October 2007
Intel saddles HP with new Itanium
Why Montvale? Why?
Intel has stunned the server world by shipping a fresh version of Itanium running at 3.0GHz.… (via The Register)
chrisbrogan: My backlog from the week of events is...
chrisbrogan: My backlog from the week of events is crazy. (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
Apple Store displaying Jail broken iPhone
Who can tell these days if anything on the web is real, what with these newfangled computers and all, but if this pic is not ’shopped, it’s a pretty damn funny shot (via Digg / Technology)
Wal-Mart Sells $199 Linux Computer
Linux, the free operating system that’s a perpetual underdog in the desktop market, will get another chance this holiday season at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (via Digg / Technology)
Best of Leopard Is Yet to Come: Innovative...
There’s been a lot of brouhaha about Leopard, but the most exciting thing about Apple’s latest OS upgrade hasn’t even arrived yet—a wave of third-party applications that make use of new technologies under the operating system’s hood. (via Digg / Technology)
Apple SVP made $112 million yesterday and you...
Ron Johnson, Apple’s senior VP of retail, exercised options for 700,000 shares of AAPL at a strike price of $23.72 yesterday. He sold later in the day at around $185. That’s a net of over $112 million. (via Digg / Technology)
Macs seized by porn Trojan
When nudity attacks
Miscreants have released a sophisticated Trojan into the wild that targets Mac users, according to Intego, a company that markets security software that runs on OS X.… (via The Register)
chrisbrogan: Tweetup at 9pm at John Harvard's in...
chrisbrogan: Tweetup at 9pm at John Harvard’s in Harvard Square. (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
ijustine: Excited that I didn't get a parking...
ijustine: Excited that I didn’t get a parking ticket — must have spotted that super hero costume in the back seat. (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
chrisbrogan: Complainers fall into two categories:...
chrisbrogan: Complainers fall into two categories: useful or annoying. Which one are you? (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
slashdot: Why Everyone Should Hate Cellphone...
slashdot: Why Everyone Should Hate Cellphone Carriers http://tinyurl.com/24kat8 (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
slashdot: Court Blocks Controversial New Patent...
slashdot: Court Blocks Controversial New Patent Rules http://tinyurl.com/28vgxg (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
chrisbrogan: Great bunch of hooligans.
chrisbrogan: Great bunch of hooligans. (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
Trojan horse targets Mac OS X
A new trojan horse designed specifically for Mac OS X systems has been discovered on several pornography websites that can hijack Web traffic, according to security firm Intego. Affected systems are used to hijack some Web requests that lead users to other phishing sites, or simply display ads for other pornographic websites to generate ad revenue. (via Digg / Technology)
2009 Toyota Corolla debuts!
The Toyota Corolla is actually the best-selling car of all time, and the Japanese automaker just unveiled the newest version for North America at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas. It’s actually the same one that’s already on sale in Australia. (via Digg / Technology)
WBC trial deadline on Friday
For those who may have missed the previous news, or had put off applying, the deadline for signing up to the Wholesale Broadband Connect ADSL2+ trial is Friday the 2nd of November- just 2 days away. (via thinkbroadband news feed)
slashdot: One-Third of Employees Violate Company...
slashdot: One-Third of Employees Violate Company IT Policies http://tinyurl.com/35wbe8 (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
slashdot: Germany Seeks Expansion of Computer...
slashdot: Germany Seeks Expansion of Computer Spying http://tinyurl.com/yocfxl (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
chrisbrogan: Boston- big party at 9 pm at John...
chrisbrogan: Boston- big party at 9 pm at John Harvard’s Brew House in Cambridge, MA (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
How to escape the clutches of world+dog's VMware...
Also, Diane Greene considers the meaning of life
Interview The polite thing to do after interviewing a high-powered CEO is to wrap the executive in a certain amount of praise. If you’re a contemporary, backbone-infused journalist, you lather up that praise and then counter it with a helping of critical insinuations. The trick comes from being firm and aggressive but not too insulting. God...
slashdot: Intel in the GHz Game Again - Skulltrail...
slashdot: Intel in the GHz Game Again - Skulltrail Hits 5 GHz http://tinyurl.com/28bc53 (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
chrisbrogan: Talking about live Internet TV and...
chrisbrogan: Talking about live Internet TV and how relationships are built. (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
bagwaa: redirecting hackable ports to dummy boxes...
bagwaa: redirecting hackable ports to dummy boxes - lets waste some pesky hacker time! (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
Apple's Leopard is Cool, but Time Machine Makes it...
Are backup a bore, well not anymore. The goal set for Apple’s engineers in designing Time Machine was to create a backup technology that requires little or no configuration, performs backups automatically and invisibly, and makes restoring files from those backups as simple and intuitive as humanly possible. And boy does Apple deliver! (via Digg / Technology)
bagwaa: iptables is funny - i love you iptables!...
bagwaa: iptables is funny - i love you iptables! :-) (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
Nine Inch Nails Frontman Was a Member of OiNK
Following the bust of the OiNK BitTorrent tracker, most of its 180,000 members are keeping their heads down and trying to stay inconspicuous. However, Trent Reznor, frontman of Nine Inch Nails isn’t worried: “I had an account there” he said. “it was like the world’s greatest record store.” (via Digg / Technology)
Aspect-oriented programming and security
Working together
Comment Aspect-oriented programming (AOP) is a paradigm that is quickly gaining traction in the development world. At least partially spurred by the popularity of the Java Spring framework [1], people are beginning to understand the substantial benefits that AOP brings to development.… (via The Register)
slashdot: The Official Ubuntu Book...
slashdot: The Official Ubuntu Book http://tinyurl.com/2r56mb (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
The Ultimate Copywriting Cheat Sheet, with 50...
To become a good writer, one must first be a studious reader. (How else will you know whom to steal, er, borrow from?) So, in that spirit, we’ve compiled a list of some of GrokDotCom’s favorite Web copy resources in hopes that copywriters everywhere will steal the best tips from our colleagues, friends, and staff. Enjoy! (via Digg / Technology)
slashdot: Privacy Groups Mull 'Do Not Track' List...
slashdot: Privacy Groups Mull ‘Do Not Track’ List for Internet http://tinyurl.com/yp5cn7 (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
In-Depth Roadmap Analysis For Ubuntu Hardy Heron...
The Hardy Heron Roadmap has over 130 new ideas that have been proposed thus far. I’ve examined each one of these ideas in detail, threw out the ones that are not very interesting, wrote an explanation for each item, and sorted the list into three categories: User Experience, Networking / Security, and Support . (via Digg / Technology)
Google and Friends to Gang Up on Facebook
Google and some of the Web’s leading social networks are teaming up to take on Facebook. On Thursday, an alliance of companies led by Google plans to begin introducing a common set of standards to allow software developers to write programs for Google’s social network, Orkut, as well as others, including LinkedIn, hi5, Friendster, Plaxo and Ning. (via Digg / Technology)
It’s time we hear from Google about its mobile...
We’ve been waiting a long time to hear from Google about its mobile plans and the so-called Gphone or Google-powered phones. According to one report, that wait may be over soon. (via Digg / Technology)
Top 10 Free Video Rippers, Encoders, and...
Commercial video converter software’s aplenty, but there are several solid free utilities that can convert your video files on every operating system, or if you’ve just got a web browser and a quick clip. Put DVDs on your iPod, YouTube videos on DVD, or convert any video file with today’s top 10 free video rippers, encoders and converters (via Digg / Technology)
Songbird 0.3 Is Launched!
Big news! Today Songbird shows some wing, shows some leg and leaps media players into the next era of innovation. (via Digg / Technology)
Google Roll Out GMail 2.0 [pics]
Google are starting to roll out thier new and improved new look GMail 2.0 to a few selected users. Find out how to check if you are a “selected user” (via Digg / Technology)
slashdot: The History of Slashdot Part 4 -...
slashdot: The History of Slashdot Part 4 - Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow http://tinyurl.com/3dpbba (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
slashdot: Blogger Wins 1.5 Year Legal Battle...
slashdot: Blogger Wins 1.5 Year Legal Battle http://tinyurl.com/2g6jdh (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
chrisbrogan: At 1:30pm, PulverTV live from VON -...
chrisbrogan: At 1:30pm, PulverTV live from VON - http://blogtv.com/shows/96 (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
First GPL lawsuit in US settles out of court
For real this time
After a false alarm last month, the first lawsuit to test the GPL in the US has actually settled.…
(via The Register)
slashdot: Apple to Allow Virtual Mac OS X Server...
slashdot: Apple to Allow Virtual Mac OS X Server Instances http://tinyurl.com/29vx4r (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
chrisbrogan: live on blogtv...
chrisbrogan: live on blogtv http://blogtv.com/shows/96 (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
Virtual! stripper! game! targets! Yahoo!
Captcha-busting Trojan warning
Spammers have come up with a sleazy - but undoubtedly ingenious - way to defeat anti-spam security checks.…
(via The Register)
chrisbrogan: PulverTV from VON today at 1:30pm et....
chrisbrogan: PulverTV from VON today at 1:30pm et. http://blogtv.com/shows/96 (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
chrisbrogan: LoicLeMeur is showing Goldiekatsu on...
chrisbrogan: LoicLeMeur is showing Goldiekatsu on screen right now for Video On the Net (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
slashdot: Slashdot 10-Year Anniversary Party Grand...
slashdot: Slashdot 10-Year Anniversary Party Grand Prize Winner http://tinyurl.com/35tdqt (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
chrisbrogan: [seesmic] Recursive -...
chrisbrogan: [seesmic] Recursive - http://tinyurl.com/yqqavb (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
Newegg serves up Asus Eee PC to US buyers
$400 a pop, in stock now, apparently
US online retailer Newegg has begun offering the 4G version Asus’ tiny Eee PC, offering the unit for $400.…
(via The Register)
chrisbrogan: Cool. Thanks!
chrisbrogan: Cool. Thanks! (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
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chrisbrogan: Call Loic at 415-309-6272 (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)