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The Weekly Round-Up: 18.09.09
Round-Up Rolfe wanted to see if the bird could carry the data to the company's other office - 60 miles away - quicker than the office could upload the same amount of data. A lot of people think their broadband service is bad. [18 Sep 2009]
IT Academy - Early Bird Renewal Webcast Series: Silverlight/Expression Blend and Careers-Microsoft Tools & Training for Students
White Paper The attendee of this webcast will hear how to work with external REST, SOAP, and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) services from Silverlight. The attendee will learn how to securely and efficiently communicate with services using... [29 Aug 2009]
Large Hadron Collider's grid gets stressed
News LHC computing-grid project leader Ian Bird said on Friday that Cern had tried to break the grid but had not succeeded. People were trying to break the system by seeing how much data we could push through it, but we... [03 Jul 2009]
Doux Group Accelerates Global Expansion Through Enhanced Business Analysis
White Paper In the midst of corporate diversification- and fighting the ill effects of a global bird flu scare-Doux needed to analyze the profitability of its entire enterprise on a monthly basis. An expert in poultry since its... [12 Jun 2009]
Home and dry with the great WFH experiment?
News She found the most obvious difference between working in the office and at home was the silence - "The room where I work backs onto the garden so it's quiet as a church in the daytime, just the odd bird," she explained. [15 May 2009]
When IT security becomes a gothic horror story
Comment And how to recast the grim 'Nevermore' as uttered by the gloomy bird in The Raven? The RSA Conference in San Francisco, the big annual get together for the great and the good of corporate IT security, is just getting... [21 Apr 2009]
Three Critical Components of Product Traceability in the Food and Beverage Supply Chain
White Paper An increase in concern about contamination, allergies/ allergens, terrorist threats and food-borne illnesses such as Mad Cow Disease and Bird Flu, makes precise management of ingredients and product whereabouts essential. [23 Mar 2009]
Global Healthcare Crises: How Information Technology can Address Pandemics and Disasters
White Paper The global march of the bird flu has heightened the sense of urgency in the international community for strategies to effectively prevent and respond to health-related crises. This IBM white paper presents an information... [18 Mar 2009]
Tech in pictures: The best of 2008
Photo Here is the Beijing National Stadium - also known as the Bird's Nest. In 2008 silicon.com has crossed the globe; delved beneath the streets of London; taken to the skies; travelled back in time; marked the departure of... [11 Dec 2008]
Sports Community Web Site Improves Service With Mapping Technology
White Paper The company embraced Microsoft Virtual Earth mapping technology rather than Google Maps because of its fast time-to-market, affordability, and richer user experience, featuring elements such as bird's eye view... [10 Dec 2008]
Google tracks the common cold
News The same trending technique could be used in tandem with other organisations to track contagious viruses or threats besides the common cold, including AIDS, bird flu, and Africanised honey bees. Google has unveiled a new... [12 Nov 2008]
How global computing grid could save the world
News David Foster, network and communication systems group leader at Cern, said a similar system could help the world deal with looming crises, from bird flu to earthquakes and financial meltdowns or global warming. [20 Oct 2008]
Don Grice
AS Profile Named after New Mexico's state bird, Roadrunner is twice as fast as the current IBM Blue Gene number one supercomputer and the first to break the petaflop barrier, meaning it is capable of performing one thousand... [07 Oct 2008]
Dell targets China, India with PC range
News From the Bird's Nest, to the Water Cube… Dell unveiled several new computers yesterday made specifically for emerging PC markets like China and India. There are four new models under the Vostro line - two laptops and two... [28 Aug 2008]
Editor's Blog: Tech goes for Olympic gold
Comment From the Bird's Nest, to the Water Cube… I'm a big fan of the Olympics. I can cheerfully fritter hours watching every bit of it, from archery to water polo and everything from synchronised trout fishing to speed knitting... [13 Aug 2008]
