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Confident Firewall Policy Configuration Management Using Description Logic: The provisioning of a firewall is one of the first important steps toward securing access control to a network. However, the effectiveness of a firewall's access control may be limited or compromised by poor configuration and management of firewall policy decisions. Firewall configuration management involves either the use of a...; Tags: Configuration Management, University College Cork, Firewall Configuration Management, Firewalls, Network Security, Security, Networking; White papers 2007-09-24

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Your computer as your singing coach: Israeli researchers have developed an electronic ear to coach vibrato technique. Until now, the quality of a vibrato -- the pulsating change of pitch in a singer's voice -- could only be judged by voice experts. Now, a Tel Aviv University research team 'has successfully managed to train a computer...; Tags: Researcher, Quality, Teacher, Computer, TAU, Productivity, Team Management, Management, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-07-05
Q'n'A: Are Youtube users are royally screwed?: Q'n'A: Are Youtube users are royally screwed?.....“[B]Had this not happened, Viacom would have made a huge amount of profit, but have now obviously lost out.[/B]”Subjective speculation that is unsubstantiated.“[B]YouTube could get shut down, Google could get fined to the nth degree, or maybe Google will get sued and it have...; Tags: Pandora, YouTube Inc., Viacom Inc., Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
Q'n'A: Are Youtube users are royally screwed?: I've been reading the headlines today, and the main headlines on most of the top technology websites are about the YouTube/Google/Viacom saga. I'd like to call this: Youglecomgate, a potentially volatile situation hovers over the midst of everyone who has been on YouTube ever, so that's probably the majority of...; Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., Viacom Inc., Corporate Communications, Internet, Networking, Marketing, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-03
AT: ATprohibitively expensive for college students (parents!)These rates are obscene. Note that the unlimited plans don't include any text messages, which is what the kids really need. So you need to pay an additional $15 or $20 for text. I am currently paying for one iPhone for one college student but...; Tags: Apple iPhone; Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Calling all auto engineers: this is an emergency: They're even talking about it on the radio now--can Detroit automakers survive? If you listened to this show on NPR the future of Chrysler is south of bleak. Ford and GM may just be bigger and have more blood to lose. The local Detroit paper's headline: auto sales...; Tags: Fuel Cell, Car, Automobile Company, Plug-in, Fuel Cells, Manufacturing, Emerging Technologies, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Five realities of Google or any other Workplace Wonderland: Five realities of Google or any other Workplace WonderlandThe best will float to the top?In any sizable company there are people that aren't pushing boundaries and so will be left somewhat self-stagnating. That's inherent in 9-5 working - some people ultimately turn up to collect their pay cheque.Plus you get...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Google Inc., Workplace Wonderland, workplace, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-07-02
So about that Microsoft licensing: So about that Microsoft licensingpenny wise and pound foolishIts not about giving $20K to Redmond. Its about users/teachers being productive and getting the work done so that they have more time to focus on the students.Saving $100 for a licence over the life of the software is nothing. Office is...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., software; Discussion threads 2008-07-02
Powerset's smarts are Microsoft's gain: Larry Dignan pours lukewarm water on Microsoft's acquisition of Powerset. Talking about Google's near monopoly in the search market, Larry says: Microsoft can reinvent search, but it's still running up a natural Google monopoly. The analogy here is Windows: Microsoft didn't have the best operating system on the planet....; Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Powerset, Wiki, Document Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Speech Recognition, Channel Management, Search, Enterprise Software, Online Communications, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Investment, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-07-01
Thinking -- Or Feeling -- Like A Computer: So an unknown billionaire named Jeffrey E. Epstein has spent millions trying to develop a thinking and feeling computer. But winds up in jail instead. This sounds eerily like a wish to build a HAL 9000 computer that was the central character of Arthur C. Clarke's science...; Tags: Thinking Machines, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Computer, Astronaut, Productivity, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-07-01
About that cellular interference...: So... maybe it is a real problem.Â Pedram Amini top picture on the right, noted researcher and reverse engineer, posted an article to the Tipping Point DVLabs blog on some interesting observations he made on cellular interference.Â From the article, Pedram comments on the discovery: "I had...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Researcher, Laptop Computer, Pedram Amini, Keyboards, Notebooks, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-01
Google curbs essay-writing service advertisements: Corporations over time gain social responsibility for the products they release: Microsoft and their report abuse features, Facebook and their privacy settings, and now Google are adding more to the list. I spoke some time ago about plagiarism, more on a positive note, considering the use of...; Tags: Google Inc., Essay, Advertisement, Plagiarism, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-06-30
Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 1: USA: Eek, from Slashdot today: The FBI has confirmed to Popular Mechanics that it's not only adding palm prints to its criminal records, but preparing to balloon its repository of photos, which an agency official says 'could be the basis for our facial recognition.' It's all part of a new...; Tags: FBI, Privacy, Washington Post Co., Slashdot, Government, Federal Government, Security, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-06-30
What putting off health care means: What putting off health care meansPreventionI used to get severe headaches occasionally migraine whenever the weather changed. If a thunderstorm was coming, I would get a bad headache. When the weather was turning nice again, I would get a severe headache. I had a couple of dental...; Tags: Vertical industries, health care, insurance; Discussion threads 2008-06-30
Physics - getting a raw deal in schools?: Physics - getting a raw deal in schools?physics is not a fundamental application of mathsPhysics is the basis for understanding any physical phenomenon. I do not see any sense in studying biology w/o a strong physics curriculum, as w/o physics you will have a hard time understanding what...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, raw deal; Discussion threads 2008-06-30
Your correspondence so far: It's been just over a month now since I started writing here, and it's certainly been an interesting one. I've had many emails over the last month asking me this, that and the other, not even a single death threat yet! I'd like to share some questions and my answers...; Tags: Web Server, Operating System, Server, Microsoft Corp., Q., E-mail, Web Servers, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Online Communications, Internet, Software, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-06-29
Cell phones tracking nightlife activity: A Columbia University computer science professor has co-founded a New York-based company named Sense Networks to sell tracking software to other companies. It is also distributing a free version of this software named Citysense, which shows on your cell phone where the wild things are happening in your own town....; Tags: Application, Phone, Columbia University, Cell Phone, Macrosense, GPS, Cellular Phones, Sales Strategy, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-06-29
Biometric IDs for African penguins?: University of Bristol researchers have developed a non-intrusive visual surveillance system for wildlife habitats. They've used their system to monitor the behavior of 20,000 African penguins on Robben Island in South Africa. By definition, conventional tagging techniques can only monitor animals which have been tagged. On the contrary, the 'Penguin...; Tags: Chest, Monitor, Researcher, Camera, Species, African, Image-recognition System, Monitors & Displays, Corporate Communications, Hardware, Components, Marketing, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-06-28
Bill Gates bids a teary farewell to Microsoft: Bill Gates said a teary goodbye on Friday to Microsoft, the software maker he built into the world's most valuable technology company. Redmond, Washington--Bill Gates said a teary goodbye on Friday to Microsoft, the software maker he built into the world's most valuable technology company based on the ambitious...; Tags: Steve Ballmer, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Management, Reuters, Microsoft; News items 2008-06-27
What programming language should we teach?: What programming language should we teach?Re: What programming language should we teach?How about Javascript? No, seriously... it's free, it's cross-platform, it's already available on virtually ANY computer without needing to install anything at all, it's not terribly complicated, and it greatly resembles many of the other languages in use.When it...; Tags: Programming languages, Development tools, C#, Scripting languages, programming, programming language; Discussion threads 2008-06-27