Jun 12, 2008
Linux was just deemed greener than Windows Server 2008 when running as the operating system for servers — a good 12 percent more efficient. Now that might not sound like much, but the same research also drove home just how difficult it is to get servers to run efficiently. So don’t scoff, and all […]
Linux was just deemed greener than Windows Server 2008 when running as the operating system for servers — a good 12 percent more efficient. Now that might not sound like much, but the same research also drove home just how difficult it is to get servers to run efficiently. So don’t scoff, and all hail the green penguin…read the full story here on Earth2Tech.
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Jun 11, 2008
On the eve of Structure 08 in San Francisco, the folks behind many of today’s cloud computing initiatives will be gathering at CloudCamp. GigaOM is one of the evening’s sponsors:
CloudCamp was formed in order to provide a common ground for the introduction and advancement of cloud computing. Through a series of local CloudCamp events, attendees […]
On the eve of Structure 08 in San Francisco, the folks behind many of today’s cloud computing initiatives will be gathering at CloudCamp. GigaOM is one of the evening’s sponsors:
CloudCamp was formed in order to provide a common ground for the introduction and advancement of cloud computing. Through a series of local CloudCamp events, attendees can exchange ideas, knowledge and information in a creative and supporting environment, advancing the current state of cloud computing and related technologies.
If you’re in the city, come ... Read More
Jun 11, 2008
Startups, unable to bear the brunt of online criminal activity, could start looking to cloud computing — the providers of which have the capacity and infrastructure to survive an attack — for salvation. The clouds, however, are going to have to step up their game.
Bribery, extortion and other con games have found new life online. Today, botnets threaten to take vendors down; scammers seduce the unsuspecting on dating sites; and new viruses encrypt your hard drive’s contents, then demand money in return for the keys.
Startups, unable to bear the brunt of criminal activity, might look to the clouds for salvation: After all, big cloud computing providers have the capacity and infrastructure to survive an attack. But the clouds need to step it up; otherwise, their single ... Read More
Jun 9, 2008
I gave a review of Digsby on Make Use Of a couple of weeks ago and concluded that although you can expect it to still be a little rough around the edges; it just may be the most promising multi-messaging client we have seen.
In your comments a few were from people who had tried Digsby […]
I gave a review of Digsby on Make Use Of a couple of weeks ago and concluded that although you can expect it to still be a little rough around the edges; it just may be the most promising multi-messaging client we have seen.
In your comments a few were from people who had tried Digsby a while ago and found it too buggy to be a serious alternative to their current chat client. I can now confidently say that after the number ... Read More
Jun 9, 2008
Update: Platform-A’s official statement on the breach. Original Story below the fold.
Platform-A has determined that the servers that host Third Screen Media’s corporate web site were breached during the weekend of June 6-8, 2008. The breach resulted in malicious code and web pages being loaded on the web server. Third Screen Media’s web […]
Update: Platform-A’s official statement on the breach. Original Story below the fold.
Platform-A has determined that the servers that host Third Screen Media’s corporate web site were breached during the weekend of June 6-8, 2008. The breach resulted in malicious code and web pages being loaded on the web server. Third Screen Media’s web site is supported by a third-party hosting provider, which is completely separate from its production ad-serving systems. We have confirmed that the company’s advertising systems have ... Read More
Jun 8, 2008
This week on the podcast I am chatting with Travis Quinnelly, an author at Make Use Of and the blog’s Technical Editor. That is the guy who handles the technical end of things and makes sure that everything runs smoothly. This week we are talking about Wordpress, Plurk, Wikia search and other search […]
This week on the podcast I am chatting with Travis Quinnelly, an author at Make Use Of and the blog’s Technical Editor. That is the guy who handles the technical end of things and makes sure that everything runs smoothly. This week we are talking about Wordpress, Plurk, Wikia search and other search engines, Adobe Air apps and Portable Apps and a bunch of other stuff, including the weather in Montreal, Canada and Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Jun 8, 2008
I’ve wrapped up and tested a handful of ExtJS skins/themes that works with Gaia and added them up for download here with screenshots for those interested.
I've wrapped up and tested a handful of ExtJS skins/themes that works with Gaia and added them up for download here with screenshots for those interested. Read More
Jun 7, 2008
Do you remember back in the days of Web 1.0 before Google was really a verb and before Flickr lost the ‘e’? That was back when static web pages plagued the web. FrontPage and Dreamweaver were the common tools of webmasters all over. However, the world has changed. Programs are more so on the […]
Do you remember back in the days of Web 1.0 before Google was really a verb and before Flickr lost the ‘e’? That was back when static web pages plagued the web. FrontPage and Dreamweaver were the common tools of webmasters all over. However, the world has changed. Programs are more so on the internet these days than they are on your computer. Sites like Facebook and MySpace try to add the most functionality to your online world making actual pieces ... Read More
Jun 6, 2008
Nvidia Co-founder and CEO Jen-Hsun Huang thinks mobile is the future, and he’s positioning the graphics chip maker to get a piece of that pie. But media-enamored consumers are keeping the company plenty busy in the meantime. In this interview, Huang talks about mobile, graphics — and whoop-ass. continue reading.
Could Dell or HP offer the next iPhone? Nvidia Co-founder and CEO Jen-Hsun Huang certainly isn’t ruling them out. In fact, his firm has launched a low-power computing platform called Tegra that’s specifically aimed at bringing more competitors to the mobile handset market.
But that’s long-term thinking; mobile currently accounts for less than 10 percent of Nvidia’s business. In the meantime, the $4.1 billion-a-year graphics chip maker is battling Intel to bring more focus and computing jobs to the graphics processor that in ... Read More
Jun 5, 2008
First thing you should always keep in mind is that with WPF the GDI age is over. You don’t need drawing and rendering everything from code. This brings out that something like PropertyGrid control is now nothing more but a collection of brushes, data templates and the most simple steps introducing the desired layout. It might take about 5 or 6 hours implementing the same control from the scratch assuming you already have styles/themes for the controls.
First thing you should always keep in mind is that with WPF the GDI age is over. You don't need drawing and rendering everything from code. This brings out that something like PropertyGrid control is now nothing more but a collection of brushes, data templates and the most simple steps introducing the desired layout. It might take about 5 or 6 hours implementing the same control from the scratch assuming you already have styles/themes for the controls. Read More
