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Diet Science (zip): Diet Science feature includes Calculators included are: Body Mass Index; Daily calorie requirements by Age and Gender; Glycemic Index and Load of 125 common food items; Daily Glycemic Load calculator; Metabolic Syndrome. Nutritional Pyramids included are: Asian, Latin, Mediterranean, USDA, and Vegetarian. Diets included are: Asian, USDA with 7-day sample...; Tags: Food, Menu, U.S. Department Of Agriculture, Amit Kshetarpal, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing; Software downloads 2008-03-06
Sea, soy and sun: Will you use one day SoyScreen on the beach? This is an eco-friendly sunscreen developed by chemists working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA. SoyScreen is biodegradable, non-toxic and could lead to a new class of cosmetic ingredients. It was developed by using an enzyme-based method to make 'an...; Tags: Ingredient, Oil, Patent, U.S. Department Of Agriculture, SoyScreen, FSG33, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-10-09
USDA approves rice producing human proteins: This is not the first time that a food crop designed to produce future drugs is approved by the United States Department of Agriculture USDA, but it's one of the first food crops containing genes that produce human proteins according to Nature. The USDA justified its decision by saying that...; Tags: Science &, Nature, Health &, Medicine, Energy &, Environment; Blog posts 2007-05-21
Census Bureau posted personal info of 63,000 people: This may come as surprise to no one but the Census Bureau inadvertently posted on a public Web site the Social Security numbers of 63,000 people who received financial aid, census officials reports the Washington Post. Although the Social Security numbers were removed from the site, there are still...; Tags: Security, Privacy, Government technology; Blog posts 2007-04-23
Lexabean BYO Diet (zip): Get fit, lose weight with your Pocket PC. Includes USDA Food DB with more than 7000 entries and many reports to track your diet. Based on your goals and vital information - our software will help you reach your body weight and fitness goals. Features include: the ability to set...; Tags: Protein, U.S. Department Of Agriculture, Pocket PC, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software; Software downloads 2006-07-17

Hacker may have pilfered personal data from USDA: Hacker may have pilfered personal data from USDASo, what else is new?If this is type of government that leaves a president's travel itinerary in the trash, we might as well consider our SSNs opensource.the government is protecting the ID thievesMay be if a hacker steals the identity info of all...; Tags: Web servers, Linux, Netcraft, U.S. Department of Agriculture, personal data, server, government; Discussion threads 2006-06-22
Beginners Guide to Linux Forensics: The core foundation of Linux is primarily text based. Several GUI interfaces can sit on top of this text interface, including Gnome, and KDE. From a forensic perspective, the user will be able to really dig in much deeper by using the old style command line interface. While the different...; Tags: U.S. Department Of Agriculture, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2005-06-01
Recipe Archive (exe): Recipe Archive is a powerful recipe storage system combining many advanced features with ease of use and flexibility in mind. It allows recipes to be stored in recipe books, which can be organized within the library much like real recipe books. It features the ability to handle multiple images per...; Tags: U.S. Department Of Agriculture, Recipe Archive, Storage, Storage Management, Web Browsers, Hardware, Internet; Software downloads 2003-05-27
Iowa State University & US Department of Agriculture Case Study: Atalasoft DotTwain Facilitates Implementation of Remote Sensing Survey Application: Iowa State University's Center for Survey Statistics and Methodology CSSM collaborates with the US Department of Agriculture USDA on an agricultural survey called the National Resources Inventory NRI. The survey is conducted via interpretation of aerial photographs. To streamline the scanning and consistent naming of thousands of aerial photographs, developers...; Tags: Iowa State University, U.S. Department Of Agriculture, Survey, Marketing Research, Marketing; Case studies

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If Xen and KVM are free, why do VMware and Microsoft get all of the press?: Xen and KVM, like other virtualization tools, can be used as part of a comprehensive datacenter architecture. One of the most important value propositions offered by both of these tools is low initial cost (read "free"). Depending upon the implementation (Citrix, Red Hat, SUSE, Virtual Iron, Oracle, Sun, Qumranet, etc.)...; Tags: Red Hat Inc., Xen, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tool, Comprehension, Productivity, Data Centers, Open Source, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide: Convicted spammer Eddie Davidson, who escaped from federal prison over the weekend, killed his wife and 3-year-old daughter before killing himself in what is being described as a murder-suicide. Colorado's 9News.com said the tragic end of the man known as the "Spam King" was confirmed by the...; Tags: Prison, Sheriff, Internal Revenue Service, Attorney, Healthcare, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?: Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?Microsoft Search sucks.Now they are hijacking your PC to gain search share. Vista, XP, and anything else Microsoft is leaving this organization at every chance.RE: Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?This studies almost alway fail to note that XP's business penetration was no better after...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Forrest; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a little: Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a littleNew Coke?Actually, given the way it has been and is being sold, is it not the New Kool-Aid?With Vista selling so well already ...... as shown in revenues from the previous quarter, Microsoft can expect to gain substantially...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Mozilla Firefox, Forrester Research Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Mac OS X, Mendel, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Childs rigged crazyquilt private network: The prosecution unveiled more details on the lunacy in San Francisco in court filings that urged the judge to keep rogue network administrator Terry Childs' bail at $5 million. The Chronicle reports that prosecutors say that Childs had over 1,000 modems secreted around the city, forming his own private network...; Tags: Network, Prosecutor, Networking, Productivity, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Students: the broadband troubleshooter: Student? Moved out of halls? Ready to move into your new student digs? Heads up. Following on from my series of harrowing entries regarding my broadband trouble, it's about time I sat you down and explained a few things about ISP's, phone lines, telecoms...; Tags: Tenant, Phone, Broadband, Phone Line, Internet Service Provider, Tag, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Internet, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Judge refuses to reduce 'rogue' admin's bail: Breaking news: A San Francisco judge just refused to lower Terry Childs' bail from $5 million, the SF Chron reports. Prosecutors said that by rigging the network so that key programs were held in memory so that they would be deleted when the network was shut...; Tags: Bail, Administrator, Network, Sheriff, Prosecutor, Networking, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs: Inside the mind - and config - of Terry ChildsGuilty of Incompetency in Office Politics, Being a JerkThe word is that Childs was the sole keeper of the passwords for months if not years, and management was aware of the situation during this period.The new director of security took a...; Tags: Workforce management, IT Field, Terry Childs; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
SF mayor gets back to the keys to the city: SF mayor gets back to the keys to the cityThen what?What happened then? Is this a cliff-hanger blog?The story you quoted from at least mentioned this:"By Tuesday morning, the system was back in the hands of the city."GoodKudos to Mayor Newsome for stepping up and resolving the situation. I'm...; Tags: Government, Vertical industries, SF Mayor; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs: Terry Childs's lawyer, Erin Crane, offered the court some insights into the Childs' motivations in changing SF's network passwords. She will argue today for a reduction in his $5 million bail, perhaps to something closer to the bail set for common murderers ($1 mil.) In her written...; Tags: Password, Network, Backup, Terry Childs, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Another student hacks another police website: Oh the fun. Once again, another police website has been hacked by a student, showing that even the police aren't safe from all crimes. This is another link in the long chain of attacks over the years from egotistical teenagers trying to get a kick out of life without sticking...; Tags: Web Site, Attack, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-23