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A Letter to President Bush

Dear President Bush: You probably don’t know Joel Phagoo. He is a 21-year-old college student who decided to go fishing in New York’s Jamaica Bay with his kid brother and

Primer: 64-Bit Processing

This isn’t new. No, it’s not. Digital Equipment Corp. came out with the first 64-bit processor, the Alpha, in 1992, and Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Sun Microsystems soon followed. What’s new

Securing Systems: CyberSecurity for the Masses

The Blaster worm brought businesses worldwide quite literally to a standstill last month. Just ask railroad operator CSX about its trains. Yet it wasn’t a surprise attack: Microsoft knew about

Quiz: Which Processor Do I Need?

1. We can easily compile and optimize the application we want to deploy for 64-bit processing. TRUE FALSE 1. 2. 2. Others have used this or a similar application successfully

The Player Roster

Oakland Ray Boyle General Manager, Maritime Operations, Port of Oakland Sept. 11 put Boyle in charge of security. A 30-year veteran of the port, nobody knows the facility, employees, customers

Port Security: Required Reading

Here are links to key reports, white papers and other research on homeland security and how marine terminals play a key role. Brookings Institution: “Protecting The American Homeland.” Rand: “‘Seacurity’:

Girding The Grid

Innovation may be the life-blood of technology, but once the electrons stop flowing even the best information system goes limp. About 50 million electricity customers throughout the Northeast and Canada

How To Manage A Globally Staffed Project

Managing the development of new software and deploying systems gets more complicated the more spread out the resources. If your applications are developed in Bangalore; your data centers are in

The Next Big Thing: Blind Faith In U.S. Innovation?

Typically, worries about the United States’ future in technology are brushed aside by uttering four words: “The next big thing.” The next big thing will give displaced workers a new

Leaping, Then Looking

Chris Heim knows he’ll have to eventually send some of his product development work to India, China or some other country. The chief executive of HighJump Software, a supplier of

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Here, you’ll find articles on cutting-edge tech trends, strategic leadership, and game-changing ideas, alongside insights into productivity, mindset, and the habits that set top performers apart. By addressing both external innovation and internal growth, Underground Reporter helps you stay ahead of the curve in every aspect of your professional journey.