BIT320 Remix: Technology Archives

Texas to get broadband over its power lines

two texas companies plan to offer high-speed internet over the power grid

In del.icio.us/jbartko, 12/20/2005 | Original | Archive

What's New for 2006

PCWorld - what to look for in 2006 in terms of technology

In del.icio.us/jbartko, 12/20/2005 | Original | Archive

High Web traffic means sales

Walmart, Amazon, eBay and Apple post big online holiday sales - based on predictions using amount of traffic between retail sites and shipping sites

In del.icio.us/jbartko, 12/20/2005 | Original | Archive

This article praises Walmart.com, Amazon, Apple and eBay for high online holiday sales. It’s interesting because actual results aren’t released until January, but predictions are made based on the amount of traffic between these sites and their shipping sites. If web users are browsing items and clicking on links to ship, they’re probably buying. Online shopping is predicted to grow about 24% this holiday season. That doesn’t surprise me, but I don’t think I’ll be included in that statistic. During the rest of the year, I do sometimes appreciate the convenience of online shopping - even though actually seeing/touching my purchase is a lot more fun. But during the holidays - I think it’s more than seeing the items, it’s actually experiencing the stores. What’s Christmas shopping without all the decorations and music surrounding you at the mall? That’s my opinion - and I’m sure it isn’t shared by all, especially those who hate the crowds more than they love the atmosphere.

The article makes a good point about a different use for online retail sites: research.

…retailers such as Target Corp. and Best Buy Co. may be coming up short in terms of converting traffic into Web sales. It was not clear, however, if this was due to some other dynamic — whether shoppers were simply looking at products online that they would later buy in stores, for example.

I do this all the time - and it can really make your trip to the store easier. Especially when you have to learn a significant amount about the purchase before you buy - like computers or other electronics.

In jb's blog, 12/20/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

Circuit City Taps President to Be New CEO

I'm not happy about this. Seems like it can't die.

In del.icio.us/pinkfootsie, 12/20/2005 | Original | Archive

Texas utility to offer Net access over power lines

Reuse is the best answer. Harnessing what we already have.

In del.icio.us/pinkfootsie, 12/20/2005 | Original | Archive

How To Integrate a Database with AJAX

AJAX with PHP and mySQL - a high-octane-solution

In del.icio.us/mridge, 12/20/2005 | Original | Archive

Year in Review: AJAX Desktops and Homepages

How AJAX is invading your desktop

In del.icio.us/mridge, 12/20/2005 | Original | Archive

» Structured blogging–what's in it for users?

Standardized blogging - not a good thing. Unlike other standardized things like RSS/XML

In del.icio.us/mridge, 12/20/2005 | Original | Archive

Classroom Blogging

Another nay-sayer turned on to the blogging world

In del.icio.us/mridge, 12/20/2005 | Original | Archive

A washer with power PhD

Researchers start project testing 'smart' appliances

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

In Texas, 'Net's power trip

Texas utility to provide Internet over power lines

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

Tech tames traffic jams

Short on road money, states use tech to unsnarl traffic

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

Tech giants' tough market

Big tech companies shuffle their assets

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

Icahn's issue with Google

Icahn seeks to derail Google as partner of AOL

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

Digital TV gets deadline

Digital TV deadline could be 2/17/09

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

Iran bans western music from radio and television

Radio and tv are no longer allowed to play any western music at all

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

Patchworking

Explanation on steps you should take to constantly be updating your computer to keep it secure

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

A Home Server

How-to-guide for establishing your own server

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

Computer decodes Mona Lisa's smile

Sounds ridiculous to me, but they used a program that figures out what emotions a smile indicates

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

Best companies at turning web traffic into purchases

Best companies for getting buys out of web visitors are wal-mart, ebay, amazon, and apple computer

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

Review of Napster

Discusses the new Napster, which is now a pay service for downloading

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

10 Worst Tech Products of 2005

Review of the 10 worst tech products offered during this year

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

Tech toys that push kids to explore their world

Gadgets that are cheap enough for kids, and help them learn while they play

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

House sets digital TV deadline for 2009

The bill mandates that TV affiliates switch to all digital broadcasts, appropriates $1.5 billion

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

TXU to Provide Internet Over Power Lines

The utility TXU Corp. said Monday it will offer high-speed Internet service over power lines to several million Texans as part of a $150 million project aimed at improving its ability to monitor the power grid.

In del.icio.us/tigerlily23, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

Bush spies on citizens and creates database of them

This is an interesting example of databases being used to improve a process

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive

Can you hear me now? Umm…no.

A while back Supriya blogged about a possible migration of cellular companies from CDMA to GSM. PinkFootsie commented on the prevelance of cellular players outside of the US.

I’m a recent convert to the GSM camp. For years I had Verizon, followed by Sprint, and then Nextel. They all operate on CDMA networks. The each had various levels of call clarity (from high to low as listed), however I was never satisfied with the level of services offered. Then this summer I switced over to Cingular. While my call quality is definitely not as high as it was with Verizon or Sprint, I am a much happier cusomter. GSM phones use SIM cards, so transfering data from phone to phone is much easier, plus the GSM providers tend to offer a greater array of services.

However, lately it seems as if the GSM providers (Cingular, T-mobile) have been resting on their previously superior laurels while the CDMA providers have been upgrading their networks like crazy to reach 3G land. So I’ll give the throne at the moment to CDMA.

At this point, I don’t think their is a clear winner between the two technologies. Both have their pros and cons and from what I can tell, one isn’t necessarily better than the other. However, I think the cellular market would benefit from a unified standard (take a look at DVDs vs the Betamax/VHS fiasco). A unified standard would allow cell technology to advance and explode to unprecedented levels across the globe and very well may pave the way for a truly global communications network. However, CDMA towers aren’t easily converted over to GSM technology, so I don’t see the CDMA providers switching over anytime soon. They’ve spent billions of dollars on their current networks to change now.

So I’m not holding my breath for a change. But I CAN NOT WAIT for US carriers to get with the program and approach the level of technology currently enjoyed by the European and Japanese populace. I can not wait…until then, I’ll just drool at the phones I run across on Gizmodo.

In Matt's Musings, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

Opinion of BIT 320

I think that this course is extremely valuable and will be useful for a long, long time. I think that Bud provided a good high level overview, so that even the non-techie, non-programmer could understand how each language and step in the process linked together to provide the ultimate functionality that we were trying to obtain. I also think that the books were useful, especially with the course notes that gave good summaries of the chapters. I feel like I have a good enough knowledge that if a company came to me with a problem like Denali’s, that I would be able to figure out what steps to take to solve their problem and with the class resources as a guide, I could implement them. This is an extraordary amount of knowledge to learn in one semester.

In future classes, I would recommend a little more focus in class of what the function of everything is as if it were explained to the lamen. When people didn’t understand what the goal of learning how to do certain coding was, I believe that they lost the high interest level that they had when they understood clearly why it was important. As Pink Footsie said in her last blog, there are not many techie classes taught in the business school, so it is important to make the understanding simple for students who take this course. BIT301 prepared us for the first half of the course, so I am referring more to the second half.

In general, I would recommend that anyone who asks me should take this course. My biggest complaint about B-school classes in general is that they do not provide actual skills and specific knowledge that will be useful. They are usually filled with b.s. and ways of talking around situations with business jargon like ‘brand equity’. This class provides interesting, important, and useful skills that will help anyone with a career in business and especially with a focus in technology.

In musings of william h, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

Advice for improving your interviews with BIT320

At a recent interview for an IT focused consulting firm, I was asked to describe some previous work that I’ve done in courses or a job that related to this type of work. I went into detail about the Denali project, and I recommend that you do the same at your next IT related interview. It provides a perfect story for them to hear the qualities and experience that they are looking for in a candidate.

Tell them about Denali, what the problem to solve is, then explain you decided to solve it (project 1) and how you have learned to implement the solution (project 2). This will put you far ahead other candidates, because it IS a real consulting project. I recommend that you flesh the story out and give yourself credit for devising the solution. I would even recommend using this for a job in a couple of years. This project is legitimate to use in an interview for any level job you’ll encounter in the next 5 years and it discusses technology and languages that will still be useful for a while.

In musings of william h, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

RSS - Team Goes for Bonus

Matt and I have been working on the RSS feed all night and we think we finally got it working! The feed is located at the following URL: http://elab-linux4.bus.umich.edu:8080/%7Ekevlers/RSS/testRSS.xsql (Bud - can you tell us if we’re all set with the feed)

The purpose of the feed is to notify customers of new store additions to the database. This is especially important to customers who do not have any stores in their immediate area. They can use the feed as a watch-list to see if any stores start carrying Denali Flavors. The xsql file pulls the information directly from the database, so it should be a valid feed, as opposed to just a well-formed document.

If any other teams are attempting to get the RSS feed working, I would recommend looking at this web site.

In Kevin's Blog, 12/19/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

RSS Project Question, SuperMatt Goes for Bonus

Matt references an RSS question Aga raised last week. Frankly, I confused this one with a bookmark someone had made about RSS resources they had found for the project. The bookmark sounded like people were charging ahead. Matt and Aga want some ideas for how RSS could be used for Denali. Here’s a couple of ideas:

A feed of the most recent flavor requests from customers. Maybe the zip code could be a category element (i.e., a tag). You could easily aggregate requests by zip. Flavor might be another category element.
You could also have a feed of salesperson updates.

Basically, the ideas is to use RSS as a notification format. Categories give you convenient ways to aggregate the information in the feed.

In Blogonautic Solutions, 12/17/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

Start-up sues Microsoft

Mobile e-mail start-up sues Microsoft

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/17/2005 | Original | Archive

Time Warner touts tier

Cost of Time Warner's new family tier raises eyebrows

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/17/2005 | Original | Archive

Gifts of Christmas future

Technology's just getting started

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/17/2005 | Original | Archive

Google offers mobile phone version of Gmail e-mail - Yahoo! News

Google has created a special version of its Gmail e-mail service that provides mobile phone subscribers with quick access to their e-mail

In del.icio.us/supermatt, 12/17/2005 | Original | Archive

Wired News: E-Paper's Killer App: Packaging

The cereal aisle at your local supermarket may soon resemble the Las Vegas strip

In del.icio.us/supermatt, 12/17/2005 | Original | Archive

xml.apache.org

Different open source tools, most of which use the Xerces implementation (DOM Level 1 & 2) as a base. Xerces itself is available in Java, C++, Perl, and COM

In del.icio.us/supermatt, 12/17/2005 | Original | Archive

webservices.xml.com

Web Services XML.com subsite. Development resources and solutions, features timely news, opinions, and tutorials, interactive forums, and newsletters.

In del.icio.us/supermatt, 12/17/2005 | Original | Archive

InsightBuilder : XML document and web content management

Combines full featured content management with workflow control, easy use through GUI forms, flexibility to create new web site templates with XSL, multi-lingual support and management of PDF, Flash, Excel, XML and other document types.

In del.icio.us/supermatt, 12/17/2005 | Original | Archive

Welcome to XMLSoftware

James Tauber maintains an excellent collection of available XML software products sorted by category. Very up-to-date and with useful descriptions

In del.icio.us/supermatt, 12/17/2005 | Original | Archive

RSS Question still not answered

A week ago Aga wondered:

We’re wondering what kind of functionality would you like us to have involving RSS? We have a couple of ideas on how we could feed, but we’re wondering what are some options or preferential ways to feed into (let’s say we have a website…what do we feed it to? is there anything else we should consider?). Though we haven’t gotten to it, we’d like to attempt this portion though we may not get it to work. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

We still haven’t resolved this issue and now I am trying to decide which data I should try to transform into valid RSS feeds. Any ideas or thoughts are welcomed. Thank you

In SuperMatt, 12/17/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

The Impact of Emerging Technologies: Multicore Mania

why cooler technologies could fit on one multicore microprocessor: our obsession with multitasking

In del.icio.us/pinkfootsie, 12/17/2005 | Original | Archive

The Northeast is moving south

Is the continent shrinking? Century wide move and we know about it now, thanks to good ol' technology.

In del.icio.us/pinkfootsie, 12/17/2005 | Original | Archive

Ramp creates power as cars pass

Making energy out of the most random occurrences. Creativity, who would've thought?

In del.icio.us/pinkfootsie, 12/17/2005 | Original | Archive

GSM technologies

Supriya recently wrote about Sprint’s possible move to GSM technology. I also researched wireless technology (we are in the same group in CSIB) and that’s good news for T-Mobile who shares a huge GSM network with its parent company, Deutsche Telekom. It is still the most reliable network and it is the most popular and widespread network globally. This might be why some companies might still be interested in investing in it. The economies of scale and the ability to expand your business into emerging markets might seem like a gold rock. Moreover, companies have to compete on many different fronts, and though Cingular, Verizon and Sprint are the mac daddy’s of the US market, it’s Vodafone, Bell and Deutsche Telekom that fire away in Europe (where cell phones are even more popular, and the market more saturated than in US, if you can believe it) and quickly forcing their way into China and other fresh markets. I guess what will happen remains to be seen, as network effects can be gained by moving to more popular technologies but US has always been the leader in technological movement but also not wanting to fall in line with the rest of the world, sometime because it’s strategic defensively (US security, and you’d be amazed how quickly you can disarm a country by sabotaging its electrical or wireless networks, just remind yourself of the big outage 2 years ago). The cards are to be dealt within the next 1.5 years.

In Pink Footsie, 12/17/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

A Robot:, yeay for my generation

A Sony, three eye robot, take a look.

In del.icio.us/pinkfootsie, 12/17/2005 | Original | Archive

Hollywood Takes A Big Step In Digital Distribution

It seems like there is a digital revolution taking place and those who won't come along, will become microfilms of the past. You know it when even hollywood goes along.

In del.icio.us/pinkfootsie, 12/17/2005 | Original | Archive

E-Paper's Killer App: Packaging

The cereal aisle at your local supermarket may soon resemble the Las Vegas strip. Electronics maker Siemens is readying a paper-thin electronic-display technology so cheap it could replace conventional labels on disposable packaging, from milk cartons to

In del.icio.us/tigerlily23, 12/17/2005 | Original | Archive

Google offers mobile phone version of Gmail e-mail

Google has created a special version of its Gmail e-mail service that provides mobile phone subscribers with quick access to their e-mail

In del.icio.us/tigerlily23, 12/17/2005 | Original | Archive

TV Tidbits: Notes of Interest

Cingular Wireless will team up with HBO to produce exclusive mobile content on HBO Mobile and HBO Family Mobile, which will be available on Cingular Video, an on-demand streaming video service.

In del.icio.us/tigerlily23, 12/17/2005 | Original | Archive

Project Question

I have a question regarding our project. So, I am trying to create a form which asks the customer to enter the retailername and outputs the store information (address, phone etc.) for the retailername queried by the customer.

Now, I have the xsql, xsml and xml working right now. But it is setup such that when I convert the xsql to xml, I enter RETAILERNAME= MEIJER in the secureshell as per the discussions with Tigerliliy and Bud earlier. But now I want to automate the whole process so that a form shows up on the screes where the customer enters Meijer, and the information shows up. My question is that how do I remove the manual interface of entering information in the secure shell, and put it in a form instead?

Bud, I know you mentioned about FORM ACTION, and to use that in your OH. However, where do I put this command? Does it go in the XSQL file, or do I create another file (of what type?)? Is there an example of such an interface with the form that we may have done in class?

I would really appreciate some help. Please let me know if you need any clarification. Thank you.

In supriya, 12/17/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

Class Idea - Continued

Like Pink Footsie and Shady Waters, I definitely feel that there should be more “techie” classes at the business school. Personally, my experience with the BIT (once called CIS) program has been rather dissappointing. Coming into college, I wanted to do a CIS/MIS major, and pursue a career along those lines. I was deciding b/w the MIS program at Carnegie Mellon and the BIT Program here at the U of M. However, when I started with the business school here, I realized that there were not enough BIT classes or they were not as techie as I would like some of them to be, in order to get a solid CIS degree. Right now, I have enough classes to get a ” BIT concentration” but I feel that my knowledge is really not as good or thorough as some students graduating from other CIS programs. Realizing this last semester, I decided to pursue another concentration in Finance which also changed my career path.

I really hope that the business school adds more BIT classes, and make a strong BIT curriculum to match programs in schools like Wharton or CMU.

In supriya, 12/16/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

Want to decode your Smile :)?

Reading news earlier this morning, I came across this article: “Computer Decodes Mona Lisa’s Smile” So, a computer engineer - Ncu Sebe, at the University of Amsterdam developed a software that can decode smiles. Sounds almost bizarre to me that a computer s/w can decode your smile and interpret your emotions!? Here is the method they used to decode Mona Lisa’s smile:

Sebe loaded average, neutral expressions of female faces into a database, which the software used to compare the painting against, says the “New Scientist” Web site.

And came up with these results:

The findings? Mona Lisa was 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry, according to the British weekly “New Scientist.”

Has technology really advanced to the level where we can use computers to decode smiles? Also, I would think that each person would have very unique ways of expressing emotion, and maynot have the same facial expression or smile when responding to a particular emotion. Hence, how can you just compare against the average smiles and come up with such findings which sound rather precise?

In supriya, 12/16/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

Exersizing past technology

I found an article on Nytimes that talks about getting inshape for those who play too many video games. It runs off of the PS2 and its called Eyetoy: Kinetic. There’s a video that tracks your movements and displays it on the screen and shows you where to move next. Essentially its just a video workout for your PS2 with a little interaction on the side.

I think video games and computers have given us an easy way out of just getting off our chairs, putting on some shoes and going out and doing some exersize…by ourselves or with others. It’s just sad that instead of going out and swimming, running, playing some sport, we would rather jump up and down in front of the TV or computer and relate to a video or a game than other people. And that’s one sad thing I think we’ve lost in this digital age ;(

In Shady Waters, 12/16/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

Right on the Wiki

So a few people were talking about Wikipedia and the possible lies behind it since it its a user populated database. Sorry I couldn’t find the post for some reason, our tag cloud and the number of posts we have in totally is extremely large -_-

But I ran across an article in the NYtimes, a science journal, Nature says that Wiki

is about as accurate in covering scientific topics as Encyclopedia Britannica

And that the problems regarding incorrect information is actually very rare.

students got into a debate about the integrity of Wiki because many students use it now for research projects and what not. How much can you trust this or any source on the internet. I’ve found Wiki to be wrong on certain things but for the most part it is a detailed source and most of the time I try to get other sources that back it up or take it with a grain of salt.

In Shady Waters, 12/16/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

Video game-related sales fall in November

U.S. retail sales of video game hardware and software fell 9 percent from a year ago to come in just under $1.3 billion, market researchers NPD Group said on Wednesday.

In del.icio.us/tigerlily23, 12/15/2005 | Original | Archive

MTV, Microsoft Set To Take on Apple's iTunes

Microsoft and Viacom's MTV will join forces to develop a digital-music service that relies on the next version of Windows Media Player.

In del.icio.us/tigerlily23, 12/15/2005 | Original | Archive

Yahoo Builds Better Widgets

Yahoo has upgraded its platform of tiny desktop applications, called widgets, to include better integration with the portal's mapping services and search offerings. Yahoo has a small army of developers working on new widgets in an effort to draw more user

In del.icio.us/tigerlily23, 12/15/2005 | Original | Archive

Is CDMA dead?

“Will US carriers switch mobile standards?” I read this rather shocking article which talks about how the US Wireless industry is moving from CDMA to GSM technology. I was shocked because I have been doing a lot of research on CDMA since I am writing a CSIB paper on Sprint which is a leader in CDMA technology. From the articles that I have read earlier, I got an impression that CDMA is still a leading technology in the US, and Sprint is further developing it by adding additional data features to it like the EV-DO technology and 3G networks. Also, there were discussions on how Sprint, after its recent merger with Nextel, will be able to combine its CDMA technology with Nextel’s WiDen services and lead the industry with the best networks.

However, this article talks about how there is a migration from CDMA to GSM. The article reads:

“CDMA is losing market share globally as the new mobile phone users live mostly in the areas where GSM is the leading technology”

From earlier blogs, I realize that our class has a good knowledge of different networks and the wireless industry since many of us are researching it for CSIB. What are your opinions? Is Sprint going to convert to GSM, and will GSM really take over CDMA?

In supriya, 12/15/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

Wikipedia or Britannica?

A recenty study showed that Wikipedia which relies on volunteers to write articles is as accurate as the famous Britannica encyclopedia.

In del.icio.us/supriya, 12/15/2005 | Original | Archive

And You Thought Your Toilet Seat Was Comfortable

Check out the latest investment of the Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. This 1.3 million dollar toilet seat is getting rave reviews. This high-end, high-tech potty plug-in that bathes its user’s undercarriage with warm water and did I mention, it’s also wireless-enabled. It’s part of the mission “to create a better bathroom experience.” All of it’s features including the warm water wash and the heated seat operate at the push of a button. The Swash 600 model even has a warm air dryer and wireless remote control. While critics in America are skeptical of its potential success a similiar brand has already been proven to be worthwhile in Japan. According to WIKI they’re already in almost half of Japanese homes. We’ll just have to wait and see how Americans catch on to this top of the line toilet.

In The Blogstar, 12/15/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

Mobiles: New ball and chain

Study finds cellphones are interfering with family life

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/15/2005 | Original | Archive

Will video kill phone star?

See eye to eye with video calls

In del.icio.us/rasheff, 12/15/2005 | Original | Archive

Techie Focus

Pink Footsie posted on the topic of class options and I have to agree with her whole heartedly! The number of BIT class options is just not enough in the bschool. I think part of is that the school isn’t focused on it. They are more focused on finance and accounting.

But really, I wish there were classes for the tech applications to business. It’s something that would be useful as we go forth and necessary and the fact that the bschool doesn’t focus on it past excel and database really means that we aren’t going to be fully prepared for entering the business world.

But I guess if you look at it from another perspective, if the focus of the bschool isn’t technology managment, then can you really blame them? Instead we might have needed to go to a school that did have such a focus. who knows!

In Shady Waters, 12/15/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

Can computers predict which movies will flop? - Science - MSNBC.com

Interesting Technology

In del.icio.us/zeenah, 12/15/2005 | Original | Archive

Time Archive online for free

In response to Matt’s blog about how much he enjoys Time Magazine, there is some useful information that I just found out. I have been an avid reader of Time for the last 3 years. I like it so much because it provides news in all subjects and focuses on technology as well. Their technology section does a great job of keeping people informed.

Now, Time is offering a new reason to become a subscriber. Now subscribers have FULL ACCESS to ALL Time articles in their online archive back to 1923. This is awesome. I really like using past articles from Time or Newsweek to understand the perspective at a specific time in history and now I can do this without going through a database or library.

I recommend getting Time if you are choosing between a news related magazine, especially with this new free offering. Its pretty cool.

In musings of william h, 12/14/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

Choosing Sides

Article that describes the difference between working as a programmer on the client side or support side

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/14/2005 | Original | Archive

Hand-Coding Web Pages

How-to guide to coding web pages from scratch, without the use of templates and tools

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/14/2005 | Original | Archive

Understanding Operators

Finding out about operators in programming

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/14/2005 | Original | Archive

TV power consumption

HDTV's that save power during usage

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/14/2005 | Original | Archive

Best speakers for the iPod

I gotta get some speakers for my iPod, Altec Lansing InMotion is ranked highest

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/14/2005 | Original | Archive

Prepaid cell phones

Prepaid cell phones allow people to stay out of contracts and just pay for a set block of minutes to use over time

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/14/2005 | Original | Archive

MTV, Microsoft to launch online music service

Microsoft and MTV are teaming up to offer 'Urge' for both individual downloads and subscription service

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/14/2005 | Original | Archive

Rising doubts surround cloning claims

Top cloner, Hwang, from South Korea has faced accusations that his advances in stem cell research have been fabricated

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/14/2005 | Original | Archive

Challenge X

With all the talk about hybrids and fuel efficient cars going on, I thought I’d let you know about a cool experience anyone who is interested can be involved in.Challenge X is an initiative between the Department of Energy and GM. In this challenge 17 schools across the country compete to develop the next source of sustainable energy for cars. For more information on this challenge you can visit www.challengex.org or email Steve Scott (steve.scott@onstar.com). It sounds like a long commitment but a very fulfilling experience.

In zee124, 12/14/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

Building your Own Search Engine

There’s been a lot of talk about search engines and Google’s domination. We discussed in class how MSN is even thinking of paying people to use its search engine. Amazon is changing things areound. It’s offering to lease a complex internet search service so people can build their own search engines. It will provide access too ver 5 billion webpages. In essence

“Instead of a map of the world, Amazon has a map of the Web—a database of the Web and map of the relationships between them. And [the company] expects people can do interesting things with that information.”

I’m not sure if people will utilize this service. Even if you have access to over 5 billion webpages, will it really be as effective s google? I’m not seeing the benefits of having your own search engine built to your needs.

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