tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226245842024-11-05T09:02:21.182-04:00A day by day look at technology or technology newsYveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04401807179000513345noreply@blogger.comBlogger133125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22624584.post-5028361071213922512009-07-20T23:07:00.004-03:002009-07-20T23:18:11.195-03:00

I like this.This is where technology should be headed a bit more in my opinion.There is so much natural energy to be harvested out there... pretty much everywhere. If you have wind, there's energy.. if you have tides, there's energy.. if you have sun, there's energy...How about using that energy to power a data center??With the emergence of the internet and since nowadays "everything" (maybe not.

Yveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04401807179000513345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22624584.post-52766665134055254492009-07-16T22:27:00.004-03:002009-07-16T22:32:05.603-03:00

With Google announcing their new OS on the way and Microsoft announcing that Office 10 will have free online tools to compete with Google's free "Google Apps"... looks like this is just heating up.Microsoft have long had a hold on the operating systems market as well a large percentage of office based software.This CNN article gives some numbers as well as describing the combatants...

Yveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04401807179000513345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22624584.post-78025015994320705502009-07-08T13:47:00.002-03:002009-07-08T13:49:41.312-03:00

As it's been reported in many places... Google will be releasing "Google Chrome" operating system.I've heard about this for some time. Everything (well, not everything) often starts as a rumour.. this one did long ago.Here's an article on pcmag.com.http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2349836,00.asp

Yveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04401807179000513345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22624584.post-1332216266255460992009-07-05T09:04:00.002-03:002009-07-05T09:09:31.400-03:00

Just read this article about the recent outtages and other problems due to the overwhelming traffic that occured over the internet after the death of "The king of pop" Michael Jackson.I've often thought of these cloud based systems as very solid architectures... and really they are.When I think of Google, I think of an almost unsinkable ship (almost... remember the Titanic??).But in the last

Yveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04401807179000513345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22624584.post-26001354045375801842009-03-09T14:31:00.003-03:002009-03-09T14:35:47.473-03:00

I'm sure some if not all of you have heard of Google Android.InfoWorld has an article stating that Google Android will be released by year's end... the birth of the "Google OS" that we've heard of for some time.Another Linux based OS.... Windows beware.The Google OS is coming by year's endInfoWorld

Yveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04401807179000513345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22624584.post-70195758355470211622009-03-09T08:01:00.001-03:002009-03-09T08:03:01.930-03:00

Wow... the CD has hit the 30 year mark.Amazing.http://i.gizmodo.com/5166399/happy-30th-birthday-compact-disc

Yveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04401807179000513345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22624584.post-72534615562830619682009-03-06T07:46:00.005-04:002009-03-06T08:00:40.864-04:00

I thought I'd post a link to this article on InfoWorld primarily because I love comparisons.Over on that blog, they make a brief comparison, Windows 7 vs Vista vs Ubuntu.On a computer with 8GB of RAM and on startup...Windows 7 on x64 memory = 1.24 GBWindows Vista on x64 memory = 1.34 BGUbuntu 8.10 = 349 MGAnd the winner is...Here's a link to the article:http://weblog.infoworld.com/stratdev/

Yveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04401807179000513345noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22624584.post-90971426802914856092009-03-05T08:13:00.002-04:002009-03-05T08:19:32.094-04:00

Looks like Microsoft is working on a new search engine which they hope will help them grab a much larger chunk of the search engine market.I personally use search engines extensively every day.... when I'm not actively looking for information to help solve a problem or any subject that may interest me.... then I'm likely not @ the computer.This should be interesting.... I've looked at other types

Yveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04401807179000513345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22624584.post-79494799848314872452009-03-05T07:51:00.003-04:002009-03-05T07:53:36.531-04:00

I just now added a tag cloud to this blog and I wanted to post the link to the author's post where he shows how to create it in blogger.http://phy3blog.googlepages.com/Beta-Blogger-Label-Cloud.htmlIt was very easy to do.

Yveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04401807179000513345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22624584.post-73449426847500890432009-03-05T07:39:00.003-04:002009-03-05T07:44:56.741-04:00

The "IT Dojo" over @ techrepublic.com has a new post on a super computer cluster built on Sony PS3s done over at North Carolina State University.They apparently clustered 16 PS3s together..Pretty neat.;-)Read it here:PS3 supercomputer illustrates innovative IT cost savingshttp://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/itdojo/?p=359By IT Dojo

Yveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04401807179000513345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22624584.post-49724352905387532092009-02-22T20:05:00.002-04:002009-02-22T20:07:52.951-04:00

Seems as though when Microsoft recently laid off 1400 workers... they (say they) overpaid some of them in their severances packages.Microsoft has written a letter to their former employees requesting their money back.Check out this post which shows a scanned copy of a letter.http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10169119-75.html 

Yveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04401807179000513345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22624584.post-20450300579634640892008-12-02T16:29:00.002-04:002008-12-02T16:33:24.561-04:00

I found this on Macs and Anti-Virus programs....I've mentioned this before (at least, I'm sure I have)...Macs are computers, and computers have vulnerabilities.... that's essentially one of the reasons there are patches and updates as well.I read this blog post that points to a page on Apple's support site, where they "encourage" the use of anti-virus programs on Macs.Here's a link to an article

Yveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04401807179000513345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22624584.post-13044423948996075302008-11-26T22:11:00.002-04:002008-11-26T22:14:07.790-04:00

This blog post is a very interesting read... and as I read it tried to envision what kind of systems Google are running behind these services such as Gmail, Search, Maps....etc.Pretty amazing at the amount of data that they would have indexed..Read this article for a glimpse @ Google.http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/sorting-1pb-with-mapreduce.html

Yveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04401807179000513345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22624584.post-64483866073786949062008-11-06T08:59:00.003-04:002008-11-06T09:12:49.494-04:00

The internet certainly is a great place for self-expression. Blogs (like this one) are certainly a way where anyone can write about their interests.... (usually) whatever they are.Sports, gardening, philosophy, technology.... politics.... it's all out there.And, it appears that some people on Facebook have wasted no time in voicing their political views.Seems as though some have already started

Yveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04401807179000513345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22624584.post-2466076759177175352008-11-01T23:08:00.002-03:002008-11-01T23:12:01.681-03:00

I still think the "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" commercials are great. They were totally original. Marketing genius (IMO).This article points out some of Microsoft new attempts at countering those commercials and promote that "old" OS called Vista (while they are trying to come out with Windows 7).(InfoWorld article)

Yveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04401807179000513345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22624584.post-56539821532493691562008-10-27T10:09:00.002-03:002008-10-27T10:15:46.136-03:00

Over on ZDNet blogs, Adrian Kinglsey-Hughes asks a great question...."How long until Apple is bigger than Microsoft?"Apple has hit a few home runs... I think among them iTunes, iPod, iPhone....etc.. and the fact that through all the years the PC was so widely used it's a wonder that Apple's computers are still around.... even gaining popularity (I am writting this on a MacBook)...There are some

Yveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04401807179000513345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22624584.post-61706364767006806272008-10-23T23:01:00.003-03:002008-10-23T23:05:41.843-03:00

Did you ever see those emails that say they come from your bank... .or some other bank you don't deal with.... or maybe PayPal even though you don't have an account.... or you get it to an email that is not associated to an account????????(I've seen all those emails.... and more)Well, falling prey to phising scams can happen.French President Nicolas Sarkozy is one of the people who fell victim to

Yveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04401807179000513345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22624584.post-62234962776160407982008-10-16T14:50:00.003-03:002008-10-16T14:54:19.630-03:00

The internet pretty much has websites for anything and everything. You can view tons of videos, waste tons of time..... you can watch cartoon Badgers dance around....Well, now you can do what you've always wanted to do.Plan you're funeral.So make sure you're funeral goes the way you want it to.(TechCrunch article)

Yveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04401807179000513345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22624584.post-88186296056236756282008-10-15T23:17:00.001-03:002008-10-15T23:18:59.926-03:00

City of Washington D.C. is using Google apps as their intranet.Interesting.(PC World Article)

Yveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04401807179000513345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22624584.post-64835450286728471102008-10-15T22:14:00.004-03:002008-10-15T22:17:43.355-03:00

Hello out there.It's been about forever since I've posted anything here. But, it's time to start posting once again.I've been keeping my eye on technology news... .for a number of years.Just wanted to post that Flock, a browser based on Mozilla Firefox has just released their new version. Flock 2.0.I've used Flock quite a bit but haven't really used all of it's features... it has alot of built in

Yveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04401807179000513345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22624584.post-91608511998981425442007-08-21T23:41:00.000-03:002007-08-21T23:45:02.032-03:00

Don't tell me you didn't see this coming.I'm actually surprised this didn't happen prior to this...If you're like me, and you occasionally go to Youtube to view different kind of videos (music, sports, funny stuff...etc..)You'll notice in the next few days that the videos will now feature an overlayed video ad.Advertising is everywhere!(AP article on Yahoo!)

Yveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04401807179000513345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22624584.post-47707468491457925322007-08-19T21:59:00.001-03:002007-08-19T22:01:43.705-03:00

I have and still do work with both Apache and IIS servers..... yes live ones.Anyways, Apache has been the longtime king of http requests.Seems as though Microsoft has been gaining ground.(PC World article on Yahoo)

Yveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04401807179000513345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22624584.post-52172609366933712962007-08-19T21:53:00.000-03:002007-08-19T21:57:09.923-03:00

Haven't been posting much... Summer is almost over.This article really caught my eye.Seems that there is speculation that producing and distribution of bio-fuels could increase carbon emissions.Check it out.(ZDNet article)

Yveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04401807179000513345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22624584.post-21538705197982624192007-08-03T13:30:00.000-03:002007-08-03T13:33:52.696-03:00

As technology may sometimes simplify and at the same time complicate our lives, here's a story where technology played a key role in reuniting a mother and her son.I thought this was a neat story.Facebook is certainly a hot spot on the net, and I could see many more reunions like this one.(CNN Story)

Yveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04401807179000513345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22624584.post-76073262972388471362007-05-30T21:50:00.000-03:002007-05-30T21:53:32.975-03:00

That's right.There have been so many buyouts... amazing.I just read that CBS has purchased LastFM for $280 Million.I use LastFM, I enjoy it..... seeing what I listen to mostly. I don't really use any of the features that would suggest new music.I'm usually pretty fussy on what I really like..... although I do like a very wide variety of music genres.(Reuters + ZDnet)

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