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Google Maps soon will look super-crisp with GeoEye-1 photos
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-14 22:40:59
The GeoEye-1 satellite, launched in September, has just taken its first high-resolution photos and they're looking crystal clear in comparison with those we're used to so far with Google Maps.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-14 22:40:59
The GeoEye-1 satellite, launched in September, has just taken its first high-resolution photos and they're looking crystal clear in comparison with those we're used to so far with Google Maps.
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Best and Worst Microsoft Products?
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-13 04:47:37
With its vast resources Microsoft certainly has developed (and continues to develop) some excellent products. But they have also rolled out some very average ones and even some real shockers. Do you agree with this list of the goodies and the baddies? Have your say!
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-13 04:47:37
With its vast resources Microsoft certainly has developed (and continues to develop) some excellent products. But they have also rolled out some very average ones and even some real shockers. Do you agree with this list of the goodies and the baddies? Have your say!
Read More About Best And Worst Microsoft Products?...
Australian Synchrotron, Part 4 - accelerator rings and beamlines (iTWire podcast)
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Pod Casts
2008-10-13 02:13:28
Richard Farnsworth, head of IT and controls at the Australian Synchrotron, in a series of podcasts for iTWire, continues his fascinating insights into the control engineering and information technology used to operate this world-class particle accelerator. This final episode covers the booster and storage rings, the beamlines, and their controls.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Pod Casts
2008-10-13 02:13:28
Richard Farnsworth, head of IT and controls at the Australian Synchrotron, in a series of podcasts for iTWire, continues his fascinating insights into the control engineering and information technology used to operate this world-class particle accelerator. This final episode covers the booster and storage rings, the beamlines, and their controls.
Read More About Australian Synchrotron, Part 4 - Accelerator Rings And Beamlines (ITWire Podcast)...
Viennese waltz - first live quantum key distribution network demonstration - UPDATED
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-12 20:22:06
In a significant advance for information security science, the first live quantum key distribution (QKD) network was just demonstrated in Vienna at the SECOQC Demonstration and International Conference.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-12 20:22:06
In a significant advance for information security science, the first live quantum key distribution (QKD) network was just demonstrated in Vienna at the SECOQC Demonstration and International Conference.
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Australian Synchrotron, Part 3 - Software selection and application development (iTWire podcast)
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Pod Casts
2008-10-10 01:15:29
Richard Farnsworth, head of IT and controls at the Australian Synchrotron, in a series of podcasts for iTWire, continues his fascinating insights into the control engineering and information technology used to operate this world-class particle accelerator. This episode covers application software development.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Pod Casts
2008-10-10 01:15:29
Richard Farnsworth, head of IT and controls at the Australian Synchrotron, in a series of podcasts for iTWire, continues his fascinating insights into the control engineering and information technology used to operate this world-class particle accelerator. This episode covers application software development.
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Demystifying enterprise IT, part 1: SOA - Interview with John Osborn (iTWire podcast)
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2008-10-09 18:57:04
In the first of a series of podcasts about enterprise software technologies and architectures, the Australian country manager for Information Builders, John Osborn, answers the question "What is SOA?"
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2008-10-09 18:57:04
In the first of a series of podcasts about enterprise software technologies and architectures, the Australian country manager for Information Builders, John Osborn, answers the question "What is SOA?"
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IBM's Jackie Olson explains ITSO mission and services (iTWire podcast)
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Pod Casts
2008-10-07 02:47:36
Jackie Olson, program director of IBM's International Technical Support Organization (ITSO) and Authoring Services, tells us in this iTWire podcast about the ITSO's numerous products and services, plus its benefits to IBM customers, IBM business partners, other parts of IBM, and the general IT community.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Pod Casts
2008-10-07 02:47:36
Jackie Olson, program director of IBM's International Technical Support Organization (ITSO) and Authoring Services, tells us in this iTWire podcast about the ITSO's numerous products and services, plus its benefits to IBM customers, IBM business partners, other parts of IBM, and the general IT community.
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Australian Synchrotron, Part 2 - Safety, and servers (iTWire podcast)
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Pod Casts
2008-10-06 02:49:44
Richard Farnsworth, head of IT and controls at the Australian Synchrotron, in a series of podcasts for iTWire, continues his fascinating insights into the control engineering and information technology used to operate this world-class particle accelerator.
Read More About Australian Synchrotron, Part 2 - Safety, And Servers (ITWire Podcast)...
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Pod Casts
2008-10-06 02:49:44
Richard Farnsworth, head of IT and controls at the Australian Synchrotron, in a series of podcasts for iTWire, continues his fascinating insights into the control engineering and information technology used to operate this world-class particle accelerator.
Read More About Australian Synchrotron, Part 2 - Safety, And Servers (ITWire Podcast)...
Australian Synchrotron, Part 1 - IT and controls (iTWire podcast)
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Pod Casts
2008-09-30 03:28:05
Richard Farnsworth, head of IT and controls at the Australian Synchrotron, in a series of podcasts for iTWire, gives fascinating insights into the control engineering and information technology used to operate this world-class particle accelerator.
Read More About Australian Synchrotron, Part 1 - IT And Controls (ITWire Podcast)...
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Pod Casts
2008-09-30 03:28:05
Richard Farnsworth, head of IT and controls at the Australian Synchrotron, in a series of podcasts for iTWire, gives fascinating insights into the control engineering and information technology used to operate this world-class particle accelerator.
Read More About Australian Synchrotron, Part 1 - IT And Controls (ITWire Podcast)...
Opinion: Vint Cerf and EU talk up the Internet
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-09-28 19:19:24
The so-called father of the Internet Vint Cerf gives his prediction for the Web's next ten years, while the EU aims for all Europeans to be able to access it at broadband speeds by 2010. Where's it all leading?
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-09-28 19:19:24
The so-called father of the Internet Vint Cerf gives his prediction for the Web's next ten years, while the EU aims for all Europeans to be able to access it at broadband speeds by 2010. Where's it all leading?
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There ain't no fun doing "it" anymore!
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-09-25 19:34:04
Opinion: Computers and IT used to be fun once. Have we lost the plot? Maybe... or maybe not.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-09-25 19:34:04
Opinion: Computers and IT used to be fun once. Have we lost the plot? Maybe... or maybe not.
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Big Blue sees Red -- Celebrating 40 years of IBM international technical support
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-09-25 03:58:20
IBM recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of its international technical support organisation, ITSO, and has committed to continue producing its core product, free IBM Redbooks, which these days are downloaded in the tens of millions.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-09-25 03:58:20
IBM recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of its international technical support organisation, ITSO, and has committed to continue producing its core product, free IBM Redbooks, which these days are downloaded in the tens of millions.
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More free code for the asking at Koders.com
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-09-24 20:01:30
Black Duck Software adds C/C++ open source software to its Koders.com code search engine, providing an additional 100 million lines of code ideal for embedded applications.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-09-24 20:01:30
Black Duck Software adds C/C++ open source software to its Koders.com code search engine, providing an additional 100 million lines of code ideal for embedded applications.
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ExitReality CEO explains product history and potential - iTWire podcast
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Pod Casts
2008-09-22 19:46:34
ExitReality has just been released as a public beta. In this interview, CEO Danny Stefanic discusses the product's rationale, development and potential for 3D enhancement of both personal or enterprise web sites or blogs.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Pod Casts
2008-09-22 19:46:34
ExitReality has just been released as a public beta. In this interview, CEO Danny Stefanic discusses the product's rationale, development and potential for 3D enhancement of both personal or enterprise web sites or blogs.
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SkypeOut pricing and voice quality - Part 3
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-09-15 22:07:36
SkypeOut enables you to make inexpensive voice calls from your PC to the switched telephone network, to destinations anywhere in the world. Here's an update on call quality and pricing plans, as well as a dose or two of web site design and content management advice for Skype.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-09-15 22:07:36
SkypeOut enables you to make inexpensive voice calls from your PC to the switched telephone network, to destinations anywhere in the world. Here's an update on call quality and pricing plans, as well as a dose or two of web site design and content management advice for Skype.
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Is Digg allowing its own grave to be dug?
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-09-14 02:49:25
A recent report says there's a "Digg Throat" who is using his popularity at Digg to get paid for boosting other peoples' submitted articles onto the Digg home page.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-09-14 02:49:25
A recent report says there's a "Digg Throat" who is using his popularity at Digg to get paid for boosting other peoples' submitted articles onto the Digg home page.
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Useful Desktop Tools for Windows, Part 2 - ProcessQuickLink
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-09-13 23:57:25
ProcessQuickLink is a free Windows utility that enables you to discover the nature of those mysterious tasks you find running under Microsoft Windows. It can help you find out with a single mouse click whether a given task is benign or suspect.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-09-13 23:57:25
ProcessQuickLink is a free Windows utility that enables you to discover the nature of those mysterious tasks you find running under Microsoft Windows. It can help you find out with a single mouse click whether a given task is benign or suspect.
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Your iPhone may land you in hot water
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-09-12 22:32:49
Data forensics specialist and iPhone hacker Jonathan Zdziarski has demonstrated that the iPhone records a snapshot image of everything you look at, and this could be retrieved later to your embarrassment -- or worse!
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-09-12 22:32:49
Data forensics specialist and iPhone hacker Jonathan Zdziarski has demonstrated that the iPhone records a snapshot image of everything you look at, and this could be retrieved later to your embarrassment -- or worse!
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IBM's Rich Lechner explains sweeping storage initiative - iTWire podcast
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Pod Casts
2008-09-10 00:07:29
Listen to IBM executive Rich Lechner describe the reasons behind Monday's extensive storage hardware, software and services announcements, explaining the information challenges they address in the movement of data from institutions to individuals and “clouds.”
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Pod Casts
2008-09-10 00:07:29
Listen to IBM executive Rich Lechner describe the reasons behind Monday's extensive storage hardware, software and services announcements, explaining the information challenges they address in the movement of data from institutions to individuals and “clouds.”
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IBM's sweeping initiative to address major shift in world’s data flow - UPDATED
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-09-09 01:00:54
IBM today announced its largest launch ever of new storage hardware, software and services that are the building blocks for the world’s strongest information infrastructure portfolio, with the aim of enabling clients to tackle information challenges and move data from institutions to individuals and “clouds.”
Read More About IBM's Sweeping Initiative To Address Major Shift In World’S Data Flow - UPDATED...
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-09-09 01:00:54
IBM today announced its largest launch ever of new storage hardware, software and services that are the building blocks for the world’s strongest information infrastructure portfolio, with the aim of enabling clients to tackle information challenges and move data from institutions to individuals and “clouds.”
Read More About IBM's Sweeping Initiative To Address Major Shift In World’S Data Flow - UPDATED...
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