Meet the Winners of Webmonkey's Google I/O GiveawayMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:19PMWe're sending two talented monkeys to the Google I/O developer conference in May. We asked our readers to submit their web creations, and we picked the winners from the best of the submissions.
Steinitz: Plans in work for next wave of crisisMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:34PM"We are preparing emergency plans, should there be a second wave of the global economic crisis. We are worried about possible developments in Europe, and we are not resting on our laurels," Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz told the Knesset Finance Committee yesterday.
Google Debuts Public Data ExplorerMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:08PMThe company's latest visualization experiment lets users create their own charts and graphs using public data.
Famous Movie Quotes Explained By Graphs (PICTURE)Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:28PMSometimes famous movies quotes are repeated so often that they lose their significance. That we forget the meaning and weight behind them. What does "We're not in Kansas anymore" even mean? It's so abstract.
ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENTMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 2:51PMIn the 1950s, the Economic Survey used to be a modest affair — some 10,000 words of text and a couple of dozen tables.
Hooverand#8217;s augments database coverageMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 2:32PMAustin, Texasand#8212;Business information provider Hooverand#8217;s has launched a new Hoovers.com subscriber site that doubles the companyand#8217;s coverage to 65 million companies and 85 million contacts worldwide.
New Google Tool Visualizes Public Data in Animated ChartsMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 1:51PMGoogle has just launched Google Public Data Explorer . The new Google Labs tool offers a visual way to look at and analyze large public data sets on a variety of popular search topics. The tool is specifically designed for avid data crunchers like students, journalists, policy makers, and could be seen as Google’s prettified approach to a user-driven computational search engine (think Wolfram ...
Coal Investors Cheer Japanese Pricing, Shares SurgeFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 10:03AMAccording to Bloomberg, BHP Billiton struck a Japanese coal deal worth $200 per metric ton, sending coal stocks surging across the board.
SunPrairie Grain Morning CommentFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 9:44AMMINOT - Mar 5/10 - SNS -- Following is the morning comment from SunPrairie Grain, a division of CHS.
Youngsters love reading newspapersFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 9:31AMAmber Smith isn't your average Belleville Intelligencer reader. The 11-year-old Sir John A. MacDonald public school student is one of 78 students at her school who participate in the Newspaper in Education (NIE) initiative and the Winter Gold Program offered through the Belleville Intelligencer.[...]
Pickens to Install Turbines This YearFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:52AMThat's right, oilman T. Boone Pickens is finally ready to make progress with the wind portion of his plan to help save the U.S. from foreign oil.
The Eyes Have It: Real-Time Search Is Still Kind of Invisible to UsersFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:30AMHere's an interesting study, which is embedded below, of an "eye-tracking" survey by Web marketing firm OneUpWeb. It groks the effectiveness of the recent efforts of Google , Microsoft and Yahoo , all of whom have jumped into integrating real-time data into search results.
Secret agents: Make SNMP work for youFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:18AMBlogger Mark Underwood lays out the ways you can use SNMP agents to monitor network devices, and even set it up to send software alerts as well.
Frederick's new GIS program to produce data-driven decisions'Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 4:05AMMatt Bowman, the Geographic Information System manager for the City of Frederick, has spent two months tailoring a data-based mapping system called "SpiresStat" which will provide the numbers, dollars, graphs and maps in measuring the city's performance in all sectors.
ReadWriteWeb and Tableau Public Announce Data Visualization Contest for Bloggers and WebsitesThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 2:14AMSEATTLE, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Today marks the opening of a new blog-based data visualization competition using Tableau Public, a new free tool for creating and publishing interactive graphs on the web using public data of interest to bloggers and their readers.
Cuts hit Salem police, fire departmentsWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 11:40PMSALEM - Eight city employees received indefinite lay-off notices Wednesday and two street department employees will retire in June in a move to save between $300,000 and $350,000, Mayor Jerry Wolford said.
Statistical research reveals grading inequalityWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 11:17PMIssues of grade discrepancies, teacher expectations, and course load between different sections of same level classes have prompted three statistic majors investigate the possibility of unequal experiences being detrimental to grade point averages.
Infographic of the Day: LastHistory Graphs All Your Last.fm ListeningWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 7:24PMLastHistory summarizes all your listening preferences in an interactive map. At long last, we're starting to get infographics solutions that fit in with our everydays lives. For example: LastHistory, a free downloadable tool for seeing everything you've listened to on Last.fm. Where it starts getting really cool is that you can use it to browse what you listened to most, in any given month, week ...
Switch to semesters causing ticket tussleWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 7:02PMThe switch to semesters in 2012 has students, faculty and staff, alumni and the Athletic Department grappling over football tickets. On Tuesday, the Athletic Council, a subcommittee of the University Senate, discussed competing proposals on how best to allocate tickets starting with the 2012 season.
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-04 00:21 REFILE-Japan Q4 corporate capex down 17.3 pct - MOFWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 6:43PMTOKYO, March 4 (Reuters) - Japanese companies cut spending on plant and equipment in October-December by 17.3 pct from the same period in the previous year, Ministry of Finance data showed on Thursday. The pace of decline narrowed from a 24.8 percent annual fall in the July-September period last year. The data will be used to calculate revised gross domestic product figures due on March 11 and ...
ActyMac unveils DutyWatch Remote monitoring utilityWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 4:34PMActyMac has launched a new surveillance utility for the Mac, DutyWatch Remote. The program monitors the activity of one or multiple computers, and has tools for capturing screenshots, spying on keystrokes and recording which applications are used. Keystroke and usage statistics can be viewed in real-time. Through an iPhone or iPod touch, people can access online reports....
Debate Continues over Dredging the Rivanna ReservoirWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 4:32PMSupporters of dredging the Rivanna Reservoir explained the results of a new dredging feasibility study, saying there is more water in the reservoir than experts originally thought. The Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority is against dredging and would rather build a new dam.
Slowly Maturing, Semantic Web Technologies Reach Pilot Project Stage in PharmaWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 3:35PMSemantic technology appears to be slowly finding its way into pharma's informatics toolbox, as proponents of the technology reported at a recent conference that they are moving beyond prototypes and into pilot projects that put semantic technologies to work.
Rudd’s hospital reform: taking the pundits’ pulseWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 3:26PMKevin Rudd's plans for public hospital reform have been met with a mixed bag of responses -- doctors like it, many State governments don't, and subeditors across the land are having a field day with bad medical puns.
E-textbooks: The New Best-sellersWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 3:17PMWhile some students may be using notebooks or netbooks to read textbooks these days, some experts predict that within the next 10 years, most U.S. college students -- and many high-school and elementary-school students as well -- will probably be reading course materials on an electronic device instead of in a paper book. And that will have a broad impact on students and teachers, not to mention ...
Shandas Weigh On Chinese Gaming SectorWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 12:22PMThe laggard Chinese online gaming sector is receiving some analyst and mainstream news attention this week.
Superstar all set to knit her magicWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 12:17PMAs everyone who lives near Vancouver knows, every sport has its star performers. In the popular and accessible sport of knitting, Cat Bordhi is a super-star — and she’s coming to Salt Spring.
Interactive program at Wings of Eagles Discovery CenterTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 5:54PMAs part of our Connect a Million Minds initiative here at News 10 Now, we've been bringing you stories about inspiring youth to develop science, technology and math skills.
Scientists now listen to the solar windTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 5:42PMby Staff Writers Ann Arbor, Mich. (UPI) Mar 2, 2009 U.S. scientists say they have "sonified" solar wind data, allowing researchers to listen to the solar wind that's usually represented as numbers or graphs.
Look Ahead to Late-Week DataTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 3:43PMStocks traded relatively flat on the day, as earnings news was mixed and the economic calendar was bereft of data.
Scientists now listen to the solar windTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 3:34PMANN ARBOR, Mich., March 2 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have "sonified" solar wind data, allowing researchers to listen to the solar wind that's usually represented as numbers or graphs.
Mariners: Weights? We Don’t Need No Stinking WeightsTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 3:15PMNow that the Olympics are over, and ice dancing disappears forlornly into a Russian crevasse until 2014, it’s time to turn our attention back to man sports like baseball, where you hit things and spit and crotch grab. In Peoria, AZ, the Mariners have started pre-gaming for a season some expect to be a return to baseball’s A-list. So as we caught up on what the team has been up to while we were ...
Surprised? Canada Takes Gold In The Race For Most Olympics-Related Google QueriesTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 3:10PMThis year's Winter Olympic games have come to a close, and while we may have hated the way its broadcast was handled by NBC, that didn't stop Americans (or people around the world) from turning to their computers to check out the latest news. Google has just posted some search trends it saw during the games, offering some insight into which events captivated each country the most. Google writes ...
Gen. Petraeus talks Afghanistan, Iraq, Haiti at VanderbiltMonday, March 1, 2010 @ 8:56PMThe first question Professor Michael Newton asked Gen. David H. Petraeus concerned what makes a good leader. Advanced Hide Attached Image: Show the attached image in the story Hide Sidebar Blocks: Show standard sidebar blocks and ads. read more
Earthquake in ChileMonday, March 1, 2010 @ 8:33PMA magnitude-8.8 earthquake hit Chile early morning Saturday, six weeks after a magnitude-7 quake jolted Haiti up north in the Caribbean. The death toll in Haiti is estimated at 220,000 while that of the Chilean tremor remains below 1,000. Why the difference? Chile was prepared while Haiti was not.
Earthquake in ChileMonday, March 1, 2010 @ 8:22PMA magnitude-8.8 earthquake hit Chile early morning Saturday, six weeks after a magnitude-7 quake jolted Haiti up north in the Caribbean. The death toll in Haiti is estimated at 220,000 while that of t .....
Luxury Properties Division of Prudential California Realty Launches Third YearMonday, March 1, 2010 @ 7:36PMIRVINE, Calif.----An elite group of 180 specialists of the Prudential California Realty Luxury Properties Division came together for a day-long conference at the St. Regis Resort in Monarch Beach in mid-February.
AIG Adds to 2010 M&A SpikeMonday, March 1, 2010 @ 4:08PMM&A activity continues to perk up in 2010, and stocks responded positively to several announced deals this morning.
Integration Watch: Using metrics effectivelyMonday, March 1, 2010 @ 3:55PMAndrew Binstock goes over the best metrics for application life-cycle management Visit website for full story...
Ron Ashkenas: Do You Need All That Data?Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 2:38PMCross-posted from Harvard Business Online Organizations love data: numbers, reports, trend lines, graphs, spreadsheets -- the more the better. And, as a result, many organizations...
KGT and EON Reality Partner to Provide Intelligent 3D Information VisualizationMonday, March 1, 2010 @ 1:49PMIRVINE, CA--(Marketwire - March 1, 2010) - EON Reality, Inc., the world's leading interactive 3D software provider, announced today that KGT Japan has selected EON Reality's technology to address the request for interactive visualization and training solutions in the academic and business segments.