Nov 17, 2009
A study has found that more people are living in cities than in rural areas, and this may be due in part to the financial markets, the cultural change, and political influence. The management consulting firm A.T. Kearney teamed up with the Chicago Counsel on Global Affairs and Foreign Policy magazine to conduct a study [...]
Nov 11, 2009
The Conficker worm which is a self replicating computer program is still hot and on the run and inflicting harm to various networks and computers over the internet. With Microsoft still having to figure out a problem to its close the holes of the software and fight against the Conficker worm, in the mean while [...]
Nov 5, 2009
The head of IBM’s analytics group said he believe that information driven transformation will become bigger and more important than the ERP and CRM combined. The demand for IBM to continue its effort in adding new technologies and capabilities to help customers overcome business decision is increasing dramatically. ERP software systems offer a high degree of [...]
Oct 28, 2009
CEO of Siebel System Inc. Tom Siebel a customer relationship management software vendor argued that the terrorist attack on September 11 could have been avoided have all the federal agencies cooperated with one another and shared inside information. Some of the terrorist activitites that occurred on that horrific day was outlined and Siebel showed that [...]
Oct 20, 2009
It is not surprising to say that technology has come a long way since it first emerged less than half a century ago. From the first calculators to computers and now the oh-so convenient laptops and even cellular devices, the technological advances just get better. In America nearly everyone carries with them a cell phone. [...]
Oct 20, 2009
The U.S. Army has just recently spent $35.3 million dollars for robots to be used for military purposes. iRobot Corp has just received an order for 486 iRobot PackBot 510 with FasTac Kit robots that will perform some of the dangerous missions. The president of iRobot Corp. calls this the single largest order made by [...]
Oct 20, 2009
Gone with the old and in with the new, Web 2.0 is for reals. What started out to be platforms for what webs are suppose to be turned into something that would define the new application and softwares of today. Web 2.0 is defined as we are studying it as, “a set of social and [...]
Oct 20, 2009
Phishing as described in our text is the technique by means to get an individual’s personal information. Phishing may occur in many ways, the main way to get consumer’s personal information is through spam e-mails which look like they may be from legitimate organizations asking for your personal information. When the consumer’s do enter their [...]
Oct 20, 2009
The U.S. firm, Cataphora has developed a software that is able to track and analyze the patterns of office employees. It is able to see the pattern of the kind of e-mails is sent, the type of documents, and the calls that are made. This is not a privacy issue; however it is a surveillance [...]
Oct 20, 2009
OpenStreetMap can be the equivalent to maps as Wikipedia is to encyclopedias. Wikipedia is a community database where the information and sources from that site is posted and written by community members. OpenStreetMap is the same, in the sense that it includes maps and directions of many countries in the world. The price of maps [...]
Oct 20, 2009
Known as the best network, Verizon made a name for itself by getting great reviews on its quality network and services however, when it comes down to their phones, they are nearly in last place compared to the top network carriers. When you talk about smartphones, Verizon is behind AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint in sales [...]
Oct 20, 2009
Known as one of the largest retail store in America, there are some things suppliers should know and understand before signing a contract with Wal-Mart. Understanding the supply chain is most important especially when deciding on whether you want to supply to Wal-Mart or not. The article states that not all suppliers to Wal-Mart does [...]
