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Middle Management Holding Back Enterprise 2.0 Adoption
When it comes to blogs, wikis and RSS feeds, they're not comfortable with the tools and not sure how they fit into the existing processes....
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Scientist highlights urgent need for new computer models to address climate change
Two papers published in the journal Science today by Microsoft Research ecologist Drew Purves together with research colleagues at Princeton University and universities in Madrid, Spain, highlight how an improved understanding of forest dynamics is needed to better predict environmental change. The research suggests that a new generation of realistic forest modelling, which is urgently needed ...
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Four decades on the job
While she did not plan to work for the town when she graduated from Oliver Ames High School in 1965, Janet Linehan ended up with a job that spanned decades and saw major changes once computer usage really took off. The long-time town clerk is retiring this mont after serving the town for 37 years and keeping track of enough paperwork to fill volumes of books. After working during the ...
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Brad Garrett on the Prowl
The big question is whether the ladies will love Brad Garrett. The Everybody Loves Raymond star has come aboard to produce and star in an Internet reality series dubbed Dating Brad...
E! Online |
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Top network exec leaving Yahoo
Jeff Weiner, who runs much of Yahoo's search and many other core products, is leaving the company, CNET News.com has confirmed.
CNET |
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Broadband settlement reached in Georgetown
A broadband service designed to give Georgetown residents a choice for wireless Internet has been acquired by the town under the terms of a settlement with the Louisville-based company that put the system in place.
The Evening News and the Tribune |
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Santa Fe City Council OKs plan for wireless
(AP) -- The City Council has unanimously approved a plan to provide wireless Internet service in libraries and other city buildings, over the objections of those who say they are electrically sensitive.
PhysOrg |
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China denies hacking into US computers
(AP) -- China denied accusations by two U.S. lawmakers that it hacked into congressional computers, saying Thursday that as a developing country it wasn't capable of sophisticated cybercrime.
PhysOrg |
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Feature in new Opera browser addresses portability
(AP) -- A new Web browser from Norway's Opera Software ASA addresses Internet users' growing tendency to use multiple computers and devices.
PhysOrg |
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AdChina Completes First Round of Funding
AdChina, a Shanghai-based online advertising network, announced today that it has closed its first round funding of $10 million led by Mayfield China.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Play-along video game genre amps up music industry
(AP) -- Tapping on fake instruments and screeching into microphones connected to video game consoles has become lucrative for both the music and gaming industries. Downloadable tunes for music-based games "Guitar Hero," "Rock Band" and "SingStar" have become as vital as iTunes itself - and one of the last ways to expose youngsters to classic rock.
PhysOrg |
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Roadrunner supercomputer puts research at a new scale
Less than a week after Los Alamos National Laboratory's Roadrunner supercomputer began operating at world-record petaflop/s data-processing speeds, Los Alamos researchers are already using the computer to mimic extremely complex neurological processes.
PhysOrg |
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2 US lawmakers claim they were hit by Chinese hackers
WASHINGTON (AFP) - In a new spat over cyber espionage, two US congressmen said their computer networks were compromised in 2006 by Chinese hackers as they called for stepped-up efforts to boost security.
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Opera 9.5 Browser Officially Released
The Opera browser is often overlooked under the shadow of Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers. Surprisingly, the latest version of the feature-rich browser packs a lot of punch and is available for download now.
Wired News |
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Computer models show major climate shift as a result of closing ozone hole
New York (June 12, 2008) – A new study led by Columbia University researchers has found that the closing of the ozone hole, which is projected to occur sometime in the second half of the 21st century, may significantly affect climate change in the Southern Hemisphere, and therefore, the global climate.
EurekAlert! |
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SCADA security bug exposes world's critical infrastructure
Oil, food and plane industries at risk Gasoline refineries, manufacturing plants and other industrial facilities that rely on computerized control systems could be vulnerable to a security flaw in a popular piece of software that in some cases allows attackers to remotely take control of critical operations and equipment.…
The Register |
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At Webbys, Brevity Rules the Night
NEW YORK The Webby Awards revel in their designation, three years ago by David Carr of The New York Times , as "the Oscars of the Internet."
AdWeek |
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The mafioso record of the terrorist Montaner
CARLOS Alberto Montaner is going to get hives. The loudest pseudo-intellectual kept by the CIA in its stable is circulating a document over the Internet, presenting it as a replica of revelations about his terrorist past.
Granma Internacional |
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Clearwire: We're Ready for Primetime
That's the message the company hammered home at an investor event in New York City this morning. Now, though, Clearwire is talking up the services it will able to offer by making the most of its bandwidth and even suggesting that the footprint could spread beyond North America.
Unstrung.com |
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Finally, it's time for Wine
Fifteen years in the making, everyone's favorite software to run Windows programs on Linux and Unix, Wine, is almost ready for its 1.0 release.
NewsForge |
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Sector Snap: Qualcomm, most other chip stocks rise
Chip stocks mostly climbed Thursday, with shares of Qualcomm Inc. rising after the maker of chips for wireless products raised its fiscal third-quarter outlook.
Boston Globe |
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Bobcat photos
We got a note from a Northport reader who thought we might be interested in these photos. Here is her note and the photos, which I cannot run altogether but will because of our computer program but will run each one after the other.
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune |
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Hewlett-Packard spent $400,000 to lobby in 1Q
Hewlett-Packard Co. , which makes printers, computers, servers and other technology products and services, spent $400,000 in the first quarter to lobby on a variety of issues, including proposals to overhaul the U.S. patent system and trade measures.
Boston Globe |
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Google Needs a Few Good Chefs; Only Zealots Need Apply at Microsoft
As my colleague Andrea Kramer noted earlier, continuing jobless claims reached a 4-year high during the past week...( Read More )
Schaeffers Research |
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Apple Drops, Why?
My colleague Andrea Kramer just pointed out that Apple (AAPL: sentiment, chart, options) is down more than 3% despite the broader market advancing, so I decided to do a bit of searching...( Read More )
Schaeffers Research |
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