IBM Sitting Pretty on Oracle-Sun Debacle
Linux
It's my contention that we're only now entering the true data-driven decade. And all that data needs to run somewhere. And it's not going to be in MySQL, no matter who ends up owning it. read more
OOIOO Armonico Hewa
Drowned In Sound
There's a catchiness to the abstraction, with everything wrapped in a delicate kind of distortion, like hearing through a kaleidoscope’s lens. Song elements overlap and dance together, the cymbals seem to have split four ways, the guitar pl...
Music City Miracle
Daily Californian
On "Other People," Travis manipulates his voice with a cheap mic hooked up to delay and distortion. The two guitars in standout track "Hot Sprawl" interlock in a tense ascending line that culminates in a fit of frantically strummed notes on...
Research in Motion BlackBerry Tour 9630
PC World
Still, playback was smooth and showed little pixelation or distortion. The 3.2-megapixel camera is an upgrade over the Bold's 2-megapixel lens. It also has a flash, variable zoom, image stabilization, autofocus, and video recording. I was p...
Goldmans boss says he does "God's work"
New Statesman
His is a frankly vile distortion of a message that ultimately is one of selflessness, not self-interest. I don't think that "selflessness" is a word that comes to mind when one contemplates Goldman Sachs or any of those great temples of com...
Oil's Massive Price Distortion Militates the Reconvening of the 1970s ...
Huffingtonpost.com
Steven Chu, our Secretary of Energy in his October 30 post on the Huffington Post "Weatherization: Saving Money by Saving Energy" focuses on the savings that can accrue to those conscious of how to reduce energy/electricity in their homes; ...
American Right Wing Distaste for Government.
Salon
Let me see if I can break it down and not fall in the pit of confusion and distortion that they come seem to embrace with gusto. So, Mr. Reagan and all his followers who blindly believe that "government is the problem", pray tell, how do yo...
IBM feels cozy on sidelines as Oracle-Sun deal languishes in anti-trust purgatory
ZDNet
It's my contention that we're only now entering the true data-driven decade. And all that data needs to run somewhere. And it's not going to be in MySQL, no matter who ends up owning it. by Dana Gardner
Smart Video Pioneer Vitamin D Turns Inexpensive Web Cameras into ...
TMCnet
It is trained with thousands of samples, enabling it to better identify an object irrespective of noise, lighting, occlusion and distortion. Initially focused on video monitoring for security, Vitamin D Video lays the foundation for a new m...
'Deal' pays dividends in Va. for Bolling, McDonnell
Washington Times
Each side has accused the other of running a negative campaign. "Her criticism of my record is totally dishonest, a gross distortion," Mr. Bolling said. Mrs. Wagner, 54, said the choice between the two candidates is "sort of like night and ...
My Techno: A Designer Viewpoint
New York Times
Some are cyber experts and others are technophobes, but most designers today embrace many forms of technology -- including Christopher Bailey of Burberry and Frida Giannini of Gucci.
World Digest: Iraqi Kurds threaten to boycott January vote
Washington Post
IRAQ Kurdish officials threatened Tuesday to boycott the upcoming national elections in the three provinces they control in northern Iraq unless more parliament seats are allocated to the region.
BMW updates 2010 R 1200 RT with DOHC engine, revised fairing and ESA ...
autoblog
Windshield transparency has been optimized in this process, with less distortion around the edges as well as less reflection. To reduce vibrations, the windshield support has been reinforced with just one bar and the mirror mounting modifie...