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Four steps to smarter outsourcing
Comment As cloud computing becomes a reality, the audit trail for any one transaction becomes lost in the fog, and clients and outsourcers will need to work hard, and work together to ensure mutual assurance in the years to come. [02 Sep 2009]
Who Will Test the Testers?
White Paper This paper summarizes current initiatives by the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization and other groups, but also considers next steps, going beyond objectifying methodology, educational issues and blowing away the... [20 Jun 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: We have plenty of radio spectrum
Comment By the time we get above 1GHz we see the impact of moisture in buildings and trees, and above 10GHz, rain, snow and fog can be problematic. Compiled during a visit to Amble in Northumberland, edited on the A1 heading... [09 Jun 2009]
Photos: Computers usher in pilots' vision 2.0
Photo The Enhanced Fusion Vision system, shown here, is aimed at helping pilots take off and fly in poor weather conditions such as rain, snow or fog. Enhanced vision technologies could be used to help the military pinpoint... [16 Jan 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 05.12.08
Round-Up The Round-Up wonders just how many copies of Lindisfarne's 'Fog on the Tyne' and Jimmy Nail's 'Crocodile Shoes' that is. It's been something of a defining year for the US and the rest of the world, what with the credit... [05 Dec 2008]
iPhone nano: Fact or fiction?
Comment When it comes to its own products, Apple is the biggest reality distorter and semantic fog generator out there. It has probably not passed you by that Apple-flavoured rumours have (re)surfaced this week. [05 Aug 2008]
My 15 minutes with Bill Gates
Comment The date and time of the incident are lost in the fog of memory but the topic of the press conference was Microsoft's introduction of its multimedia PC concept, which puts it around 1988. In the early days of PC... [11 Jul 2008]
Cloud computing: Silver lining…
Comment Since so many people are talking about cloud computing, it really wouldn't hurt to know what it is. Step forward David Tebbutt of Freeform Dynamics with some answers. It seems the marketing world has settled on its next buzz-word: cloud... [09 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.04.08
Round-Up This week, the Round-Up was distressed to hear that the collective ennui among London's workers is resulting in a fog of despair over the city more tangible than the pollution from traffic (wearing this may be one way to... [25 Apr 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: No locks?
Comment Today it seems ludicrous but in those days a heater and radio were not standard, and neither were fog and reversing lights or floor mats. Written in a hotel near Morpeth, Northumberland, polished on the A1 heading south... [15 Mar 2007]
Critical Asset Protection, Perimeter Monitoring, and Threat Detection Using Automated Video Surveillance
White Paper And all airfields require 24x7 outdoor monitoring - snow, fog, rain or shine. The latest generation of computer vision technology is revolutionizing concepts, applications, and products in video surveillance and CCTV. [10 Dec 2006]
Photos: A safer way to navigate the skies
Photo Pilots learn to fly by looking out of the window but what happens when the window is surrounded by fog or a sandstorm? They rely on computers to guide them, of course. But the navigation systems most pilots use today... [05 Oct 2006]
San Francisco to get blanket Wi-Fi coverage?
News San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom wants to make Wi-Fi coverage in the city as ubiquitous as the fog that blankets its neighbourhoods. Joining several other municipalities poised to do the same thing, the city recently... [18 Aug 2005]
Photos: Team Silicon completes 3 Peaks Challenge
Photo The summit of Ben Nevis: Among the thick fog, the team takes a breather before beginning the descent. The team: Smiles all round as the team prepares for the first ascent of Ben Nevis, by far the highest of the three peaks. [19 Jul 2005]
Battlefield network to give troops high-tech edge
News A new £180m battlefield communications network will "help clear the fog of war" and give British armed forces a major advantage over its opponents, according to the Ministry of Defence (MoD). We envisage Falcon as a key... [06 Jul 2005]
