http://www.technologyreview.com/web/26882/?p1=A1&a=f It looks like Google is set to fly high with their new line of notebooks. The new ChromeOS, unveiled recently, will rely on cloud computing to do most of its work. The Chrome web browser will be one of the only applications locally installed on the notebook, and will host its applications online through [...]
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Firesheep Firefox add-on lets you (easily) hi-jack Facebook, Twitter sessions on public WiFi networks
Here’s a Firefox extension called Firesheep that lets you (easily) hijack Facebook, Twitter sessions of other people on public wifi networks. Protect yourself!! Read the article, be informed. Use the “HTTPS Everywhere” add-on from EFF to prevent your social networking identities from being comprimised. Special thanks to Eric Butler for exposing these facts through the [...]
Happy 25th birthday, NES!
Twenty-five years ago today, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) hit the shelves in the United States. Children of all ages have spent countless hours in front of their television sets, pounding those directional pads and red A/B buttons until their thumbs bled. The gaming console is nothing short of an icon for its generation, inspiring [...]
LNS article published in CETPA DataBus magazine
I’m pretty excited to see that an article I had submitted entitled “The Greatest Success of Open Source is its Philosophy” (I had posted the full text on logicalnetworking.net as a blog previously) had been published for the fall quarter issue. I am confident this article has opened some eyes as to a true motivation [...]
Rohnert Park store computers fail – chaos ensues?
Here’s a story about a local Dollar Tree store and what happened when their cashier computer systems failed. Joelle Burnette decided to hang out and see what happened when 1, 5, 10 minutes past and nobody in line could purchase their items. A social experiment to see peoples’ reactions in a fast-paced consumer environment, if [...]
The Library, the first amendment, and porn on public computers
Here’s an article about a local library in my hometown that is currently dealing with Internet access from their public computer terminals. There are some very good arguments regarding unfettered/unfiltered Internet access (which aligns with First Amendment ideals) vs. content filtering and protecting children from offensive material. This is a long standing topic that the [...]
Apple pulls iPad app that teaches kids how to program
Last week, Apple decided to pull an iPhone and iPad app called “Scratch” that is designed to help children learn how to program a computer using kid-friendly graphics, stories and animations. The reason it was pulled was due to the App Store clause 3.3.2, which states iPhone apps may not contain code interpreters other than Apple’s. [...]
Hard Drive Tech: Transitioning to 4k Sectors
Western Digital is on the forefront of new hard disk technology, and is pushing to change the way they are made. The change from 512-byte sectors to 4k sectors will drastically improve hard disk capacity, in what otherwise is a gridlock between being able to correct errors on a hard disk platter versus adding more [...]
Peru to Microsoft – No thank you, and here’s why
This in-depth response from Dr. Edgar David Villanueva Nunez (Congressman of the Republica of Peru) to Juan Alberto Gonzalez (General Manager of Microsoft in Peru) is a very interesting read. It is in regards to a law mandating the use of open source software and data formats, versus proprietary software and formats in the government [...]
EPA declares CO2 a health hazard, starts regulation outline
Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has declared carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, a hazard to human health and to our environment. By doing this, the EPA is building the legal foundation behind mandating how businesses such as energy plants create energy, and how auto makers manufacture their products. As well as taking care of [...]