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What the CIA Learned From Get Smart : Maxwell Smart always "missed it by that much," but some of those dopey spy shows of the '60s were right on the money. "Many of the devices first seen in movies and on TV actually came about," says Robert Wallace, former head of the CIA's covert skunk works, the Office of Technical Services. "Re Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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What the CIA Learned From Get Smart : Maxwell Smart always "missed it by that much," but some of those dopey spy shows of the '60s were right on the money. "Many of the devices first seen in movies and on TV actually came about," says Robert Wallace, former head of the CIA's covert skunk works, the Office of Technical Services. "Re Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Cloned Puppies: Sure, They're Cute, But at What Cost? When skin cells from a dead pit bull named Booger gave rise to five healthy-looking puppies with a $50,000 price tag, it marked the formal beginning of a commercial dog-cloning industry. But for all the attention given to these and other clones, little was paid to the behind-the- Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Cloned Puppies: Sure, They're Cute, But at What Cost? When skin cells from a dead pit bull named Booger gave rise to five healthy-looking puppies with a $50,000 price tag, it marked the formal beginning of a commercial dog-cloning industry. But for all the attention given to these and other clones, little was paid to the behind-the- Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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What we know about Windows 7 This week, Microsoft went on a 24-hour marketing blitz to talk up the next version of Windows, simply called "Windows 7" for now.Although some of what Microsoft's executives and spokespeople had to say was how m Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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What does the HP-EDS deal really mean? HP Tuesday announced its plans to acquire EDS for $13.9 billion in a deal that would double HP's services business and revive EDS' position as a leader in global technology services. The acquisition will catapult HP's annual revenue for services from less than $20 bil Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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MobileMe: What you need to know The iPhone isn't the only Apple product getting a July makeover. Apple is also revamping .Mac , its collection of Web-based tools. Starting next month, .Mac gets new applications, a new focus on mobility, more iPhone-friendly features, and a new name -- Mobile Me. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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E-voting: What can go wrong Voting machines of all stripes have remarkably similar flaws and though geographically scattered, inaccurate tallies of votes are not likely to flip a whole presidential election, there is a "nightmare scenario" that could. Meanwhile on the state level, security issue Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Rebates for using energy-efficient storage on the way IT shops will get new utility rebates for using energy-saving storage technologies because of an initiative that helps storage vendors and utilities measure and validate energy use reductions.Wikibon, a company Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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If Windows is a dead end, what's next? The writing is on the wall. Despite a major push to sell the much-maligned Windows Vista, customers aren't buying. Nearly two years after Vista's release, Windows XP remains the standard desktop OS in business, and Microsoft has extended its availability three times ( Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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What I Learned from Lineo's Failure The Open Road: "I learned a tremendous amount about business and open source and the intersection of the two during my two years with Lineo..." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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Top 10 stories of the week: Windows worries, visa caps, malware spreads Windows is in danger of "collapsing" under the weight of all its code and needs a serious overhaul, according to Gartner analysts who spoke at a conference this week. We also learned that more malicious code is being developed worldwide than legitimate code. And in ca Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft and Yahoo: Now what? Microsoft's three-month courtship of Yahoo has ended, but it changed both companies forever and neither can expect to return to the way they were.Microsoft and Yahoo will need to deliver on promises, address que Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Disney Leading Hollywood to the Videogame Grail News from Portfolio.com Also on Portfolio American Apparel Cashes In on Hip, Cheap Web Ads When Will IOC Realize Olympics Were Made for Web? The Wall Street Journal's Broken Subscription System Subscribe to Portfolio magazine Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Disney Leading Hollywood to the Videogame Grail News from Portfolio.com Also on Portfolio American Apparel Cashes In on Hip, Cheap Web Ads When Will IOC Realize Olympics Were Made for Web? The Wall Street Journal's Broken Subscription System Subscribe to Portfolio magazine Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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What to do to survive the current economy Your budget is about to be cut. Your IT shop faces a hiring freeze or layoffs . You can see a pep talk about "doing more with less" heading your way like an 18-wheeler barreling down a one-lane road. And you have no idea when things will start to get better. Does that Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Nine Web 2.0 startups beating the odds in down economy As the economy struggles, the ability to receive funding for an idea and turn it into a successful startup company will become increasingly difficult. But at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco today, nine companies explained how they got their companies off the groun Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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SOA deployments: What actually works SOA may have seemed the savior of bad software architecture and poor development project planning, but the reality is that it's a complex and difficult venture. Thus, the number of failed SOA projects is about equal to the successful ones. In other words, you have a 5 Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Offshore outsourcing: What role will recession play? The ongoing credit crisis is a concern for everyone in nearly every industry -- fear of lost jobs, foreclosed homes, and bankrupt businesses. But those lost jobs are likely to further bolster the booming offshore outsourcing market -- so the experts predicted. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Nov. 4, 2008: What could possibly go wrong? E-voting technology has come a long way since the 2000 U.S. presidential election, when voting equipment problems erased an estimated 1.5 million votes during one of the closest elections in U.S. history.But pro Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |