MLB aims brushback pitch at Slingbox
Sling Media says there's nothing illegal about its set-top box, but baseball's honchos want it out of the game.
Reach-a-Mail for U3
Reach-a-Mail is a USB based portable email client. From now on, your e-mail will always be with you no matter where you are. All you need is a USB ...
FCC Approves Spectrum Auction Rules
UPDATED: Agency will dedicate a third of the available spectrum to open access principles.
Do you avoid the H1 tag?
I know people who avoid this HTML construction like the plague:
Headline
Why? Because it's big, bold, and ugly. Sure, if that's all you type, you'll end up with a headline...Linksys bows two Vista-friendly Media Center Extenders
Cisco's Linksys consumer networking brand announces two Media Center Extenders, including one with a built-in DVD player.
Can Microsoft Office Withstand the Onslaught of the Freebies?
When you write a letter, term paper or newspaper column, you'll probably use Microsoft Word. Buffing up a balance sheet? You'll probably use Microsoft Excel. Nodding off during a mind-numbing presentation? You're a victim of Microsoft PowerPoint. These are the building blocks of Microsoft Office, the company's flagship productivity suite and 800-pound gorilla of the business and academic world.
Kill The Spill Releases Innovative Line of Environmental Marine Products
Kill The Spill, a company of The Enviromonde Network (TEN), is addressing the high demands for environmentally friendly products and is setting the standard for socially conscious retailers. Their products do not merely cleanup the hydrocarbon contaminated waste, but also help prevent further damaging and adverse impacts to the environment. (PRWeb Oct 16, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/RW1wdC1TaW5nLVNpbmctTG92ZS1UaGlyLVplcm8=
Dedicated Server Web Hosting Firm, The Planet Chairman, Presents ISPCON Keynote
Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - October 18, 2007 - Privately held dedicated web hosting company, The Planet's Chairman and CEO, Douglas J. Erwin, delivered a keynote address at the ongoing ISPCON Fall 2007.
Taking place at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, Mr. Erwin's keynote -- ''Beyond Hosting: Unlocking Profits with On Demand IT Infrastructure for the SMB'' -- covered the changing industry landscape and what companies must do to remain profitable.
Mr. Erwin reiterarted, ''It takes monumental capital to enter today's hosting market, particularly as company values skyrocket. Our industry is in a race to build new data centers and keep pace with customer requirements, at the same time managing balance sheets to accommodate growth and deliver shareholder profitability. At no time have the rewards been greater or the challenges more complex.''
ISPCON is the Internet industry event that focuses on wired and wireless ISPs, CLECs, web hosts, VoIP providers and other Internet-based businesses. ISPCON delivers a unique, comprehensive conference and the opportunity to reach the most viable, progressive and forward-thinking service providers.
Earlier this moneth, The Planet expanded its technology portfolio with new servers and load balancers. Adding a new mid-range, high-performance and Ready-To-Go servers to its product portfolio, the company also bolstered its private rack offerings with the availability of Foundry's new ServerIron Global Server Load Balancer products that operate at gigabit speeds and beyond.
Designed to provide choices in processing power, price and flexibility, The Planet today adds three new servers to meet the needs of its broad customer spectrum:
- Dell 840 Kentsfield Servers: These next-generation mid-range performance servers are powered by a single quad-core multiprocessor system, equipped with Intel's Xeon 3210 series processors with up to 8GB of memory.
- Dell PowerEdge 2950 Dual Clovertown Servers: These new ''skinny'' Clovertowns provide high-performance Xeon 5335 processors that are less expensive and more flexible. With the smaller configuration and footprint, the dual processor, quad-core server delivers next-generation power, expandability, rack density and up to 1.8TB of internal storage
- Ready-To-Go Opteron Servers: The company's Dual Opteron 265 servers are now part of its Ready-To-Go server line, available to customers in under an hour with or without the cPanel control panel.
- Foundry 4G: These load balancers are designed to meet the growing demand for secure and accelerated delivery of Web services in data center environments. The devices support a broad range of IP- and Web-based applications for small-scale enterprise and e-commerce organizations.
- Global Server Load Balancing: For customers who require load balancing and high availability across Web sites or server farms hosted in multiple data centers, the Foundry GSLB directs customers to the location with the fastest response time. In the event of a failure, GSLB transparently directs customers to the best alternate location for uninterrupted service.
Ultimately, The Planet endeavors to provide the following:
- High level of network capacity and speed to deliver peak performance
- Instant scalability to handle even the largest spikes in network traffic
- Parallel, redundant, multi-tiered network routing and switching architecture to assure reliability and stability
- Multiple layer network security that prevents Delayed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks from harming businesses
- Knowledgeable experts with a passion for excellence and a commitment to operate the best networks in the business
For more information about The Planet, please visit: www.theplanet.com.
Apple looks towards Maine, new NYC stores
Apple is planning to open its first retail store in Maine this year, the Portland Press Herald reports. The newspaper observes that Apple's official job listings mention a location in the Maine Mall, and listings on Monster.com refer to openings for artists, store managers, sales representatives and inventory specialists. An Apple spokeswoman has...
Rogers Cup Main Draw - Day 1
The weather provided to be less challenging than expected Monday in Toronto which allowed a full schedule of main draw matches to be completed along with the remaining batch of qualifiers as well. The forecast for the rest of the... (Read on Source)
Buck DNS Monoculture with BIND Alternatives
LinuxPlanet: "Out of several good choices, we're going to look at MaraDNS and Dnsmasq. MaraDNS is great for both caching and authoritative name serving, and claims to be highly secure. Dnsmasq is a great program for name services on the LAN: DNS caching, local name resolution, and DHCP."
Pacman Rips Brandon Marshall
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Bush Blames Democrats for High Gas Costs
Bush wants Democratic-led Congress to allow more off-shore drilling.
Create a Maintainable Extensible XML Format
XML is a communication format for exchanging structured documents and data. Too often, an XML format is chosen arbitrarily during development, without much planning or design. Learn how to design a format less likely to require change and agile enough to incorporate new requirements with the simple addition of new extensions instead of full changes.
Brazil: Digital inclusion, but how?
While hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent on digital inclusion projects in Latin America, many of the programs start and end with the technology.
Least Grebe 2
tags: Least Grebe , Tachybaptus dominicus , birds , nature , Image of the Day Least Grebe, Tachybaptus dominicus , at Brazos Bend State Park, Creekfield Lake, Texas. Image: Joseph Kennedy , 16 February 2006 [ larger view ]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/400s f/8.0 at 500.0mm iso400. Read the comments on this post... (Read on Source)
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Still top as Kolo says he dislikes Kevin Davies' elbows
Morning all, hope this finds you as well as can be expected for a Monday morning. If I were the ruler of all the universe Monday mornings would be put back until Monday afternoon sometime, allowing people to ease into the week with much greater comfort. Sadly nobody voted for me so you're stuck with what you've got. (Read on Source)
The Solar System
In the Solar System Channel, you can explore the planets and celestial objects around our own sun. Learn about topics such as Mars, Jupiter and the Moon. (Read on Source)
Carlos Santana sees next career as minister (Reuters)
Reuters - Carlos Santana is on tour and has an album coming out, but in an interview with Rolling Stone posted online on Friday the rocker said he sees himself one day heading up a church in Hawaii.
iWeb Restructures Management
... >> October 7, 2008 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider iWeb Group ( ) announced on Tuesday it has made key changes in ...
Dear Mr. President
Three experts suggest science and technology policies for the new president.
EVE Online: Quantum Rise Expansion Coming Nov. 11
CCP Games has announced November 11, 2008 as the release date for the latest expansion to EVE Online, its Massively...
Aksh Optifibre to Expand IPTV Services Across Rajasthan
... of telecom services in India: Wireline, CDMA mobile, GSM Mobile, Internet, Broadband, Carrier service, MPLS-VPN, VSAT, VoIP services, IN Services, etc. , which provides a selection of in-depth information ...
Leaky optic fibres full of possibilities
An Australian researcher is developing a 'leaky' optic fibre full of holes, which could see it used in applications as diverse as refrigerator lighting through to office communications. (Read on Source)
Oil rises towards $44
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil crept toward $44 on Tuesday, modestly supported by gains on other financial markets and mounting expectation OPEC would announce further output cuts at its meeting next week.
Confusion And Lame Encryption On Linux And Unix
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Today, since the holidays are bringing me so much joy (heavy, heavy sarcasm ;), I thought it would be fun to write a post that makes use of some of the principles we've posted on this blog over the past year and combine them to create a treasure hunt of sorts."
Formerly soaring global trade suddenly comes to a halt
With economies in the United States, Europe and Japan slowing simultaneously, the World Bank says that global trade will shrink ...
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