Back in the early days of large-scale computing, Sun founder John Gage first uttered the immortal phrase, "The network is the computer." This statement has become more and more true over time, as increasingly sophisticated grids have proven to be ...
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Not too long ago, I was working for a publishing company which relied on an Oracle database and customer service software package to track its vast warehouse of books. When it came time for a software upgrade, an army of ...
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Back in 2000, Forrester Research predicted that the e-book market would hit $251 million in sales in five years. It seemed like a modest estimate at the time, but it hasn't come to fruition. The industry, which some experts contend ...
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Major ad houses are struggling to keep up with their clients' demands. Big budget companies want ads that reach beyond traditional television and print advertising and into spaces that have previously been commercial-free. Here are some of the growing markets ...
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Following the lead of new legislation in California, utility company
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG & E) is aiming to provide much of the current energy it delivers to customers from renewable sources. Under Governor Schwarztenneger, California will ...
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Macworld is always an exciting time for the consumer electronics industry, and Apple rarely fails to disappoint analysts and gearheads alike. The annual expo this year was no less thrilling, as Apple announced two major innovations that are sure to ...
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The enterprise IT world is abuzz with the news of Sun Microsystems' buyout of MySQL. The deal was worth $1 billion to Sun, which will pay $800 million in cash and $200 million in stock for the Swedish open source ...
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There was a time in the not-so-distant past when kids actually played outside. We would organize neighborhood games of tag or hide-and-seek and stay out until dark or dinner, whichever came first. I'd hate to join the ranks of the ...
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Managing the vast amount of data that we tend to collect in this digital age can be a challenge. Given the tiny shred of spare time that we all seem to have doesn’t help matters much. With the growing ...
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Three letter acronyms. The technology industry would fall apart if we didn't have them. "ROI" is a classic that has been around for quite awhile, although it has reached a bigger audience in recent years. For those who avoid ...
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While many advances have been made in recent years to improve wireless devices, the tangle of cords on my desk is a testimony to the empty promises of this technology. Nearly every electronic device we own has to be connected ...
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With the shopping boom of the holidays behind us, both brick-and-mortar and online retailers are looking to technology to better serve their customers. These traditional enemies are using what
Baseline Magazine calls a "boomerang strategy," which draws customers ...
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About a year ago, Google announced its acquisition of DoubleClick for $3.1 billion. Since that time, the deal had been held up by the Federal Trade Commission due to lobbying efforts by Microsoft and privacy advocates. In December the FTC ...
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"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on not understanding it."
-Upton Sinclair
The quote above inspired the creation of a website called
Greenshopper, which is a self-described, "environmental super store and online ...
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A few companies and organizations have recently announced that they're finding new applications for traditional printing presses, inkjet printers and silicon ink. Not since Gutenberg's famous invention has the printing industry seen such revolutionary changes. These new techniques have the ...
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By now, even the most dedicated of Luddites will have noticed a small orange square sporting a radio wave-like pattern on some of their favorite websites. This button, which is often accompanied by the phrase "Subscribe now", indicates an RSS ...
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Web video continues to amaze and amuse users, and the options for watching high quality content continue to expand. Now advertisers are getting in on the game, but not in the conventional (i.e. Google-run) way. Time Warner's popular website, ...
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Think of all the high-tech cell phone ads you've seen lately. They all seem to promote the media capabilities of the handsets, from music downloads and playback to video capabilities. These ads suggest that consumers use these devices primarily for ...
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Last November, the Nintendo Wii changed the way we play video games. The unusual remote control allows players to interact physically with the console, "throwning" pitches, "hitting" tennis balls, and getting us up off the couch. The game console has ...
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Social networking is all the rage, and new companies keep popping up that focus on a different aspect of user's lives. Some enable photo sharing with friends, some focus on travel destinations and blogging, and some have reached out to ...
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Back in November, Google announced the launch of
OpenSocial, a platform which will aid developers who create applications and widgets for social networking sites. In a highly-anticipated move, Google is positioning themselves and their partners to compete with Facebook ...
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Sometimes, as a society, we won't believe something until we see it with our own eyes. As the saying goes, "a picture is worth a thousand words." Non-profit groups are using this stubborn sentiment to their advantage by showcasing satellite ...
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