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- Google.org invests in geothermal
- Google.org is investing $10 million in Enhanced Geothermal Systems, a technology that drills miles down into the earth to get that nice, hot granite under the surface, Tom Zeller reports on the dot-earth blog at the Times. As Zeller notes, $10 million ain't a lot in this...
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- News to know: IDF; Office 14; Google; Flash flaw; MobileMe; Zoho
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jason O'Grady: MobileMe subscribers get a 60 day extension Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Is the "killer app" argument dead? More info on USB 3.0 emerges ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Search engines under the spotlight this week
- I'm spending most of this week at the Intel Developer's Forum but also wanted to give some time to another show happening in the Bay Area this week: Search Engine Strategies, being held at the San Jose Convention Center in Silicon Valley. Monday was one of those unofficial days of...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Data architects: You're "hot"
- Yes you are.Information and data architects and information security experts, here's some good news: You're the hottest. Fear not, data and content-oriented business analysts, business and enterprise architects and vendor management experts: You're extremely hot as well. Enterprise application strategists, IT planners, network architects and enterprise project...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Might Office be where Microsoft gets socked with Chinese antitrust charges?
- According to a new story from the August 15 edition of the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft still might not be out of antitrust hot water in China. And Office, not Windows, may end up the primary target of any new antitrust complaints. by Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- cloud computing - lowercase, please. hold the (TM)
- Feel free to approach a co-worker at the Red Bull station this morning and casually ask: "So, did you do any cloud computing over the weekend?" OK, maybe that ice-breaker won't get you invited to happy hour with the cool crew from HR, but it also won't get you into...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the Internet
- Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the InternetWe agree about content providers...But in my fantasy world you would not necessarily need a DVR you could pay extra for a download and you could get a stream anywhere with net access.It didn't melt but I think it got hot. ntntRE:...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-17
- Will we kill the ocean before the atmosphere kills us?
- The race is on. We humans are trashing large patches of the ocean, says an American researcher. Our cast-off, washed-away chemicals are creating oceanic dead zones. Latest dead zone discoveries have been in the more oceanic, less populated Southern Hemisphere. America's own prize dead...
- Blog posts 2008-08-16
- Appreciating gym class
- Appreciating gym classA good leadIf you visit www.cholesterolscore.com , you'll be glad that you did. This website, cholesterolscore.com , focuses, solely, of the therapeutic use of niacin to control all the blood/lipid ratios.NiacinI personally take 500 mg of Niaspan, a time-released niacin sold by prescription, in an effort to...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-16
- Office Tour: Twitter
- Twitter recently relocated their headquarters from South Park to larger space on Bryant Street in San Francisco. Photo by monstro One of my former co-workers who now works at Twitter gave me a tour of their new spot. I was really impressed...
- Blog posts 2008-08-15
- Dictionary Cleaner (zip)
- Until now there has been no easy way to see what dictionary words you've added, to add words to the dictionary while not in a word processor or editor, or to remove spellings youve accidentally added. Dictionary Cleaner gives you the power to do all that and more. Dictionary Cleaner...
- Software downloads 2008-08-15
- Capturing solar energy from asphalt pavements
- Capturing solar energy from asphalt pavementsDemand Meets SupplyWe need more electricity for the subdivision we built.Quick, throw up another parking lot.That will mean more cars, more homes.Quick, throw up another parking lot.......RE: Capturing solar energy from asphalt pavementsI have been trying to get people interested in this for a couple...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- Capturing solar energy from asphalt pavements
- Massachusetts researchers have found a new method for capturing solar energy. They're using heat from asphalt and other paved surfaces to produce electricity. Through asphalt, 'the researchers are developing a solar collector that could turn roads and parking lots into ubiquitous -- and inexpensive -- sources of electricity and hot...
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- Countering an Apple-favoring .NET critic
- Countering an Apple-favoring .NET criticFantastic post JohnI'd give you two thumbs up if I could. :)[i]This is what one might consider a thesis statement, to be followed by details as to why .NET is "bad" and / or "simplistic and inflexible." At least, that is what one would expect if...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- Get the best graphics card upgrade
- Get the best graphics card upgradePerformance CheckThe low-end part was right, but then again upgrading to just about any card >$100 from a low-end is common sense. Moving on, say you do have a 8800GT or a HD3870, the HD4850 happens to be a rather large upgrade to either card...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- News to know: Open source court victory; Surveillance; SAP; VMware
- Notable headlines: Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Police Surveillance: Go Snoop, Yourself Olympics Victor: NBC, Over YouTube Lessig blog: Huge and important news: free licenses upheld NYT: Ruling Is a Victory for Supporters of Free Software Adrian Kingsley-Hughes:...
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- How hot should my NVIDIA GPU be?
- How hot should my NVIDIA GPU be?I don't know but I can tell you how hot it SHOULDN'T be![url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=2126] Apple hardware burns down Cupertino HQ. [/url]That's too hot. Anything less than that is golden.should question be how many watts shouldmy card darw.RE: How hot should my NVIDIA GPU be?The biggest...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- How hot should my NVIDIA GPU be?
- Following coverage of the thermal issues that are affecting an unknown cross-section of NVIDIA GPUs latest here, several readers have been asking me what temperature their GPUs should be in order for them to be safe from any potential problems. Unfortunately, it's hard to give a definitive answer. by Adrian...
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- Fire burns for three hours at Apple HQ in Cupertino (updated 2x)
- Fire burns for three hours at Apple HQ in Cupertino (updated 2x)Witness reportedseeing a fat bald guy in his 50s running from the Apple campus. When he reached the street and looked back at the fire, the witnesses said he started jumping around the street - something like a...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- Police Surveillance: Go Snoop, Yourself
- With New York planning to put in another 3,000 surveillance cameras and monitor all license plates coming into the island of Manhattan at 20 entrances with its Operation Sentinel, travelers and residents should not only get over any indignation at being snooped on to this extent...
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
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