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Schneier warns of marketers and dancing pigs

Insight newsmaker Security guru Bruce Schneier pokes fun at U.S. National Cyber Security Month and says when it comes to privacy, marketers are scarier than governments or criminals.

Tuesday, October 27 2009 11:47 AM

Tags: Data security, PC security, Facebook, Security, Computer, NSA, Schneier, Hard Drive Encryption, Information Broker, Security Consideration

Eric Schmidt wants Google in your office

Insight newsmaker Google services for business customers will become "very profitable" once they reach sufficient scale, CEO says in an interview.

Tuesday, October 27 2009 11:34 AM

Tags: Web services, Web 2.0, Web sites, Microsoft Office, Google Inc., Google Voice, Microsoft Corp., Information Technology, Web sites, Web 2.0

Tech innovations for tough times

News Companies like GE are using alternative techniques, such as a method pioneered back in Stalin's Soviet Union called "theory of solving inventor's problems", to make R&D more efficient.

Friday, December 26 2008 09:29 AM

Tags: Innovation, Business development/management, R&D, General Electric Co., Training, Tool, Innovation, Soviet Union, TRIZ, GEN3 Partners

Bahasa or English? One step forward, two steps back?

Blogs A couple of weeks ago, the Malaysian government ignited a controversy when it reversed a five-year-old government policy...

Wednesday, July 22 2009 04:56 PM

Fuzzy math in Google tool

News news analysis The search engine's built-in calculator has some troubles with big numbers. So do we all, but this is a company that named itself after a really big number.

Tuesday, August 26 2008 11:40 AM

Tags: Web sites, Math, Google Inc., Search Engine, Tool, software, processor, handheld, job applicant, job

Storage-based compression and de-duplication overview

Techguide Managing storage is always a challenge, so anything to simplify it is worth a look. Rick Vanover shares notes on storage-based compression and de-duplication.

Tuesday, December 08 2009 01:15 PM

Tags: Storage software, Storage, Infrastructure/architecture management, rich content, Ocarina, Information Technology, CPU, Storage, De-duplication, Ohio

How to protect yourself from RAID-related UREs

Techguide An Unrecoverable Read Error during a RAID rebuild can ruin an entire day. Scott Lowe talks about UREs and how you can avoid falling victim to this silent threat.

Tuesday, December 01 2009 04:29 PM

Tags: RAID, Data centers, Data backup, disaster recovery, bit error rate, RAID array, RAID, Microsoft Corp., Scott Lowe, Backup, RAID 5

Math Advantage 2002

Product Reviews Math Advantage 2002

Monday, September 15 2008 03:35 AM

Tags: Student, Calculus, Algebra, Encore Software Inc., Portal, Macromedia Inc., disc, Math Advantage, Examination Section, phone

How the venerable PS2 made it to 9 years old

News With the power of computers doubling about every 18 months, according to Moore's Law, the fact that the PS2 is still selling is pretty impressive. Can its successors follow suit?

Monday, November 02 2009 07:21 PM

Tags: Gamer, Video Game, Jesse Divnich, Sony Playstation, Video, Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox 360, console, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox

How Intel's supercomputer almost used HP chips

News In the 1990s, Intel seriously considered building the world's fastest supercomputer with a rival's processors, but the Pentium Pro arrived in time after all.

Wednesday, September 23 2009 10:55 AM

Tags: Personal Computers, Notebooks and tablets, Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp., Virtualization, Virtual Machine, Chip, Server, processor, supercomputer

Java gets new math know-how

News Apache Commons developers release major update to Apache Commons Math project, which is designed to extend Java with specialized mathematical and statistical components.

Tuesday, August 11 2009 10:47 AM

Tags: Business applications, Apache Software Foundation, Open-source Software, random number generator, Java, Java Platform

Kaplan SAT, ACT & PSAT Deluxe 2002

Product Reviews Kaplan SAT, ACT & PSAT Deluxe 2002

Monday, September 15 2008 03:35 AM

Tags: College, C, Chip, Encore Software Inc., Video, disc, Kaplan Deluxe Guide, SAT, Newsweek, software

Take it back: Gmail gets 'Undo Send' Labs feature

News Google launches the Omega 13 for e-mail: a way to recall messages within five seconds after pressing "send".

Friday, March 20 2009 08:39 AM

Tags: E-mail clients, Web services, Google Inc., Mouse, desktop e-mail client, Japan, Undo Send, e-mail, desktop, Google Apps

Wolfram Alpha gets supercomputer boost

News Two supercomputers--one of them the 66th fastest in the world at present--will power the Wolfram Alpha site for search, calculation, and data crunching.

Wednesday, May 13 2009 12:03 PM

Tags: Processors, Business applications, Wolfram Research, Dell PowerEdge Server, Dell PowerEdge, Server, processor, supercomputer, Dell Computer Corp., Processors