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InfrastructureJanuary 4, 2012 Wednesday, January 04, 2012 10:36 AM/EST
Making Big Data KnowableHow will we ever make sense of scientific topics that are too big to know? The short answer: by transforming what it means to know something scientifically. An excerpt from David Weinberger's new book, Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge... December 8, 2011 Thursday, December 08, 2011 10:37 AM/EST
Using Servers as Furnacesby Tim Moran "Honey, I'm a little chilly. Can you reboot the server please?" Researchers from Microsoft and the University of Virginia don't think that line is a joke--not if you have a "Data Furnace" in your house. A paper... November 23, 2011 Wednesday, November 23, 2011 9:30 AM/EST
Reasons to Be ThankfulBy Samuel Greengard In the spirit of Thanksgiving, here are seven technologies and products that aren't only cool, they've actually improved the quality of our lives: 1. A healthcare revolution. Researchers keep announcing remarkable breakthroughs in medicine -- everything from... November 21, 2011 Monday, November 21, 2011 11:42 AM/EST
Supercomputing as a Service, Cheapby Tim Moran This list of the Top 500 Supercomputers comes out every June and November, and I doubt if the minor ranking variations from one list to the next hold much interest to those not in the supercomputer game.... October 17, 2011 Monday, October 17, 2011 11:31 AM/EST
We Are All Flashing 12:00sBy Samuel Greengard Manufacturers keep adding capabilities to devices, but I'm convinced that most of us rely on about 10 percent of the features available. Think about your DVR or fancy alarm clock; your microwave oven or your automobile. You'd... September 28, 2011 Wednesday, September 28, 2011 10:14 AM/EST
Building Babbage's Protocomputerby Tim Moran Technologist and author John Graham-Cumming is a man with a singular mission: He is set on executing a working version of Charles Babbage's heretofore unbuilt Analytical Engine, arguably the first idea for real computer, described by mathematician... September 6, 2011 Tuesday, September 06, 2011 11:28 AM/EST
Information-Centric Business Computingby Samuel Greengard Pervasive networking has changed the way we access and use information. IT departments long focused on getting crucial bits--documents, spreadsheets, presentations, whatever--to the right personal computer. But thanks to nearly ubiquitous Internet connectivity and cloud computing, workers... August 22, 2011 Monday, August 22, 2011 9:30 AM/EST
No Parking, No ITby Samuel Greengard Did you ever think about how incredibly inefficient it is to procure parking places and how much time and gasoline we waste doing so? We're stuck with a chaotic mess because the operators of parking decks and... August 17, 2011 Wednesday, August 17, 2011 10:17 AM/EST
Storage And The Da Vinci CodeBy Tim Moran Preserving information for the long haul turns out to be a major challenge of the digital age, and we've covered a couple of perpetual storage concepts in recent posts. Now comes Millenniata, which appears to be a... April 20, 2011 Wednesday, April 20, 2011 10:33 AM/EST
Earnings Surprise No Real Surprise"Two of the world's largest technology vendors surprised Wall Street by posting surging sales and profits in the first-quarter, and signaled brighter days ahead," reported the Wall Street Journal after IBM and Intel posted strong numbers. "EMC Corp (EMC.N), the...
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