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- Yahoo and Intel's Web TV widget could be the winner
- I have seen the future of television. And I can't wait to "watch." For years, companies large and small have been trying to merge the experiences of watching TV and surfing the Web. But none have really taken off, largely because the attempts have tried to force...
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Do problems with Wikipedia presage social networking's end?
- Do problems with Wikipedia presage social networking's end?Comparison to democracy very apt.When I look at the modest level of education, intelligence, and self-centered approach to life of many of my fellow citizens, the fact that I live in a democracy seems scary.But what would we have instead - the fabled...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- CDW flips the renewable switch at two hosting centers
- Chicago-based CDW, the national computer products and services reseller, is flipping the switch on the power source for its two enterprise hosting centers in Madison, Wisc. It's going 100 percent renewable. In a deal with Madison Gas and Electric, the IT services company will purchase approximately 12...
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- Growing nano pine trees in Wisconsin
- University of Wisconsin-Madison chemists have accidentally created nano pine trees with trunks and branches. As said the lead researcher, 'At the beginning we saw just a couple of trees, and we said, 'What the heck is going on here?' They were so curious.' In fact, this could lead to an...
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- Record labels getting better at detecting P2P
- An article in Ars Technica points to a recent increase in copyright infringement notices being sent to universities. While the Record Industry Association of America RIAA claims that it has not changed its procedures, it did note that record labels are constantly improving their ability to detect peer-to-peer traffic...
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Love Button (gadget)
- This gadget has everything your looking for, all the best Dating sites like Anastasia, Amor, Ashley Madison, Astrology, Date, Easyflirt, Engage, FriendFinder, FriendSearch, Gay, Kasamba, Life Answers, Love Reading, Matchmaker, Metrodate, Mingles, Playdate, Singlesnet, Sugardaddie, Wealthymen and Yahoo. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Software downloads 2008-04-09
- Google Maps adds street view for 13 cities + 1 national park
- Google Maps has a really cool feature if you don't already know about it. It's called Street View and puts you at eye level and lets you explore the streets of supported cities. There are only a handful of them still, but it's great to see they are...
- Blog posts 2008-03-27
- Over WiFi at DIA, free speech is DOA
- Over WiFi at DIA, free speech is DOAGriping about... a loss of freedom and dissing the relatives of our troops in the same blog makes you a pinhead. Take your political leanings back to the Huffington Post where they belong.These same freedom fighter are at the front of organizing...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-07
- Liquor and Beer Dispenser Company Pours a Double With File/Print Server Upgrade
- Madison, Wisconsin-based Berg Company has been a leader in liquor dispensers, beer equipment, and beverage dispensing systems for the hospitality industry for more than 30 years. After years of relying on Windows Server 2003 as a server platform for running third-party applications such as Peachtree and Paradox, as well as...
- Case studies 2008-03-06
- Do open source developers deserve a premium?
- Today we have another one of those reports that tend to drive me crazy. It's from the Bluewolf Group of New York, located just off Madison Square Park, which calls itself "the world's leading provider of professional services for on-demand software applications." But it's not...
- Blog posts 2008-02-29
- Police Blotter: Armed robbers nabbed through text messages
- Police Blotter: Armed robbers nabbed through text messagesMore Stupid Criminals...ntWhile criminals, they do have a point.I find that both U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Martone and the 9th Circuit's decision in the McCreary trial to be in gross violation of the 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. To wit, "The...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-26
- FCC hearings: Comcast versus Vuze
- The FCC held its hearing on Comcast's Network Management practices at Harvard University yesterday. Vuze executive Gilles BianRosa whose company filed one of the two FCC complaints against Comcast reportedly told the FCC yesterday that BitTorrent does not hog bandwidth. Since most Internet experts would dispute that claim, I generated the...
- Blog posts 2008-02-26
- What your disk drive isn't telling you
- because it's clueless. You know you've got a problem when your disk drive goes ka-thunk. A study of 1.53 million disks finds that data errors are much more common than outright failures. You just don't know it. What's worse, neither do the people who design...
- Blog posts 2008-02-17
- RBAC problems wipe out AT&T DSL in California
- RBAC problems wipe out AT&T DSL in CaliforniaNever been impressed with SBC's serviceThese were the people who told me that DSL was available where I was living in the San Diego back country. I ordered the equipment accordingly, only to discover I was too far away from the exchange...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-07
- Here%27s+the+FCC%27s+Madison+River+port-blockingconsent+decree
- Here%27s+the+FCC%27s+Madison+River+port-blockingconsent+decreePort blocking in HawaiiThis is happening in Hawaii now, as the two major ISP's, Hawaiian Telecom and Time Warner Road Runner have decided to block those using voip over their networks. I am part of a company called Liberty International and one of the products we market is VOIP service....
- Discussion threads 2008-02-05
- Will diatoms lead to faster computer chips?
- Diatoms are unicellular algae and one of the most common types of phytoplankton. One of their main characteristics is they encase themselves in shells made of silica. According to a team of U.S. researchers who successfully decoded the genome of a particular diatom named Thalassiosira pseudonana, these very small algae...
- Blog posts 2008-01-24
- Snowflakes or 3-D snowfakes?
- Snowflakes have been puzzling mathematicians for about four centuries. Still, scientists have never been able to fully explain snowflake shapes. For example, is this true that their six-pointed structure reflect an underlying crystal structure? Now, two U.S. mathematicians have developed software that simulates 3-D snowflakes. And they discovered that even...
- Blog posts 2008-01-21
- James Madison University Pilots Dell-Based Data Collection Solution to Reach Prospective Students
- Nestled in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Harrisonburg, Virginia, James Madison University JMU upholds its mission to help students reach their full potential well beyond their college careers. The JMU admissions team wanted to strengthen communication with prospective students by shortening the time between speaking with high school students at...
- Case studies 2008-01-01
- Yahoo Answers scarier than Wikipedia
- Yahoo Answers scarier than WikipediaWikipedia is the best so farAfter reviewing answers on Yahoo!, they just seem to random about and lead to nowhere, so basically some/most are wrong eventually. Noting that some are just comments like "Who really cares?" providing no answer to the question, hilarious at first, but...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-12
- What a cool idea dept.: First-ever dedicated BlackBerry store opens
- Hayden of BlackBerry discussion and forum site Pinstack notes that the world's first BlackBerry-only store has just opened. Apparently the first of its kind, the store is an exclusive deal between BlackBerry-maker Research Inb Motion, and Wireless Giant of Madison Heights, Michigan. On...
- Blog posts 2007-12-12
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