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Editor · Data Management
The end is nigh folks. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists , has nudged the Doomsday Clock forward two minutes, putting us at 11:55 PM on the metaphorical countdown to Armegeddon. While this group of scientists listed North Korea's recent test of a nuclear weapon, Iran's nuclear ambitions, and a renewed U.S. emphasis on the military utility of nuclear weapons -- and they pointed to another danger.
Filed at 2:15am
Editor · Patch Management
Here's a simple report I threw together for storage capacity planning. Nice aid when planning for a new SAN. It is a slightly modified version of the OS Storage Configuration Report that adds the following summary fields at the top of the report giving you summary storage data for te computer group selected: Group Storage Capacity(GB) (includes system drive) Group Storage In Use(GB) Group Storage Free Space (GB) Get it at the URL below: http://www.momresources.org/momreports/OSStorageCapPlan.zip To install: Unzip the rdl file. Upload to your MOM Reporting site. Choose a shared datasource (the standard SCDW datasource)
Filed at 3:34am
Editor · Networking / Security
Stefan Geens of the Ogle Earth blog published an impressive piece of digital research that suggests that Google censored some recent satellite imagery in Google Maps/ Google Earth upon government request. What apparently happened is that new satellite imagery from Basra, Iraq, was intentionally replaced with outdated, pre-war imagery, so that it’s of not much help to fighters attacking the US/ British/ ... troops. A UK Telegraph article cites a British military spokesman ...
Filed at 6:47am
Editor · Networking / Security
Information insecurity is costing us billions. There are many different ways in which we pay for information insecurity. We pay for it in theft, such as information theft, financial theft and theft of service. We pay for it in productivity loss, both when networks stop functioning and in the dozens of minor security inconveniences we all have to endure on a daily basis. We pay for it when we have to buy security products and services to reduce those other two losses. We pay for the lack of security, year after year.
Filed at 9:04am
Editor · Networking
The last post I wrote about Network Oriented Architecture (a term I made up) seemed to generate some confusion. While a picture is worth a thousand words, when you’re talking about programming, a line of code is usually worth about the same. So I figured it would be a good idea to show a simple example, I think it might better illustrate what I’m talking about.
Filed at 10:44am
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Technology The Toronto Sun is reporting that the entire Beatles back catalogue may be released through iTunes in the coming months with the first songs being made available as soon as next month- wohoo!
Filed at 12:06pm
Editor · Software Development
Yahoo Research Berkeley has launched World Explorer , a cool little app that lets you type in a location and browse geotagged photos from Flickr.
Filed at 12:46pm
Editor · Knowledge Management
Blake's blog: career, management and life philosophy, via kitchen utensils : Job descriptions are evil.
Filed at 1:56pm
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Remember this name: Perceptive Pixel , because you'll be telling anyone who will listen about their kit for the next month.
Filed at 2:51pm
Editor · Platforms
Adobe Systems Incorporated announced the availability of Adobe(R) Flash(R) Player 9 for Linux, the next-generation client runtime for engaging with Flash content and applications on Linux open source operating systems.
Filed at 5:59pm