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Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 11g - New Features Overview
Oracle is already one of the biggest names in business intelligence, but there's a good chance it's going to get even bigger. Learn more about the latest version of Oracle Business Intelligence...
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OLPC backlash continues
PC Magazine's John Dvorak is the latest to question the real value of One Laptop Per Child's distribution of XO laptops in developing countries. He brings up points that have been percolating in...
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Do you have tech fatigue syndrome?
Are endless technological innovations wearing you out? You may be suffering from TFS, says John Dvorak.
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Channeling television's future
Three new TV-viewing scenarios could change television as we know it, but not for the better.
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A higher standard for digital music
Will AAC replace MP3 as the encoding standard of choice? Stay tuned.
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Swan song for snapshots
Digital photography needs just a few more advancements to kill off film.
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Thinner, flatter CRTs are on the horizon
A new CRT technology known as the field emitter display should make
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Trade-offs impede shift to broadband
The four flavors of fast Internet access offer an inexpensive alternative to T1 lines, but caveats remain.
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Telework's future looks bleak
Young dot-com bosses with big egos are closing their minds to the benefits of working from home.
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Little Brother is watching
Eventually, online cameras will be watching everything, everywhere, every minute.
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Through the tech looking glass
Wearable display technology will open new vistas for handheld devices and wireless phones.
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Phone System Of the Future
A transceiver on your rooftop may soon bring you free local phone service.
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The Killer App With No Future
Say hello—and goodbye—to the world's most useful travel companion.
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Dreaming about the Mac
Once upon a time, when I was laboring at a summer job in a factory to put myself through college, a coworker told me, "Once you start dreaming about the job, it's time to quit!" Well, that's kind...
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All hail ThinkPad 560X
While the IBM ThinkPad 770 gets all the raves and awards, IBM has also managed to upgrade and improve its ThinkPad 560 with the new ThinkPad 560X. To my mind, this is the notebook of choice...
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The Web's immortality
The Web has introduced an interesting dilemma to the world of publishing, and it's a dilemma that makes many publishers nervous. Most of us regard information on the Web as "live," in...
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The unfriendly skies
You don't need me to tell you that by now most airlines have built Web sites. Too bad only a few of them are useful. There are only a handful that do all the things an airline site should do....
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Special-interest browsers
The heyday of browser competition may be over, but don't be fooled into thinking there are only two browsers in the world. Every month I check out the browser listing at Tucows to see if...
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Your computer, your brain
Although we understand the innards of computing and we know the uses to which computers can be put, we know little about how we relate to computers and how they affect us. I'm talking about...
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Why games stink
Anyone with kids knows how valuable a good computer game can be when you want to get some work done and need to find some indoor activity for a child without resorting to TV. Why not use an...
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Cloud provisioning spec step closer to IETF working group
A proposal to create a new standard for provisioning users to cloud services is making its way along the standards track and is soon to be the focus for a new IETF working group.
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