May 1st, 2008 at 9:19 am
Today we have a couple of tech blogshots. The first is a clip about the TSA pushing forward with the latest technology in airport security. Start looking for the full on body scanners to start popping up in airports all over the country. Do you remember the scene in movie Total Recall…. Full body scanners! Check out the video at the end. The second snip today is regarding one of the grand daddy companies of technology, Xerox. They are looking to up their public persona and define the Xerox brand as the leaders of technology and invention. Be sure to share your thoughts and comments at the end.
Technorati Tags: tsa, xerox, airports, market value, total recall
TSA Upping Security
The head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced plans to roll out advanced passenger screening and baggage scanning devices at airports across the United States.
Testifying on 15 April 2008 before a US House of Representatives transport security subcommittee, TSA Administrator Kip Hawley said that whole-body imaging portals employing millimetre-wave (MMW) technology will be deployed at two major international hubs.
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Xerox Looking to Raise Public Perception and Portfolio
During a discussion with Xerox CTO Sophie Vanderbroek, Forrester Research VP Laura Ramos observed that Xerox was well-known as an inventor but that other companies seemed to commercialize its technology. (Like the publishing companies that passed on the original Harry Potter manuscript, everyone at Xerox is probably tired of being reminded how Apple and others took its ideas to market.)
Xerox, as a company with $17 billion in revenue in 2007, hardly has to apologize for itself, but after years of lackluster stock performance, there’s a sense that the company needs to clarify its positioning, particularly as Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN), Google (NSDQ: GOOG), Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), and Salesforce.com, among others, redefine software as a service and IT infrastructure as a platform.
Ramos and other Forrester analysts at the event pressed Vanderbroek to clarify Xerox’s vision and identity. “They do have something to demonstrate to the market,” said Ramos in a phone interview. “What does this innovation mean in terms of building shareholder value at Xerox?”
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March 20th, 2008 at 9:33 am
Your time spent here is greatly appreciated. After you have read the
following article about a few select social networking scripts that can really
skyrocket your social network. Please share your thoughts with a comment at the
end.
Seven Social Network Script Reviews
PHP was formerly referred to as “Personal Home Page Tools” but it is actually
an open source server scripting language. It is extremely popular in developing
web based software applications. Programmers find it is easy to use to create
web pages which have spectacular content and they easily interact with other
databases.
Here we will take a look at some of the social networking script
php products and provide you with some information about their
features.
Automatic Ad Management Script PHP this is a powerfully packed
management script that is automatic. It helps to invite advertisers to place
their ads on your website. It offers advertisers a package which can be used to
set up their ad as well as offering different ways they can pay. It is fully
customizable with various colors and graphics. You can take a free online demo
to see if you like the script before you buy it.
Simpgb PHP this is a multi-platform simple guest book which supports
several languages. You have your choice of smilies and the program also supports
many avatars. Administrators can choose which fields to input and they can write
comments on the posts. They can also set up automatic email notification.
Simple PHP Guest book Script you can add a message form with fields such
as name, email, message, “private” check and “response required check”, message
listings with a certain amount of messages per page, an administration section
where you approve messages, delete or see private messages; - notification sent
to owner after each entry submitted. If “private” flag is set, the message will
not appear online. The show/hide/delete messages from admin section; email
validation is on the submit form. The submit form is tested for correctness of
email address and also if user has entered any text such as HTML code spam protection, no HTML code is
allowed inside the messages.
GMOA Arcade Flash Script PHP The Complete Games Portal - within minutes
of your purchase you can enjoy our Professional Arcade Script which has more
than 1600 games and videos. The script comes with many features like adding or
removing games, videos and banners. It contains embedding capabilities to
Myspace, Xanga and all social networks. The newest feature is the Automatic
Games Adder. With this awesome feature, you will be able to add games in bulk in
the future and easily expand your site. The script is a complete turnkey
solution and comes with full customer service support.
Arcadem Pro PHP Game Script - This is the next generation, user friendly
arcade script with built in SEO and AdSense integration. It comes with 500
pre-installed games but there are over 3500 games available. It includes 10
themes, RSS, automatic sitemap creation, dynamic metatags, full blogging CMS,
detailed site and visitor statistics, token system that requires registration
after a certain number of plays, full user system and management, advanced cache
system that benchmarks 88% faster, as well as a speed optimized code. Requires
PHP version 4 or greater (5 recommended), MySQL 4 or higher, 4MB of free hard
drive space for core installation, up to 3GB or more of free hard drive space
for games, and browser which is Javascript enabled.
A1 Cool Image Gallery PHP Script - This is a cool and simple, but very
powerful Image, or photo, Gallery Script provides an amazing tool for running
your photo gallery site. You can also create an image gallery section of your
website using this script. It is very simple to install and operate. Its amazing
features of the script include 1) Multilevel categorization of images 2) One
click access to all categories 3) rate images 4) Suggest image etc. 5) Admin can
configure script parameters 6) Change site colors/icons directly from admin
panel. You can demo this full script online before you make any
purchases.
Raining Sushi PHP Image Script - This sliding slideshow will pick
all pictures from a given directory and scroll them from right to left or left
to right, top down or bottom up. It can actually take hundreds of pictures and
will load very fast all the same. The trick is to load the pictures in groups so
the slideshow can start without first having to load all of the pictures.
Instead it will start after the first group of pictures has been loaded. You can
adjust the height, width and speed of the slideshow, present the pictures in
alphabetical, reverse alphabetical or random order. You can mix gif, png and
jpg, but the pictures have to all be of the same size.
This will not even scratch the surface of social networking php scripts.
Once you get started there are numerous scripts from which you can choose. This
is just a sampling to show you what is available.
About the Author:
Ron McNeil promotes social network script software to start your own
community software site powered by social networking
software software located at http://www.webscribble.com/products/webnetwork/
Technorati Tags: Social Network Software, Social Networking Software, Social Network Script, Social Network, Social Networks
February 27th, 2008 at 11:57 am
Operating system selection has almost always locked consumers into the
Microsoft Windows operating systems, but recently many manufacturers have
started to offer Linux alternatives. Lenovo has started to offer SUSE Linux
Enterprise Desktop 10 on some ThinkPad models, in addition to Vista and XP. This
review covers the 14″ T61 with the “SLED 10″ Linux operating system.
Lenovo
and Novell estimate that a major portion of the business workforce can
transition from Microsoft Windows to SLED 10 on a ThinkPad “without skipping a
beat”. In addition, the companies highlight some of the features of this OS,
such as interoperability with current IT environments, OpenOffice.org
productivity suite, integrated VPN, firewall and anti-virus protection,
and support for popular multimedia applications.
New ThinkPad is
traditionally whole black. It is very well built as usual. Nothing scrapes and
the keyboard is nice accurate.Titan-Magnesium hardiness was improved by
hardening back part of chassis. The only thing where is the influence of Lenovo
on IBM shown are the connectors for reproductions and microphone.
Lenovo says
it will provide customer support for the hardware and the operating system,
while Novell will be responsible for updates. Linux has chiefly been popular on
servers and more recently has made inroads in embedded computing devices such as
phones, but it’s never made much headway on desktop and laptop PCs.
Nevertheless, SUSE has long championed Linux on PCs.
The cooling system is
ingenious; it’s simply the best out there and beats the MacBook Pro by a mile even though
both machines are 1 inch thick. Cool air is sucked in from the bottom though
many thin holes that make it impossible to block all of them when using on lap.
Most of the air comes from the top left side, judging by relative temperature.
Hot air is exhausted over the back side (away from the user). On idle battery,
temperature stayed around 37 deg Celsius. The fan is also quiet and rarely turns
on; it seems to run more often on AC than on battery.
System
specifications:
* Processor: Intel T7300 Core 2 Duo (2.0GHz, 800MHz FSB, 4MB
Cache)
* Graphics: Intel GMA X3100
* Operating System: Novell SLED 10
*
Display: WXGA+ 1440 x 900 (LG screen)
* Hard Drive: 80GB 5400RPM
* Memory:
1GB (1GB x 1), up to 4GB max
* Ports: 3x USB 2.0, 1x FireWire, Monitor out,
modem, Ethernet, headphone out, microphone in
* Slots: PC Card Slot and Smart
Card reader
* Optical Drive: CDRW/DVD-ROM
* Dimensions: 13.2″ x 9.3″ x
1.09 - 1.26″ (335mm x 237mm x 27.6 - 31.9mm)
* Weight: 5.5lbs
About the Author:
Read about Digital Camera Reviews and Mobile Phone Reviews. Also read about Laptop
Computer Reviews
Technorati Tags: Laptop Review, Linux Thinkpad T61, Linux Thinkpad T61 Review
February 14th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
If you’re thinking about buying an HD radio, here is a checklist of things to think about before making a purchase.
1. How do you intend to use the radio? If you’ll be using it in your bedroom as a clock radio or in the kitchen, you probably won’t care about stereo sound. This means you can choose from a number of tabletop HD radios, such as the Radiosophy HD100, the Accurian from RadioShack, or the Sangean HdR-1, to name a few.
If you will be using your HD radio in an office, home office, or entertainment room, you may want to choose a radio that has separate speakers for stereo listening. Examples of HD radios with either separate speakers or an optional second speaker include the Dice Electronics iTR-100, The Insignia Bookshelf System from Best Buy, and he Boston Acoustics Receptor Radio HD,
2. Second, where will you physically place the radio? Most of the compact HD radios come with a telescopic FM antenna. If you are going to place the radio out in the open where it will be easy to move the antenna around, then a telescoping antenna will work fine. However, if you, like me, intend to put it in a bookcase or an entertainment center, you may want to choose an HD radio with a separate FM antenna so you can move the antenna around for the best reception. Also, do note that most HD radios require a separate antenna for AM. radio. So, again, this might dictate your choice of radios.
3. How much should you spend for HD radio? There are HD radios available for as much as $500 and as little as $99.95. If you intend to use the radio as a clock radio or as a kitchen radio, you can probably go on the lower end. If you intend to use it in your office or an entertainment room, you may want to spend something around $200-$250 — to get a more "quality" look. However, it is important to understand that HD radio is HD radio, and spending more money doesn’t necessarily mean better sound. If possible, listen to radios from several different manufacturers before you buy.
Check to see what kind of reception you can expect to get. Broadcasters divide their signal range into three categories: Local coverage, distant coverage and fringe coverage.
An HD capable radio should get reliable digital signals in the local coverage area, and may get digital signals in distant coverage areas, depending on the environment. Radios in fringe areas usually don’t receive digital signals, because unlike a traditional analog signal that fades out as you travel away from it, digital will simply disappear when the signal isn’t strong enough.
For this reason, it is important that you determine which coverage area you are in for your favorite stations before you buy to ensure that you will actually be able to enjoy HD radio.
5. Finally, where will you listen to HD radio most? If you’re typical, the vast majority of your radio listening will be in your automobile. If this is the case, then you will want an HD car radio system. There are several of these available at reasonable prices from manufacturers such as Sony and JVC.
Digital HD is a new, fun technology, what with its crystal-clear sound and HD2 channels, especially if you select the right receiver.
Technorati Tags: Hd Radios, Buying An Hd Radio, Hd Radio Checklist, Tabletop Hd Radios, Hd Car Audio Systems
About the Author:
For more information about HD radios and HD radio reviews be sure to hop over to the popular site, HD-Radio-Home.com Douglas Hanna is an expert ezine author having written nearly 200 articles on a variety of subjects. He lives in a suburb of Denver, Colorado.
