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The one terabyte disk: Is it reliable?
About a year ago, when major manufacturers made their first terabyte disk drives available to the public, a storage capacity barrier had been broken, albeit a mental one more so than a technological one. I've wondered about reliability, so it's time to explore their popularity and levels of success. by...
Tags: Disk, Terabyte, Moore, Petabyte, E-mail, Aerospace & Defense, Storage, Online Communications, Manufacturing, Hardware, Joe Rosberg
Blog posts 2008-07-30
How to be the new employee
It's your first week on the job and you're tempted to make a positive splash immediately. But unless you want to alienate yourself, take a step back and just observe. by Toni Bowers
Tags: Employee, Recruitment & Selection, Aerospace & Defense, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Manufacturing, Toni Bowers
Blog posts 2008-06-30
Photos: Software clears flights for takeoff
A visit to Adacel, which develops software primarily aimed at the air traffic control industry. by CNET News.com
Tags: Software, TechRepublic Inc., Photograph, Aerospace & Defense, Tools & Techniques, Manufacturing, Management, CNET News.com, news, adacel, airplanes
Image galleries 2008-06-16
Photos: Flying on a wing and a battery
As an electric glider is set to hit the market, progress is being made toward mass-produced, personal, electric aircraft that enthusiasts hope will become the greenest form of transportation.Electric-powered commercial jets may still be a figment of the imagination, but smaller electric aircraft are already making it to market. Taurus...
Tags: news, jets, green, transportation, Battery, Aircraft, Photograph, Antares 20E', Lavrand, Seeley, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, CNET News.com
Image galleries 2008-05-02
Photos: UAVs land in the Smithsonian
The National Air and Space Museum pays tribute to unmanned military aircraft like the Predator and the tech advances behind them. by CNET News.com
Tags: news, national air and space museum, TechRepublic Inc., Smithsonian Institution, Photograph, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, CNET News.com
Image galleries 2008-05-01
Disconnected no more: Wi-Fi when you fly
Aircell, a provider of airborne communications, based in Itasca, Illinois, will be rolling out their new in-flight broadband offering on domestic flights in the next couple of months. Yes, mobile broadband while in flight. Aircell will cover the U.S., delivering mobile broadband service on an exclusive 3-MHz air-to-ground ATG frequency...
Tags: Mobile, Broadband, Aircraft, Wi-Fi, Mobile Broadband, Aircell Network, Internet, Aerospace & Defense, Broadband Internet, Advertising & Promotion, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Manufacturing, Marketing, Networking, Jeff Cerny
Blog posts 2008-04-15
Graph: Marking the day science fiction goes extinct
To the left is a graph from The Economist, which measures how long it took for paradigm-changing technologies to mature from initial release to widespread adoption by 80 percent of countries on Earth. In other words, it demonstrates how fast he future is getting here--and the rate is accelerating. ...
Tags: Science Fiction, Aerospace & Defense, Free Trade, Construction, Manufacturing, Finance, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2008-03-04
The server is located where?
For most of my career I have worked on servers in...well, a server room.  In smaller companies the servers were located in a closet and in the even smaller companies, they were in a corner under the stairs or in a back office somewhere, usually next to the wall board for the phone...
Tags: Network, Aircraft, Aerospace & Defense, Servers, Manufacturing, Hardware, Tim Malone
Blog posts 2008-02-13
Photos: Putting Wi-Fi in the sky
Major carriers are slowly taking steps to bring high-speed Internet service to passengers on board their aircraft. by CNET News.com
Tags: news, wi-fi, airplanes, TechRepublic Inc., Photograph, Corporate Governance, Wireless LANs, Aerospace & Defense, Broadband Internet, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Wireless, Manufacturing, Telecommunications, CNET News.com
Image galleries 2008-01-28
Photos: Airplane recycling taking off
Bit by bit, dead aircraft leave desert graveyards for use in making homes, furniture, and food cans. by CNET News.com
Tags: news, airplanes, recycling, TechRepublic Inc., Photograph, Aerospace & Defense, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, CNET News.com
Image galleries 2008-01-15
Retrospective: 10 security blunders
Every year gets its share of major, jaw-dropping security blunders. This is a retrospective for the 21st century so far, with special attention on 2007. 2007 News While one of the following links is actually from early 2008, they all refer to issues...
Tags: Sony Corp., Sears Roebuck & Co., Air Traffic Control, Rootkits, Aerospace & Defense, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Manufacturing, Chad Perrin
Blog posts 2008-01-09
Photos: A brief history of stealth aircraft
The F-117 Stealth Fighter was a radical aircraft redesign when it arrived in the 1980s. As it heads into retirement, it leaves behind a sleeker legacy. by CNET News.com
Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Aircraft, Photograph, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, CNET News.com
Image galleries 2007-11-23
A retrospective of NASA named experimental planes
These are just some of the experimental planes tested by the military from the early 40's to present day. Some of the model's were used as the precursor to todays spacecraft such as the Space Shuttle. Because these were experimental aircraft they also had the potential for danger....
Tags: Tony Kaelin, off topic, planes, nasa, geekend, TechRepublic Inc., Plane, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing
Image galleries 2007-11-16
Photos: X Prize rocket rally in New Mexico
The X Prize Cup didn't get the liftoff it hoped for, but there was plenty over the weekend to satisfy aerospace enthusiasts. by CNET News.com
Tags: news, xprize, space, expo, TechRepublic Inc., Photograph, Aerospace, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, CNET News.com
Image galleries 2007-10-30
Photos: The blended-wing design of Boeing's X-48B
Don't call it a flying wing. The triangular prototype is pushing the envelope of what lies ahead for 21st-century aircraft. by CNET News.com
Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Boeing Co., Photograph, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, CNET News.com
Image galleries 2007-09-18
Geek Trivia: Rule of dumb
Colonel Joseph Kittinger is emblematic of two things: The fine line between brave and crazy, and the enduring significance of Murphy's Law. Kittinger is perhaps best known as the United States Air Force officer who was bold enough to be the lead test subject for Project Excelsior, otherwise known as...
Tags: Class, Colonel Joseph Kittinger, Murphy, Law, Kittinger, Corporate Communications, Aerospace & Defense, Marketing, Manufacturing, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2007-08-21
New technology predicts severe weather
New technologies currently being tested by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Association NOAA could lead to models that have the potential to predict severe weather up to a week in advance. The new computing models, supported by the University of Oklahoma, the University of Illinois, and the Pittsburgh Supercomputing...
Tags: Weather, Technology, Aerospace & Defense, Sales Force Management, Manufacturing, Sales, Andy Moon
Blog posts 2007-06-11
Wired: What's wrong with NASA
Gregg Easterbrook writes for Wired: Here is a set of rational priorities for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, in descending order of importance: Conduct research, particularly environmental research, on Earth, the sun, and Venus, the most Earth-like planet. Locate asteroids and comets that might...
Tags: Earth, NASA, Wired Inc., Humanity, Gregg Easterbrook, Easterbrook, Aerospace & Defense, Strategy, Manufacturing, Management, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2007-05-22
Geek Trivia: Skunk Works of art
What comic strip is responsible for the nickname of the famous Lockheed Martin Skunk Works? The Lockheed Martin Skunk Works is arguably the most revered and notorious aerospace development lab on the planet. Outfitted to design cutting-edge military aircraft, the Skunk Works has produced almost as many...
Tags: Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, Aerospace & Defense, Jay Garmon, Skunk Works, SR-71 Blackbird, Geek Trivia Newsletter, Nickname, TechRepublic Inc., Lockheed Martin Corp., Aircraft, Manufacturing
Technical articles 2006-10-10
Geek Trivia: First in (space)flight
Who was the first person to achieve astronaut status through aerodynamic flight? In France, they call them spationauts, while the Chinese sometimes call members of this exclusive club taikonauts. Those who achieve the distinction in service to the Russian Aviation and Space Agency go by cosmonauts,...
Tags: Jay Garmon, Aerospace & Defense, Federation Aeronautique Internationale, SpaceShipOne, Geek Trivia Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Flight, Mike Melvill
Technical articles 2006-07-18


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