OK, this has nothing to do with IT or Info Security, but I think it’s really cool.
Poulson Hybrid
Converts any new or used car into a Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle, PHEV.
Monthly Archives: May, 2008
Convert your car to a hybrid?!
Posted in Personal Gear
Cisco Systems’ New Client/Server Messaging Protocol Announced
Posted in IT Infrastructure
I don’t know too much about these technologies, but this seems like a very meaningful announcement. From CIO.com.
Cisco Systems’ New Client/Server Messaging Protocol Announced
This week Cisco Systems announced a new messaging protocol intended to allow developers to integrate client/server applications without the overhead of traditional protocols such as SOAP. The new protocol, Etch, was introduced at a developer’s conference covering the new 2.5 release of the Cisco Unified Application Environment …
For project managers starting new work, Etch may offer an attractive alternative to SOAP, CORBA, EJB and other established messaging protocols. Etch promises a distributed application development without the cross-platform headaches that SOAP entails, and with a degree of performance that makes it practical for real-time applications that are chattier than traditional SOA infrastructures are set up for.
MORE ON MESSAGING
Navigating a Sea of SOA Standards
WS-I Publishes Basic Security Profile 1.0 (2007)
The Battle for Web Services Standards (2003 but remarkaly relevant)
Fraud-prevention pitchman is ID theft victim - CNN.com
Posted in Security
Although misleading, this guy’s ads have always been more for insurance than prevention. And that’s because his firm has no advantage over other firms in providing protection. Their gimmick is the risk he’s taking and the insurance. Now, in the article, it states that the insurance limitations are so narrow that even the insurance is a gimmick. Like just about everything else in the security or technology areas, if something looks too good to be true, it’s probably not true.
Fraud-prevention pitchman becomes ID theft victim - CNN.com
Todd Davis has dared criminals for two years to try stealing his identity: Ads for his fraud-prevention company, LifeLock, even offer his Social Security number next to his smiling mug.Now, LifeLock customers in Maryland, New Jersey and West Virginia are suing Davis, claiming his service didn’t work as promised and he knew it wouldn’t, because the service had failed even him.
‘The Grid’ Could Soon Make the Internet Obsolete
Posted in Advanced Web and 'Net, IT Infrastructure
The title of this news story is overly dramatic, but the news inside is pretty interesting.
‘The Grid’ Could Soon Make the Internet Obsolete - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News
The scientists who pioneered [the Intenet] have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds. At speeds about 10,000 times faster than a typical broadband connection, “the grid” will be able to send the entire Rolling Stones back catalogue from Britain to Japan in less than two seconds.
The Real Threat to Google — Business Week
Posted in Advanced Web and 'Net
Fascinating!
The Real Threat to Google
Google’s biggest threat may not be Microsoft (MSFT) or Yahoo! (YHOO)…No, one of the most formidable challenges facing Google (GOOG) is likely sitting in your pocket or purse. It’s your cell phone, and it will put added pressure on Google and other Internet companies to revamp the way they handle online marketing.As more people use cell phones and their tiny glass screens to gain access to the Internet, Google and its fellow online advertisers will have less space, or what’s called ad inventory, to place marketing messages for customers. Google makes money selling ad inventory. And its ad inventory is diminished on a cell phone…
VMware Makes Thin Client Moves
Posted in IT Infrastructure
VMware Makes Thin Client Moves
VMware today announced several moves of interest to enterprises using or considering thin client machines in conjunction with virtualization. The virtualization giant also served up new professional services offerings for enterprises rolling out thin clients and desktop virtualization.