Canadian firm says 3D modeling could improve disaster planning. canadian firm says 3d modeling could improve disaster planning....

UPDATE 21 NOV - Sony's DRM disaster: A chronology of events. sony drm chronolgy. Here is TG Daily’s recap of the events that pushed Sony in one of the firm’s worst PR disasters and led to a recall of audio CDs that carry the stealth software....

Japanese government plans to sprinkle RFID tags over disaster areas. japan rfid sensors emergencies. RFID tags are already being used to track groceries and pharmaceuticals, but the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications now wants to use the technology to help find disaster survivors.. RFID tags are already being used to track groceries and pharmaceuticals, but the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications now wants to use the technology to help find disaster survivors. The ministry said that it intends to sprinkle disaster areas with RFID-tagged sensors that will form a mesh network to detect heat and vibration. Thousands of sensors will be needed to cover a disaster area : According to the ministry, it will take about 10,000 sensors to cover a large airport....

Sony apologizes for battery disaster. sony battery. Sony has apologized for the laptop battery recall saga and announced details of the global replacement program to address customer concerns.. Sony has apologized for the laptop battery recall saga ...

Q2 a disaster for most DRAM makers. q2 disaster DRAM....

It was a disaster," said Taylor of the new E3, which trades the glitzy show hall for individual private meeting rooms....

Few of the data networks knocked offline by Hurricane Katrina have relocated their operations to backup sites outside the disaster zone, according to a new report examining the disaster's impact on infrastructure. Few of the data networks knocked offline by Hurricane Katrina have relocated their operations to backup sites outside the disaster zone, according to a new report examining the disaster’s impact on infrastructure....

Stratus Technologies, Inc. announced a new set of application and disaster recovery solutions to protect and rapidly recover business-critical applications from outages, natural disasters, and other disruptive events. Because it is hardware and application agnostic, Double-Take is said to enable you to leverage existing investments in systems and connectivity while still achieving your disaster recovery and continuity goals. In addition to application and disaster recovery solutions, Stratus offers other complementary services including application-recovery configuration and failover/failback testing services ; hosted managed services for data replication, failover, and data vaulting at Stratus-authorized data centers ; and Web-based training for Double-Take for Windows Advanced Server Edition....

Microsoft alters licensing to cover disaster-recovery needs. microsoft alters licensing to cover disaster. Effective June 1, the Redmond, Wash.-based software company has added a provision to its Software Assurance maintenance program that entitles customers to install a server software product on a "cold" server at no charge in a disaster scenario, such as a fatal server crash. Effective June 1, the Redmond, Wash.-based software company has added a provision to its Software Assurance maintenance program that entitles customers to install a server software product on a "cold" server at no charge in a disaster scenario, such as a fatal server crash....