation for over-engineering by making the 2009 BMW Z4 sDrive35i the most complicated roadster ever. Unlike the very simple Mazda MX-5 Miata we reviewed recently, the Z4 sDrive35i is a technical tour de force. The engine sports not one, but two turbochargers....
- Tags: Monitors & displays, BMW AG, Z4 sDrive35i
- Product reviews 2009-08-05
- Newly nationalized General Motors goes online...any greener?
- Newly nationalized General Motors goes online...any greener?Tragic endIf GM had been allowed to conduct its affairs based on its own marketing expertise, I would have assumed it would do just fine, once the onerous union agreements were modified.Now, it appears to be doomed. The corporate management puppets are echoing...
- Tags: Government, Engineering, NOW IT, Volt, General Motors Corp., battery
- Discussion threads 2009-07-10
- AT&T's really bad week: The network reputation hits keep coming
- AT&T's really bad week: The network reputation hits keep comingAT&T PERFECT here, better than VerizonHad some initial 3G issues when I got my phone last year but nothing since then. AT&T has been perfect where I live and work.I have Verizon work and they are definitely not better and...
- Tags: 3G, NETWORKING, Cellular phones, Conan, AT&T Corp., network, network reputation hit, bad week
- Discussion threads 2009-06-12
- Coupling Wireless Sensor Networks and the Sensor Observation Service - Bridging the Interoperability Gap
- The application of Wireless Sensor Networks WSN provides an inexpensive and easy to implement monitoring system for landslide events. The system used in SLEWS for deploying sensor units is constructed by the project partner ScatterWeb. As a modern and autonomous ad hoc wireless sensor network it is characterised by self-organisation...
- Tags: Network, Wireless Sensor Network, Node, Wireless, Leibniz Universitaet Hannover
- White papers 2009-05-18
- If we build it, what will come?
- The American infrstructure cheerleaders have a wish list, nearly a half-trillion dollars worth. They should learn to think BIG, like those Wall Streeters who are nearly their second trillion dollars of government case without a single shovel-ready project. Weell, there were some small grave-digging projects for the likes...
- Tags: Job, Project, Highlights, Job Year, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-05-12
- Reviewing your pandemic plans has just become job #1
- Guest post: With the focus on bird flu in recent years, it’s sort of unexpected to hear that the latest pandemic might, in fact, not come from flying descendents of dinosaurs but might be the result of a combination of human, bird and swine influenza viruses that have evolved inside pigs and...
- Tags: Job, Outbreak, Flu, Contingency Plan, VPNs, Remote Access, Network Security, Telecommunications, Security, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-28
- 2009 Kia Borrego
- Photo gallery:2009 Kia BorregoHyundai stepped up its game with the Genesis sedan, and now co-company Kia comes out with an SUV that easily rivals the Ford Explorer. The 2009 Kia Borrego matches many of the attributes of the Explorer, such as third-row seating, choice of V-6 or V-8 engines, and...
- Tags: Leather, Kia Borrego, Kia Motors Corp.
- Product reviews 2009-04-27
- Recent Progress and Standardization of Terrestrial Wireless and Satellite Communication Systems
- This paper overviews the recent progress and standardization of terrestrial wireless and satellite communication systems. The terrestrial wireless systems are now standardized by ITU-R SG5 in the area of IMT-2000, IMT-Advanced, land mobile systems, aeronautical mobile systems and fixed wireless access systems. This paper focuses on the free-space optical communication...
- Tags: Satellite Communication, Satellite, Standardization, Wireless, Wireless System, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility
- White papers 2009-03-04
- Upgrading the Multi-Site Printer Fleet at ADMR
- ADMR is a home help association established under the French Law of 1901. ADMR wanted to standardise the printer fleet to help simplify management and support. They also wanted to provide the associations with easily accessible colour printing, photocopying and fax transmission functions. ADMR deployed HP Color LaserJet CM4730 Multifunction...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., ADMR, Printers, Fax, Document Management, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Case studies 2009-03-01
- Green stimuli?
- How much green for greentech in the "stimulus" bill that looks to be headed to law? I have not read the whole 1400 pages and I will not use the energy it would take to do so. But here's some of what I've gleaned. $20 bn for...
- Tags: Renewable Energy, Battery, Taxes, Telecom & Utilities, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Finance, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-02-12
- Investigating Depth-Fanout Trade-O in WiMAX Mesh Networks
- Wireless Mesh Networks WMNs have been an emerging technology for providing cost/effective broadband Internet access. The research done insofar usually assumes that the wireless backbone of a WMN is built using IEEE 802.11 technologies. Such an approach has the drawback of leading to dense and sub-optimal deployments, due to the...
- Tags: Mesh Networking, Network, Wireless, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Verizon, AT&T delivered free cell tower to McCain ranch
- Verizon, AT&T delivered free cell tower to McCain ranchbecause it is a matter of national security...to provide a senior senator and the next president of the U.S. with reliable service.Just imagine the commander in chief not being able to order a strike against the terrorists in Iraq for instance.HypocriteThis all...
- Tags: WIRELESS, McCains, Cell Tower, Verizon Communications Inc., U.S. Secret Service, AT&T Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-16
- Seeing the light: Dell makes major commitment to LED displays
- Seeing the light: Dell makes major commitment to LED displaysWhat's the life-expectancy of an LED display?Is it expected to be better or worse than an LCD display? After all, the two are unlikely to be exactly the same, and if it's worse then surely the energy cost of manufacturing extra...
- Tags: Engineering, tree-hugger, light-emitting diode, LED DISPLAY, DELL Makes, global warming, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-25
- Multi-User Adaptive Resource Allocation Scheme for WLAN OFDM-MIMO Transmission
- Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing OFDM has recently been proposed for use in high data-rate wireless systems. OFDM has an important property of spectrum utilization technique that distributes each tone, which is orthogonal with every other tone. The system capacity can be significantly improved by multiple transmit and receive antennas that...
- Tags: WLAN, MIMO, Allocation, Wireless, PSG College Of Technology, OFDM, Wireless LANs, LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Networking
- White papers 2008-08-25
- Test case: what happens when a government requires renewable energy?
- Test case: what happens when a government requires renewable energy?....It's pioneers like Colorado that will finally propel us into the 21st century. Great news! Love it when the old ways are trounced by new tech AND soundly at that!"[B]Despite a continuing boom, oil and gas companies here are on the...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Telecom & Utilities, Westinghouse, mW, tax, Xcel Energy Inc., renewable energy
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Limelight by the numbers: Akamai's thorn?
- Limelight Networks may have won a medal for its role behind the scenes to keep NBCOlympics.com humming, but the company is still dwarfed by its largest rival Akamai. The big question: Does Limelight have enough headroom to gain meaningful share from Akamai? Jason Perlow detailed how content...
- Tags: Patent, Akamai Technologies Inc., Limelight Networks, Jason, Company, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Cerf's call for simple pricing: Net Neutrality all over again
- Vint Cerf, one of the co-inventors of the underlying technology that makes the Web work, now Google's Internet evangelist, has issued a call for throughput-based pricing by ISPs. This in response to the Comcast ruling by the FCC, which ordered the cable carrier to stop interfering with certain kinds of...
- Tags: Vint Cerf, Network, IP Television, Net Neutrality, Pricing Strategy, Carrier, Cerf, 6MBps, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Federal Government, Internet, TVs, Pricing, Broadband Internet, Tv & Home Theater, Networking, Government, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Telecommunications, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- Straight Talking - Switch From Oil to Silicon, Digitise Through the Downturn
- When the economy starts to slide, the easy option is to cut back, rather than invest. After all, every cost saved goes straight to the bottom line, every amount invested will be subject to tighter scrutiny, and even new revenues generated are subject to a decision on acceptable margins. Many...
- Tags: Quocirca, Silicon, Commercial Property, Financial Services, Transportation
- White papers 2008-08-01
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