developerWorks: Tuning LAMP Systems, Part 1
Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP (or Perl) are the foundation of many Web applications, from to-do lists to blogs to e-commerce sites...
Leadership for Project Managers Posted By : Jim Owens PMP
In the first half of the 20th century there was a belief that Scientific Management was the new way forward. But as moral fell, psychologists began to investigate ways to motivate workers, eventually identifying the need for managers to be leaders. But what does this really mean?
Palm Grabs Linux in Strategic Smartphone Play
Palm, maker of the Treo smartphone, announced Tuesday it is developing a Linux-based operating system for its line of handheld devices. The new operating system will lead to greater stability for its smartphones and also provide increased functionality, according to Ed Colligan, chief executive officer.
New hue: Plants on other planets may be yellow, red
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The same rules that make Earth plants green may make non-Earth plants yellow, red or green -- but likely not blue, NASA scientists said on Wednesday. (Read on Source)
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Lewis era in Seattle ends today - Seattle Times
 Yahoo! Eurosport | Lewis era in Seattle ends today Seattle Times - By Percy Allen In retrospect, perhaps the Sonics and their fans never knew what they had in Rashard Lewis. The 1998 second-round draft pick's nine-year career in Seattle will end today when he signs with Orlando for the richest free-agent contract in ... Sign-and-trade could net Lewis over $110 million GM likes look of Magic roster |
MzoneReport: How Space Invaders Video Game Made Me a Better Poker Tournament Player
I know it sounds implausible but hear me out. As a holdover from the 1980s video game addicts I have a thing for classic titles like Galaga, Pacman, Asteroids, 1942 and yes, Space Invaders. Having rac...
Katrina aid goes toward luxury condos
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — With large swaths of the Gulf Coast still in ruins from Hurricane Katrina, rich federal tax breaks designed to spur rebuilding are flowing hundreds of miles inland to investors who are buying up luxury condos near the University of Alabama's football stadium. (Read on Source)
What are Monofilament Wigs?
By Tanya Turner If you have looked at websites that sell wigs, you have probably seen that some of them offer monofilament wigs. This type of wig usually costs a lot and is considered to be the most comfortable and desirable. But what makes it so?...
Online Pharmacy Brandjacking: Buyer Beware
"The data shows brandjackers are profoundly exploiting brands, using increasingly sophisticated tactics, and, in the case of the pharmaceutical industry, posing an outright danger to consumers through questionable practices that indicate counterfeiting and gray markets," MarkMonitor President and CEO Irfan Salim said.
Argonauts lose Jeff Johnson for season
Toronto Argonauts fullback Jeff Johnson is sidelined the rest of the season because of a broken left leg. (Read on Source)
Discovery shuttle returns safely
Space shuttle Discovery lands in Florida after an eventful 15-day mission to the space station.
What are hidden object games? Posted By : Atle36 Andersen36
What are Seek and Find games? As children we have always relished games where we have to go look for hidden clues and complete the games. These types of hidden object games have an aura of mystery around them. Now due to the advancement of technology these seek and find games have been created with exciting and interesting features which can be played on game consoles or through the computers. If you search in the internet you would be surprised to find that there are so many web sites which are dedicated entirely to these seek and hide games which can be downloaded for free or you could download the trial version and play the game and in case you feel satisfied then you could buy the complete version online itself.
Review: Subtle Touches Enrich Banks' Matter
Iain M. Banks' dense, almost 600-page tome, Matter is set in a peaceful human-alien civilization, where trillions of citizens live in harmony, wars are a distant memory and science has progressed to godlike levels. The story starts quick and after 50 pages, reviewer John Baichtal is hooked.
Bell Canada's $35 bln deal marks largest leveraged buyout
Bell Canada puts the finishing touches on a $52 billion deal to go private in the largest leveraged buyout in history, despite the credit crunch.
Sato working on 2009 comeback
Takuma Sato is working hard on finding his way back onto the F1 grid in 2009, after the demise of the Super Aguri team left him without any options for this year. Former team mate Anthony Davidson has slotted into a test driver role again with Honda, but Sato is still looking for a seat. (Read on Source)
Students With Food Allergies Often Not Prepared
Many students with food allergies aren't taking the threat of a reaction seriously enough, or are regularly in environments where they could not be properly treated during an emergency.
Ubuntu Goes Enterprise
CIO: "Ubuntu is well known in user circles as the cool kids' Linux. It's available pre-installed on PCs and laptops from Dell and from numerous smaller computer vendors. What Ubuntu hasn't been known as is a Linux distribution that matters to CIOs and IT managers. Things are changing."
Hi-Tech Challenge To FDA Ephedra Rule Denied In District Court
PITTSBURGH - A federal judge ruled Oct. 15 that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration did not act in an arbitrary and capricious manner in enacting the 2004 Final Rule on ephedra and that it acted properly in seizing five unlabeled boxes of ephedra products from a fitness products company in Pennsylvania (United States of America v. 5 Unlabeled Boxes and Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Andrew C. Von Eschenbach, M.D., et al., No. 2:06-cv-00027-NBF, W.D. Pa.). Full story on lexis.com
The Global Antitrust Arsenal
Earlier this week, European regulators said that they are investigating the online advertising deal between Google and Yahoo, even though that deal affects only the U.S. and Canadian markets. Such a revelation is a disturbing sign of the globalization of government meddling and the out-of-control use of antitrust as a weapon.
Govt. biometrics use still raises privacy concerns (CNET)
CNET - WASHINGTON--Is the idea of widespread biometric data collection still too spooky to win over the American public?
Fletcher unconcerned about Crucible future
Officials in Sheffield are confident they will be able to fight off the threat from China and remain the home of the World Snooker Championships.
Treo Pro unlocked in bid to lower roaming costs
Two very different tales are circulating about Palm Inc. and its new Treo Pro smart phone these days.
One story, from Palm and some analysts, is that the new Treo Pro's unlocked feature offers a cost-effective way for international business travelers to dramatically lower roaming costs. Travelers can insert a SIM card into the Pro from the carrier in the country they're in, potentially cutting those costs by 90%, Palm officials said.
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The other story, from a different group of analysts in recent weeks, is that Palm had to unlock the phone because it could not find a carrier willing to sell it. One analyst on Friday went further, saying that the inability to find a carrier to sell the Treo Pro is a sign that the troubled Palm is facing its ultimate demise.
"Palm loses a major distribution channel and any subsidy by not going through the carrier," Gartner Inc. analyst Phillip Redman said via e-mail today. Having to sell the smart phone unlocked "looks like the final death sigh" for Palm and follows years of struggles finding effective products to sell fending off financial difficulties, he said.
The new smart phone, available in the U.S. since Sept. 26, sells for $549, a premium price compared to the Apple Inc. iPhone 3G and some other competitors. The higher price is largely because the upfront hardware cost isn't offset by the guarantee of monthly service charges.
Mike Adamine, senior product manager for the Treo Pro at Palm, said Palm decided to unlock the device because business customers wanted to avoid draconian roaming costs when traveling. Palm's decision to include a SIM card slot for various carriers means IT managers can help users cut roaming costs that easily reach $500 a month for a single user who travels through two or three countries.
"There's already been a lot of demand for unlocked," Adamine said.
Wasik Malik, director of mobile solutions at the Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, said the prospect of an unlocked device interests him. He has been testing a Treo Pro for three months before deciding whether to purchase more than 600 for use by medical students and residents in the fall of 2009.
Purchasing rules at the university require Malik to check out a variety of carriers for service, even though he realizes the GSM-based Treo Pro will only work with AT&T Inc. and T-Mobile USA Inc. networks. "Unlocked is important to us because we cannot bind ourselves with a single vendor for data and phone service," he said.
In general, Malik said he looks for a single device that has voice and data capabilities for young doctors who might otherwise need to carry a phone separate from an online medical reference database. "Smart phones are becoming cheaper and our goal is to give the students one device instead of having six things in their pockets," he said.
More than 80 medical students at the school this year are using the iPhone , although the medical department constantly reviews devices for future deployment, Malik said.
Another feature in the Pro is a simple switch to turn on Wi-Fi usage. By comparison, the iPhone will search for Wi-Fi service continually, burning up battery power, unless a user turns off that feature, Adamine said.
Reviewers have generally liked the new Pro , which runs the Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system.
Phillippe Winthrop, an analyst at Strategy Analytics Inc., said the new Treo Pro is "on par" with other smart phones that run Windows Mobile, such as the HTC Touch Diamond. "I say it is 'on par' as a glass-half-full statement," Winthrop said. "Candidly, Palm has been struggling with innovating mobile handsets, but the Treo Pro shows they are back in the game."
He added it might not matter much to some IT managers that the device is unlocked. "Unlocked devices are an arrow in a quiver of wireless expense management," he said. "It's not the end-all and be-all."
Winthrop called Redman's comment that Palm is nearing its demise too severe. He said that Malik and other IT managers worried about Palm's record of lackluster innovation and financial difficulties should not ignore the Pro device. "There is no reason not to strongly consider the Pro device," he said. "Any fears about Palm's short-term financial situation are not warranted."
However, Winthrop said analysts and Palm customers are rightly concerned about what sort of new proprietary Palm OS, based on Linux, that Palm will develop. The new operating system is designed for products targeted at consumers. "Palm knows that if they don't get that Linux OS right, they're done," he said. "This is make or break for Palm."
Gartner recommends 20 ways to cut IT costs (Network World)
In tough economic times, all enterprise departments are required to tighten their belts. To help IT execs navigate through the cost-cutting maze, Gartner analysts Wednesday presented a list of 20 ways that IT execs can slash expenses.
Greenwald Defends ACORN
Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films have put out a new Youtube video defending ACORN. The full video is below the fold. Particularly telling is the footage a speech by Paul Weyrich, probably the most powerful conservative leader you've never heard of (he was a co-founder of both the Moral Majority and the Heritage Foundation, as well as the ... (Read on Source)
You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz
iPhones rule, everyone else drools this week in our news quiz. Whether it's employees or naughty words, everyone seems to be cutting back something. Also making headlines this week: Bill Gates' new company, Comcast's new speeds, and the strange things people do with their cell phones. Correct answers are worth 10 points. Are you ready to strain your brain? Then let us commence.
1. The world's economy may be sucking wind, but Apple still blows everyone else away -- thanks largely to the iPhone. What percentage of Apple's Q4 revenue came from this pocket-size device?
a. 19 percent
b. 29 percent
c. 39 percent
d. 49 percent
Health and Nutrition Diagnostic Tool To Manage Your Health In 2009
Health and nutrition diagnostic tool - a simple step to manage your health in 2009 (PRWeb Nov 3, 2008)
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Test Center review: Silverlight, for real this time (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft's answer to Adobe Flash and Flex and several other RIA (rich Internet application) and AJAX frameworks, Silverlight arrived with a flourish just over one year ago.
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