Will Your IT Spending Decline?
A recent article in Computerworld reports that “U.S. companies are pulling back hard on IT spending as the economic downturn continues,” according to a study by ChangeWave Research.
Archive for August 2008
Global Warming Not Linked To Increased Hurricane Activity
Despite a number of conflicting research findings, the general consensus among weather and climate researchers is that global warming, whether natural or man-made, is unlikely to increase the frequency of hurricanes in the years to come.
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McAfee: Spam Can’t Be Beaten; It Must Be Managed
McAfee, Inc. has released the results of its S.P.A.M. (Spammed Persistently All Month) Experiment, in which 50 people from around the world surfed the Web unprotected for 30 days. As a result, the company concluded that, spam “is an immense problem and it’s simply not going away. It’s no longer a question of ’solving’ it, but one of ‘managing’ it.” Continue reading ‘McAfee: Spam Can’t Be Beaten; It Must Be Managed’ »
Cable Will Detect Undersea Earthquakes
IDG News Service reported recently that The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has begun laying a fiber-optic cable under the Pacific Ocean, part of an advanced monitoring and alert system that could provide warning should a destructive earthquake occur close to Japan.