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TrainSignal Releases VMware vSphere 4 VCAP Training Package Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:18PMTrainSignal's VMware vSphere 4 VCAP Training Package offers complete coverage of the VCAP-DCA exam blueprint for less than the cost of just one course from VMware Education. (PRWeb July 19, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/VCAP-Training/07/prweb8654570.htm
News: PS3 "a pain in the ass to work on" Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:19AMDarksiders 2 dev explains why. Sony's PlayStation 3 has been described as a "pain in the ass" to make games for - nearly five years after its launch. Marvin Donald, game director at Darksiders II developer Vigil, told Eurogamer the studio is forced to do "wacky stuff" on Sony's console. "It's a pain in the ass to work on," he said. "Five years later, getting used to it? That means it's a pain in ...
VMware CTO looks back at 'wild ride' Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:37PMMost of VMware's original management team has left, but CTO Stephen Herrod is still around to tell the tale of the company’s early days. read more
CloudFlare Makes The Web Faster, Safer Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:32AMIf you have a web site two of your biggest problems are that it's too slow and it's too vulnerable to attacks from computer geeks with ill intent. Attacks against web sites including PBS, CIA, Sony and Nintendo, have made web site owners cringe at the thought of knowing they’re never safe. Wouldn't it be nice if there was an inexpensive way to solve those twin problems?If you use CloudFlare then ...
18 Cebu execs suspended Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:35PMCEBU CITY -- The anti-graft court has ordered the suspension, for six months without pay, of 18 Lapu-Lapu City officials involved in alleged overpricing of 470 computer units back in 2005.There is basis to believe a private supplier, Kein Enterprises, received "unwarranted benefits" amounting to P12.6 million, the Office of the Ombudsman said.Businessman Efrain Pelaez Jr. filed, five years ...
Database high priest mud-wrestles Facebook Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 4:24PMRubbishes MySQL. Bitchslaps NoSQL Mike Stonebraker is famous for slagging Google's backend . And now he's slagging Facebook's too.…
AIS Expands its Line of Windows Embedded HMI Touch Panels Enabling Rapid Development of IEC 61131 Programming Language ... Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 1:28PMIRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AIS Expands its Line of Windows Embedded HMI Touch Panels Enabling Rapid Development of IEC 61131 Programming Language Applications for Industrial Control and Monitoring Applications
On the Boards Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 2:23AMTrico Lift, a Millville, N.J., aerial lift company, has named John M. Paz executive chairman of its board. He is a former CEO and president of Godwin Pumps and a Trico Lift investor.
Apollo 11 US flag shreds for auction sale, expected to be sold for $150,000 Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 11:03AMThe shreds of the US flag by Apollo 11 during the first moon landing of man in 1969 are reportedly for auction sale, and expected to be sold from $100,000 to $150,000. Apollo 11 US flag shreds Image Credit: GoldbergAuctions.com As announced at the Goldberg Coins and Collectibles‘ official website, the Apollo 11 US flag [...]
Facebook hopes to simplify video calls Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 11:56PMCHICAGO -- Facebook wants your computer to ring off the hook. And it just might happen now that the social networking giant has turned on video calling for its 750 million members. The announcement Wednesday that Facebook Inc. is partnering with Skype to offer free video calling represents the latest effort by a marquee technology company to dominate all forms of digital communication. Most ...
America's space shuttle blasts off on one last mission Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 5:42PMKENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL--After a cliff-hangar countdown, the space shuttle Atlantis thundered to life and majestically rocketed into history Friday, putting on one last sky show for spectators jamming area roads and beaches to witness NASA's 135th and final shuttle launch.
Lost in space? There’s an app for that, thanks to Janesville native Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 4:55PMBenson spent the last four months figuring out how to use an iPhone 4 to help astronauts.
Shuttle Atlantis rockets into history on final voyage Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 4:26PMAfter a cliff-hanger countdown, the space shuttle Atlantis rockets into orbit Friday, putting on one last show for spectators jamming area roads and beaches to witness NASA's 135th and final shuttle launch.
An open hardware license from the folks who brought you the web Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 12:24PMCERN announced version 1.1 of its Open Hardware License (OHL), a legal framework "designed to facilitate knowledge exchange across the electronic design community. The license is intended to become for hardware what the GPL (General Public License) is for software, the organization says.
After Atlantis' Final Launch: As NASA's Space Shuttle Sets, Orion Rises Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 7:40AMIt's never easy to avoid the ghosts at the Kennedy Space Center. They're everywhere, all the time. There's the Challenger Memorial Highway and Columbia Road and Grissom Way - and the name Kennedy itself affixed to nearly everything. There are the full-sized mock-ups of the famous old rockets - the tiny Redstone, the massive Saturn - now taxidermized for public display, decades after the last of ...
Construction to begin soon on Magdalena facilities Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 8:08AMIt won't be long before Magdalena students will have two new facilities — a testing center/lab and a new metal Ag "barn."
IBM Weighs Watson for Internal Use Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 2:28AMIBM's CIO says Big Blue is at work on a project to use its Watson artificial intelligence technology to help IBM sales people better hawk the company's wares.
HP TouchPad goes on sale in crowded market Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 7:07PMHewlett-Packard's TouchPad tablet went on sale in U.S. stores Friday. It attracted less fanfare than the launch of Apple's iPad but has drawn some interest from those seeking an alternative to this year's raft of mostly undifferentiated Android-based products.
UPB Signs Agreement to Supply Samsung Central AC to Al Shamel Residence Building Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 5:00AMEngineer Shadi Zahran, UPB Central Air Conditioning Manager, signed with Engineer Jihad Salam, General Manager of Khader Salam Residential Company in the presence of Engineer Jamil Abu Al Rab, Housing Project Manager at UPB.
Google+ contributor and Mac pioneer talks with CNET (Q&A) Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 3:24PMA core feature of the new Google+ service is Circles, which makes it drag-and-drop easy to build "circles" of friends in the browser. Meet Andy Hertzfeld, the man behind Circles--and the original Mac.
Research and Markets: Embedded Hardware/Software Design Preferences Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 10:18AMDUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/232149/embedded_hardware) has announced the addition of the "Embedded Hardware/Software Design Preferences" report to their offering. Design starts, completions, cancellations, processor/software utilization, and how developers report on design problems and required solutions A ...
SGTC names interim vice president for Academic Affairs Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 7:55PMAMERICUS — John Watford, Ed.D., South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) vice president of Operations for the Crisp County Center, has assumed additional responsibilities for the college and will now also serve as the interim vice president for Academic Affairs effective immediately, announced SGTC President Sparky Reeves.
European Exclusive PlayStation Vita Technical Talk For Develop Conference Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 4:19PMThe Develop in Brighton Conference (19-21 July) will host an exclusive PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) technical talk the first since its announcement in the US earlier this month. The Coding Track Keynote will take place on Wednesday 20 July by Sony Computer Entertainment...
Road diet deadline pushed back Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 10:56PMToday is the deadline for the completion of the road diet in downtown Carlisle.
Help is on the way Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 9:12PMPA-based computer assistance, repair company serves customers countywide
Atop TV sets, a power drain that runs nonstop Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 10:20PMThose little boxes that usher cable signals and digital-recording capacity into televisions have become the single largest electricity drain in many U.S. homes, with some typical home-entertainment configurations eating more power than a new refrigerator and even some central air-conditioning systems.
Is the inter-Korean conflict going cyber? Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 11:42AMSouth Korea has one of the most advanced IT infrastructures on the planet, offering the world's cheapest access to the fastest internet connection anywhere. Approximately 95 per cent of its near 50 million citizens surf the web - a statistic virtually unmatched by any other country.
Web Games Threaten the Console Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 8:02PMThe annual Electronic Entertainment Expo is supposed to showcase the video game industry at its most dazzling. This year's E3, held in June in Los Angeles, felt more like a throwback.
Seth Adams has joined DAT/EM Systems International. Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 9:00AMIn this position, Adams will assist DAT/EM’s worldwide clientele with technical support and customer service issues. Day-to-day tasks will range from issuing software licenses to new clients and providing updates to existing clients, to offering technical assistance on a wide variety of specific operational questions.
CCIA Microsoft report--unfair remedies Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 8:12PMConsumers are a lot smarter than the technology intelligentsia gives them credit for. Don't take them out of the decision-making process and place in the hands of government-appointed "experts."
Bromium Raises $9.2M Series A Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 9:18AMSAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bromium Raises $9.2M Series A
Explore innovation potential in software Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 5:52AMThe time has come for the Indian IT (information technology) companies to start defining the ‘what' part of software innovation triangle, urges Navneet Bhushan, founder-director of Bangalore-based Crafitti ( http://bit.ly/F4TNavneet B ). He sees this, however, as a challenge since the existing IT companies have been winning by continuing to be in the ‘how' part of ...
Nokia's new flagship N9 gets mixed reviews Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 4:00AMSINGAPORE, Jun 22, 2011 (AFP) - Nokia's latest attempt to win back market share with its N9 phone received mixed reviews Wednesday but analysts said the real test will come when it releases new models using the Windows Phone 7 operating system.
Robotic Movements: Camp teaches science, math skills Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 5:00PMBailee Kruer, a 14 year old who is about to start her freshman year at Borden Senior/Junior High School, watches a robotic arm perform a program she wrote. Kruer was participating in Amatrol's summer robotics camp, where students learned some of the hardware and software associated with robotics.
'63 Monessen grads keep memories alive, classmates informed Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 11:01AMWhat started as a favor to friends from the Monessen High School Class of 1963 has turned into a labor of love for Jack Demchak a full-time job that keeps him busy in retirement.
100 million Android fans can't be wrong Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 6:16AMFORTUNE -- When Google (GOOG) acquired a tiny wireless startup called Android in 2005, fewat the search giant had particularly high hopes for the deal -- if they even knew about it. At that point Google had purchased just a handful of companies, mostly software makers it had quietly folded into its operations. (Big, high-profile deals like YouTube and DoubleClick came later.) Besides, not many ...
Evolve Technologies Adds Marquel McCall and Kevin Norman, Jr. to Staff Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 2:14PMTwo new hires reflect continued company growth and commitment to providing reliable, innovative IT s...
IBM at 100 Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 6:07PMThe firm that was once all about hardware is going virtual
IBM: From typewriters to the cloud Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 6:07PMIBM, the firm that was once all about hardware, now makes its living from more intangible technology.
Jim Williams, analog circuit guru, dies Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 9:44AMOur industry and profession has lost a true engineer, in the finest sense of the word View the full article HERE .
Movers and Shapers: June 13 Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 5:20AM• Laurie Cartwright has been hired as coordinator of Travel Leaders – Child Travel/Albany Travel’s Concur online travel program.
Intel teaches machines to build own device drivers Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 12:06AMGame theory versus clumsy coders Intel Labs is working to automate the tedious and error-prone process of writing device drivers and porting them to different operating systems.… Server Hosting Solutions
ICube Produces Unified Android Tablet Chip Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 6:27PMThe Harmony Unified Processor architecture combines the CPU and GPU into one unified core, the China-based semiconductor maker claims.
UFC 131 | Junior “Cigano” Dos Santos vs Shane “The Engineer” Carwin Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 10:21AMMATCHUP: Junior “Cigano” Dos Santos vs Shane “The Engineer” Carwin EVENT: UFC 131: dos Santos vs Carwin DATE: June 11, 2011 VENUE: Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia FIGHT DETAILS: Junior Dos Santos faces Shane Carwin in a title-eliminator bout for the UFC Heavyweight championship. Brazilian Dos Santos (12 wins – 1 loss, 8 KOs/3 [...]
Google ups security with latest Chrome version Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 4:24AMAmid heightened threats from malware and phishing sites, search giant Google upgraded the security in the latest stable version of its Chrome browser.
NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 8 June 2011 Wednesday, June 8, 2011 @ 6:38PMAll ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
Happy IPv6 Day! Wednesday, June 8, 2011 @ 5:49AMGoogle, Facebook, and hundreds of other internet companies will today take part in the first worldwide test of IPV6. read more
Bergen County voters decide primary races Tuesday, June 7, 2011 @ 10:15PMVoters in six Bergen County communities cast ballots in contested primary races Tuesday. Democrats chose candidates in Englewood, Leonia and Maywood, while Republicans decided contests in Dumont, Elmwood Park and Ridgefield.
Avnet Electronics Marketing Launches Global SpeedWay Design Workshops™ Focused on the Xilinx® Spartan®-6 FPGA LX9 ... Tuesday, June 7, 2011 @ 10:00AMAvnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. , announced today the launch of a global series of SpeedWay Design Workshops™ featuring the recently released, low-cost Xilinx® Spartan®-6 FPGA LX9 MicroBoard.
More Exposure for KIND(R) Laundry Products Monday, June 6, 2011 @ 9:07AMSEATTLE -- Winning Brands Corporation www.WinningBrands.com, manufacturer of KIND Laundry Detergent and KIND Fabric Softener, is making it easier for consumers to discover the company's advanced laundry products online in the USA and to find KIND at retail locations in the Pacific Northwest.