http://www.webzoomr.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:42:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en And while Gartner expects IT spending will be greatly affected in the fourth quarter as the economic climate has taken a toll in the past two weeks, the research firm does not believe the full year outlook will substantially change for IT spending. And within the software sector, security ... http://www.webzoomr.com/?p=314 A snippet of genius: Feeling technical today? I did an exhaustive Q&A with ITBusinessEdge about SOA Governance and the role it plays in their enterprise. For those who don't already know, "SOA governance" is the set of policies and activities that help to manage an SOA environment. Typically, rules are not effective ... http://www.webzoomr.com/?p=312 Why in the world would Microsoft make available a free--and very cool--digital photo-viewing technology? Josh Lowensohn of Webware, who has been testing the new tool, offers his take. Amazon launches hard disk in the sky Will Wright on the origins of 'Spore' Listen now: Photosynthing the nation's capital Still having a rotten time ... http://www.webzoomr.com/?p=310 NEC also designed the display with its green hat on. They registered the EA221WM as EPEAT Gold, which requires that it be Energy Star-compliant. As such, the display should cut back on its own greenhouse gas emissions by 20 to 30 percent. The display ships in September for a street ... http://www.webzoomr.com/?p=308 Dell will sell you a 128GB solid state drive for an unprecedented $649. But wait. An IDC report claims the performance gap between solid state drives and lower-cost high-performance hard disk drives is not that significant at the system level. (Credit: Dell Computer) IDC's Reinsel also said that system redesigns ... http://www.webzoomr.com/?p=306 The State of California has for years been a supporter of Real ID, if not an altogether enthusiastic one. Now that may be about to change. Last year, Denise Blair, the assistant deputy director of the California Department of Motor Vehicles said of Real ID: "We're certainly not the rabble-rousers out ... http://www.webzoomr.com/?p=304 Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson (left) and Scaled Composites CEO Burt Rutan unveil the final design for for Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo. (Credit: Caroline McCarthy/CNET News.com) Ready to pony up $200,000 for a ride into space? Virgin Galactic unveiled its final design for SpaceShipTwo, a suborbital spacecraft for private citizens, at an ... http://www.webzoomr.com/?p=302 A new service called Rentbits, created by some former Google employees, is officially launching this morning and is joining a crowded group of other search verticals that help people solve this problem. Rentbits lets you search though local housing listings from all over the Web, although only a handful of ... http://www.webzoomr.com/?p=300 YouTube viewers will eventually choose the winner. Contestants have until October 5 to submit news clips three-minutes long or less that must focus on stories largely overlooked or ignored by traditional media. The Pulitzer Center will judge the competition and plans to trim the contestants down to 10 finalists following ... http://www.webzoomr.com/?p=298 The Federal Communications Commission has scheduled a June 12 hearing to debate whether the agency should regulate early termination fees (ETFs) on cell phone contracts. According to The Washington Post, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin hopes to address growing consumer complaints over ETFs, which have become the subject of class action ... http://www.webzoomr.com/?p=296