September 2009 - Ahead of the curve

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  • Are you an “armchair IT pro”?

     A subway advertisement on my usual daily commute to work caught my eye. It was for The School of Philosophy in Ontario boasting a curriculum that is more than just what it calls “armchair philosophy,” or a philosopher who is not really involved yet comments on the discipline. Instead, the ad read, the school allows students to “Live in the moment. Awaken to the power of being present.”...

  • What are YOUR Windows 7 plans? Tell us.

    Almost a year ago, then two years into the lifecycle of Windows Vista Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer acknowledged at an industry conference that many enterprises were likely to skip the company’s latest operating system in anticipation of its successor, Windows 7. ...

  • Minority Report: Chasing Tom Cruise with creepy crawly sensors

    I watched the movie Minority Report on television last week where Tom Cruise’s character, John Anderton, tries to evade law enforcement in a futuristic city littered with sensors and biometric authentication readers that identify citizens in real time and make it possible to detect their every move....