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- united airlines suffers computer glitch
- United Airlines suffers computer glitchAnd Dept. of Homeland Security computers full of holes,malwareLink: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070620/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/dhs_computer_security;_ylt=AqyWv6oSU_2dMBjhZxH8lBas0NUENetscape 6 open source Geko is the problemAh well...Wonder if they got h4x0r3dI wonder if they got hacked. Hope they didn't lose passengers' personal information.I Wonder What OS They Are Running...Windows perhaps?No, they runboth Solaris...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, UNIX, computer glitch, United Airlines, computer
- Discussion threads 2007-06-20
- united airlines suffers computer glitch
- United Airlines said Wednesday that it experienced a computer outage across its entire systems.The outage occurred between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. ET. United said on its site that "we apologize for the inconvenience and ask for our customers' patience as we work hard to resume operations."United didn't disclose what...
- Tags: Software Infrastructure, IT Management, Hardware Infrastructure, General
- Blog posts 2007-06-20
- FCC sets airport WiFi precedent. Battle lines drawn?
- In a decision that will most certainly prove to set a precedent for all American airports and that draws a very clear line in the sand, the FCC has rejected the assertions of Logan International Airport Boston officials who have maintained that they have the right to prevent Continental Airlines...
- Tags: Massport, Wi-Fi, Logan International, Government, Wired &, Wireless, Personal Technology, Mobile, Legal, General
- Blog posts 2006-11-09
- FCC sets airport WiFi precedent. Battle lines drawn?
- In a decision that will most certainly prove to set a precedent for all American airports and that draws a very clear line in the sand, the FCC has rejected the assertions of Logan International Airport Boston officials who have maintained that they have the right to prevent Continental Airlines...
- Tags: General, Personal Technology, Wired & Wireless, Mobile, Government, Legal, Berlind, Logan International, Wi-Fi, Massport
- Blog posts 2006-11-09
- united airlines sets course for Wi-Fi
- United Airlines sets course for Wi-FiOther WiFi Uses VoIPI am just wondering if by offering 802.11x on its flights are they opening up for VoIP calls or multimedia conferences which may drive other passengers away? Just a thought.Wi-Fi on UnitedI think it's a good idea to have FREE...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Wi-Fi, United Airlines
- Discussion threads 2005-06-08
- Electronic Document Management System Automates Review Process, Enables Compliance, and Slashes Maintenance Costs
- United Airlines is the second-largest air carrier in the world, with 3,400 daily flights to more than 680 locations around the globe. United wanted to maintain compliance while gaining better control over versioning, improving the legibility of documents used in the field, and providing secure access to maintenance documents over...
- Tags: Compliance, Documentum, United Airlines, Document Management System, Document Management, Content Management, Managerial Accounting, Groupware, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Hardware
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- Enterasys Multilayer Switches Help Airline Rise to Meet Customer Needs
- United Airlines, with more than 86,000 dedicated employees and more than 2,200 flights a day to nearly 140 destinations in more than 30 countries and territories, is committed to becoming the world's first choice in air travel by providing superior customer service. The existing network was a very costly, cumbersome...
- Tags: Enterasys Networks, United Airlines, Leadership, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Benefits, Management, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
- Case studies
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- We've been acquired: CBS buys CNET
- Nothing like scanning the headlines and finding out your parent company has been acquired. CBS Corporation To Acquire CNET Networks, Inc. The details: "Under the terms of the agreement, CBS will make a cash tender offer for all issued and outstanding shares of CNET Networks for $11.50 per...
- Tags: CNET Networks Inc., CBS Broadcasting Inc., Internet, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Financial Services, Development Tools, Finance, Business Operations, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Photos: Where the building is the network
- The San Jose, Calif., headquarters of Echelon, maker of technologies for smart buildings, model the company's energy management systems.Behind the scenes of "smart" buildings, including the Louvre Museum in Paris and the Sears Tower in Chicago, lies technology from Echelon. The company doesn''t call its embedded control technologies "green,"...
- Tags: Network, Echelon, Photograph, Building, It', Echelon', That', Networking, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-05-14
- Using satellite imagery to explore ancient Mexico
- An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology RIT is using satellite imagery to peer into the ancient Mexican past. Bill Middleton, an archeologist, is teaming up with computer scientists to build the most detailed landscape map of the southern state of Oaxaca in order to learn...
- Tags: NASA, Scientist, Satellite, Satellite Imagery, Bill Middleton, ScienceDaily, Network Technology, Networking, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- FBI: Counterfeit Cisco routers risk "IT subversion"
- An internal Federal Bureau of Investigation presentation states that counterfeit Cisco routers imported from China may cause unexpected failures in American networks. The equipment could also leave secure systems open to attack through hidden backdoors. The scope of the problem is broad and results from a complicated supply chain originating...
- Tags: Cisco Router, Router, Network, Information Technology, FBI, Cisco Systems Inc., Hardware, Federal Government, Routers & Switches, Networking, Government, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Wiretaps up, terrorism prosecutions down
- Wiretaps up, terrorism prosecutions downElephant repellent[i]Extraordinary rendition, anyone?[/i]See? It works!raymarc001The far sweeping powers that GW grabbed after 911 MUST come to an end! The ability of a president to write executive orders will destroy the USA if this isn't stopped. Every executive order GW has created must be repealed....
- Tags: Homeland security, terrorism prosecution, terrorism, executive order
- Discussion threads 2008-05-12
- Novell to Sun: Here's an offer you can't refuse
- Last week, I blogged about the possible future of a unified UNIX GPLv3 operating system "mother distro" comprising the merged source code of the Solaris and Linux kernels (and presumably, the source code of other vendors as well) and related GNU stack with associated tools and applications. ...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., SCO Group Inc., GPLv3, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Major career web sites hit by spammers attack
- Major career web sites hit by spammers attackStealing data is one thing and spamming is anotherThe only way to stop spam is at its orginating point.If ISPs were encouraged to follow a mandate for testing the validity of a source e-mail (vis-a-vis test for PGP MIME signature) all non-comformant email...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Spam, spammers attack, career Web sites, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2008-05-12
- Samsung Access
- Though Verizon Wireless ruled the mobile TV roost for more than a year, AT&T finally offered Big Red some competition last month with the launch of AT&T Mobile TV. Like V Cast Mobile TV, AT&T's service offers stunning video quality, but its real appeal depends entirely on the handsets that...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, keypad button, Microsoft Access, phone, LG Vu, mobile TV, AT&T Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., toggle, AT&T Mobile TV, TV
- Product reviews 2008-05-10
- Mowser purchased by dotMobi; is there a need for a .mobi domain?
- Mowser purchased by dotMobi; is there a need for a .mobi domain?.mobi is UsefulI like developed .mobi sites, and have a blog and showcase of .mobi sites at http://mobienthusiast.mobi. It's true that there are many mobile optimized .com sites, but I like the simplicity of being able to type in...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, DotMobi, mobi site, mobi, mobile, mobi domain, dotMobi, Visit BofA.mobi, domain
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- Neil Young gives his name to a spider
- Canadian rocker Neil Young made headlines this week for appearing at the JavaOne conference and for releasing his musical archive on Blu-ray discs. But he was also honored by a East Carolina University ECU professor of biology, who named a newly discovered trapdoor spider Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi after the legendary rock...
- Tags: East Carolina University, Species, Myrmekiaphila, M., Neotype, Blu-Ray, Investment, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Finance, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Cooper Boone's fan-fueled music (no, not the kind with blades)
- Did you ever think about how much electricity a mega-concert uses to power all those woofers and tweeters, not to mention the jumbo-screens and pyrotechnics? Yes, a lot, no? So, I was inspired by this little item about Cooper Boone, a psychologist-cum-musician who...
- Tags: Blade, Cooper, Music, Cooper Boone, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Oil's superspike may make telecommuting the norm
- Oil's superspike may make telecommuting the normUnlike the Music Industry - Never heard of "oil payola"Superspike? Really. It's interesting that we have so much of the stuff that why don't the companies start paying us to use their fuel? I guess that would probably be "illegal" at...
- Tags: Gas Prices, telecommuting
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- TomTom One 130S
- The TomTom One 130 and TomTom One 130S mark a new beginning for the company's line of basic GPS. You still get TomTom's hallmark ease of use and community features, but the portable navigation systems now boast more compact designs as well as a new vehicle mount that can be...
- Tags: GPS, Keyboards, TomTom
- Product reviews 2008-05-08
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