Intel's Biggest Rival: ARM Chips in Servers and Smartphones

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Published Aug. 16, 2010 at 1:44 p.m.
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Forget Intel versus AMD--that was a chip-maker battle of yesteryear, played out inside your desktop PC. Now the real CPU war is happening inside smartphones and servers, where Intel is playing a desperate game of catch-up to ARM and a few new pretenders, and there're billions of dollars at stake ... Server chip maker Smooth-Stone has just raised $48 million of venture cash to fund development of ARM-based server chips. The 12-man company is just two years old, but its bold plans to challenge

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Actor Kevin Pollak Reinvents Himself With Web Video

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Published Aug. 16, 2010 at 5:29 p.m.
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In his 30-year career, Kevin Pollak has appeared in more than 60 films and created indelible roles in such modern classics as A Few Good Men and The Usual Suspects. His Internet awakening occurred in 2009, when he started his Streamy Award winning weekly talk show Kevin Pollak Chat Show backed by Jason Calacanis (Mahalo). He ventured into the world of Web video with his acclaimed original Web series Vamped Out (it was his directorial debut and he wrote and starred in it as well). Vamped Out

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LEED Buildings Rated Green ... and Often Toxic

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Published June 4, 2010 at 9:25 a.m.
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A study gives LEED failing marks on indoor health and safety ... A new study from a health-research nonprofit blasts LEED for failing to protect against toxic indoor environments ... The study, released last week by the Connecticut-based Environment and Human Health, Inc.,says that the voluntary rating system -- the gold standard for green buildingseverywhere -- falsely presents its projects as bastions of health andsafety, when it actually allows for all sorts of harmful stuff,

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Kaiser Permanente Launches Health Care Industry's First Sustainability Scorecard

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Published May 4, 2010 at 1:42 p.m.
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Want to be the preferred supplier for major companies like Walmart and Kaiser Permanente? You'll have to measure up on their sustainability scorecards--the newest method of choice to weed out lackluster suppliers. We've covered Walmart's scorecard extensively, but this week Kaiser Permanente became the first health care organization to launch a rating system of its own ... Kaiser's scorecard judges suppliers on a number of factors, including recycling practices, chemical contents of products,

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Sustainability Faceoff: Walmart vs. Target

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Published May 4, 2010 at 6:25 p.m.
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There can be only one winner in the battle of the big box retailers. In the new book The HIP Investor, author R. Paul Herman compares Walmart and Target in terms of profit, management, and human impact (health, wealth, earth, equality, trust). So which retailer is more sustainable? In our opinion, Walmart is the winner ... It's hard to argue with Walmart's superior profitability, but sustainability is always subjective. We've detailed Walmart's sustainability initiatives extensively on

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May 06, 2010 Webcast: The Culture of Performance: Avoiding Measure Mania, the Tyranny of Targets and Silo Working

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Published April 1, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.

Using a series of real examples, Phil Jones will explore the underlying beliefs, assumptions and behaviors that affect strategic performance management. In this seminar, you'll learn how to move to a culture of managing your strategic performance ...

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Mar 24, 2010 Webcast: A Mind Map Exercise to Trigger KPI Engagement

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Published March 11, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.

Stacey Barr finds mind-mapping can increase engagement in performance measurement. In this seminar, she will show you how mind-mapping works. She'll give you a first hand experience in how to facilitate it, and create one LIVE with your input ...

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The Winter Olympics Uniform Review: Part Deux

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Published Feb. 19, 2010 at 3:51 p.m.
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Ok, now that the games are in full swing and the official team uniforms have been exposed to millions around the world, it's time to sharpen the pencils at the judge's table. I must admit some of my earlier concerns have been dashed as I've had the chance to see more official team attire, particularly for Team USA ... How hot is that luge suit? These guys have to be the closest thing we have to "no-fear, hell bent on a need for speed" hot rodders. So, how better to suit them than with a

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Making a Sustainability Perspective Second Nature in Education

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Published Feb. 10, 2010 at 3:43 p.m.
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This blog is part of our Inspired Ethonomics series. It's co-authored by Second Nature President Anthony Cortese and Senior Fellow Georges Dyer ... In Part 1 of this series, we noted that our dominant economic system is not only failing to deliver, it is destroying the life-support system of the only planet we've got. With population on track to grow to 9 billion by 2050 and huge increases in consumption and demand from the developing world, a dramatic rethinking is overdue. Higher education

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Exclusive Video: Dr. Pepper's Super Bowl Ad Features Kiss and...MiniKiss!

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Published Feb. 2, 2010 at 9:09 p.m.
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This exclusive peek of Dr. Pepper's first-ever Super Bowl spot features the painted faces of rock band Kiss as well as their diminutive doppelgangers, MiniKiss. Agency Deutsch wanted to emphasize Dr. Pepper's "little kiss" of cherry. According to Dr. Pepper, the bands have met before, but this was their first offical performance ... Look for the full spot at the two-minute warning, just before halftime.  ...

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