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RSS desertCrossing the Valley of Death
White Paper Death Valley in California is the desert that finished off many of the early pioneers heading for the West Coast in their horse-drawn wagons. Today, the 'Valley of Death' is the name given to the gap between the great... [26 Oct 2009]
Is there a place for Android and Chrome? Google says yes
News Google just released Android 1.5, known as Cupcake, and plans to keep the sweet desert theme going into the future with code names such as Donut, Eclair, and eventually Flan, but Rubin didn't specify which release will... [13 Jul 2009]
Standardization Streamlines IT, Improves Services for Desert Utility
White Paper In 1911, the Imperial Irrigation District was formed to make southern California's desert bloom. The company wanted to reduce IT complexity and management burden and realize efficiencies through standardization in both... [22 Jun 2009]
Boosting Sales Performance During Tough Times: How salespeople are leveraging instant Web conferencing for success
White Paper The severe economic downturn has placed a significant burden on the shoulders of salespeople, forcing them to face a difficult question: How to meet sales objectives when budgets are drying up faster than a puddle in the... [08 Apr 2009]
Intel: Fresh air route to data centre cost slashing
News Fresh air could save millions in data centre cooling costs, Intel has claimed, after a successful experiment in the New Mexico desert. However, Intel set out with the premise that, as servers are designed for optimal... [19 Sep 2008]
Questys Solutions Case Study: Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District
White Paper Established in 1993, the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District (MDAQMD) is one of 35 local air districts in the State of California responsible for regulating stationary sources of air pollution, and advocating a... [18 Jul 2008]
Photos: Robots race around 'Darpa city'
Photo Stanford won the 2005 Darpa Grand Challenge, a race in the desert, so the team was highly favoured in this year's competition. It was part of Darpa's $3.5m robot race, the Urban Grand Challenge. Stanford's robot, Junior,... [14 Nov 2007]
Desert Schools Federal Credit Union Upgrades Internet Security to Give Members Advanced Fraud Protection
White Paper Desert Schools Federal Credit Union is Arizona's largest credit union, with more than US$2.7 billion in assets, over 325,000 members, and nearly 60 locations. Desert School wanted to protect member data... [03 Nov 2007]
Photos: The car that drives itself
Photo The rally was run in the Mojave desert in 2004 and 2005 but for its third running in November the race will move to an urban setting. Technical project manager of Team-Lux, Volker Willhoeft, said moving the 2007 race... [13 Apr 2007]
Darpa robot race gets prize fund boost
News The government research group didn't unveil the 2005 Grand Challenge location in the Mojave Desert until weeks before that race, in order to avoid giving any team an advantage. Darpa has granted prize money of $3.5m for... [11 Dec 2006]
Photos of the month - November 2006
Photo A sandstorm obscures the border between India and Pakistan's desert state of Rajastan in this satellite image. Silverstone Grand Prix circuit in Northamptonshire, UK as seen from Google Earth.silicon.com chose its... [27 Nov 2006]
Photos: Google Earth showcases natural disasters
Photo A sandstorm obscures the border between India and Pakistan's desert state of Rajastan in this satellite image. Most of the north-west of Rajastan is covered with the Thar or Great India Desert, which... [17 Nov 2006]
Photos: The best of Google Earth
Photo Mysterious green circles in the desert just a few miles from Area 51.copyright: Google The tourist board may choose to shoot them looking into the desert but Google Earth reveals just how close the... [06 Nov 2006]
Will's Web Watch: Life on Google Earth
Comment In April this year I drove from San Francisco, across the Mojave Desert to Las Vegas, past China Lake and along the Extraterrestrial Highway. Who would have thought maps could be so much fun? I've always been fascinated... [06 Nov 2006]
Steve Ranger's Notebook: Offshoring, Cairo and KFC
Comment The open desert and a few archaeologists banging away with little hammers? And so it was a little unnerving to find myself in a call centre in a business park (see a photo of it here) that wouldn't be out of place on the... [14 Jun 2006]
