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Technology: Working While Windows Boots II

22 February 2009 Geoff Zeiss

Last September I blogged about Splashtop which Asus was embedding on its motherboards, so when you turned the machine on it would boot Linux almost instantaneously, and you could do email, internet and other routine […]

Open Source Mandated on Government Computers in Vietnam

22 February 2009 Geoff Zeiss

According to Slashdot, “The Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications has issued an administrative ruling increasing the use of Free Open Source Software products at state agencies, increasing the software’s use both in the back […]

Dr. Dobb’s Journal of Computer Calisthenics, I Am Sad to Report …

22 February 2009 Geoff Zeiss

I have just received a very sad letter from Dr Dobb’s Journal that in some ways signals the end of an era, “we regret to inform you that Dr Dobb’s Journal ceased its standalone monthly […]

Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy (ARPA-E)

21 February 2009 Geoff Zeiss

You might have noticed in my blog about the stimulus package that President Obama signed into law just recently that it included $400 million to fund the establishment of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). […]

Russia to Develop Linux-based National OS ?

21 February 2009 Geoff Zeiss

According to a report on Slashdot, Russia is planning to develop a Linux-based national operating system (OS). The original Russian report is translated here.

US Department of Energy Plans to Award $4.3 B to Upgrade US Electric Grid

19 February 2009 Geoff Zeiss

The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) is setting up a competitive process to award $4.3 billion for projects to upgrade the US electric grid, which is one of important technology provisions of the economic stimulus […]

Military Open Source Site Forge.Mil

19 February 2009 Geoff Zeiss

Recently I blogged about a new military “open source” site Forge.mil. I’ve received more information and a location where you can track the development of this site. The correct URL for the site will be […]

President Obama Signs Economic Stimulus Act: $30B for Energy Efficiency

19 February 2009 Geoff Zeiss

Tuesday President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R.1) , which includes funding for Tax relief $288 B – includes $15 B for Infrastructure and Science, $61 B for Protecting the Vulnerable, $25 […]

Open Geospatial Consortium and OSGEO Sign MOU

8 February 2009 Geoff Zeiss

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together to encourage open geospatial standards and open source geospatial software and data. The way […]

California Appeals Court Supports Free Access to Geopatial Data

8 February 2009 Geoff Zeiss

Public access to county GIS data in California is gathering legal precedents. The California Court of Appeal in a unanimous decision affirmed the Santa Clara County Superior Court’s decision requiring Santa Clara County to comply […]

US Economic Stimulus: Three Proposals for Developing a National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)

6 February 2009 Geoff Zeiss

Directions Magazine has just published an article about three proposals recommending that the development of a national spatial data infrastructure (NSDI) be part of a US economic stimulus package . I’ve mentioned two of them […]

Department of Defense Launches Open Source Developers Site Forge.mil

4 February 2009 Geoff Zeiss

Over the past two years I have attended Military Open Source Conferences in Washington DC to talk about geospatial open source software. I was impressed by the degree to which open source software has penetrated […]

Obama Asks McNealy to Prepare Paper on Open Source

31 January 2009 Geoff Zeiss

Scott McNealy, Chairman and a co-founder of Sun Microsystems, has told the BBC that he has been asked by President Obama to prepare a paper on open source for the new administration. McNealy told the […]

Budget 2009: Economic Stimulus for Infrastructure in Canada

29 January 2009 Geoff Zeiss

The 2009 federal budget tabled yesterday by the Government which will be voted on this evening allocates C$12 billion in federal funds to infrastructure over the next two years. The federal contribution, however, requires matching […]

NSDI 2.0 A Concept for American Recovery and Reinvestment

29 January 2009 Geoff Zeiss

A number of folks from diverse backgrounds have prepared an American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan that is designed to not only create jobs and foster economic growth and competitiveness, but with a long term focus […]

2009 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure

29 January 2009 Geoff Zeiss

The American Society for Civil Engineers just released their updated 2009 Report Card. The ASCE issued report cards in 2003 and 2005. Since the last Report Card in 2005, the grades have not improved. US […]

Obama on Emission Standards

27 January 2009 Geoff Zeiss

In 2005, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the governor of California, asked for a waiver from federal guidelines for emission standards, so that California could mandate higher standards on automobile CO2 emission. The federal government regulates automobile emission […]

Economic Stimulus in Canada: C$7 billion on Infrastructure including Sustainable Green

27 January 2009 Geoff Zeiss

Infrastructure Monday the Transport Minister of the Government of Canada announced plans to spend at least $7 billion on new infrastructure projects including roads, bridges, water and sewer systems, as well as transit, as part […]

Intelligent Cities Conference 2009

26 January 2009 Geoff Zeiss

I’ve just returned from spending a few days last week at the The Intelligent Cities Conference 2009 (ICC2009), where I was one of the keynote speakers. It was held at the King Abdulaziz Historical […]

A Proposal for Reinvigorating the American Economy Through Investment in the US National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)

26 January 2009 Geoff Zeiss

A really interesting proposal prepared by Lisa Campbell, Autodesk, Dr. John Curlander, Microsoft, Steven R. Hagan, ORACLE, Michael T. Jones, Google, and Gen. Jack Pellicci, U.S. Army (Ret.), Intergraph, entitled A Proposal for Reinvigorating the […]