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Virtualization, what's the catch? For some, the catch is implementation. More specifically, the risks that come with it. Check out this white paper to see how you can virtualize without risk.
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Porn Tuesday: Colleges, universities 'not prepared' for .xxx domains
Many leading U.S. and UK colleges and universities show lack of preparedness and resilience to the now publicly available .xxx top-level domain name.
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Anaerobic digester turns waste to biogas (photos)
Five small family dairy farms in Massachusetts will use manure and food waste to make biogas to consume waste and generate revenue.
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Jules Verne, steampunk style (photos)
What if Jules Verne were alive in the age of cell phones? A Massachusetts exhibit puts a steampunk spin on the submariner in "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea."
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Would you pay 99 cents to comment on this blog? [Poll]
A newspaper in Massachusetts has launched a commenting system that requires coughing up a one-time 99 cent fee to chime in. The idea of paying to comment may sound crazy, but if it keeps the...
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Massachusetts becomes Canada as reform debate nears climax
Since it now appears the Senate will go with mandating people buy coverage and using subsidized exchanges to cover gaps, Massachusetts has become the focus, because it instituted just such a plan...
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What is American?
A recent post by Brian Sommer noted that H-1B visa holders might be in for a rough ride in 2009 as the weakening economy invites calls for special preferences for the accidental citizens of the...
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US gains in math and science ed...Really?
Results from the 2007 TIMSS, or Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, were released this week with many outlets touting US gains over our fairly dismal performance on the last...
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A robotic tuna for the Navy
You might not know that the bluefin tuna is an ultra-efficient swimmer. But the U.S. Navy knows that this tuna can reach speeds of 50 mph. So it wants to build robotic bluefin tunas for submarine...
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Will vendors now boycott Massachusetts?
Is Brown going to replace Harvard as America's premier medical school campus? Will Harvard and MIT faculty start fighting for visiting privileges there, in order to skirt the law and get more...
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Dumbing down our math tests?
The BBC is reporting on a trend in UK standardized math tests towards "easier, shallower and less demanding" examinations. Here in Massachusetts, I was working with our school psychologist to...
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Massachusetts finds unintended consequences in health care reform
Major changes in the U.S. health care system must be phased in, and that new demand needs to be advertised heavily to potential suppliers. Also, family physicians need a raise.
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Photos: A modular solar home takes root
In Cambridge, Mass., a design and construction team aims to build eco-friendly homes at market prices.
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Mass. is ready to play ball with Microsoft's Open XML format
Looks like Microsoft is going to win the battle of the file formats in Massachusetts. The commonwealth's latest policy draft (RTF) indicates that Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) is an...
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MA Gov. Patrick offers fireside podcasts
He may not be quite as soothing as FDR but Deval Patrick shows his commitment to direct communication with voters with a weekly podcast.
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Top advocate for the disabled sets terms for ODF endorsement
Curtis Chong is president of the National Federation of the Blind in Computer Science and is considered to be one of the more important shakers and movers in the disability community when it comes...
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Bill drops bomb on ODF in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Senate today is scheduled to consider a bill that, if passed, would subjugate all IT procurements and state IT department decisions -- including standard setting -- to a special...
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Means, motive and opportunity
Massachusetts v. Microsoft will prove to be a watershed event, with more governments jumping ship, contractors forced to follow suit, and private industry taking note.
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Yuchun Lee's journey from card counter to IBM's social media guru
The man in charge of IBM's effort to help chief marketing officers do their jobs learned how to take a chance while "Bringing Down the House" in Las Vegas.
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Inventing the future of digital media at MIT (photos)
The famed MIT Media Lab is a hotbed of ideas on how life is becoming more and more digital and how people will interact with their digitized surroundings in new ways.
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MIT's DIY wooden cell phone (photos)
MIT's Media Lab set out to use open-source design and readily available materials to make a cell phone that easy to customize. The result is somehow appealing to all aesthetics.
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