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Turin 2006 Winter Olympics (widget): Track the Turin aka Torino 2006 Winter Olympics, and keep up to date on the latest medal counts, headlines and photos. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Winter Olympics; Software downloads 2007-07-25
Photos: On the ground at the Olympics: Couldn't score a ticket to Turin? Spectators armed with cameras take you along to the slopes and ice rinks of the 2006 Winter Olympics.; Tags: Turin, Winter Olympics, slope, Olympic Games, ice, camera; Image galleries 2006-02-22
Photos: On the ground at the Olympics: Couldn't score a ticket to Turin? Spectators armed with cameras take you along to the slopes and ice rinks of the 2006 Winter Olympics.; Tags: Turin, Winter Olympics, slope, Olympic Games, ice, camera; Image galleries 2006-02-22
Nortel Network Case Study: Turin 2006 Winter Olympics: The 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy wanted to build a communication network that will keep all of the stakeholders connected at all times was the main challenge. The Organizing Committee for the Turin Winter Olympics TOROC required a technological infrastructure that would deliver guaranteed communications throughout every event, linking...; Tags: Network, Nortel Networks Corp., Winter Olympics, VOIP, Networking, Telecommunications; Case studies 2006-02-02

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Liquid metal-cooled CPU outperforms air- and water-cooled systems?: Liquid metal-cooled CPU outperforms air- and water-cooled systems?Where's Sarah Connor?Will it change its shape to an LA policeman and chase me in a tractor trailer truck?Mercury?It's the only metal I know of that is liquid at room temperature.RE: Liquid metal-cooled CPU outperforms air- and water-cooled systems?Reminds me of liquid-sodium-cooled nuclear...; Tags: liquid metal-cooled CPU, metal-cooled CPU, water-cooled system, Liquid metal-cooled CPU, CPU, Galinstan, Mercury, PC; Discussion threads 2008-07-21

Silverlight suit: Microsoft's conduct is "unlawful" and "willful": Video footage of the Summer Olympics at nbcolympics.com likely won't be compromised by a lawsuit filed by Gotuit Media against Microsoft earlier this month. The suit won't even go before a judge in San Francisco Federal Court until Oct. 10, some six weeks after the closing ceremonies of the games...; Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Video, Microsoft Corp., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-07-17
Technology that powers Olympics on Web at center of lawsuit: Technology that powers Olympics on Web at center of lawsuitFragmentParagraph 3 Sentance 1 is a fragment, its missing the part that we need... what the lawsuit is actually about!Nothing new here folks, move along, move along.This isn't something new here. Microsoft is always infringing on someone elses IP.Are these guys...; Tags: Corporate communications, MS Silverlight, video, patent, lawsuit, Olympic Games, Web, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-07-16
Technology that powers Olympics on Web at center of lawsuit: updated: Could your online video experience with the Summer Olympics games be in jeopardy? Silverlight, Microsoft's rival to Adobe's Flash for Video and the technology powering the online video coverage of the games, is the subject of a lawsuit filed by Gotuit Media, a suburban Boston company...; Tags: Web, Lawsuit, Online Video, Video, Gotuit, Corporate Communications, Games, Marketing, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-07-16
Supercomputers fight against bird flu: Supercomputers fight against bird fluCool to see computers help.Thanks for the pictures and technical article the H5N1 virus. So far only three countries have Tamiflu resistant influenza. With the olympics just three weeks and three days away it is worrysome. A snippet is cross posted on the flu wiki...; Tags: Corporate governance, PRODUCTIVITY, bird flu, supercomputer; Discussion threads 2008-07-16
Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2: United Kingdom: Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2: United KingdomDatabasesSince you're paying attention... look at bills, proclamations, edicts, etc. in other parts of the world including the USA.The senate just passed a sweeping communications bill that has the same effect as the UK's "proposal". Seems that the G8 or some other organization...; Tags: Food & Beverage, Nate, Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2, Microsoft Windows NT; Discussion threads 2008-07-16
Microsoft as the gate keeper of video analytics: Microsoft as the gate keeper of video analyticsNBC Olympics and TVTonic[b]Wavexpress to Provide Internet Video Download Service for NBC’s Coverage of the Beijing Olympic Games[/b]Free Service to Allow Media Center Users the Ability to Download Content During NBC’s Coverage of the Beijing Olympics, August 8-24, 2008http://www.tvtonic.com/news/?p=133NEW YORK - June 23,...; Tags: Media Center PCs, Corporate communications, Microsoft Corp., analytics, video, NBC, Wavexpress, NBC Olympic; Discussion threads 2008-07-14
Microsoft as the gate keeper of video analytics: There's a post over on TechCrunchIT about how NBC is going to use Silverlight and the Olympics to do some audience research around how people consume digital media. Basically NBC has a ton of content that will come from the Olympics and they're planning on providing it in a number...; Tags: Olympic Games, NBC, Windows Media, Analytics, Video, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Microsoft Windows, Digital Media, Digital Music, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-07-14
G8 takes near-action on global warming--are you surprised?: A minimal sort of statement of intentions from the G8 Summit in Japan happened. Too many conflicting interests. Too much money and power at stake. Perhaps not enough serious consequences yet. [poll=17] Apparently the leaders of the eight biggest...; Tags: China, Global Warming, G8, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-07-09
"Galactic" 3D Winter Mountains (exe): Stay cool while viewing this beautiful collection of photographs of cold snow covered mountain peaks. When a photo is displayed on your monitor, you can view a constant stream of gently falling animated snow. A small white clock will also be displayed in the upper right corner. Features include 169...; Tags: 3D, Animation, Photograph, DirectX, Galactic7 Software; Software downloads 2008-07-08
One prediction about climate change challenges another: One prediction about climate change challenges anotherWhen myths collideThere never was a hole. It was a thinning of the ozone layer.Any first year chem student could tell you it's impossible for ozone to disappear in the presence of sunlight, since ozone is created by the bombardment of short UV with...; Tags: global warming, ozone, oxygen; Discussion threads 2008-07-07
Happy 4th of July: Happy 4th of JulyLooks like they're actually learning from us...well, more specifically they're learning from our mall security guards. There better not be any stairs or steep ramps at the Beijing Olympics!; Tags: Happy 4th; Discussion threads 2008-07-04
Happy 4th of July: For all of my blasting of the TSA and the US Government for our strange, inappropriate, inadequate, and sometimes unacceptable security practices, I am damn proud to be an American. There's many countries I've visited in this world, and I love many of them, but none like the good...; Tags: Blog, Blogging, Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-04
Energy Independence Day...not yet, but it's a popular idea: Click on any image to see the whole picture. These are just three of the images from our local Fourth of July Parade today. We happen to live in a state which does not produce much...; Tags: Subsidy, Denmark, Natural Gas, Taxes, Free Trade, Telecom & Utilities, Financial Planning, Finance, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-07-04
Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4: Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.Get the environazi boot of our neck.Build more refineries.Reduce government regulations.Eliminate the Endangered Species Act.Build more dams for flood control.Build more highways to relieve traffic congestion.Relax nuclear power plant requirements to build more reactors.Your mindset is...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Strategy, Telecom & Utilities, vision, computer; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
LineRider releases a Silverlight 2 version: Silverlight games are starting to appear. Today a press release went out announcing that Cynergy had worked on a Silverlight version of LineRider. A couple of notable things. The game is very popular. During the beta stage the game got a lot of traction and had over 46 million page...; Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, LineRider, Games, Personal Technology, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-07-02