How the NetBook Fits In

Now the Netbook is taking the laptop market by storm. Originally designed for the bottom end of computing, the Netbook (a small lower powered laptop designed for the web and email) is now one of the hotest categories of laptops.
One of the Dell Netbooks with a 10 inch screen
Really, we wonder what took so long. [...]

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Data Sharing in Science

In this video, which describes the Science Commons Scolar’s Copyright Project.

We quote.
“…modern technologies give us a way to go forward….this is the type of sentence you see in the life sciences. Its very complex and its very detailed.
What you will notice is that it does not have links….here is what happens if you add [...]

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Excellent Data Analysis Site

After our last post on the difficulty in finding raw data online, we happened upon Swivel, which is where people upload data sets. This is exactly the type of site that is needed and should receive a grant from the Federal government as a way to help increase transparency in society, companies and the government [...]

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Searching for Raw Data Online

It is difficult to find raw data. For some reason the web evolved to put a tremendous buffer between raw data and the population. There is no technical reason for the internet to have developed this way. For instance, there is big difference between putting something in the public domain and making actually accessible. Instead [...]

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Security on DabbleDB

Interestingly, DabbleDB not only has a password restriction on who can see the data (if you decide to enable this), but it also has the ability to restrict the data to specific IP address.

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Scientific Databases

What is interesting is how difficult it is to find scientific datasets online. There is a tremendous amount of scientific research that is publicly supported every year. Publicly supported research falls into he public domain, and this raw data should be available for everyone. However, this does not seem to be the case. The raw [...]

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Interesting DabbleDB Features

We have recently begun using Dabble DB. Some of the traits of DabbleDB are different from relational systems. This includes the following.

Categories are like tables
Unlike with traditional database tables, a single entry can belong to multiple categories at once.

A view is based upon a table or a form, chart or calendar
Columns can be [...]

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