Shipping news: Globalization halted by credit crisisOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 8 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
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Tom Foremski of ZDNet writes "DK Matai, chairman of the ATCA Open has written a very interesting article about global shipping of bulk cargo and how it has come to a halt because of the lack of lett read more »
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Asus previews a slimmer, less costly Eee PCOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by tg01 9 days ago (http://www.betanews.com)
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Jacqueline Emigh of Beta news reports on the first glimpse of the EPC 1002HA the more affordable version of the S101 aka the deluxe Eee PC. read more »
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New Adobe Media Player ushers in AIR 1.5Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by tg01 9 days ago (http://www.betanews.com)
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Scott M. Fulton III of BetaNews reports on the newest version of Adobe's flash player. " But the big changes are under the hood, with Flash 10 and the latest AIR platform." read more »
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Sun Gives MySQL A Query AnalyzerOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 12 days ago (http://feeds.informationweek.com)
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Charles Babcock writes, "MySQL, Sun Microsystems' open source database system popular with Web developers, is taking a step closer to the big leagues with the addition of Query Analyzer to its high read more »
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Australian police warn that racing games breed bad driversOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 13 days ago (http://arstechnica.com)
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"Following a recent spike in the rates of revoked licenses amongst younger drivers, Australian police have fingered racing games as the source of "irresponsible" driving." read more »
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A deep dive into Windows 7 (build 6801)Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 13 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
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Ed Bott has been checking out Windows 7. He states "The deeper I dive into Windows 7, the more I discover, including subtle changes and tweaks that aren’t obvious in a first look. In this post and read more »
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SIM’s 2008 Survey: Organizations are looking to IT for help, not cutsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 20 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
Category: software | Tags jason hiner, society for information management, sim, it trends, it, economic meltdown, Search All Tags
Jason Hiner writes "On Monday, the Society for Information Management (SIM) released the results of its 2008 IT Trends Survey and it contained a generally upbeat forecast for IT in 2009." Of note, read more »
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DHS proposes funky 'fix' for RFID securityOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 17 days ago (http://www.betanews.com)
Category: software | Tags angela gunn, department of homeland security, rfid-chipped passports, Search All Tags, , ,
Angela Gunn writes "A proposal by the Department of Homeland Security attempts to address one potential security problem with RFID-chipped passports, but leaves more obvious problems hanging fire." read more »
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