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Software morality

Software moralitythat dependquote(Economics implies a kind of social compact, and you can't just impose the necessary restrictions from the center, as totalitarianism isn't usually conducive to vibrant economies.)but you could inforce morality and good manner by revoking the business permit by forcing tthe acquisition of one you could penalize...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, software, morality, Booch, technologist

Discussion threads 2007-10-16

Technologists square off on Net neutrality

Technologists square off on Net neutralityFree Market Forces vs Greatest Public GoodThe standard pricing models in use at this time are basically pay by volume, or flat rate per user. Flat rate appears to be usually for home users accessing the net. The ISP comes up with an operating...

Tags: Telephony, VOIP, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, phone, Technologist, Net Neutrality, Flat Rate

Discussion threads 2006-07-18

Monocultures and automobiles

Monocultures and automobilesAren't you missing the point?Shouldn't the bottom line on this issue be that more attention should be given to the security aspects of technology, rather than ignoring them in the beginning when it's created, and then never revisiting the issue to address it? These technologies are being...

Tags: John Carroll, Time-to-Market, Technologist, HTTP, monoculture

Discussion threads 2005-05-13

Additional Resources

Yahoo pays its 'technical debt' with IT overhaul

Yahoo had a lot of "technical debt"---systems that most companies would call legacy infrastructure---and has it just about paid off. Sam Pullara, chief technologist at Yahoo, walked developers through its infrastructure changes over the last three years. The talk could have come from any enterprise that finds...

Tags: Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Sam Pullara, HBase, YQL, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Open Source, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-09

HP Answers Thin Client Questions

NOTE: The good folks at HP pointed out that I had used an old version of my document and some factual errors crept into my post.  This is a revised version of the post with those errors removed and quite possibly new ones inserted. On September 16th,...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Thin Client, Thin Clients, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-10-06

Overview of New Security Features in Windows Server 2008

Microsoft Longhorn, otherwise known as Microsoft Windows Server 2008 has a lot of new features, especially deployment and security features. Today we're talking about Bitlocker. No, it isn't a place where you keep all your bits. It is an important component Longhorn that adds two cool new features: Whole disk...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Security, Microsoft Windows, Software

Webcasts 2009-09-22

AMD's Charlie Boswell: With cloud computing, 'follow the money' [interview]

Cloud computing can't possibly handle streaming a first-person shooter or a feature-length film, can it? Ask AMD's Charlie Boswell, and he'll not only tell you it's possible, but he'll nearly leap with excitement about it. Boswell, AMD's director of digital...

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Cloud, GPU, OTOY, Fusion Render Cloud, Jules, Games, Cloud Computing, Internet, Virtualization, Personal Technology, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-09-11

Is the Palm Pre a failure?

Wrong, so what's right?You say the ads don't work.What kind of ads do you suggest would? I'm interested to hear what you think would be effective.Those silly adsI think the Palm Pre ads are worse than the initial Windows ads. They are really bad. Their only really good quality is...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Palm Inc., advertisement, Sprint Communications, Verizon Communications Inc., Palm Pre, Apple iPhone, CDMA

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

David Byrne: 'Inevitably someone will hack the Kindle'

You know David Byrne, right? Founder of the acclaimed (and Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame-worthy) Talking Heads, solo musician, artist and author? Apparently he's a sometime-technologist, too. Byrne decided to plunk down the "almost $500!" for...

Tags: Record Company, Amazon.com Inc., David Byrne, Digital Music, Digital Media, Tablets, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-08-28

Review: Verizon MiFi 3G access point

I just returned from a family vacation in and around Denver, Seattle and Vancouver more on that later and had the pleasure of toting a Verizon MiFi 2200 with me for the trip. The MiFi is billed as an "intelligent Mobile Hotspot" and is basically a 3G...

Tags: Verizon MiFi, Verizon Communications Inc., Access Point, Wireless LANs, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless And Mobility, Wi-Fi, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-08-13

TomeRaider (Mobile)

Tomeraider 3 ebook reader for PocketPCNow you can carry an entire encyclopedia on your Pocket PC device. Only TomeRaider 3 ebook reader can handle super-large reference works like the entire Wikipedia (3GB+) and IMDB libraries on your PPC. There are thousands of FREE dictionaries, movie guides, bibles, novels and more...

Tags: Mobile, Yadabyte.com, Ebook Reader, E-books, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-07-09

Are we too impatient with SOA?

Jack Vaughan recently pondered the fate of major technology initiatives, and wondered if SOA is going down the same path as Grid and object-oriented computing. That is, it took some time for these initiatives to come to fruition, and benefits to be delivered. In the meantime, many grew too impatient...

Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-06-29

New York Times embraces Linked Data

The keynote on this final day of the Semantic Technology Conference saw Robert Larson and Evan Sandhaus of the New York Times talk about the paper's innovative adoption of semantic technologies; "The first semantic search system for The New Times was released in 1913 and...

Tags: Paper, New York Times Co., Linked Data, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2009-06-18

Critical security hole in Google Chrome

Critical security hole in Google ChromeDoes the sandboxing mitigate the problem?[i]A failure to properly validate input from a renderer tab process could allow an attacker to crash the browser and possibly run arbitrary code with the [b]privileges of the logged on user[/b].[/i]Does this apply to v1.x alone or also to...

Tags: Web browsers, Viruses and worms, Google Chrome, Google Inc., Web browser, Apple Inc., vulnerability, Chrome, security

Discussion threads 2009-05-06

Trendspotter calls for evolutionary adaptable software systems

When you consider the quantity and diversity of models and philosophies available for software development, it's a wonder why many projects fail even when developers deliver on key criteria such as functionality, efficiency, reliability, and so on. There's even a ZDNet blog that chronicles IT project mishap after mishap. ...

Tags: Software, David Tow, Tools & Techniques, Software Development, Management, Software/Web Development, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-04-29

Realistic netbook expectations

Realistic netbook expectationsNetbooks are no different than digital camerasI agree with the gist of the article, but in the end, it is up to purchasers to seek out information, to make an informed decision.There are tons of different digital cameras on the market. Do people expect cheap digital cameras to...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, netbook, digital camera

Discussion threads 2009-03-18

Will health IT push back against populist Luddism?

Will health IT push back against populist Luddism?Luddism?Luddism?Or just plain common sense?Is there really some mandate that everything [b]must[/b] get caught up in the flood of technology?If the technology can be secured and isolated, great, and if it offers real, tangible benefits, go right on ahead.[b]But if it's technology simply...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Banking, HEALTHCARE, Luddism, populist Luddism, health-IT

Discussion threads 2009-02-10

Macs rule; PCs drool

Macs rule; PCs drooli totally agree!!i have windows xp, but i started out with vista, and it just so happend that my hard drive went out and my hubs fit into my laptop. his laptop went out in 1 yr, right after the warranty went out, mine went out, right...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Macintosh, Macs rule, PC

Discussion threads 2009-02-05

Parallels' Summit 2009 Serguei Beloussov Keynote

Parallels is presenting its Parallels Summit 2009 here in Las Vegas. I'll be posting from the show through out the day as I learn what they're doing. 7 AM Update I'm looking over the agenda and see an interesting array of speakers and sessions. Serguei Beloussov, Chairman and...

Tags: Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Computing, Parallels, Cloud Computing, Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-02-03

Microsoft releases source code under an Apache license

Microsoft releases source code under an Apache licenseAnti MS zealots bashing this in 3... 2... 1...I win $20 if anyone mentions embrace, extend, extinguish. :)Pay us to use technology, we need to feed the greedy.Anyone who buys a single word of anything from Microsoft is ultimately just a dumb consumer.Anyone...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Apache Software Foundation, MEDIOCRITY, Microsoft Corp., F/OSS

Discussion threads 2009-01-27