SETI@home is an attempt to search for extraterrestrial signals through the use of a distributed computing model, using processing power of millions of volunteer’s computers. To date they have proceeded through grants and donations, however this year they have begun their First Annual Donation Drive. This is an interesting use of technology and a more [...]
Ben Worthen, a writer for CIO.com and Bill Cheswick, a chief scientist at Lumeta, collaborated on this map(PDF), which shows who owns all of the routers that handle North American internet traffic. According to Bill Worthen’s blog post: “The colors represent who each router is registered to. Red is Verizon; blue AT&T; yellow Qwest; green [...]
It seems that a patent was just issued, to Microsoft, for a method and system for location-based licensing. This system would allow the owner of content to specify the locations or geographical areas where the content can be consumed. The licensed device’s location would be checked against the locational constraints before it would be allowed [...]
Interview with Bradshaw Consulting Services, ArcPad and mobile GIS
A while back we blogged about Platial, the Google maps mashup site co-created by Di-Ann Eisnor (who will be a featured speaker at Where 2.0), and it seems the site is attracting some attention. Wired News posted a story today about Platial, which allows users to sign up for free and create their own personal [...]
Keep in mind that there is just a week left to take the ESRI Podcast Survey. Ten of the respondents will be chosen at random to receive a book from ESRI. The book Agile Development Using the ICONIX Method follows a real-life .NET/C# project using ArcGIS Server from inception to working code. To take the [...]
Microsoft has unveiled their Windows Live Developer Center, which offers APIs, resources and documentation for developers who want to write applications that connect to Microsoft services. Of course, Virtual Earth is part of the Windows Live platform, and some resources have already been posted for working with its APIs. I am finishing up a column [...]
Interview with David Maguire, Director of Products at ESRI
Yes, that’s right….If you would like a lovely geography-inspired way to display your apples, oranges and other tasty fruits, then check out these custom-milled wooden fruit bowls in the shape of 3D topography. They’re not cheap at 149 euros, but really, how can you resist the opportunity to have a mini 3D landscape on your [...]
An online only Podcast conference will be taking place April 21-23. Not much is clear so far other than it will cost $11 to “attend”, and presenter and exhibitor details aren’t available yet, but the idea is a good one. International Podcast Expo – April 21-23, 2006
