The Fly
The fly is quite an amazing creature with wings that can flap 200 times per second, and aerodynamic capabilities at 6 miles per hour that include flying straight up, straight down, or backwards and somersault to an upside down landing on a ceiling. What appear to be two eyes are actually two compound eyes each […]
Power To The Penguin
As discussed here many times, grass roots movements such as the Internet and Linux are hard to stop. However, one of the impediments to very fast adoption of Linux as compared to just the fast adoption that is taking place has been the underlying threat of legal action to a user or vendor of Linux […]
The Future Of Journalism
Today’s New York Times has a story called Trying to Wean Internet Users From Free written by Joseph Nocera. Mr. Noceera did a good job of explaining some of the issues facing both newspapers and journalists due to the "ruthless efficiency of the Internet". He cites the music and telephony industries as victims so far […]
The Real Nano
Google the word "nano" and you get nearly 70 million results — ranging from the iPod Nano to nano tennis rackets, to some very esoteric and futuristic concepts. Nanotechnology is a relatively new field involving engineering on a scale of individual atoms. The technology will surely result in new materials and also the improvement of […]
IBM Happenings: October 2005
The month of October was incredibly busy for IBM, with a slew of announcements in hardware, software, services, acquisitions, and corporate initiatives. The announcements made by the company during the month are listed below and the complete index of IBM Happenings (by year and month) is here. List of Announcements for October 2005 IBM introduces […]