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What is nanopantography?: If you don't know the answer, I cannot blame you. After all, a query for 'nanopantography' on Google returns only 43 results as I'm typing this. But researchers from the University of Houston say that nanopantography can create billions of nanotech devices in hours. The idea behind the technology is...; Tags: Technique, Ion, University Of Houston, Wafer, Nanotechnology, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-09-05
PCI Data Security and Classification Standards: Data security should be a key component of all system policies and practices related to payment acceptance and transaction processing. As customers seek out merchants that are reputable and reliable, they expect assurance that their account information is being guarded and their personal data is safe. This paper gives details...; Tags: University Of Houston, Payment, Standards, PCI, Quality, Operational Accounting, Storage, Hardware, Business Operations, Finance; White papers 2007-07-27
Volunteer Computing on Clusters: Clusters typically represent a homogeneous, well maintained pool of high-end computation resources. This makes them particularly attractive for volunteer computing, where unused compute cycles are utilized for scientific guest applications.. In this paper the authors present measurements on a production compute cluster that show long periods of CPU and memory...; Tags: University Of Houston, Computing, Volunteer Computing, Guest Application, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Linux, Storage, Processors, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Components; White papers 2006-05-30
Performance of Cooperative Time-Reversal Communication in a Mobile Wireless Environment: This paper studies the performance of a technique called time reversal for cooperative communication in a mobile wireless environment. To put the work in context, a brief introduction to Time-Reversal Communication TRC in general and cooperative TRC in particular is presented. Performance of a proposed cooperative TRC scheme is evaluated...; Tags: University Of Houston, Performance, Mobile, Environment, Wireless Communication, Performance Management, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2006-04-07
On-Time and Scalable Intrusion Detection in Embedded Systems: Embedded systems are becoming ubiquitous and are increasingly interconnected or networked, making them more vulnerable to security attacks. A large class of these systems such as SCADA and PCS has real-time and safety constraints. Therefore, in addition to satisfying these requirements, achieving system security emerges as a critical challenge to...; Tags: University Of Houston, Embedded System, Intrusion Detection, Network Security, Security, Networking; White papers 2006-02-22

Information Dissemination in Power-Constrained Wireless Networks: Dissemination of common information through broadcasting is an integral part of wireless network operations such as query of interested events, resource discovery and code update. This paper characterizes the behavior of information dissemination in power-constrained wireless networks by defining two quantities, i.e., broadcast capacity and information diffusion rate and derived...; Tags: University Of Houston, Dissemination, Network, Wireless Network, Wi-Fi, Wireless; White papers 2005-07-21
Reducing the Costs of IS Through Insourcing: We discovered many myths about total outsourcing, the practice of turning over the entire IS department to a vendor for a period of 7 to 10 years. In particular, the economies of scale stated by vendors were largely oversold. Instead, vendors submitted bids based on efficient managerial tactics rather than...; Tags: University Of Houston, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting; White papers
Staff, Students, Faculty Embrace e-Learning at University of Houston: Founded in 1927, the University of Houston is one of Texas' leading public academic research and teaching institutions. With the appointment of a new president in 2003 and a growing need within the information technology organization for improved, expanded and more formalized training and professional development opportunities, the university's IT...; Tags: University Of Houston, Professional Development, Information Technology, E-learning, Training, SkillSoft, Strategy, Workforce Management, Management, Human Resources; Case studies
University Reduces Costs, Improves Productivity, and Connects Remote Users: The staff and faculty at the University of Houston rely heavily on e-mail to communicate. Because many staff members spend a significant amount of time off campus, to increase productivity and responsiveness, the university needed a faster, more reliable way to connect remote users. To achieve these goals, the university...; Tags: University Of Houston, University, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, Groupware, E-mail Servers, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software; Case studies
On Time-Out Driven Power Management Policies in Wireless Networks: Switching the devices to low-power states in prolonged period of inactivity is a widely used technique to conserve energy for battery-powered wireless devices. This paper presents a mathematical abstraction of time-out driven power management policies together with different wakeup mechanism in wireless networks to characterize the energy-performance trade-offs. The time-out...; Tags: University Of Houston, Power Management, Network, Wireless Network, Wi-Fi, Wireless; White papers
Performance Analysis of Power Management Policies in Wireless Networks: It has long been recognized that energy conservation usually comes at the cost of degraded performance such as longer delay and lower throughput in stand-alone systems and communication networks. However, there have been very few research efforts in quantifying such trade-offs. This paper develops analytical models to characterize the relationships...; Tags: University Of Houston, Power Management, Performance, Network, Wireless Network, Wi-Fi, Wireless; White papers

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The future of tech IPOs: At the AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford University, Frank Quattrone, co-founder of Qatalyst, talks about the dismal condition of the current IPO market, why venture capitalist backed companies are not going public right now, and what the future holds.; Tags: IPO, Financial Planning, Investment, Venture Capital, Financial Services, Finance, Financing Startups, Tech IPOs; Videos 2008-07-25
10 essential gadgets for students: I chose these from personal experience, but also from asking many friends from around the world who are involved in technology and study at the same time. Some gadgets come with a recommendation, whereas others don't; things like laptops and cell phones can't be selected for everybody, it'd be ridiculous...; Tags: Headphone, Phone, Cell Phone, Laptop Computer, Lecture, Notebooks, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-25
10 essential gadgets for students: Showing you some of the gadgets college and university students really shouldn't live without. by Zack Whittaker; Tags: Student, Zack Whittaker, Gadgets, University, Pen drive, Cell phone, Laptop, Computer; Image galleries 2008-07-25
Government, markets and regulation: Government, markets and regulationJust Another Gov't Program Gone BadFannie Mae was created in the Depression to create liquidity in the mortgage market. Lequidity had been wiped out by the stock market collapse and bank runs.As with all government programs, it just grew and grew and never went away. ...; Tags: Mortgages, Vertical industries, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mortgage, government; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Is open source hurt by piracy?: Is open source hurt by piracy?Only hurts Open Source if proprietary is seen as "better"Sounds like what you are saying is for example, that the competition in the office suite space is Open Office Vs MS Office Vs pirated MS Office. Those willing to pirate see both Open Office...; Tags: Operating systems, open source, piracy, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Linux, software; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
NASA used cadavers to test Orion moonship: NASA officials recognized last week that dead bodies were used to develop Orion landing systems. According to NASA, 'three human bodies were used in the tests at Ohio State University Medical Center' in 2007. Even if the results of the experiments helped NASA, one of its spokesman said that the...; Tags: NASA, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Google opens Knol website, a wiki with bylines: In a direct challenge to the popular Wikipedia, Google opened Knol, an encyclopedia-like wiki site that requires writers to post their names and expertise. SAN FRANCISCO--Google opened its website Knol to the public on Wednesday, allowing people to write about their areas of expertise under their bylines in a...; Tags: Google Inc., DuPont Co., Web Site, Wikipedia, Knol, Wiki, Online Communications, Reuters, Google, encyclopedia; News items 2008-07-24
Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875: Editors' note: This review is part of our Back-to-School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.The Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875 is a thoroughly average, entry-level laptop. It wasn't too long ago that an average, entry-level laptop meant one that was underpowered and shabbily...; Tags: Notebooks, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Satellite, Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875, laptop computer; Product reviews 2008-07-23
75% of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design flaws: In a paper entitled "Analyzing Web sites for user-visible security design flaws" to be published at the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security meeting at Carnegie Mellon University July 25, Atul Prakash and two of his doctoral students examined 214 financial institutions in 2006, finding that over 75% of all...; Tags: Bank, Online Banking, Flaw, Security, Financial Services, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-23