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- Google's huge data centers: the IT failures question
- Harper's has published a blueprint drawing for Google's new Oregon data center. Dan Farber points out that, "the 68,680 square-foot facility...is expected to demand 103-megawatts of electricity, which would power about 80,000 homes." Meanwhile, AFP says, "Google was looking at Malaysia, India or...
- Tags: Google Inc., Data Center, Information Technology, Harper, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-02-17
- Recertifying CERT
- Recertifying CERTLeave it to a Canuckto point out how messed up the Yanks are. You need to be OUTSIDE the "system" forrest to see how it operates (the "trees"). Congrats on the big step backwards with Mr. Harper - maybe you have a GW of your own now! I don't...
- Tags: Operating systems, flaw, CERT, security, Harper
- Discussion threads 2006-01-24
- 'Perfect storm' for new privacy laws?
- 'Perfect storm' for new privacy laws?Funny How....This wasn't really a big deal until Hollywood got involved. OMG... the phone of a celebrity got hacked. Oh dear, alert the media. It could happen to you. Your number could get hacked and posted on the web, and people would know...
- Tags: Financial services, Harper
- Discussion threads 2005-03-01
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- Is Canada's new copyright law a northern DMCA?
- Is Canada's new copyright law a northern DMCA?just a technicality......but this isn't law in Canada, yet. It's just a bill at this point. Carry on...it will never beThis farce of a bill is the single most anti-consumer thing i ever saw in Canada.You can copy legally own media...
- Tags: Digital media, Consumer electronics, DVD, northern DMCA, IS Canada, new Copyright Law, DMCA, copyright law
- Discussion threads 2008-06-13
- Book publishers finally getting their digital acts together?
- Book publishers finally getting their digital acts together?Schools / Books / LearningDoes anyone know if there is merit to saying that books are a better method of teaching than a computer?Cost of books? Perhaps a little respect for the written word should be implemented.Notes? Do you remember looking through that...
- Tags: E-books, Digital rights management (DRM), e-book, digital-rights management, book publisher, Books, sales
- Discussion threads 2008-02-12
- Book publishers finally getting their digital acts together?
- Not quite, but an interesting post on Ars Technica suggests that they might finally be turning a corner in terms of providing digital content, instead of relying on traditional paper publishing. Why do we care here in Ed Tech? Because paper publishing costs schools exorbitant sums in textbooks...
- Tags: Ars Technica, Pricing, E-books, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Marketing Research, Strategy, Marketing, Personal Technology, Security, Management, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-02-11
- Singularity Summit 2007: How to be a Singular boy scout
- It's day two at the Singularity Summit 2007 in San Francisco at the Palace of Fine Arts. Today's topics include the risks of artificial general intelligence AGI and what preparations are necessary to stack the odds in favor of humans. Our extensive day one coverage from myself and guest poster...
- Tags: Robot, Chris Matyszczyk, Thiel, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-09-10
- Blockbuster to eschew HD-DVD in favor of Blu-ray. But are Blu-ray discs 'rotting'?
- Interesting developments in high def DVD world. On the one hand, it looks like Blockbuster is going all Blu-ray (in other words, no more discs that conform to the HD-DVD format). According to a story from the Associated Press as seen on Fox (there's also a blog on News.com about...
- Tags: Entertainment, General, Hardware Infrastructure, Hollywood On Demand, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2007-06-18
- Image Gallery: Google Reader's offline capability gypped of key Google Gears cog
- Image Gallery: Google Reader's offline capability gypped of key Google Gears cogJust FYI......some people consider the word "Gyp" or "Gypped" to be a racial slur. My wife has some sort of Gypsy ancestry and I've had to train myself not to use that word.another FYI: Oracle LiteOracle Lite has...
- Tags: INTERNET, Google Inc., Pronunciation Key, Google Gears cog, Google Gears, cog, verb, Google Reader, Oracle Lite
- Discussion threads 2007-06-14
- TalkAlive browser (zip)
- unique audiobook locator with free sample titles for instant download. Search over 5000 top quality titles from the BBC, Harper-Collins, Simon & Schuster and Time Warner. monthly special offers page, free to join mailing list and the highest commission paying affiliate program in the booming audiobook marketplace. every title page...
- Tags: Web Browser, Title, Sales Force Management, Web Browsers, Sales, Internet
- Software downloads 2007-03-09
- Datamining program violated privacy laws
- The Department of Homeland Security has violated privacy laws in the testing of an aggressive data-mining program, a forthcoming Government Accountability Office reports says. The Washington Post reports that the GAO found that DHS researchers used citizens real information instead of fake data in testing the ADVISE program. ADVISE...
- Tags: Privacy, Government technology, Homeland security
- Blog posts 2007-02-28
- Maine rejects Real ID - in a nonbinding resolution
- The federal Real ID Act is widely maligned by states as an unfunded mandate that requires states to spend millions to create new drivers licenses that can be linked to a national database. Today, the Maine Legislature said "thanks but no thanks" to the requirement, passing a non-binding resolution...
- Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Privacy
- Blog posts 2007-01-25
- Sensitive school data winds up in hands of Nigerian ID thieves
- Everyone whos ever bought a computer knows that they have a shelf life of just a few years before they need upgrading. This means that a huge number of computers are thrown out or recycled every year, and many of them are from schools. The St. Louis Post Dispatch has...
- Tags: Social Security, hard drive, computer
- Blog posts 2006-12-20
- Exclusive: Glam.com Samir Arora on new media valuations
- Glam Media reflects an aspirational women’s lifestyle experience, Samir Arora, chairman and founder, told me in announcing the company’s $18.5 million series C venture capital funding earlier this week (see "Glam.coms fashionable $18.5 million").Arora also shared with me the aspirational business development “story” behind Glam Media, which he says is...
- Tags: Glam Media, Print, Social Media, Content, ecommerce, Facebook, Marketing, Brands, Social Web, MySpace, Culture, Business Models, Web 2.0, Media, Advertising
- Blog posts 2006-12-16
- Microsoft's document gambit moves ahead
- Microsoft's document gambit moves aheadJones v. de Icaza[i]Novell's open-source vice president, Miguel de Icaza, defended the company in a spirited response posted to his blog."The reality is that people react emotionally--it's Microsoft," said Justin Steinman, Novell's director of marketing for Linux and open-platform solutions. "If people can step away from...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenOffice, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, ECMA, Novell Inc., Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2006-12-07
- Protecting identity credentials is costly
- Last night, at a talk on public policy and identity, Jim Harper gave an interesting example of why creating stronger credentials doesnt necessarily result in greater security. He held up a $20 bill and a $1 bill and noted that the first had undergone two upgrades in the...
- Tags: General, IT Management, Security, Legal, identity credential
- Blog posts 2006-12-01
- Uh-Oh Canada: You're about to deregulate VoIP
- Yesterday, the Canadian federal government announced it would overrule that nations CRTC (Canadian Radio-Television and Communications Commission) and de-regulate VoIP.Last year, the CRTC regulated VoIP by enacting pricing restrictions on traditional telephone companies and the rates they were able to chare without regulatory approval. The fear was that in...
- Tags: General, Regulatory, Vonage, VoIP, Canadian Radio-Television
- Blog posts 2006-11-16
- Developing Virtual Server-Based Managed Learning Environments
- This paper discusses the development of managed learning environments run on virtual servers. It charts Harper Adams University College's migration from WebCT to Moodle in 2006, combined with the addition of new video servers, the installation of Questionmark Perception, and linking the system to the University's SITS registry database. This...
- Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Environment, Virtual Server, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2006-11-01
- Laszlo Systems scores $8 million in funding
- I just got word that Laszlo Systems has announced completion of an $8 million Series C found of funding. San Francisco/Taipei-based WI Harper Group led this round and joins Laszlo Systems' previous investors. This is very interesting for a couple of reasons. First, The WI Harper Group is very...
- Tags: Laszlo Systems
- Blog posts 2006-09-06
- EU to debate Microsoft sanctions on Wednesday
- EU to debate Microsoft sanctions on Wednesdayto much debateJust fine them with the maximum amount and move to the next M$ violation.EU to debate Microsoft sanctions on WednesdayI'll debate it for you right now.[i]"The Commission on Wednesday should be discussing the Microsoft issue and if we have to apply sanctions...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., sanction, Airbus
- Discussion threads 2006-07-07
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