Architecture News
- One Day, Robots Will Build Sturdy Skyscrapers For Us [Architecture] Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 11:37PM# architecture Dubbed a " nested skyscraper ," this building is a concept design which is intended to be particularly good at resisting the effects of earthquakes and other natural disasters. What really got my attention though, is that robots are required for construction. More »
- Chambers: Networking's changing competitive landscape Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 11:37PMIn the second part of a 3-part interview, Cisco chief, John Chambers, talks about the vendor's changing competitive landscape and its datacentre strategy.
- Producer Jimmy Miller's local ties give hometown flavor to 'She's Out of My League' Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 11:34PMSchool ties come in handy when you want to turn the Mellon Arena into a movie set and film during a real Penguins game, with a cameraman crouched at the actors' feet and the director a few seats away.
- Book Review: From Camera To Computer: How To Make Fine Photographs Through Examples, Tips, And Techniques by George Barr Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 11:32PMDo you want to take the next step to creating fine art photographic images?
- Sigma-Aldrich announces global licensing agreement with CSIRO for RAFT agents Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 11:29PMSigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL) announced today that it has entered into a worldwide licensing agreement with Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) to manufacture and sell Reversible Addition-Fragmentation chain Transfer (RAFT) agents – organic molecules that can be added to polymerization reactions to precisely control molecular weights and structures of ...
- Culture plan a ‘bold move’ Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 11:23PMNiagara’s regional government has unanimously endorsed a new culture plan that supporters say will play a big part in the region’s economic future that will help trumpet Niagara’s heritage, arts, people and landscapes to the rest of the world.
- 3PAR First To Deliver Autonomic Storage Tiering For High-End Arrays Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 11:22PM3PAR, the leading global provider of utility storage, announced recently the introduction of 3PAR Adaptive Optimization software for autonomic, sub-volume storage tiering with 3PAR InServ F-Class and T-Class Storage Servers.
- Saunders Brothers mill to go to auction Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 11:22PMGREENWOOD — A wood-products manufacturing mill is scheduled to go to a foreclosure auction on March 29, according to documents in the Oxford County Registry of Deeds.
- DataCore Storage Virtualization Software Delivers 100% Uptime To Support Cloud Computing And Managed Services For ... Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 11:22PMDataCore Software, a leading provider of storage virtualization software, recently announced that iomart hosting, one of the UK's fastest growing managed services providers, is using DataCore's SANsymphony solution to provide the high-availability backbone for iomart's hosted customers.
- Lake Vista coming into view Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 7:09AMConstruction began Wednesday on a $45 million luxury apartment complex on the east shore of Equalizer Lake at Centerra, a project that will pump almost $2.7 million into the city of Loveland’s budget and put 200-plus people to work for the next 18 months.
- Wearing your Stickybit on your sleeve, or elsewhere Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 7:08AMOne of the start-ups hoping to make a splash at this year's South by Southwest Interactive Festival is Stickybits, a set of bar code stickers that you can "tag" with anything.
- MCN presents: ‘Claiming ALL our History’ Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 7:02AMWINCHESTER – New England’s heritage is closely identified with liberty. Here the first shots were fired in the war against political tyranny. New England had Abolitionists and stations on the Underground Railroad. Many of its sons fought for the causes of the Union. These things are all well known. They are taught in school.
- Madison Downtown commission looks to build on new sense of energy Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 7:01AMMADISON – The borough’s Downtown Development Commission (DDC) has a sense of new energy and accomplishments, and is looking to build on recent progress this year, its leaders said.
- Wyse Software and Hardware Innovations Deliver Unprecedented TCO, Security, Manageability and User Experience for ... Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 7:00AMSAN JOSE, Calif.----Wyse Technology, the global leader in thin computing and client virtualization, today announced the availability of its highest performing thin clients based on a software solution designed to significantly increase security across virtual clients.
- AppliedMicro to Host Financial Analyst Day on May 19 in Boston Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 7:00AMSUNNYVALE, Calif.----Applied Micro Circuits Corp., or AppliedMicro , a global leader in energy conscious computing and communications solutions, today announced that it will host a Financial Analyst Day on Thursday May 19 at 1:30 p.m.
- Federal Court Rejects Nassau County, New York Homeowners Association's Attempt to Halt Wireless Deployment by NextG ... Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 7:00AMSAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - 03/11/10) - NextG Networks, Inc. announced today that a federal court in New York has dismissed a lawsuit against NextG Networks and other defendants, including the Town of Hempstead, New York in connection with its deployment of a distributed antenna system (DAS) in the community of Merrick within the Town of Hempstead. In rejecting the claims of the Merrick Gables ...
- Pivot3® Enters Asia Markets Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 7:00AMTOKYO----Pivot3®, Inc., the leading supplier of IP SANs to the physical security market, announced its plans for entering the Asia markets for physical security servers and storage.
- SaskTel and Mariner to Showcase Impact of Proactive Service Assurance on OPEX Reduction at IPTV World Forum 2010 Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 7:00AMSAINT JOHN, NB--(Marketwire - 03/11/10) - Mariner , a leading provider of innovative IP video solutions and technologies, today announced that Canadian IPTV provider, SaskTel, will present a panel titled "Operator Case Study: Delivering Outstanding Customer Service" in the Minimizing OPEX through Cost Effective Customer Service track at the upcoming IPTV World Forum show in London, taking place ...
- Sigma-Aldrich(R) Licenses RAFT Polymerization Technology From CSIRO(R) Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 7:00AMSigma-Aldrich announced today that it has entered into a worldwide licensing agreement with Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization to manufacture and sell Reversible Addition-Fragmentation chain Transfer agents â organic molecules that can be added to polymerization reactions to precisely control molecular weights and structures of polymers. Â Under the terms of ...
- Vietnam s stelae declared Unesco World Heritage Site Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 11:44PMThe UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) has declared the 82 stelae of the Temple of Literature in Vietnam as a World Heritage Site, Prensa Latina reported.
- Chinese feverishly engaged in e-Congress Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 11:41PMBEIJING -- Zhang Jianwei, a 22-year-old hairdresser in Beijing, has never been inside the Great Hall of the People and takes little interest in TV news or newspapers.
- Intel Core i7-980X Extreme: Hello, Six-Core Computing Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 11:34PMAlready the performance leader in desktop processing, Intel is following its quad-core Bloomfield design up with Gulftown, a hexa-core design sporting 12MB of shared L3 cache. Is the lone Gulftown model, Core i7-980X Extreme, worth a $1,000 asking price? Gulftown - Intel Core i7 - Intel Corporation - Intel - Intel Core
- Internet firms join forces Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 11:33PMCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Telecommunications companies that are normally at each others throats have united over concern that they wont be treated fairly after Verizon builds a broadband network in West Virginia with $126 million in federal stimulus money.The c...
- National Geographic to feature Abu Dhabi Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 11:30PMAbu Dhabi The National Geographic Abu Dhabi Channel, co-owned by Fox International Channels (FIC), will showcase a one-hour documentary in the next three months on the capital city's three major landmarks, the company's chief executive said.
- Microtune's Groundbreaking DTV Chipset Delivers Highest-Quality Reception To China's Television Manufacturers Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 11:27PMMicrotune, Inc. today announces a cost-effective digital television (DTV) receiver chipset, targeted for the China market, that enables China's TV manufacturers to deliver superior broadcast and cable reception across TVs of any size, model or price point
- Gehua Cable Chooses BigBand Neworks To Support Introduction Of Interactive HDTV And Broadband Internet Service Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 11:26PMBigBand Networks, Inc., a leader in digital video networking, today announced that Beijing Gehua Cable TV Network ("Gehua Cable" SH: 600037) has selected BigBand's industry-leading broadband Edge QAM BEQ platform to deliver its new interactive HDTV and broadband internet service
- CA Acquires Cloud Vendor Nimsoft for $350M Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 11:25PMCA makes another cloud computing acquisition, picking up IT performance and availability monitoring software vendor Nimsoft in all-cash deal.
- ‘Forever LSU’ documentary premieres in Live Oak Lounge Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 11:24PMBy: Ryan Buxton Tiger fans across the state celebrated the University’s 150-year history by tuning into a 53-minute documentary that premiered Wednesday night as part of the University’s sesquicentennial. The documentary, titled “Forever LSU,” is ...
- School's 100th year one for the books Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 11:22PMHistorical research taught Madonna Wise quite a bit about Zephyrhills High, but she says not much can top the story of the Class of 1946, which left an unusual legacy.
- PROTEUS Winner of Prestigious Nunn-Perry Award Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 7:30PMPROTEUS Technologies is honored to be a 2010 winner of the Nunn-Perry Award, as an outstanding Protege small business under the Department of Defense, Mentor-Protege Program in partnership with Mentor company Booz Allen Hamilton.
- 'Jeopardy' winning streak ends for Chatham man Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 7:29PMAn almost week-long winning streak on the Jeopardy television show finally ran out tonight for Chatham resident Vijay Balse.
- Sustainability and art on display Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 7:22PMThe University of California, San Diego has built a reputation for being one of the "greenest" campuses in the nation, and that reputation extends to an art gallery in the university’s California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), which is staging a new sustainability-themed art exhibition.
- Vietnam's stelae declared Unesco World Heritage Site Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 7:18PMHanoi, March 11: The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) has declared the 82 stelae of the Temple of Literature in Vietnam as a World Heritage Site, Prensa Latina reported.
- Insights: Three Reasons Why Zoho Joined the Google Apps Marketplace Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 7:09PMSince the announcement went live yesterday about the Google Marketplace , we've had a number of companies come to us about how its applications will fit with the service. We'll do a fuller look at these companies this week but for some immediate perspective we decided to take a look at Zoho , a service that competes with Google Apps. So it is it interesting that the company joined Google Apps ...
- A Distinct Story Line for a Cobble Hill Apartment Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 7:02PMThe couple behind Workstead, an architecture and furniture firm, surround themselves with sophisticated objects that have a story to tell.
- Senior Campus hub clears first hurdle Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 6:53PMSupporters for the Half Moon Bay Senior Campus received initial approval for the flagship segment of their proposed elder community, a long-planned community center that would house new facilities for the Adult Day Health Center and Senior Coastsiders.
- SGI Chief Technology Officer to Provide Supercomputing Insight at Annual HPCC Conference Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 6:53PMFREMONT, Calif.----SGI , a global leader in HPC and data center solutions, today announced that Dr. Eng Lim Goh, senior vice president and chief technology officer at SGI, will present to high performance computing industry leaders at the 24th Annual High Performance Computing and Communications Conference in Newport, RI, taking place on March 16-18, 2010.
- The Foundation of an OSGi-Based Application: Design and Bundles Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 6:30PMOpen Service Gateway Initiative ( OSGi ) is a popular standard that begun in embedded systems, expanded to mobile platforms, and is now actively adopted in the Java world.
- Preliminary tally shows Bloomfield voters reject plan to renovate condemned football field Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 10:12PMBLOOMFIELD - In a narrow vote, it appears Bloomfield residents rejected a referendum tonight to spend $2.9 million to refurbish the condemned high school football field and stadium. Unofficial results showed 1,194 votes opposed to the bond issue versus 1,084...
- Tentative early years Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 10:04PMA large compound located alongside the Chao Phraya River in Nonthaburi province was once home to city hall.
- Moncrief Cancer Resources plans prevention and screening center in Fort Worth medical district Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 10:02PMMoncrief Cancer Resources has bought a 3.3-acre tract in Fort Worth's medical district, where it plans to provide prevention and screening services in the neighborhood where it began as a treatment provider five decades ago.
- SFMOMA Announces New Thursday Night Happenings Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 9:33PMMy Barbarian, The Voyage of the White Widow, 2007; © My Barbarian; photo: courtesy the artist. SAN FRANCISCO, CA.-
- Eight Remarkable Canadians Win Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 9:31PMMONTREAL.- The winners of the 2010 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts were announced by the Canada Council for the Arts today at the Cinémathèque québécoise in Montreal.
- Google Launches Apps Marketplace for the Enterprise Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 9:24PMGoogle launched an application marketplace today comprised of services from third-party providers that integrate with the Google Apps ecosystem. The news has been anticipated for some time. In particular, it shows how much Google is embracing open-standards and leveraging its search and Google Apps platform to attract third-party developers. Sponsor Google made the announcement at its Google ...
- Now for the hard part: public spaces of quality not quantity Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 9:24PMBarangaroo needs to have public spaces of quality, not quantity.
- Wipro to provide Solutions on Microsoft Cloud Platform Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 9:10PMBangalore, Mar 9: Wipro Technologies today announced that it has signed a Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) ''Dedicated Advisor'' agreement with Microsoft Corp.
- Futuristic New York and Sustainable Sao Paulo Projects Win Zumtobel Prize Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:24PMHow can we examine ways that the built environment impacts both sustainability and humanity? The Austrian-based Zumtobel Group created an award that focuses on those contributions in architecture and engineering that can improve quality of life. The Zumtobel Group Awards were announced today with a dozen bright ideas including the two winners: A creative work environment that's completed in Sao ...
- Forty years of dedication Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:21PMALTON — Celebrating its 40th anniversary this month, Alton Area Landmarks Association Inc. has spent four decades protecting local historical gems while building quite a history of its own.
- Planet Ark Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:20PMInternational development banks must finance civilian nuclear projects to help emerging nations build energy plants, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday, laying out ambitious plans to develop the industry.
- Putting a positive spin on Women's Day Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:11PMThe annual celebration of International Women's Day is often seen by certain glass-half-empty groups as an opportunity to lament how badly women are treated in Canada. They decry the pay gap, ongoing violence against women and the fact that women suffer disproportionately from poverty.[...]
