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- USG
- UNIX Systems Group The division within Novell that was responsible for UnixWare. See USL.
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- FCC approves AT&T-BellSouth merger
- FCC approves AT&T-BellSouth mergerMore Net Neutrality BS?Gimme a break! Redirection and denial of content is NOT going to happen; there's already effective laws about this. Elimination of QoS is a bad idea; restricting (NOT eliminating, just capping bandwidth) certain types of traffic is necessary to keep the net from being...
- Tags: FCC, QoS, USG
- Discussion threads 2007-01-02
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- Dell finalizes $3.9 billion offer for Perot
- Dell buys PerotH.Ross and T.Boone should get together and build the NG fueling infrastructure needed to convert semi-tractors off diesel, then build and rent out a parallel power grid so there would be a way to distribute power from wind/tide farms and the excess from micro solar installations. The utilities...
- Tags: Perot, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- Don't inhale...those emissions wafting in from China
- Two ThingsOne: Please spell check things before you upload them. Expensive is spelled incorrectly on your post.Two: The general problem we have with China is that the investment in disposal does not exist. If they even spent a quarter of what we do on disposal, we would most likely not...
- Tags: methane, landfill, greenhouse gas
- Discussion threads 2009-08-11
- Can the networks support next-gen smartphone traffic?
- Can the networks support next-gen smartphone traffic?Mobile & networking equipment boomIt's a great problem to have. It could create a demand boom for mobile & networking equipment providers. It should also help advance deployment plans for 4G networks.Where there is demand, there will be supply. Companies don't normally miss opportunities,...
- Tags: WiMAX, NETWORKING, Cellular phones, network, patent, patent holder, smartphone traffic, smart phone
- Discussion threads 2009-07-13
- Apple's MacBook flop - fixed!
- Apple's MacBook flop - fixed!Alert for Mac fanboy outragedHaving USB 3.0 is quite important when Apple claims to be the 'latest and greatest'.It would be a long time untill you'll see USB 3.0 ports on any Mac.For PCs, you just have a PCI card and a driver to install because...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Notebooks, Desktops, Apple Inc., USB 3.0, rich people, Linux, Apple Macintosh, laptop computer, Apple MacBook
- Discussion threads 2009-06-10
- I
- Icloud?So does this mean that I will be able to run my Access 97 databases from the 'cloud', what about all the 100mb photos I have in PSD format, or how about the music files I'm working on on my mac using Logic Express? Where is all the versions of...
- Tags: Thin clients, thin client
- Discussion threads 2009-02-17
- Obama's Transparency Problem
- Obama's Transparency ProblemNo changeI like Obama, he is a very nice guy. But his administration brings nothing new, no change. Nothing. The same old guys that are responsible for the great mess we are in now, soon to be named The Greatest Depression, mark my words, are now here in...
- Tags: Workforce management, Obama, TRANSPARENCY, administration
- Discussion threads 2009-01-21
- USG Corporation Extends Customer Satisfaction Leadership With Integrated Supply Chain Management
- EUSG Corporation wanted to extend customer satisfaction leadership by improving on-time delivery performance and become the easiest company with which to do business in the industry by reducing the time customers need to devote to processing transactions. The challenge was to provide customers with timely, accurate, easy-to-access information about product...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Manufacturing Facility, Oracle Corp., Customer Satisfaction, SCM, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Product Marketing, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing
- Case studies 2008-09-01
- Integrated Supply Chain for a Leader in the Building Products Industry
- USG Corporation USG, inventor of Sheetrock, the world's number one brand of wallboard, is the largest manufacturer of gypsum products in North America. USG prides itself on producing the broadest product range in the industry. However, USG's large product portfolio posed additional challenges by adding complexity to production and distribution...
- Tags: BearingPoint Inc., Enterprise Software, Leader, Manufacturing, Software, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management (SCM), USG Corp.
- Case studies 2007-11-01
- German hacker denied entry into U.S. for Black Hat training
- German hacker denied entry into U.S. for Black Hat trainingAnother triumph for the flappersIf it happened to me, I wouldn't bother trying to come back, but I would urge that future conferences are held outside the US.This is all Microsoft's fault[i]He has also presented at Microsoft's internal "Blue Hat" conference[/i]Well......
- Tags: American Government, Black Hat, training
- Discussion threads 2007-07-29
- Apple, Amazon may hold future of DRM-free music
- Apple, Amazon may hold future of DRM-free musicSales SlumpRemoving DRM from thier music won't improve sales. The Major Labels are in slump because of the content they are offering. First it's limited in terms of choice and what you have to choose from is all the same. You can have...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Linux, Sales strategy, Digital media, UNIX, Major Label, Apple Inc., dinosaur, similiarity, Amazon.com Inc., music, slump, digital-rights management, RIAA, late 80s, CD, sales
- Discussion threads 2007-05-17
- Amazon to offer DRM-free music downloads
- Amazon to offer DRM-free music downloadsWhat a no brainer!Of course I would buy a song I like for $1.29. Geez... a 3-second ringtone costs more than that.That said, it's astonishing how it took the recording companies so long to finally offer DRM-free music.This will fail unless things changeI've seen a...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, digital-rights management, music, DRM-Free Music, Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-16
- Canada, Mexico travel cards under privacy attack
- Canada, Mexico travel cards under privacy attackRID and CheckoutMy grocery clerk told me that eventually I would be able to pass my basket over the counter and everything in the basket would be itemize and tabulated. It was a reason she was retiring. But I can not wait. I want...
- Tags: U.S. Government, RFID, card
- Discussion threads 2007-04-23
- Intel (and Microsoft) in your hip pocket
- Intel and Microsoft in your hip pocketThe World, In the Palm of Your HandUMPC is a curiosity and only a curiosity. You are correct that until they fall below $500 there won't be much consumer interest.[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture]ARM-embedded devices] on the other hand are dominant, power-efficient, sufficiently lower in cost and...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, RSS, Microsoft Corp., ultramobile PC, Audio/video, Nokia N800, Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-15
- Microsoft raises support fees for Windows, Office
- Microsoft raises support fees for Windows, OfficeServer Software SupportSupport for server based products in generally going to be better then the support one would receive for MS Windows or MS Office. Support on ISA 2004 server based product will be provided by more seansoned support reps.I agree with that!when...
- Tags: Linux, Servers, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-02-05
- Senate Democrats badger FCC boss on Net neutrality
- Senate Democrats badger FCC boss on Net neutralityFeading off the Public CommonsThe public decides what is public. I suspect US citizens have gotten use to owning both the air waves and all things Internet. Its about communication necessary for democracy. Its about freedom.Enron/Blockbuster's plan to create choke points in Internet...
- Tags: Net Neutrality, Internet, U.S. Senate, FCC
- Discussion threads 2007-02-01
- New tool enables sophisticated phishing scams
- New tool enables sophisticated phishing scamsThe nerve of some people...I got an email the other day from some bank supposedly that I had never heard of asking me to go to their site and verify my information. I deleted it without a second thought. As much as this...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Web site development, Spam, Channel management, Web technology, tool, phishing, Web, e-mail, Web site
- Discussion threads 2007-01-10
- TX union wants IT privatization slowed
- TX union wants IT privatization slowedPrivatize Money and Media NextThere are a lot of weaknesses to the US Government. They've bowed down to bribes so many times, they are owned by private industry. When things get too bull for the government to be in the way anymore, it...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Insurance, information technology, government, privatization
- Discussion threads 2006-11-28
- Muni Wi-Fi threatened by patent decision
- Muni Wi-Fi threatened by patent decisionWi Fi patentCSIRO, the patent holder, has said it expects royalties only from manufacturers, not users, so the title is misleading. CSIRO is a government agency.Patents Both Do and Don't WorkMoney rules government, and the government houses the branch running our illegitimate court system....
- Tags: Vertical industries, Wireless LANs, innovator, government, sociopath, jewelry, USD, Wi-Fi, CSIRO, municipal Wi-Fi
- Discussion threads 2006-11-27
- Trip report: Kazakhstan
- Kazakhstan has probably had more Google hits in the last month than ever before in its short existence as a republic independent of the Soviet Union - since 1992 barely older than Google itself. Thats due to three things: the recent visit of Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakhstans autocratic ruler, who has...
- Tags: government, Kazakh
- Blog posts 2006-10-18
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