Froogle replacement discovered
but i've just started the experiment with gbase and a store so we'll see what shakes. The froogle part, should be come domanant would provide access to market advantage if it's farely done.
2006-10-30
Zimbra (Just So I don't forget this time:)
www.zimbra.com
Zimbra, one of the poster children of cool for Web 2.0 applications, is more than just a pretty interface and collaboration and messaging platform with mashups (see Richard MacManus' review). The company announced that is has more than 4 million paid mailboxes.
Zimbra, one of the poster children of cool for Web 2.0 applications, is more than just a pretty interface and collaboration and messaging platform with mashups (see Richard MacManus' review). The company announced that is has more than 4 million paid mailboxes.
2006-10-15
At Last - Quantum Teleportation
http://www.physorg.com/news79265847.html
The concept of quantum teleportation - the disembodied complete transfer of the state of a quantum system to any other place - was first experimentally realised between two different light beams. Later it became also possible to transfer the properties of a stored ion to another object of the same kind. A team of scientist headed by Prof. Ignacio Cirac at MPQ and by Prof. Eugene Polzik at Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen has now shown that the quantum states of a light pulse can also be transferred to a macroscopic object, an ensemble of 10 to the power of 12 atoms (Nature, 4 October 2006).
The concept of quantum teleportation - the disembodied complete transfer of the state of a quantum system to any other place - was first experimentally realised between two different light beams. Later it became also possible to transfer the properties of a stored ion to another object of the same kind. A team of scientist headed by Prof. Ignacio Cirac at MPQ and by Prof. Eugene Polzik at Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen has now shown that the quantum states of a light pulse can also be transferred to a macroscopic object, an ensemble of 10 to the power of 12 atoms (Nature, 4 October 2006).
2006-10-13
WiFi/Cell merged
The T-Mobile Dash ...
http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/10/12/HNhtcsmartphonebrief_1.html?source=NLC-TB2006-10-12
spamCube
but would it work on a high/mid volume server??
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/11/spam_cube_uk_bound/
EU Open Commons
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/12/ec_boosts_open_source/
The European Commission hopes it will encourage European administrations to use each other's software and develop common projects. This could be in areas such as public e-procurement, interoperability between government applications and mutual recognition of the various e-ID card formats.
Sharing and reusing applications would provide significant savings in investment costs
2006-10-05
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Solar/Electric 2 70mph!!
First Electric-Solar Car To Hit The Market (BusinessWeek)
The Venturi Astrolab not only uses no fossil fuels, but it can also attain speeds of more than 70 mph.
Graphics Processors on the GRID
ATI Will Tune Its Graphics Chips For High-Performance Apps
The plan by ATI, which is set to merge with chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices this month, could give AMD a competitive edge against Intel in the fast-growing market for high-performance computing.
2006-10-03
The Grid and Standards - eBay speaks
The issue once Grid is ingrained and growing within the data center is
that the lack of standards hurts over time. So, grid becomes a victim of
its success. Boy it's cool and it helps our business run but without
standards supported and delivered, how can I keep it in my data center.
This reminds me of the early days of Linux. -- Greg Nawrocki. eBay,
grids and standards. ...
http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?r=314&ctl=142B87A:98B5E5A7E532CC9AC6CABBF34205D211EFF29049075316B4
Open/Branded Universities - Berkeley leads
Google Video Goes to School
The University of California at Berkeley is using Google Video
to deliver college courses free of charge, according to Reuters.
The university has placed over 250 hours of video online for
the public. They're also the first institution to have their own
branded page. If you're an education institution, would you
rather put your video on YouTube or Google? Hmm.
http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-4541-2-79-139427-526920-0-0-0-1
Yet another helpDesk
4. U.S. Homework Outsourced as "E-Tutoring" Grows
Private tutors are a luxury many American families cannot afford,
costing anywhere between $25 to $100 an hour. But California
mother Denise Robison found one online for $2.50 an hour--in
India.
http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-4541-2-79-139427-526899-0-0-0-1
demoFall - a second view
3. Slide Show: eWEEK Labs Does DemoFall 2006
See the latest cutting edge technology from the floor of the Demo
conference in San Diego.
http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-4540-2-79-139427-526710-0-0-0-1
News: Security Is Focus of DemoFall Day 2
eWEEK Labs looks at products--from both established and
startup vendors--that are designed to secure access and ensure
privacy.
http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-4540-2-79-139427-526713-0-0-0-1
The Drive in the ozone
Online Storage for VARs
Online storage has some great selling advantages for continuous data protection, complete with off-site replication and a redundant physical location for disaster recovery.
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Online storage has some great selling advantages for continuous data protection, complete with off-site replication and a redundant physical location for disaster recovery.
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Sound Exploration - a tooth fairy??
Fred Lane of Perio-Imaging Inc. talks about using sound to diagnose dental problems
Perio-Imaging Inc. of Delaware was formed in 2004 to launch an ultrasonographic periodontal probe. In this short video clip, the company's vice president and medical director, Fred Lane, describes how the tool works. The company's technology is on display at the Emerging Technologies Conference today and tomorrow.
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/VideoPosts.aspx?id=17422
The Cell Phone as dynamic production platform
Padmasree Warrior of Motorola talks about the next big thing for mobile phones: posting video blogs
People attending the Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT this week have a chance to see Motorola's next-generation phone, the KRZR. The company is also showing off some video-blogging software that's still in development. Motorola CTO Padmasree Warrior explains.
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/VideoPosts.aspx?id=17424
MIT 2006 Emerging Tech Conference
http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe5b1d707c6000797015-fdec1573716c0d7c7d1d7774-ff011674776105
The AOL view of the rich media future
Vlogs
Jonathan Miller, chief executive officer of AOL, on the future of rich mediaAOL's Jonathan Miller talked to Technology Review after his keynote address at the Emerging Technologies Conference today. In this vlog, Miller discusses how AOL is positioning video as a key part of its strategy. He also talks about plans for AOL's messaging services.
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/VideoPosts.aspx?id=17421
classifieds
E-COMMERCE REPORT
Wanted: A Way to Profit by Simplifying Web Classifieds
By BOB TEDESCHI
Web sites that list classified ads have proliferated, but so far they have mostly made life easier for buyers rather than sellers
Wanted: A Way to Profit by Simplifying Web Classifieds
By BOB TEDESCHI
Web sites that list classified ads have proliferated, but so far they have mostly made life easier for buyers rather than sellers
2006-09-21
IBM's 'secret island'
Virtually a new way of doing business
By Martin Banks ? More by this author
Published Thursday 21st September 2006 14:07 GMT
It would not be the first time the suggestion has been made that games programmers hold at least one key to the future for business systems development. But IBM's latest research project - a "secret island" within the confines of Linden Labs' Second Life massively multi-player games environment - brings that possibility a whole lot closer.
The basic premise is to exploit the multi-player and graphics capabilities at which games programmers now generally excel to create an on-screen virtual analogue of a business.
The idea behind this is simple, according to Irving Wladawsky-Berger, vice president of technology strategy and innovation at IBM.
"Government and enterprise back-end systems are getting ever more complex, with even printers having IP addresses. Can people cope with designing such systems, let alone use them? Technology is at its best when it is providing something intuitive, something very visual and graphic."
Visualisation tools are already well-advanced in engineering and science, but he feels there is a long way to go in areas such as business modeling and management. When it comes to modeling and simulation, the cutting edge with graphics utilisation is in gaming.
So IBM has decided to use the capabilities already developed by Linden Labs for its Second Life gaming environment to build a separate, experimental area within it. Participants ? from IBM research and development departments around the world ? can contribute whatever they feel is important to create a productive environment in which to conduct and manage "business".
As with Second Life, participants create an online "avatar" to represent them. There is already a business psychology aspect emerging here, revolving around whether the avatar should be a close approximation of the individual's appearance (probably suitable for a "conservative" or "professional" business image) or some more adventurous expression of the participant's view of their personality (for the fart and flair brigade). Essentially, when a meeting is called, the participants' avatars appear in a Second Life, 25MByte, online container that appears on each of their PCs.
Communications can be by key-entry text or VoIP if that is appropriate. With text, all the contributions can be easily and fully minuted, and the probability is that speech-to-text systems will allow the same for speech-based interactions in the near future.
The IBM developers, led by Hursley-based Ian Hughes (who has the to-die-for job title of Metaverse Evangelist) are also making use of appropriate "gadgets" developed by other Second Life players. For example, one such gadget has been adapted to create a simple coffee table tool that creates a chair round it whenever a participant wishes to "sit down".
The team itself is contributing gadgets to Second Life, including a language translator system. This has been provided free to Second Life mentors and is available for sale on the system. It has also developed a portal to an external business system ? in this case Amazon ? which can then be used by all participants. This has already highlighted the need for one or more APIs that will be needed to allow customisable integration of the system with all relevant external business systems.
The advantage over phone or video conferencing systems is that participants feel they are much more "there" ? for example, it is far easier to identify who is communicating what at any one time. It also adds the scope to move away from a formal meeting to relax or "play", or perhaps hold a breakout meeting, all of which can help creativity.
Wladawsky-Berger would not be drawn on timescales or detailed development plans ? though the hint is that if this experiment works IBM may set about developing its own, more business-oriented implementation of the idea.
The experiment is, however, already throwing up areas for serious consideration, not least the complexities that might arise with managing the licensing of the IP behind useful gadgets and add-ons. Less obvious and tangible issues will revolve around the development of etiquette and behavioral rules. "We are starting to address and define the issues and problems involved," he said.
He is also looking at the potential the system might have for furthering the disaggregation of business structures. At one extreme this could lead to their being no "businesses" as we know them today ? everyone would be self-employed. More likely however, certainly in the mid-term, is that it could provide a very useful tool for companies and participants to manage and work with a project as a perceivable entity, with participants that could be drawn from many departments within the company, anywhere in the world, as well as business partners, customers and suppliers. ®
By Martin Banks ? More by this author
Published Thursday 21st September 2006 14:07 GMT
It would not be the first time the suggestion has been made that games programmers hold at least one key to the future for business systems development. But IBM's latest research project - a "secret island" within the confines of Linden Labs' Second Life massively multi-player games environment - brings that possibility a whole lot closer.
The basic premise is to exploit the multi-player and graphics capabilities at which games programmers now generally excel to create an on-screen virtual analogue of a business.
The idea behind this is simple, according to Irving Wladawsky-Berger, vice president of technology strategy and innovation at IBM.
"Government and enterprise back-end systems are getting ever more complex, with even printers having IP addresses. Can people cope with designing such systems, let alone use them? Technology is at its best when it is providing something intuitive, something very visual and graphic."
Visualisation tools are already well-advanced in engineering and science, but he feels there is a long way to go in areas such as business modeling and management. When it comes to modeling and simulation, the cutting edge with graphics utilisation is in gaming.
So IBM has decided to use the capabilities already developed by Linden Labs for its Second Life gaming environment to build a separate, experimental area within it. Participants ? from IBM research and development departments around the world ? can contribute whatever they feel is important to create a productive environment in which to conduct and manage "business".
As with Second Life, participants create an online "avatar" to represent them. There is already a business psychology aspect emerging here, revolving around whether the avatar should be a close approximation of the individual's appearance (probably suitable for a "conservative" or "professional" business image) or some more adventurous expression of the participant's view of their personality (for the fart and flair brigade). Essentially, when a meeting is called, the participants' avatars appear in a Second Life, 25MByte, online container that appears on each of their PCs.
Communications can be by key-entry text or VoIP if that is appropriate. With text, all the contributions can be easily and fully minuted, and the probability is that speech-to-text systems will allow the same for speech-based interactions in the near future.
The IBM developers, led by Hursley-based Ian Hughes (who has the to-die-for job title of Metaverse Evangelist) are also making use of appropriate "gadgets" developed by other Second Life players. For example, one such gadget has been adapted to create a simple coffee table tool that creates a chair round it whenever a participant wishes to "sit down".
The team itself is contributing gadgets to Second Life, including a language translator system. This has been provided free to Second Life mentors and is available for sale on the system. It has also developed a portal to an external business system ? in this case Amazon ? which can then be used by all participants. This has already highlighted the need for one or more APIs that will be needed to allow customisable integration of the system with all relevant external business systems.
The advantage over phone or video conferencing systems is that participants feel they are much more "there" ? for example, it is far easier to identify who is communicating what at any one time. It also adds the scope to move away from a formal meeting to relax or "play", or perhaps hold a breakout meeting, all of which can help creativity.
Wladawsky-Berger would not be drawn on timescales or detailed development plans ? though the hint is that if this experiment works IBM may set about developing its own, more business-oriented implementation of the idea.
The experiment is, however, already throwing up areas for serious consideration, not least the complexities that might arise with managing the licensing of the IP behind useful gadgets and add-ons. Less obvious and tangible issues will revolve around the development of etiquette and behavioral rules. "We are starting to address and define the issues and problems involved," he said.
He is also looking at the potential the system might have for furthering the disaggregation of business structures. At one extreme this could lead to their being no "businesses" as we know them today ? everyone would be self-employed. More likely however, certainly in the mid-term, is that it could provide a very useful tool for companies and participants to manage and work with a project as a perceivable entity, with participants that could be drawn from many departments within the company, anywhere in the world, as well as business partners, customers and suppliers. ®
2006-09-15
Coherent Dynamics of Coupled Electron and Nuclear Spin Qubits in Diamond
Understanding and controlling the complex environment of solid-state quantum bits is a central challenge in spintronics and quantum information science. Coherent manipulation of an individual electron spin associated with a nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond was used to gain insight into its local environment. We show that this environment is effectively separated into a set of individual, proximal 13C nuclear spins which are coupled coherently to the electron spin, and the remainder of the 13C nuclear spins, which cause the loss of coherence. The proximal nuclear spins can be addressed and coupled individually because of quantum back-action from the electron, which modifies their energy levels and magnetic moments, effectively distinguishing them from the rest of the nuclei. These results open the door to coherent manipulation of individual, isolated nuclear spins in a solid-state environment even at room temperature.
