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What If Yoda Ran IBM? 205

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the and-green-gene-was-born dept.
Esther Schindler writes to mention that one IT leader who came from big business found himself in quite another world when he transitioned into a smaller business, specifically with respect to the amount of attention from their vendors. He presents an amusing approach with a familiar twist. "Not only are the IBMs of the world leaving money on the table, they're also risking future sales. The IT leaders at small organizations will in many cases be employed by larger organizations someday. Why alienate them? Vendors could engage IT leaders in small organizations now and build brand loyalty. How could they make such a business model work? Let's imagine (with apologies to George Lucas) what Yoda might do if he were running a large consultancy."
Graphics

Journal Journal: Free 3d download: PLE version of vue 2

Journal by nizo

This is the personal learning edition of e-on software's flagship product, vue 6 infinite. If you ever wanted to play around with 3d environments and animations in an easy to use package, this is it. I have found vue 5 easel to be a wonderful program; this version blows that one out of the water. Granted the output is limited (watermarked) and it is only for non-commercial applications; still it is a great way to see if vue is what you are looking for before buying (and the easel addition is
Biotech

Submission + - Bringing Patients Back from the Dead (msn.com) 1

Submitted by FattyBoeBatty
FattyBoeBatty writes: Interesting article claiming that patients generally don't die from lack of oxygen — but from the rapid reintroduction of it. Cells without oxygen can conceivably live for upwards of an hour without any damage. While this idea is already proving successful in small ER trials, this may change the way emergency medicine is delivered around the world.
Programming

Submission + - .NET or Java: Which Road to Take? 5

Submitted by jerbenn
jerbenn writes: I have recently decided to make the move from being a generalist IT professional in government, currently involved in maintenance programming in several different languages, some project management, some admin work (both MS and Unix), user support, etc., to strictly development. I have two opportunities; one consisting as a Java Web Developer, the other being an ASP.NET Web Developer primarily using VB 2005. Considering that the benefits/corporate culture are fairly equal, and forgetting the "Do what makes you happy" philosophy, what do you think is the best alternative? Looking into the future, which of the 2 development environments will offer the most stability, marketability, and personal growth? What do you think Slashdot Community?
Nintendo

Submission + - DS wi-fi homebrew ventures where Nintendo doesn't

Submitted by VonSnouty
VonSnouty writes: Besides garage-coded Wi-Fi games like Omalone and DS Doom, Pocket Gamer's DS Homebrew Review this month gives a heads-up on WFCStatus, a neat app that enables you to check who's playing what on the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Wonder why Nintendo doesn't offer such functionality itself?
Graphics

Submission + - AMD releases specs of R600 - the last of its kind?

Submitted by uop
uop writes: AMD released details of their next-generation graphics card (http://www.dailytech.com/AMD+Releases+Final+R600+ Specs/article6138.htm).
Cards are due in 6 weeks, and highlights include:
- 700 million transistors
- Full 512 bit memory interface
- 1GB of memory and vapor chill cooling in the reference configuration

In this round of the battle between the major graphics companies, GPUs have reached transistor counts in the server-CPU range.
Can they keep this battle economical without a major design shift?

What's With All This Spam? 212

Posted by Zonk from the pork-everywhere dept.
coondoggie writes to mention a Network World article about soaring spam levels, confirmed now by researchers, IT managers, and security vendors. So, indeed, it's not just you: October was a spammy month. From the article: "Levine's assumption is this spike in spam levels is a result of a new generation of viruses and zombies that can infect PCs more quickly and are harder to get rid of. In its October report, messaging security vendor MessageLabs says the spike is largely due to two Trojan programs, Warezov and SpamThru. Others say a new breed of spam messages called image spam -- messages with text embedded in an image file that evade spam filters, which can't recognize the words inside the image -- is responsible." A note: I have no interest in penny stocks.

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