http://www.azaaor.org Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:50:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Stories about animals are a staple for the nightly news and frequently make their way to the front page of news sites such as Digg and CNN. Not to be left out, Purina, purveyors of food for dogs and cats has its own social news site devoted to all ... http://www.azaaor.org/2010/09/purina-launches-digg-clone-its-for-the-dogs/ It's an exciting day for open source. Congratulations to Marten and team for avoiding the glare and bother of an IPO at a price that reflects the amazing contributions they've made to open source. Sun hasn't traditionally done well with acquisitions, so it will be important that this accelerate Sun's recovery ... http://www.azaaor.org/2010/08/sun-buys-mysql-for-1-billion-to-take-centerstage/ For an industry that has been decimated by digital technology, this is an example of how at least one of the four largest music labels is putting it to work. EMI says it has already seen positive results. Last year, the label brought Utada Hikaru, Japan's top recording artist, to the ... http://www.azaaor.org/2010/08/at-emi-could-digital-music-kill-the-record-prom/ Updated at 3:12 p.m. PDT with further detail. Wolfram Research founder Stephen Wolfram publicly debuted his company's forthcoming online "computational knowledge engine" Tuesday--but search Goliath Google launched a service of its own that bears significant resemblance. Wolfram Research CEO Stephen Wolfram (Credit: Stephen Wolfram) The Wolfram Alpha engine is a Web service designed ... http://www.azaaor.org/2010/08/google-crashes-wolfram-alpha-debut-party/ Seven NATO allies signed an agreement Wednesday to open a cyberdefense center in Estonia, according to the Associated Press. The center, which is scheduled to become operational in August, is designed to offer training and research on cyberterrorism and simulate cyberwar games, the report states. The NATO allies will kick in ... http://www.azaaor.org/2010/08/nato-set-to-launch-a-cyberdefense-center/ Today, Sony announced the immediate retail and online availability of its Sony NV-U73T and Sony NV-U83T portable navigation systems. Announced back at CES 2008, both models focus on safety and have text-to-speech technology, nearly 5 million points of interest with branded icons and preloaded maps of the United States and ... http://www.azaaor.org/2010/08/sony-nv-u73t-and-nv-u83t-available-in-stores-now/ I sat down with Brian Gentile, CEO of JasperSoft, to discuss what his open-source business intelligence software company announced Tuesday with regards to the evil empire. Here's what I found out: • JasperSoft BI Suite has achieved "Works with Windows" certification, which means that Jasper has passed the Windows Server 2008 test ... http://www.azaaor.org/2010/08/jaspersoft-makes-moves-with-microsoft/ When a lot of us hear the name Carlos Santana, we instinctively begin humming the bars to "Oye Como Va," or any one of a number of his well known songs. Associating the man with his music is natural, but as I've learned recently, he's involved in so many ... http://www.azaaor.org/2010/08/off-camera-carlos-santana-computer-geek/ The spring quarter was not a good one for Sony. The consumer electronics giant on Tuesday reported that for the three months ended June 30, its net income was 35 billion yen ($330 million), or just more than half of the 66.5 billion recorded in the same period a year earlier. ... http://www.azaaor.org/2010/08/sony-sees-big-slump-in-income/ I was poring through a university research paper Tuesday afternoon on the connection between the use of corn-based ethanol in the U.S. and greenhouse gas levels. That was just a grim appetizer for the big eco-news du jour later in the afternoon. Turns out that Riau, Sumatra, a province in Indonesia, ... http://www.azaaor.org/2010/08/indonesian-province-gets-dubious-honor-for-emissio/