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Expanding the capability of the Windows server on which Trimble had been running its GPS application meant moving from Windows 2003 Advanced Server to Windows 2003 Data Center to be able to scale up to four nodes, Johnson says. Even then, Windows 2003 Data Center couldn’t promise the scalability that Linux could. Besides vendor enthusiasm, […]
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This month’s featured host is Rackspace Managed Hosting . We chose Rackspace for this month because they’ve done a great job as host to all iNet Interactive sites including WebHostingTalk . Find out what Ryan Elledge, President of iNet Interactive has to say about the quality of service that Rackspace has provided. Then read the […]
It’s a far cry from the Rackspace that customer-care vice president David Bryce found when he arrived in 1999. The company manages the technology back end of Web sites for clients as diverse as e-tailers, game sites, and online ad agencies–folks for whom having a reliable site is obviously critical. Yet the tech-support staff appeared […]
Large-breasted, narrow-waisted women have the highest reproductive potential, according to a new study, suggesting western men’s penchant for women with an hourglass shape may have some biological justification. Barbie-shaped women more fertile
Hotel guests diving into their in-room minibar for a late-night snack might be surprised at what they find. No longer are the little in-room fridges and snack centers just a convenience for guests who don’t want to wander to a nearby 7-Eleven. Hotels get creative to elevate minibar
A list of numbers serves to illustrate how Wal-Mart deals with tradeoffs among the interests of workers, customers, and shareholders: Wal-Mart’s Magic Numbers
I’ve played with the “hypersonic sound” stuff while I was at CES last year, and its quite amazing. Focused beams of sound could direct music or speech to a single person in a crowd. Two inventors have staked competing claims to a potential audio revolution. The Sound War
A truly extraordinary cure for some forms of blindness is being proposed. The idea is to add light-absorbing pigments from spinach to nerve cells in the retina, to make the nerve cells fire when struck by light. Spinach pigments proposed as blindness cure
Mike James pocketed $3,000 in 10 days by selling loads of old stuff on eBay. He sold his battered cowboy boots. He unloaded some dust-collecting artwork. He even hooked a buyer for his Eddie Bauer fishing vest. Firms jump on the eBay wagon
A year later, companies enjoy success
Texas has secured the No. 2 spot among the states for woman-owned businesses, taking into account the number of businesses, the size of the workforce and the amount of sales. Texas ranks second for woman-owned firms