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UAE Census Takes Just Three Months Using PDAs to Capture Data in Real Time

UAE Tedad Census 2005, the most important nationwide initiative in the United Arab Emirates UAE, was completed on time, thanks to Microsoft technologies. A regular census has happened in the UAE since 1968, but for the first time in the Gulf region at the national level, enumerators used Personal Digital...

Tags: U.A.E., Microsoft Corp., UAE Census, PDAs, Handhelds, Hardware

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Map Suite Geocode USA (zip)

Map Suite Geocode USA is a .NET-native geocoding and reverse geocoding component for the United States. It can convert U.S. addresses into latitude, longitude, county, elevation, time zone, and more. Geocode USA comes with a highly-optimized dataset covering the entire United States. Supports .NET Framework 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005...

Tags: U.S., ThinkGeo, .Net, C#, Microsoft Development Tools, Application Servers, Programming Languages, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Development Tools, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2008-08-29

45.7 mln Americans uninsured in 2007

The US Census Bureau released a report that estimates that 45.7 mln Americans were uninsured in 2007 compared to 47 mln in 2006. The US Census report found that more people were covered by government health insurance programs - increasing from 27% in 2006 to 27.8% in 2007. During this...

Tags: Health Insurance, Health Care, Benefits, Healthcare, Insurance, Payroll Solutions, Vertical Industries, Human Resources, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Enterprise Software, Software, AM

Blog posts 2008-08-26

X-Box (and Cell Phone) Nation: Election Rests In Digital Hands

The Democratic convention gets started tonight and in the constant quest for the unconventional technological means of getting out the youth vote, the X-Box is today's "in" device. By itself, this may not be a big deal. There are about 12 million X-Box members around...

Tags: Presidential Election, Phone, Election, Cell Phone, X-Box, Democratic Convention, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-08-25

China cuts off iTunes, likely over 'Songs of Tibet'

China cuts off iTunes, likely over 'Songs of Tibet'Learn from M$, Google and YahooThey cooperated with the local bully, they were allowed to run business over there. Don't p*ss of their government, that's the key in China. Yahoo went so far they handed in evidence to China government to help...

Tags: Tibetan family, Han, census, Apple iTunes

Discussion threads 2008-08-22

News to know: Google; Web Olympics; Patch Tuesday; iPhone

Notable headlines: Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Will the Olympics melt the Internet? Time Warner's Olympic boost, courtesy NBC More worries for Beijing visitors Phil Wainewright: Hello, Google, is anyone in there? Larry Dignan: Google: Our AOL investment is ‘impaired' ...

Tags: apple iphone, google inc., web, larry dignan, health care, internet, vertical industries, benefits, e-mail, healthcare, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), enterprise software, software, human resources, online communications, operating systems, microsoft windows

Blog posts 2008-08-08

Open source census says, free as in beer

Open source census says, free as in beerWell...I'm really not being sarcastic but, is it really a surprise?What's that say about commercial software?If FOSS apps that beat the stuffing out of commercial ones can be developed for free by a tiny minority of users, what must be the proportion of...

Tags: Open Source Census, open source, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-08-07

Open source census says, free as in beer

If the results hold up, however, it paints a picture of the open source user community which is mostly take, with little give. Maybe you can change that by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: open source, dana blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-08-07

How a lack of insurance kills

How a lack of insurance killsNot everyone can get insuranceAnd not everyone can afford it when they can be accepted.The insurance companies focus on excluding people that might have an existing condition cuts out a large group of people. My wife is a good example - she had breast...

Tags: Financial Planning, Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, insurance

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

The next generation will deal with global warming, we promise

The next generation will deal with global warming, we promiseEmission cuts promised unfeasible without clean coalWithout clean coal, the emission cuts promised by the G8 puny though they are are unfeasible: "The vast majority of new power stations in China and India will be coal-fired; not "may be coal-fired"; will...

Tags: global warming, emission cut

Discussion threads 2008-07-08

What your own open source census can get you

What your own open source census can get youGood points DanaThis is a recurring theme. The IT group in a company are using open source for many projects, meanwhile the CIO doesn't think they need an audit or a governance plan because open source is not being used.I recently wrote...

Tags: open source

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

News to know: Apple patches; Adobe; XP-Vista; Yahoo

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Apple plugs 25 Mac OS X security vulnerabilities. David Morgenstern: Apple releases Leopard 10.5.4 update Apple update notice. Robin Harris: Why computers fail Adobe: Adobe Advances Rich Media Search on the Web ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Web, Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., Patch Management, Apple Inc., IBM Consulting Service, Web 2.0, 3G, Microsoft Windows, Channel Management, Open Source, Internet, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Blog posts 2008-07-01

What your own open source census can get you

Open source does not do its best work in the dark corners, but in the light of day. That's where you'll realize the value, when your own people can share knowledge, and you get to share with the wider world. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-06-30

FCC wants no-porn, free broadband wireless auction

FCC wants no-porn, free broadband wireless auctionHmmm....Is Porn illegal? If not is this not a governmental nose-snubbing at freedom of speech, making it highly illegal ?Do we really WANT this sort of action by our government?Do we want to become China?I dunno. I'm just askin'...The moral crusaders :)Ok,...

Tags: Federal government, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Government, WIRELESS, broadband wireless auction, broadband wireless, FCC, broadband

Discussion threads 2008-06-23

diversITy: can being gay hold your career back?

Edit: Just a couple of grammatical tweaks. This series of entries, called diversITy, continues from the previous topic, all concerning the diversity of people within the IT industry. This time, I'd like to put forward: sexual orientation in the workplace, can it set you back? ...

Tags: Workplace, Career, Diversity, U.K., IT Industry, LGBT, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-06-23

News to know: Adobe; XP era ends; Enterprise 2.0; Apple

Notable headlines: Dancho Danchev: How to recover GPcode encrypted files? Larry Dignan: Adobe ups outlook; Creative Suite chugs along XP era ends: Will Vista step up? Techmeme eBay: New belle of Microsoft's merger ball? MySpace plays more spam Whac-a-Mole;...

Tags: Software, Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows XP, Apple Inc., Enterprise 2.0, Mergers & Acquisitions, Internet, Tools & Techniques, Channel Management, Investment, Finance, Management, Marketing

Blog posts 2008-06-17

Why is Microsoft sponsoring the Open Source Census?

Why is Microsoft sponsoring the Open Source Census?Microsoft sees RedHat and Novell making...money with open source. They are looking to see if it is a market they can tap into as well. Microsoft would rather make money from Open Source than try to kill it - something they have found...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., open source, Winux

Discussion threads 2008-06-16

Why is Microsoft sponsoring the Open Source Census?

The Open Source Census, a collaborative project endeavoring to quantify the use of open-source software in enterprises, got a new sponsor on June 16. Microsoft. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Open-source Software, Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-06-16

Lessons from American university education

Lessons from American university educationCorrectionsYou wrote: Not only are graduates easy pickings for companies who want the best and brightest in the world (or rather, would be, if our own government wasn’t so intent on sending them back to their home countries), but they create opportunities for private money to...

Tags: college system, private college, education, American University

Discussion threads 2008-06-11

CDXZipStream (msi)

CDXZipStream is a complete solution for importing zip code and census data into Microsoft Excel. Using an intuitive, patented interface, you simply specify the data you want and where you want it. CDXZipStream also features reverse zip code look-up, distance and radius calculations. Premium data feeds are optionally available and...

Tags: ZIP Code, Data, Hughes Financial Services, CDXZipStream, Premium Data, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2008-06-10