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Off the grid: energy independence in the real world: Courtesy: Builidng With Awareness and Ted Owens. Forget the campaign year political slogans. "Energy independence." Out in the real world, designers and engineers are making real headway in building homes and work spaces that are off the grid, and in some cases water...; Tags: Grid, Energy, Home, Ted Owens, BWA, Colorado Court, Corporate Communications, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-02-21

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Georgia President's web site under DDoS attack from Russian hackers: Georgia President's web site under DDoS attack from Russian hackersOh, its about the *another* Georgia.Is about the ex-commie Georgia and not the Ted Turner Birthplace.Anyways, a ddos attack can be done even for a single person, so there are not a real point to escalate this conflict in a full...; Tags: Web site development, distributed denial of service, Russian Hackers, Web site, Web; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Amanda Chapel, aka "Strumpette," needs some tough love: Amanda Chapel, aka "Strumpette," needs some tough loveTough love indeedI had a similar experience with "Amanda" that bled/blended with the whole hacker debate and ended in a congruent way to your interaction. The strange thing was that I wasn't even talking about the hacker ethic at all, but rather...; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Amanda Chapel, Strumpette; Discussion threads 2008-07-14
'Agility' 10 times over -- and other ways to tell it's not SOA: I got some interesting responses to my recent post, "Ten Ways to Tell It's Not SOA." Dave Linthicum added five more to the list, including: "11) If this is a change in 'paradigm' and not a change in 'architecture' ... it's not SOA." "12) If your...; Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-07-10
Obama resisters claim campaign to silence blogs: On the battlefield that is Blogger, a fight is raging, apparently, between pro- and anti-Obama bloggers. Some pro-Clinton, anti-Obama bloggers are reporting that, all of a sudden, their blogs are being flagged as spam – and Google bots have dutifully blocked the bloggers from updating their sites. Simon Owens reported...; Tags: Google Inc., Blog, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-01

Space Shuttle tech works on brain tumors: Space Shuttle tech works on brain tumorsI don't think soYou know, I'd rather have the doctor there so, if something went wrong, there was no delay with the information. Relying on secure internet, or satellite communication is too slow, IMO. I don't want someone making decisions based on...; Tags: Robots, Space Shuttle tech work, tech work, space shuttle, robot; Discussion threads 2008-06-02
Freak helicopter death turns into an anti-iPod story: Freak helicopter death turns into an anti-iPod storyI do not believe that they weretrying to make a macabre joke out of it, but in truth it does once again raise the issue of the serious hearing damage that can be caused by listening to music at the insane level some...; Tags: helicopter, anti-iPod story, helicopter death, Apple iPod, anti-iPod; Discussion threads 2008-05-16
KVM and Xen cofounders engage in war of words: Xen cofounder and project lead Ian Pratt said predictions about his virtualization hypervisor's demise to the newer kernel-based virtual machine KVM technology are unfounded, a by-product of his competitors' imaginations. "There's no evidence for it. The Xen community is alive and well. Xen is a true...; Tags: Linux, Hypervisor, Linux Kernel, Xen, KVM, Xen Community, Virtualization, Hardware, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Reiser FS: The open source file system fallout: Yesterday, the Open Source community took an emotional hit when veteran Linux programmer Hans Reiser was convicted of first degree murder in the suspicious disappearing of his wife, Nina. While I won't go into the details of the case, as this has been covered extensively in the press, I would...; Tags: File System, ReiserFS, Zetabyte File System, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-04-29
iPhone coming to Canada; 7.4 million subscribers available: Updated: Rogers Communications said Tuesday that it has a deal with Apple to bring the iPhone to Canada. In a terse announcement, Rogers, the largest wireless provider in Canada, made the announcement and said little else. Here's the full-text: Ted Rogers, President and Chief Executive Officer...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Canada, Rogers Communications Inc., Wi-Fi, Wireless, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-29
Reiser found guilty of first degree murder: Software developer Hans Reiser was found guilty today of first degree murder in the death of his wife in late 2006, a conviction that carries up to 25 years in prison and a possible death sentence for the Reiser4 file system. [Techmeme] The verdict, delivered...; Tags: File System, Ts'o, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-04-28
How PaaS pulls software pricing down: How PaaS pulls software pricing downMinor Errata CorrectionPhil:In your last paragraph, you state that customers would need to stay tuned into email in order to learn about service updates. That's incorrect. Actually, within their Bungee Connect developer accounts, customers will see available updates for their registered Bungee Application Server appliances....; Tags: PaaS, software pricing, Bungee Connect, pricing strategy, software; Discussion threads 2008-04-25
Is Stiglitz the official economist of open source?: Is Stiglitz the official economist of open source?Counter nominationThat's all well and good, but Yochai Benkler (http://www.benkler.org) has actually been doing serious research and publication on [i]software libre[/i]Economists hate each other!It is a joke - no two econmists will ever have the same opinion. It was interesting to read your...; Tags: open source, Stiglitz; Discussion threads 2008-04-25
Ubuntu's corporate ready 8.04 is released but is three a crowd in Linux server market?: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS was released on April 24 as planned and will be supported until 2011-2013. But is extended support enough to convince ISVs and businesses to support three Linux distributions? Despite the hoopla around its release Wednesday, Ubuntu's ambitions in the corporate server space will be...; Tags: Ubuntu, Linux Server, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-04-24
LSB SDK, aka 4.0, could be panacea for Linux app developers .. and Ubuntu: Increasing use of Ubuntu and other Linux distributions globally puts additional pressure -- and costs -- on independent software developers. The Linux Foundation hopes that its fourth stab at a solution, the Linux Standards Base 4.0, will make it much easier and less expensive for ISVs...; Tags: Developer, Ubuntu, Java, ISV, SDK, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-04-23
Ksplice automates hot patching Linux kernel with no reboot needed: Ksplice is an interesting open source project out of MIT that automates the process of applying security patches to the Linux kernel without rebooting, and it's getting notice by the Linux Foundation. Top kernel developer and Linux Foundation fellow Ted Ts'o said the Ksplice software is...; Tags: Linux Kernel, Ksplice, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-04-23
UFO News (gadget): Direct links to George Noory of Coast to Coast Am reaching 20 million listeners each night, Jeff Rense his radio show reaches 15 million listeners each night and 78 of the top UFO, Alien abduction, Cattle mutilation and Crop circle researchers on this planet starting with Mar Allin, Colin Andrews,...; Tags: Horn, Sidebar Gadgets, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-04-16
What is a sustainable business anyway?: Once you penetrate some of the sustainability hype the key question at board level is this: what action are you actually prepared to take? For a problem like climate change, where there is no regulatory hurdle and action is voluntary though enlightened by self interest, what action is enough? ...; Tags: Carbon Dioxide, General Motors Corp., James Farrar; Blog posts 2008-04-10
Flickr video: What's wrong with 90 seconds?: Flickr video: What's wrong with 90 seconds?computer on the vidPersoanlly, I can't watch more than a few minutes at the computer, no matter what the prouction values. Why did I buy my impressive but bulb-hungry big-screen, then?RE: Flickr video: What's wrong with 90 seconds?Actually, most of the videos I watch...; Tags: Corporate communications, Nothing, Flickr Video, Flickr, video; Discussion threads 2008-04-09
Python's future looks bright: It always warms my heart to see good programmers get the recognition they deserve. This week, Sun announced they were hiring Ted Leung (long-time Python developer), and Frank Wierzbicki lead implementer of the Jython project. They'll be working full-time on Jython and in particular paying attention to developer tools. ...; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Python, Jython, Wierzbicki, Scripting Languages, Development Tools, Programming Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2008-03-04