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• How crisis leads to progress (aka the Cloud)

  
  The Hannibal Blog — Authority: 121
  Here is an admittedly tiny and prosaic example of a big and poetic idea–the idea in Kipling’s If and in  my book that disaster can be an impostor (as can triumph ). The disaster in this case is more of a nuisance, but you will get the point. 1) The nuisance My (youngish) Mac Book Pro has had a ...
  5 days ago

• Microsoft and Its Data Center Revealed

  
  Beyond Search — Authority: 513
  I found the Cnet write up “Inside One of the World’s Largest Data Centers” interesting. The text provided some useful factoids; for example, the giant data center “will eventually occupy 700,000 square feet” and this comment in the story: Microsoft originally intended to open the Chicago facility last ...
  5 days ago

• The Fuzzy Boundary: Four products that are also services

  
  Putting people first — Authority: 430
  Mike Kuniavsky of ThingM was invited to speak at Kimiko Ryokai’s Theory and Practice of Tangible User Interfaces class at UC Berkeley yesterday, where he discussed the relationship between products and services in a ubicomp environment, and presented a set of examples of device/service relationships that show ...
  6 days ago

• Cloud Computing Technology Comparison Matrix

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 461
  Matts Blog: "This is a report from the Devopsdays 09 conference which took place at the 30. and 31. October in Ghent (Belgium). Developers and System-Administrators presented new techniques for agile system administration followed by "open spaces" to work-out related topics suggested by the really interactive ...
  1 week ago

• Building a Silent XBMC Media Center - $$Cheap$$

  
  Dude Craft — Authority: 621
  Over at Life Hacker , editor Adam Pash has put together a sweet, step by step tutorial on how to create a whisper-quiet home media center using a $200 (HD capable) nettop computer, some free software and a $20 remote. This sounds like a great system, folks. link
  1 week ago

• iCloud Beta Shows Promise But … | Web2 and More

  
  PimpThisBlog.com - Latest published stories — Authority: 465
  Kevin Tea on In a previous article on Webtops I listed but did not review iCloud and I promised the company I would review it at a later date. My first impressions were a little down on the product and then I realised I was using Firefox and that interface was still in alpha and to fully experience the service I ...
  1 week ago

• TNR and Cloud Based Enterprise Search

  
  Beyond Search — Authority: 513
  I received a story called “ Enterprise Search & Cloud Computing – A Match Made in Heaven and Implemented on Earth by TNR Global ”. I did a quick check of my Overflight search files and noted that earlier this year, TNR reported that it was a vendor offering the Fast ESP search solution. For me the key point ...
  1 week ago

• The internet at 40: how Arpanet laid the foundations

  
  Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 103
  Forty years ago, a simple message was sent between two Californian research labs and a net was born The internet at 40: full coverage Today is the internets 40th birthday. Well, not exactly the internet but Arpanet – the Pentagon-funded research project that is the predecessor to the internet. Forty years ago, a ...
  1 week ago

• Does Twitter cost the UK £1.4bn a year?

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Of course not. If you are weak-willed enough to believe that – or if your manager is, and has therefore cut off your access to the social network – then consider a few facts. The "survey" that came up with that number was carried out, as Mike Butcher of TechCrunch Europe has noted , by a company that makes ...
  1 week ago

• Could too many home workers during a pandemic cripple the Internet?

  
  Scientific American - Observations — Authority: 128
  Telecommuting has long been touted as an effective way to alleviate rush-hour traffic congestion (and pollution), help companies save money by using less office space and resources, and provide workers with a great deal of flexibility in their schedules. But in a case of perhaps too much of a good thing becoming a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Other World Computing: First 100% Wind Powered Tech Manufacturer in U.S.

  
  Green Living Ideas — Authority: 422
  Other World Computing (OWC) has become the first U.S. technology manufacturer to be completely powered by an on-site wind generator, which provides over double the energy requirements of the company’s operations, including its datacenter. The power is generated by a Vestas V39 500kW turbine, and any excess energy is ...
  2 weeks ago

• No Silver Lining

  
  virtualpolitik — Authority: 433
  For those who worry about the potential vulnerabilities of cloud-computing technologies, this story from Information Week, " Cloud Goes Boom, T-Mo Sidekick Users Lose All Data ," presents a sobering narrative of lost data that would normally be accessible by ubiquitous computing devices.
  2 weeks ago

• Is Windows 7 the dawn of a new era?

  
  WalletPop Blog — Authority: 719
  Filed under: Technology Microsoft s latest offering is here. But will Windows 7 reclaim the clout that operating systems enjoyed in the pre-Windows Vista era? Or will it succumb to the cloud -- the Internet-based system? At first glance the dawn of Windows 7 seems to have already raised the OS markets ...
  2 weeks ago

• How we used the internet to tell the story of the internet

  
  Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 138
  Our interactive peoples history of the internet brings together your stories, alongside our own research and video interviews with key figures Late in the summer we began a project to tell the story of the internet using the internet - that is, asking you what you considered important . It is published today as an ...
  2 weeks ago

• CloudCamp is coming to Phoenix!

  
  Brian Shaler — Authority: 113
  CloudCamp Phoenix is coming up this Saturday , October 24th! It’s going to feature talks from Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, and local start-up Jumpbox. A portion of the event is set up to be an unconference , where the sessions are determined by the attendees! There aren’t very many seats left, so you’d better ...
  2 weeks ago

• Alternatives to Google Wave

  
  PimpThisBlog.com - Latest published stories — Authority: 465
  Google Wave, the new hype on the internet. But Google Wave is not new. In fact there are other pieces of software that have been around for a while before Google Wave hit the scene. Some have been around for years, even before Google.
  2 weeks ago

• Scale: Data Storage in a Box!

  
  Marketing Technology Blog — Authority: 427
  This may be a bit of a geeky, techy, post but I just had to share it with you. One of the objectives of The Marketing Technology Blog is providing folks with information on technology as well as marketing – so you’ll see some cool posts on technology in the mix from time to time. If this post begins to read like ...
  2 weeks ago

• REvolution Computing Raises $9 Million

  
  Technology Pundit — Authority: 164
  REvolution Computing, the “RedHat” for the open source “R” statistical computing language, has received $9 million in Series B funding from North Bridge Venture Partners and Intel Capital. The company also announced that founder and former chairman of SPSS, Norman Nie, has been named CEO. Founded in 2007, ...
  2 weeks ago

• A Review Of The Apple iMac

  
  VST Platinum Blog — Authority: 153
  The Apple iMac is one of the most wanted all-in-one desktop computers on the market. It’s the number one preference for most composers, graphic and web designers around the world. The first thing you notice with the iMac is its huge 24-inch screen. The display has an amazing 1080p resolution of 1,920×1,080 pixels. ...
  3 weeks ago

• On Cloud Computing Definitions: the Feds, Not Forrester Are Doing it Better

  
  Unrelating — Authority: 129
  A few months back, the federal government has drafted cloud computing definitions which were generally highly received and appreciated by the industry. The definitions are still a work in progress. In fact, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has just updated the definitions last October 7. According ...
  3 weeks ago

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