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Fast Times in Gaming, Part 1: Turbulent Transitions

Succumbing to the primal pull of gameplay, millions of new consumers are joining the nearly ubiquitous adventure of exploring the pixelated worlds presented in video games, seeking personal recreation, relaxation, amusement, even escape -- and the industry is feeling the profound effects of that stampede ...

Fantastic Plastic, Part 4: Petro Pollution

Part 1 of this series explores the markets and industries surrounding polymers in computing. Part 2 investigates electroactive polymers. Part 3 details the development of organic polymer memory devices ...

Fantastic Plastic, Part 3: Polymemories

Part 1 of this series explores the markets and industries surrounding polymers in computing. Part 2 investigates electroactive polymers ...

Fantastic Plastic, Part 2: Electric Action

Part 1 of this series explored the markets and industries surrounding polymers in computing ...

Fantastic Plastic, Part 1: Polymers in Computing

Not all polymers are plastics, but all plastics are polymers. And organic (carbon-based) polymer plastics, known mostly for being insulators, in some cases make excellent conductors and semiconductors ...

Urban Gardening, Part 2: Greenhouse Technology

Part 1 of this series explores the practical aspects of locating greenhouses in urban environments ...

Urban Gardening, Part 1: The Hydroponic Lab on the Roof

The farm has moved to the city in the form of rooftop hydroponic greenhouses, leaving the dirt and pests and pesticides behind in the rural field and going high-tech with a penthouse view from perches atop old buildings. ...

Outsourcing the Carbon Accounting Chore

Carbon accounting outsourcing (CAO) could be the next big thing in the US$80 billion business process outsourcing (BPO) industry ...

Sustainability Software, Part 2: Cutting the Paper Chase

Part 1 of this two-part series discusses software applications designed to maximize a company's efficiency in terms of factors like energy conservation, water consumption and gas emissions ...

Sustainability Software, Part 1: It’s Easy Being Green

As the decades-old "sustainability" movement goes mainstream, many businesses are looking to software to make the eco-cause concept functional -- and profitable -- for them. ...

Wired Water: IT Gets Ready for the Shock

Go wet, young IT man (and woman). Your parched, imperiled planet needs you ...

Making Social Networks Pay, Part 3: An Eye on Privacy

Part 1 of this three-part series focuses on the strategies and technologies companies are employing to use online social networking as a marketing tool. Part 2 takes a closer look at some of the companies operating in this space and what kinds of specific services they offer ...

Making Social Networks Pay, Part 2: Players and Products

Part 1 of this three-part series focuses on the strategies and technologies companies are employing to use online social networking as a marketing tool ...

Making Social Networks Pay, Part 1: Strategies and Technologies

Nobody, not even Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg himself, has yet successfully produced a proven, sustainable and scalable business model that can satisfactorily monetize the vast ecosystem of the social networks -- Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc. ...

Green IT, Part 2: The Orange Greenhouse

Part 1 of this two-part series took an overall look at the challenges facing green IT. Part 2 zooms in on Orange County, Calif., an emerging innovator in green IT and green technology in general ...

Green IT, Part 1: Withering on the Vine?

Green's got the blues ...

E-Cinema, Part 3: Adding a New Dimension

Part 1 of this three-part series looks at the growth of 3-D movies and electronic distribution. Part 2 focuses on the technology found in the projection booth of a high-end 3-D movie theater. Part 3 explores the technology involved in adding a third dimension to regular 2-D films ...

E-Cinema, Part 2: Step Into the Projection Booth

Part 1 of this three-part series looked at the growth of 3-D movies and electronic distribution. Part 2 focuses on the technology found in the projection booth of a high-end 3-D movie theater ...

E-Cinema, Part 1: 3-D Hits Its Stride

Wanted: Movie theater projectionists with IT experience in network systems and client/server environments to operate digital cinema systems. Qualifications and requirements: systems analysis capabilities, a thorough working knowledge of e-business applications deployment, including implementation of a variety of IT systems in a computing and business environment. Please, no calls from people with obsolete traditional projectionist skills like "building" movies by physically splicing ads, trailers, PSAs and print reels into one large band of celluloid film stock and then threading it through an opto-mechanical projector while fixing presentation problems like static wraps, mis-frames, sound problems, etc. Successful candidates will be required to wear glasses on the job and must love the smell of popcorn...

Social Media Outsourcing, Part 2: Weighing Risks and Rewards

Part 1 of this two-part series discusses the importance of choosing the right partner when considering whether to outsource social media tasks. Part 2 focuses on vendors, risks and outcomes ...

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