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Comment Re:Intermedia - First in hosted OCS (Score 1) 4

by coryboehne (#27940923) Attached to: MS Unified Communications for Small Businesses?

Very well done!

I'm waiting on a call from Broadsoft.. Intermedia answered right away, very friendly and helpful. Apparently the terms "Unified Communications" and "Office Communications" are synonymous.

I'd still love to hear some user experinces with this software solution. Have you used it? Do you love it, hate it?

Thanks to CheifRED and adoyle!
Programming

Have Sockets Run Their Course? 230

Posted by kdawson from the as-it-was-in-the-beginning dept.
ChelleChelle writes "This article examines the limitations of the sockets API. The Internet and the networking world in general have changed in very significant ways since the sockets API was first developed in 1982, but the API has had the effect of narrowing the ways in which developers think about and write networked applications. This article discusses the history as well as the future of the sockets API, focusing on how 'high bandwidth, low latency, and multihoming are driving the development of new alternatives.'"

Comment Spoke with Police Dept. (Score 4, Interesting) 1232

by coryboehne (#27930435) Attached to: Man Arrested For Taking Photo of Open ATM

The on duty desk officer assured me that it did not happen today, it was a few days ago. The officer is employed there. And he also assured me that the facts as they were being presented were inaccurate.. However, you can call their media unit at (206) 684-5520 for more information.

By the way, they're getting slashdotted!
Security

Man Arrested For Taking Photo of Open ATM 1232

Posted by kdawson from the i-will-tackle-you dept.
net_shaman writes in with word of a Seattle man who was arrested for taking a photo of an ATM being serviced. "Today I was shopping at the downtown Seattle REI. I was about to buy a Thule hitch mount bike rack. They were out of the piece that locks the bike rack into the hitch. So I was in the customer service line to special order one. It was a long line and while I was waiting, I saw two of guys (employees of Loomis, as I later learned) refilling the ATM. I walked over and took a picture with my iPhone of them and more interestingly of the open ATM. I took the picture because I'm fascinated by the insides of things that we don't normally get to see. ... That was when Officer GE Abed (#6270) spun me around and put handcuffs on me."
Microsoft

Submission + - MS Unified Communications for Small Businesses? (microsoft.com) 4

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coryboehne
coryboehne writes: "Have you heard of Microsoft's Unified Communications? This toy/tool bridges the divide between computers and telephones. The company that I work for would like to take advantage of these capabilities, the problem is that we don't have the budget or staff to host our own Unified Communications Server. We have exhausted multiple angles of approach on this problem, and have found no acceptable solutions. I find it hard to believe that no one offers Unified Communications hosting as a monthly service, like so many companies do for MS Exchange hosting. Is there a technological, financial, or feasibility issue with offering this as a service that anyone is aware of? So have you worked with Unified Communications in a small business setting? How did your company deal with implementation?"
Privacy

Homeland Security Department Testing "Pre-Crime" Detector 580

Posted by timothy from the when-dowsing-meets-voight-kampff dept.
holy_calamity writes "New Scientist reports that the Department of Homeland Security recently tested something called Future Attribute Screening Technologies (FAST) — a battery of sensors that determine whether someone is a security threat from a distance. Sensors look at facial expressions, body heat and can measure pulse and breathing rate from a distance. In trials using 140 volunteers those told to act suspicious were detected with 'about 78% accuracy on mal-intent detection, and 80% on deception,' says a DHS spokesman."

The Best Gaming PC Money Can Buy 417

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the more-bang-for-your-stimulus dept.
SlappingOysters writes "Gameplayer has gone live with their best PC hardware configurations for Q3 2008. They've broken it into three tiers depending on the investor's budget. And while the prices are regional, it is comparative across the globe. 'In order to play these slices of gaming goodness, you're going to need a decent rig, and we sent our PC hardware guru in search of maximum frames in maximum detail, but at a minimum cost. We have three tiers for the three levels of PC gamers out there and all the detail you could possibly want on where, why and what to buy. So choose your poison and get amongst it.'"
Robotics

Rat-Brained Robots Take Their First Steps 289

Posted by timothy from the aside-from-snow-crash-and-politics dept.
missb writes "Brain tissue cultured from rats has controlled a wheeled robot around a lab, according to New Scientist this week. Researchers in the UK have harnessed signals from thousands of disembodied rat neurons, and manipulated them to get a robot to respond to instructions. The team at the University of Reading in the UK hope their research will help provide treatments for diseases like Alzheimer's and epilepsy."
Education

"Last Lecture" CMU Professor Randy Pausch Dies 208

Posted by kdawson from the imagineering-on-the-other-side dept.
Many readers are sending in word that Randy Pausch has died at 47. The charismatic young college professor celebrated life despite a death sentence from pancreatic cancer in a remarkable speech widely known as the "Last Lecture." The video went viral and has been downloaded by over 10 million people.

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