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Welcome to the Network Shortest Straw

Okay, I have been playing around with Ning - and have created a Network for people to join. Basically, I have been looking for ways to check out various technologies that show up on he Net. So, the feed you see here was made on Pipes. Pipes is a service offered by Yahoo! that allows you to "mashup" various RSS feeds. So, the feeds you see below are a "mashup" of my various blogs and music I listen to.

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Technology Could Solve Some Olympic Sized Issues

Like most folks, I have been glued to my satellite High Def television watching the coverage of all things Olympics! I have watched everything from badminton, softball, baseball, wrestling, swimming, every type of volleyball, gymnastics, boxing, and soccer - just to name a few! It’s been great - working on my own physical fitness by [...]

Neo FreeRunner - LinuxWorld First-Peek Looks Rough

I had a chance to stop by the Openmoko Neo FreeRunner booth at Linux World. Of course, my interest was in this new handheld device that is running Linux and providing GPS, Phone, Wi-Fi, and anything else the third-party open source development world would like to run on the small handheld system. But, as with [...]

Change is in the Air - VelocityWebDev is Technogory

I had a great experience gettting to attend the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco. Going to the conference, I had some hesitations on what I should expect to see and hear. It’s not uncommon to hear folks jokingly say “Aim High, Shoot Low.” Well, this is the exact advice I took for this show. Overtime, I [...]

Linux Intrusion Detection Systems

David Allen - President, CR Consulting This was a very interesting discussion, and really brings to light the efforts that are being made to insure your Linux servers (and desktops) have some type of pre-emptive or early warning monitoring and alerting systems.

The Client Linux Desktop: A Dell Case Study

Dell is taking a look at the desktop and the evolution in Linux. Dell is one of the hardware vendors that are offering Linux as a desktop preload solution with certain hardware purchases. Like any hardware OEM - they aren’t sharing any numbers. My guess is, the debate on the Linux desktop numbers will [...]

Desktop Linux Architects Speak Out

Presentation by John Walicki, Linux Foundation Desktop Workgroup, IBM There were a couple of small issues while blogging and watching the presentation. So, a quick synopsis of what was missed! * Wireless Dirvers - there are more OEMs taking advantage of the many new drivers available. * More folks are taking advantage of the Network Manager architecture [...]

Linux, Open Source, and IBM - The Next Decade

Keynote address - LinuxWorld - Linux, Open Source, and IBM - The Next Decade

Fusion-IO - Very Cool Solid State Hard Drive

I had a chance to visit Fusion-IO - vendor of high quality medium cost solid state hard drives. What sets them apart from their competitors? Shear speed! I had the cahnce to talk to one of their “sales engineers” and got a quick glimpse of their impressive drive technology. First and foremost, I am not going [...]

LinuxWorld - What Linux Distribution is Right for Me?

This is a LinuxWorld “Birds of a Feather” discussion. With hundreds of Linux distributions to chose from, how do you pick the right one? We will look at user requirements, from enterprise stability requirements to embedded systems - from cutting edge desktops to old, low power hardware, and introduce some Linux distributions that [...]

Virtualization 2.0

This next generation in virualization beyond server consolidation will be discussed by a panel of experts from leading implementers like StackSafe, Trigence, Xkoto, Scalent, and Cenzic.
 
 

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