Monthly Archives: November 2006
E-Voting Glitches Abound
With roughly 33 percent of all voters using new electronic equipment to cast their votes in the Nov. 7 midterm election, there was little...
Google: Web 2.0 Is a Similarity Engine, and Similarities Sell Ads
In the Internet's second era of rapid adoption and growth, Google isn't betting on the user. It's betting on all the users, and using...
Laptop Losses Loom
Its a familiar and sad story: A business traveler, on her way to an important meeting, entered a busy airport. Her laptop was taken,...
Dont Typecast Talk Tools
In the last week or so, Ive seen as much wireless handheld Web surfing by parents at Boy Scout meetings and by family members...
Internet Archive Tames Data Costs
Archiving the entire Internet—not just as it is but as it has been—is a task that pushes the limits of maximum storage volume while...
Is There a Flash Memory RAID in Your Future?
Flash memory is catching the notice of IT storage pros, whether from dealing with the increased use of USB thumb drives by the mobile...
Sun, Ubuntu Cross-Certify for JEE5 Server Deployment
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Back in May at JavaOne, Sun Microsystems President Jonathan Schwartz and Canonical Ltd. Founder and President Mark Shuttleworth—creator of the Ubuntu distribution...
Business Intelligence Brings Health Care Advances
What is business intelligence in the health care field? This was the question I asked John Halamka.
Heres his reply and accompanying visuals that illustrate...
PocketMac Add-On Secures Data on Macs
Information Appliance Associates, a California-based company that develops software solutions for the Macintosh platform, announced Nov. 7 the release of PocketMac SecureNotes, add-on Mac...
Election Produces Few E-Voting Snags
WASHINGTON—By all indications, the Nov. 8 midterm elections went off with few hitches that could be blamed on electronic voting, despite the dire predictions...