Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/07/new-lights-help-iss-astronauts-stay-alert/
Tuesday 31 July 2012
New Lights to Help ISS Astronauts Stay Alert
A neuroscientist is working with NASA to develop special lamps that could help restore the circadian rhythm of exhausted astronauts working aboard the International Space Station.
Data deduplication
Data deduplication -- the process of detecting and removing duplicate data from a storage medium or file system -- is one of those simple ideas that gets complex in the implementation. Duplicate data may be detected at the file, bit, or block level, and the deduplication may be done at the client (source deduplication) or on the storage device itself (target deduplication).
Source: http://www.infoworld.com/t/storage/data-deduplication-197656?source=rss_infoworld_blogs
Can open source save HP?
You seldom hear about it, but Hewlett-Packard has long been a supporter of open source. The company contributes to the Debian GNU/Linux distribution and has hired several people who were formerly leaders of the Debian Project, including the redoubtable Bdale Garbee. HP also participates in many smaller projects and invests plenty of effort in governance and community activities.
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The data center you dream of is in the cloud
Last week, Amazon Web Services' High I/O Quadruple Extra Large instance in Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) made its debut. It provides 2TB of local SSD-backed storage with 60.5GB of RAM running on eight virtual cores. Most enterprises can't afford such high-performance data center equipment, and the cloud providers are hoping that the capacity, formerly only dreamed of, might draw faster cloud adoption.
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Slow patching puts Android users at further risk
If Android users weren't already feeling a bit paranoid about the growing security threats to their mobile platform, they might after hearing some of th
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The tale of two articles: Are we going to destroy Naples? (Eruptions Revisited)
I’ve seen a lot of murmuring on the interweb about the drilling currently ongoing at the Campi Flegrei in Italy. I wrote about this project back in 2009, so I thought I’d repost that article. This drilling at the Italian caldera is for scientific research and the chances of causing an eruption by drilling is [...]
10 e-commerce platforms make selling simpler
When the Internet was first opened to the public, its promise seemed to lie in the exchange of knowledge and information. However, it very quickly also became a story about commerce, proving that whenever people gather, even if it's online, someone will always try to sell you something.
In the early days of the Web, e-commerce tools were hard-coded into a site. Now, these tools come in two varieties: stand-alone servers that run as full-fledged websites, or plug-ins created by content management tools such as Joomla or WordPress that can be integrated into an existing site.
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The Olympics Just Doesn’t Get Social Media
From athletes taking to Twitter to denounce an obscure but important Olympic rule to Hope Solo's feud with Brandi Chastain, these are not the social media games Olympic organizers envision.
Source: http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/07/ioc-social-media/
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Monday 30 July 2012
W3C Looks to Improve Responsive Design With New Media Queries
The W3C, the group that helps create web standards, is hard at work on CSS Media Queries level 4, which gives developers several handy new tools for building responsive websites.
Source: http://www.webmonkey.com/2012/07/w3c-looking-to-improve-responsive-design-with-new-media-queries/
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Live Spider Exhibit Will Make Your Skin Crawl
A gallery taking a look at some impressive spider species, in honor of the upcoming Spiders Alive! exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History.
Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/07/spiders-alive-amnh/
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Oracle Buys Xsigo to Untangle Data Center Networks
Oracle has agreed to acquire virtual networking company Xsigo Systems. The software giant announced the deal on Monday, but terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/07/oracle-acquires-xsigo-systems/
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NSA chief asks hackers for help in securing cyber space
National Security Agency Director General Keith B. Alexander addressed the attendees of the Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas on Friday and asked for their help to secure cyber space. "This is the world's best cyber security community," said Gen. Alexander, who also heads the U.S. Cyber Command. "In this room right here is the talent our nation needs to secure cyber space."
Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/nsa-chief-asks-hackers-help-in-securing-cyber-space-198878
This Cute Chat Site Could Save Your Life and Help Overthrow Your Government
Nadim Kobeissi just wanted to make encrypted chat as easy as can be to help dissidents, but along the way he ran into deep skepticism from the tech community and nasty browser "features." But now that's he's launched version one of Crypto.cat to a warm tech reception, he says he's getting stopped at the U.S. border and questioned about it.
Source: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/07/crypto-cat-encryption-for-all/
Is this Nike Platform Jump Real?
A very nice and inspiring commercial from Nike. However, a flag went off when I saw this. What about that kid jumping off the 10 meter platform at the end? Was that real? Did they really let that kid jump? I am sure the insurance company had a fit over this. Well, is it even [...]
Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/07/is-this-nike-platform-jump-real/
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Vendors should not be liable for their security flaws
I was talking to a coworker about how so many businesses -- as exemplified by big banks and other financial firms -- seem to commit fraud and other criminal activity with impunity. A few end up paying hundreds of millions to billions of dollars in fines, but almost no one ever goes to jail.
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Sunday 29 July 2012
Businesses store 2.2 zettabytes of data at cost of $1.1 trillion worldwide
Worldwide, organizations hold about 2.2 zettabytes of data and spend about $1.1 trillion to secure and provide access to it, according to Symantec.
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Getty Plans Giant 20-Gigapixel Image of the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Getty Images, a global photography agency, will be documenting the entire stadium tomorrow in one enormous 20-gigapixel image that will then be uploaded to the Getty Images UK site overnight.
Source: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/07/a-giant-20-gigapixel-image-of-the-olympic-opening-ceremonies/
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For Street-Shooting Fashion Photog, It’s Swagger Over Label
As a fashion photographer, Scott Schuman has become known for capturing the fashion and personality of random people he sees on the street.
Source: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/07/the-sartorialist-scott-schuman/
32 Olympic Venues, in One Cool Map
London is the first city in the world to have hosted the Games three times — it also hosted the 1908 and 1948 Games — and it spent seven years and £11 billion preparing 32 venues for the 302 events that will be contested. The folks at LondonTown.com created a cool map describing them all and shared it with us to share with you.
Source: http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/07/olympic-venues-map/
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Farewell, old server, we knew ye well
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the curious case of the eternal server, a VM that lives on forever with no natural decline or death state. The comparison I made in that piece was to the natural lifecycle of the physical server, for -- as we all know -- what goes up must come down eventually.
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What the PC sales slump really means -- and why it will get worse
There's lot of both hand-wringing and hope going on today in the world of PCs. PC sales are down, despite all those sexy Ultrabooks that were supposed to reverse the trend and let PCs enjoy the same growth as Macs have had despite the economic woes. That's the hand-wringing.
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Oracle NetBeans equipped with static analysis
For the newest release of NetBeans, Oracle has equipped the open source IDE to continuously run a static analysis tool, which could point out possible coding errors to developers as they write their programs.
NetBeans 7.2, released Tuesday, also includes performance improvements and support for the latest languages and associated technologies.
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Copenhagen Suborbitals SMARAGD-1 Launch Live
This is it.. The launch of SMARAGD-1 by Copenhagen Suborbitals. We are on the move to launch areas ESD139 in the Baltic Sea so we hope this long distance live feed will work from 3 AM NYC time. Ad Astra Kristian von Bengtson
Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/07/copenhagen-suborbitals-smaragd-1-launch-live/
Saturday 28 July 2012
Linux Kernel Undergoes Breast Reduction Surgery
Linux developers have accepted a patch that undoes one of Microsoft's most embarrassing open source gaffes. The problem, uncovered last week, lies in a 3-year-old piece of code that helped Linux run more smoothly on Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization software. Microsoft developers had to name a piece of code used by the software and for some reason chose the hexidecimal moniker 0xB16B00B5 -- leetspeak for "Big Boobs."
Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/07/microsoft-linux-patch/
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Microsoft should follow Apple's lead and protect personal info
An ugly consequence of the federated tools we all use is that they often siphon much more information about us than we realize or would want. Case in point: A colleague at another publication signed up for the Beepmo business-networking service only to find it was spamming his Twitter followers with "who cares?" status info. (Beepmo says it will fix this "mistake.") Social media companies like Foursquare have been doing that kind of Twitterspamming forever.
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Shining a light on Oracle Cloud
It's been over a month since Larry Ellison strutted across the stage and unveiled Oracle Cloud and its first three enterprise applications: CRM, human capital management, and enterprise social networking. Plus, Ellison took the wraps off cloud versions of WebLogic and Oracle Database itself.
All told, Oracle's fearless leader said that more than 100 applications would be available, including ERP eventually -- typically the last application category enterprise customers consider trusting to the cloud.
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Smartphones of summer: The 12 hottest handhelds
CIO.com's Al Sacco rounds up the 12 best high-end smartphones available this summer from Samsung, Motorola, Apple, HTC, and Nokia
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Cloud, mobile, HANA help SAP boost Q2 revenue
SAP's revenue for the second quarter grew 18 percent over the same quarter last year to €3.9 billion ($4.9 billion) following record software revenue of over €1 billion, it reported on Tuesday.
The business software company in Walldorf, Germany, said all regions posted double-digit software revenue gains, while demand for SAP's new offerings continued to grow.
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Skanska marries 20-year-old refrigerator technology to 21st-century data centers
Since 2006 (if not earlier), IT heavyweights including IBM, http://www.infoworld.com/t/green-it/skanska-marries-20-year-old-refrigerator-technology-21st-century-data-centers-198769?source=rss_infoworld_blogs
The data center you dream of is in the cloud
Last week, Amazon Web Services' High I/O Quadruple Extra Large instance in Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) made its debut. It provides 2TB of local SSD-backed storage with 60.5GB of RAM running on eight virtual cores. Most enterprises can't afford such high-performance data center equipment, and the cloud providers are hoping that the capacity, formerly only dreamed of, might draw faster cloud adoption.
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Shocker: Government agency drafts sensible cloud computing strategy
The Department of Defense has released a cloud computing strategy that will move the organization's current applications from a "duplicative, cumbersome, and costly set of application silos to an end state designed to create a more agile, secure, and cost-effective service environment that can rapidly respond to changing mission needs." To move this effort along, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has been named as the "enterprise cloud service broker" to help maintain mission assurance and
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Friday 27 July 2012
Kids Can Open Gun Safes With Straws and Paper Clips, Researchers Say
Is a plastic drinking straw from McDonald’s the only thing keeping a thief, or worse a child, from accessing the loaded weapon in your closet safe? That's apparently the case with one brand of personal safes that a team of researchers will be cracking at DefCon on Friday, along with several other models of safes.
Source: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/07/gun-safes/
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FunnyJunk vs. Internet: The good guys won
One of the weirdest chapters in recent Internet history drew to a close this week, and I'm pleased to report it has a happy ending. The FunnyJunk vs.
Air Traffic Controllers Pick the Wrong Week to Quit Using Radar
Vulnerabilities in a new air traffic control system, set to replace radar over the next decade, has serious security vulnerabilities, says a researcher.
Source: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/07/adsb-spoofing/
Reverse-Engineered Irises Look So Real, They Fool Eye-Scanners
Researchers have reverse-engineered iris codes to create synthetic eye images that tricked an iris recognition system into thinking they were authentic.
Source: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/07/reverse-engineering-iris-scans/
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Fringe’s Sci-Fi Crime Fighters Head Toward ‘Bittersweet’ Closure
BEVERLY HILLS, California — Snubbed by Emmy voters and largely ignored by mainstream audiences, spellbinding TV series Fringe will wrap up its sprawling storyline with a new twist while still bringing closure to the show’s loyal viewers, said executive producer J.H. Wyman. Wyman, who acknowledged that he was not a sci-fi fan before he began [...]
Source: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/07/fringe-final-season/
Office 2013 shifts security focus from devices to identities
Business users may find the productivity-boosting potential of Office 2013 tantalizing; its ties to the cloud and support for devices
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Google to YouTube users: Don't be evil
Google is trying to clean up the Web, one comment at a time. Earlier this week it introduced a new feature designed to drain the online cesspool better known as YouTube comments.
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Dell announces big storage for big data
Dell's announcement of a new Big Data Storage Data Retention product today highlights anew the company's ongoing transition from consumer hardware manufacturer to business service provider.
MORE DELL: Dell's cloud plans slip behind schedule
Source: https://www.infoworld.com/d/storage/dell-announces-big-storage-big-data-198410?source=rss_storage
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Thursday 26 July 2012
Found: The Future of Science Fairs
What will school science fairs look like in 2019? We suspect that the old standby—the volcano simulation made with vinegar and baking soda—will be replaced by mini-lava factories that spew molten basalt.
Source: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/07/ff_found_sciencefair/
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How to install Apache on Linux
The installation, care, and feeding of an Apache Web server is not terribly difficult, but can seem so if you haven't ventured into those particular waters before. This quick-start guide will help you get your feet wet with Apache on a Linux server.
Shiny New Toys: Instagram-Like Lenses for Serious Photographers
What if you could turn Instagram filters into lenses for your DSLR? Lensbaby, a Portland, Oregon, startup that’s bent on getting customers more engaged in the art of photography, has done exactly that.
Source: http://www.wired.com/design/2012/07/instagram-like-camera-lenses/
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Data deduplication
Data deduplication -- the process of detecting and removing duplicate data from a storage medium or file system -- is one of those simple ideas that gets complex in the implementation. Duplicate data may be detected at the file, bit, or block level, and the deduplication may be done at the client (source deduplication) or on the storage device itself (target deduplication).
Source: https://www.infoworld.com/t/storage/data-deduplication-197656?source=rss_storage
Cleversafe slices up storage to increase big data reliability
Mo' data, mo' problems is one of the themes heard at organizations straining to get their arms around big data.
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Tool released at Black Hat contains 150 ways to bypass Web application firewalls
A tool for testing if Web application firewalls (WAFs) are vulnerable to around 150 protocol-level evasion techniques was released at the Black Hat USA 2010 security conference on Wednesday. The tool and the research that went into its creation are the work of Ivan Ristic, director of engineering at security vendor Qualys and the original author of the popular ModSecurity Web application firewall.
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Galaxy S III review: Hands down, the best Android smartphone
All the excitement round the Samsung Galaxy S III is justified.
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July 24, 1959: Nixon, Khrushchev Have a Chat in the Kitchen
The two leaders stage an impromptu "kitchen debate," with each extolling the virtues and technological achievements of his respective ideology.
Source: http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2012/07/july-24-1959-nixon-khrushchev-have-a-chat-in-the-kitchen/
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Wednesday 25 July 2012
July 24, 1959: Nixon, Khrushchev Have a Chat in the Kitchen
The two leaders stage an impromptu "kitchen debate," with each extolling the virtues and technological achievements of his respective ideology.
Source: http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2012/07/july-24-1959-nixon-khrushchev-have-a-chat-in-the-kitchen/
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Galaxy S III review: Hands down, the best Android smartphone
All the excitement round the Samsung Galaxy S III is justified.
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‘Fearless Felix’ Hits 536 MPH Skydiving From 18 Miles Up
Felix Baumgartner takes another leap toward his goal of skydiving from 120,000 feet.
Source: http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/07/felix-baumgartner-redbull-stratos/
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July 11, 1975: Unearthing Qin Shi Huang’s Terra-Cotta Army
Archeologists excavate a magnificent army of life-size statues, exact in detail and assembled to protect China's powerful emperor.
Source: http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2012/07/july-11-1975-unearthing-qin-shi-huangs-terra-cotta-army/
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Silent update speeds uptake of Firefox 14
Firefox 14 accounted for nearly half of all copies of the open-source browser in use just a week after its launch, a sign that Mozilla's automatic update mechanism may be working as intended.
The browser became the most-used edition much faster than its predecessors, Firefox 12, which launched April 24, and Firefox 13, the version released June 5.
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July 23, 1962: Telstar Provides First-Ever TV Link Between U.S., Europe
President Kennedy is scheduled to be the first image beamed across the Atlantic but he's late, so Europe gets part of a Cubs-Phillies game instead.
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Storyboard: Paolo Bacigalupi on Writing Political Sci-Fi for Young Adults
In this edition of the Storyboard podcast, sci-fi author Paolo Bacigalupi talks about the appeal of young-adult fiction, life in the "Accelerated Age" and writing political novels that don't feel like polemics.
Source: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/07/storyboard-paolo-bacigalupi/
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Breaking Bad-Inspired Blue Rock Candy Rots Your Teeth, Not Your Brain
In AMC drug drama Breaking Bad, there is one key ingredient that cannot be replicated: Walter White's amazingly potent blue crystal meth. But an Etsy entrepreneur has cooked up a sweet simulacrum.
Source: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/07/breaking-bad-blue-glass-candy/
Tuesday 24 July 2012
Dell offers new laptops with Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Dell is expanding the range of laptops with Linux, with its new Precision mobile workstations being offered with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 OS as an option. The company announced two models, the Precision M4700, which has a 15.6-inch screen, and the Precision M6700, which has a 17.3-inch screen. Dell will offer Windows 7, but is also offering Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 for specific regions. Dell did not provide information on the countries in which RHEL would be available.
Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/computer-hardware/dell-offers-new-laptops-red-hat-enterprise-linux-198471
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One question no one is asking about Yahoo's new CEO
The media frenzy over Marissa Mayer's big leap to Yahoo CEO hasn't let up since the announcement was made on July 16. Most of the commentary has focused on her youth, attractiveness, and pregnancy -- and Google pedigree, in the generic sense of "Google is so cool some of that is bound to rub off on Yahoo." By all accounts Mayer is also smart, determined, and very high-energy.
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Silent update speeds uptake of Firefox 14
Firefox 14 accounted for nearly half of all copies of the open-source browser in use just a week after its launch, a sign that Mozilla's automatic update mechanism may be working as intended.
The browser became the most-used edition much faster than its predecessors, Firefox 12, which launched April 24, and Firefox 13, the version released June 5.
Dropbox doubles down on storage
If you have a paid Dropbox account, you just received an unexpected bonus: twice as much storage at no extra cost.
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After Oracle, OpenSolaris rises again
While some of the open source projects that Sun Microsystems created -- and which I used to work with -- have maintained a high profile, the one most associated with Sun in the minds of system administrators has been strangely forgotten. Whatever happened to OpenSolaris?
The OpenSolaris story illustrates a key value delivered by the liberties provided via open source. When your vendor changes direction, what do you do? Traditionally, you have five options:
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Interactive Player Piano Will Take Your Twitter Request for ‘Call Me Maybe’
Player pianos haven't been tearing up the scene since the first half of the last century. But this weekend, thanks to some crafty engineering, Seattle partiers will get to jam to one that takes requests via Twitter.
Source: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/07/twitter-interactive-player-piano/
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Think through your cloud plans -- or else
Most enterprise IT organizations focus more on technology than on thinking -- a sad tendency I've often pointed out. Thus, I was happy to see InfoQ's Mark Little review an article by Steve Jones of CapGemini. Both see the same lack of thought in how enterprises use technology. In fact, it's worse than not thinking -- there's an active dislike of deeper consideration that gets expressed as ignoring or even disparaging planning, architecture, and design in IT.
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Secure or not? 10 spot checks will tell you
I don't know about you, but I can tell in about a minute how much someone I've just met knows about computers, networks, and security. It's in what they say, how they respond, and what they think about particular subjects. I bet most of you can do the same. And like me, I bet you've found these first impressions to be surprisingly accurate.
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Monday 23 July 2012
Dell announces 'storage blades,' converged data center strategy
At its annual storage conference, Dell today announced a storage array in a server blade form factor that can be combined with networking and server blades in a single chassis.
Each Dell EqualLogic PS-M4110 Blade Array comes in four models and can hold up to 14 drives for up to 14TB of data per array, up to 28TB per group (two blades) inside a blade chassis, and up to 56TB with two groups inside one blade chassis. The drives come with a native encryption option.
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Interactive Player Piano Will Take Your Twitter Request for ‘Call Me Maybe’
Player pianos haven't been tearing up the scene since the first half of the last century. But this weekend, thanks to some crafty engineering, Seattle partiers will get to jam to one that takes requests via Twitter.
Source: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/07/twitter-interactive-player-piano/
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Kim Dotcom Goes on Mega-Offense Against U.S. Copyright Case
Kim Dotcom, the founder of the now-shutdown Megaupload, is firing back at the U.S. for shutting down his business and seizing his domains. And he's trying to recruit an online army to join him.
Source: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/07/kim-com/
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Conditions Simulator Gives Sailors a Competitive Edge
A new simulation tool allows sailors and naval architects to better model waves and wind, something its creator says could revolutionize competitive sailing.
Source: http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/07/virtual-sailing-gives-sailors-a-competitive-edge/
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They know who you called last summer
If you secretly suspected that nifty mobile device in your pocket was spying on you, your paranoia has just been richly rewarded.
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Great open source map tools for Web developers
A long time ago, when Web 2.0 was just Web 1.0, we had to ask people for directions, copy them down, and hope we had a foldable map to help us find our way. Then along came MapQuest, followed by Google Maps in 2005.
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Data deduplication
Data deduplication -- the process of detecting and removing duplicate data from a storage medium or file system -- is one of those simple ideas that gets complex in the implementation. Duplicate data may be detected at the file, bit, or block level, and the deduplication may be done at the client (source deduplication) or on the storage device itself (target deduplication).
Source: http://www.infoworld.com/t/storage/data-deduplication-197656?source=rss_storage
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With Mayer at Helm, Will Geeks Give Yahoo a Second Glance?
The surprise announcement this week that Yahoo had tapped Google geekstar Marissa Mayer as its new CEO got a lot of people talking about the troubled web portal. But would any of them actually want to work there?
Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/07/yahoo-geek/
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Sunday 22 July 2012
Bing and Google deepen social integration in search
Microsoft and Google are each taking steps to extend the social networking capabilities in their search services, with the goal of making it easier to find or share useful results.
Bing search results will now include tips and recommendations from Foursquare users, Microsoft said in a blog post Wednesday, while Google is apparently testing a feature that lets users share a link in Google+ directly from their search results page.
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JavaFX evangelism: Why developers should have faith
Oracle is still at it, pitching JavaFX -- the open source, Java-based rich client development technology -- to developers.
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Huawei eyes storage market after buyout of joint venture with Symantec
China's Huawei Technologies wants to take a bigger bite out of the enterprise market with a wider range of storage products, months after the company completed an acquisition of its joint venture with U.S. firm Symantec.
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FunnyJunk vs. Internet: The good guys won
One of the weirdest chapters in recent Internet history drew to a close this week, and I'm pleased to report it has a happy ending. The FunnyJunk vs.
Great open source map tools for Web developers
A long time ago, when Web 2.0 was just Web 1.0, we had to ask people for directions, copy them down, and hope we had a foldable map to help us find our way. Then along came MapQuest, followed by Google Maps in 2005.
Watch an Asteroid Fly by Earth Live on Sunday
Watch live this weekend as an asteroid the size of a city block flies past the Earth.
Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/07/asteroid-flyby-live/
Morbidly Beautiful Insect Photos Challenge the Bug-Human Barrier
When Catherine Chalmers looks at leaf cutter ants, she sees Facebook; when she sees cockroaches, she sees suburban families. Her science-inspired art can be beautiful and disgusting at the same time, and she hopes it makes viewers question how we think of other animals.
Source: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/07/leaf-cutter-ants-catherine-chalmers/
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Quick tour: 10 new features of Microsoft Office 2013
The next Office combines Metro stylings with a heavier emphasis on cloud integration
Saturday 21 July 2012
Great open source map tools for Web developers
A long time ago, when Web 2.0 was just Web 1.0, we had to ask people for directions, copy them down, and hope we had a foldable map to help us find our way. Then along came MapQuest, followed by Google Maps in 2005.
Watch an Asteroid Fly by Earth Live on Sunday
Watch live this weekend as an asteroid the size of a city block flies past the Earth.
Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/07/asteroid-flyby-live/
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The Arting Life: Hidden Gems From Arles 2012, an Otherwise Disjointed Photo Festival
Each summer since 1970, tucked away in a beautiful French medieval town, the Recontes d’Arles exhibition has celebrated the life of photography. While it's been a favorite stop on the photo festival circuit for editors and photographers in the past, this year's exhibition was unrealized and, at best, disjointed.
Marissa Mayer as miracle worker? Yahoo sure hopes so
Well, nobody saw that coming. In the sweepstakes to win the title of Yahoo CEO, the smart money seemed to be on the interim guy, Ross Levinsohn, who was handpicked by cranky shareholder Dan Loeb to replace Scott "I'm not really a computer engineer I just play one on my resume" Thompson.
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Cloud computing is not IT's enemy
Once again, IT is going away or becoming less important or being relegated to nonstrategic support responsibilities or something. We've heard this tune for decades. It might really happen this time, though -- a consequence not of the cloud or BYOD or any of the usual suspects, but of so many companies being seriously sick.
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Stirring Photos Chronicle the Final Years of the Space Shuttle Program
Philip Scott Andrews' ongoing photo series Last Days documents the end of NASA's space shuttle program. For three years Andrews has had unprecedented access to Cape Canaveral and he's made good use of it by capturing a side of this facility the public is not used to seeing.
Source: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/07/a-new-look-at-the-end-of-the-space-shuttle-program/
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Why Windows 8 tablets won't threaten the iPad (or Android)
Windows 8 on touch tablets is only months away, with Windows 8 approaching its final version and Office 2013 also well under development.
Next-gen IT: It's not about BYOD
Read the industry press and research firms, and you might think next-gen IT revolves around the cloud and mobile computing -- or agile or BYOD (bring your own device).
Friday 20 July 2012
Don’t Blame The Dark Knight Rises for Theater Massacre
Nobody should blame the movies for Friday's horrific killing spree during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises at a theater in Aurora, Colorado. If anything, Batman is probably a gun-grabber.
Source: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/07/dont-blame-batman-for-theater-massacre/
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This Exquisite Forest Brings Collaborative Animation to Chrome
A new project lets artists and storytellers build upon each other's animated tales to create Creative Commons-licensed works, much like the Exquisite Corpse parlor game.
Source: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/07/this-exquisite-forest/
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July 11, 1975: Unearthing Qin Shi Huang’s Terra-Cotta Army
Archeologists excavate a magnificent army of life-size statues, exact in detail and assembled to protect China's powerful emperor.
Source: http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2012/07/july-11-1975-unearthing-qin-shi-huangs-terra-cotta-army/
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This Exquisite Forest Brings Collaborative Animation to Chrome
A new project lets artists and storytellers build upon each other's animated tales to create Creative Commons-licensed works, much like the Exquisite Corpse parlor game.
Source: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/07/this-exquisite-forest/
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U.S. appeals court refuses stay on injunction on Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales
A U.S. appeals court denied Samsung on Thursday a stay on a preliminary injunction by a District Court on the sale of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet, in a patent dispute with Apple. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit also denied Samsung's motion to expedite its appeal against the District Court's orders. "Samsung may of course significantly self-expedite the case by filing its own brief early," the court said, while stating that the Korean company had not shown that the time for Apple to file its brief should be shortened.
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June 25, 1997: Minor Collision Doesn’t Dull Cargo Ship’s Luster
Russia's doughty little "Progress" spacecraft has proven its worth for nearly three decades now.
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Google to Shut Down iGoogle
Google is doing some spring cleaning in the middle of summer, announcing it will shut down five more services, including iGoogle. Fans of Google's widget-based homepage have a little over year to find a replacement.
Source: http://www.webmonkey.com/2012/07/google-shuts-down-igoogle/
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Give Us 15 Minutes, and We’ll Give You Git
If you've got 15 minutes to spare, you too can learn Git. GitHub's new Try Git website puts the popular version control system inside your web browser for some hands-on learning.
Source: http://www.webmonkey.com/2012/07/try-git/
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Thursday 19 July 2012
June 27, 1954: World’s First Nuclear Power Plant Opens
Nuclear power as an energy source makes its first appearance in Obninsk, and a model Soviet science city is born.
Source: http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2012/06/june-27-1954-worlds-first-nuclear-power-plant-opens/
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Breaking Bad Magnets: How Do They Work?
In the season premiere of Breaking Bad, Walter and Jessie attempt to erase evidence on a hard drive that is inside a police evidence room by parking a U-Haul truck containing a powerful electromagnet in it outside the building. Could this really work? Physicist Rhett Allain does the analysis.
Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/07/breaking-bad-magnets-how-do-they-work/
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