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06/01/2014

Something I wrote for on the awesomeness of oVirt. http://ow.ly/xubuJ (Subscription required)

10/22/2013

Maybe Google doesn't care about using Motorola to make money

Is GOOG's Motorola buy really just a way to pressure APPL prices? http://ow.ly/q3imC

What if profits aren't part of Google's plan with Motorola? Columnist Farhad Manjoo ponders whether maybe it is an attempt to destroy money for...

10/16/2013

Iceland's Renewable Power Play | Data Center Knowledge

Renewable power very much rocks. Just don't ask me how to say Ljósafossstöð http://ow.ly/pSg4A

For an industry consumed by the pursuit of electric power, Iceland presents almost the perfect profile. Iceland presents an interesting test of how...

10/16/2013

3D printing gets metal with European Space Agency's AMAZE project

Heavy-metal 3D printing. Hello. http://ow.ly/pRLlY

If you're invested in the future of 3D printing, the London Science Museum was the place to be today, as the European Space Agency and its partners

10/08/2013

64-bit iPad 5 to hit PCs where it hurts: corporate, says analyst

Faster hardware and desktop virtualization are no match for a good keyboard and mouse at your side, kid. http://ow.ly/pByqY

Apple's new iPads will put more pressure on PC shipments in the coming years, Deutsche Bank said Monday.

10/01/2013

'Keep Your Mouth Shut,' Billionaire SAP Founder Tells Oracle's Mark Hurd

"You shut up." "No, you shut up!" http://ow.ly/pnNqM

SAP's Hasso Plattner smacks down Oracle president Mark Hurd as these companies fight over thousands of enterprise customers.

10/01/2013

Ex-Microsoft privacy adviser: I don't trust company after NSA revelations

Ex-Microsoft privacy adviser doesn't trust former employer http://ow.ly/pnN4U

Caspar Bowden says he was unaware of Prism data-sharing program when he worked at software firm

09/19/2013

Microsoft mocks Apple and new iPhones in vids it quickly pulls

Where are Staler and Waldorf when you need them? http://ow.ly/p17Re

'Light-hearted poke at Cupertino was off the mark' says Redmond

09/19/2013

Why the internet of things is moving from industry to consumers sooner...

The progress of the Internet of things http://ow.ly/p15U3

: Devices connected to the internet — everything from coffee makers to toys — are going to become a widespread consumer phenomenon sooner than you...

09/17/2013

Google's Datacenters on Punch Cards

Just how much data is Google processing? http://ow.ly/oWnpc

Answering your hypothetical questions with physics, every Tuesday. New: , a Twitter feed of numbers I find while answering questions.

08/23/2013

Four ways the Guardian could have protected Snowden – by THE NSA • The...

How to be a leaker... by the NSA

The Guardian's editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger fears journalists – and, by extension, everyone – will be reduced to using pen and paper to avoid...

08/23/2013

The PC monitor is dead. Meet the new smart monitor | PCWorld

Smart monitors: just bigger tablets with a stand?

Notebooks, tablets, displays: They're all collapsing into each other, and the rise of the Android-powered

08/23/2013

Want To Reach Me? Call My API

My personal quest for better communications

In a world where an outrageous number of people may be vying for your attention, automating your own personal interface could help.

08/23/2013

Pandora Kills Its Mobile Listening Cap Ahead Of iTunes Radio

Too bad for Pandora I've already left for Spotify.

With the iTunes Radio juggernaut ready to launch, Pandora starts giving mobile users more music.

08/22/2013

One Man's Trash is Another Man's Big Data | Innovation Insights | Wired.com

Taking out the trash with big data. http://ow.ly/oafar

Image: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources/Flickr In 2012, the Senseable City Lab, part of MIT, conducted an experiment called Trash Track to...

08/22/2013

Linux Hackers Rebuild Internet From Silicon Valley Garage | Wired...

CoreOS - a ChromeOS for servers - seems interesting. But could this piece be more romanticized? http://ow.ly/oafmS

Alex Polvi is living the great Silicon Valley archetype. Together with some old school friends, he's piecing together a tech revolution from inside...

08/22/2013

If Facebook's internet.org effort really wants to shake things up it...

Yes, bypass carriers and make it a one-stop shop for NSA data gathering http://ow.ly/oaeYf

Facebook’s internet.org coalition wants to connect the rest of the world. But can it make transmitting mobile data more efficient or will it merely...

08/22/2013

Why Physicians Don't Like Big Data -- InformationWeek

Are big-data analytics the best Rx for healthcare?

It limits their options. That's not always bad.

08/22/2013

VMware's Cloud Strategy Equal Parts Foggy, Stormy

VMware seems to still lack focus on what it wants to do. http://ow.ly/oaayv

With VMworld on the horizon, VMware has been touting its cloud strategy. That 'strategy,' though, seems to involve dissing Microsoft and Amazon,...

08/21/2013

Which Web browser crashes the most? | ZDNet

The crash data on Safari 6 does not surprise me one bit.

When it comes to crashing, just like with speed, Sauce Labs finds that not all Web browsers are created equally.

08/21/2013

VMworld 2013: Will VMware Regain its Voice?

Does VMware have another hit in it?

Chris Wolf is a Research Vice President for the Gartner for Technical Professionals research team. He covers server and client virtualization and...

08/21/2013

Tizen, your next HTML5 mobile operating system - Open Source Insider

Can HTML5 make Tizen a contender?

South Korean mobile giant Samsung has backed the Linux-based mobile operating system, which runs on smartphones & tablets (of course) and also (in...

08/21/2013

Google Lat Long: New features ahead: Google Maps and Waze apps better...

Nice to see both Google Maps and Waze benefiting from the Waze acquisition.

No one likes getting stuck in traffic. That’s why the Waze and Google Maps teams are working together to harness the power of Google technology and...

08/21/2013

Once More unto the Breach: When NOT to Make Open Source Software

Apparently, there are times to not make open source software, according to Stephen Walli

I've been working over the past month with Paula Hunter and the Outercurve Foundation on a short book to introduce executives to the fundamentals...

08/21/2013

The Great App.net Mistake | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

The mistake may be not recognizing usefulness of an open social platform like App.Net

A year into its grand experiment, App.net may finally be ready to change the world. But first it has a lot to overcome -- not the least of which...

08/20/2013

Reality Check: Why Linux for ARM Will Make The Cloud Greener

My thoughts on ARM and Linux

Brian Proffitt's monthly column explores why ARM architecture is expanding in the server market.

08/16/2013

Google’s “20% time,” which brought you Gmail and AdSense, is now as good...

Not to go all Daystrom, but has anything come out of 20% time lately?

Google's "20% time," which allows employees to take one day a week to work on side projects, effectively no longer exists. That's according to...

08/16/2013

Dell’s Profit Declines 72% on Sluggish Sales of PCs

Dell's private ownership can't come soon enough...

To keep sales up, the company cut prices for many of its products but sacrificed profit margins.

08/14/2013

Oracle CEO Ellison: Apple is going down, Google's Page did "evil" things

Oracle's Ellison: "We just think [Google] took our stuff and that was wrong." Hello? Remember Red Hat & Oracle Linux? Oh, the irony!

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison says Google's Larry Page did "evil" things and stole from Oracle and explained that without his best friend, Steve Jobs,...

08/13/2013

Here's some hurdles the Hyperloop could face

Some quibbles on the Hyperloop

Elon Musk just unveiled the design of the Hyperloop, which could enable us to travel 800 miles per hour between SF and LA. Here’s some potential...

08/13/2013

Drilling into Big Data with Apache Drill

The secret origins of Apache Drill

Apache’s Drill goal is striving to do nothing less than answer queries from petabytes of data and trillions of records in less than a second.

08/13/2013

One Number That Shows The Reason For Microsoft's Upheaval

One Number That Shows The Reason For Microsoft's Upheaval

Microsoft shows off some numbers, and one reveals very much.

08/13/2013

The NSA Is Commandeering the Internet

Thanks to PRISM, trust in the cloud is being lost at breakneck speed.

Technology companies have to fight for their users, or they'll eventually lose them.

08/13/2013

I Quit Cable 2.5 Years Ago. Here's Why I Came Back.

I hear what he's saying, but I still am liking cable cutting.

It's been two and a half years since I last paid for cable television. The other week I decided to get back on the wagon.