Technology

Q. What’s better than capturing the authors mood by text in a log? A. Capture the author in the log! Here’s an article from webreference about the idea of Video Logging or Vlogging. Personally I can’t see myself taking this up too soon with the current state of broadband access in this country but worth… Read More »Vlogging?

Just picked this off CNN. Sendmail, the world’s favourite e-mail server, suddenly has a huge gaping hole in it. Advice direct from Sendmail Inc is to either upgrade or patch immediately. It doesn’t look as though the problem has been exploited yet but better not to take the risk… CNN.com – Security flaw puts e-mail… Read More »Sendmail exposed

Well as my new house gradually nears completion I am looking around at how best to serve my techno needs. I want to transform it into a WiFi hotspot but I am only starting to learn more about this technology at the moment. This seems to be a nice enough piece of kit and it… Read More »WiFi for home?

An interesting link just passed onto me from Andrew Betson regarding the content passed to Microsoft during a Windows Update. Seemingly they pass on details of non-Microsoft products too… The Register

Being involved in the technical research domain I often find myself questioning emerging services from a consumer perspective rather than what my background may suggest. Yes, those who know me will agree I am opposed to many of the services that have been rolled out or thought of. My opposition is usually from an ethical or sociological standpoint and doesn’t always gel with my interests in developing the technologies to enable such services.

However, my big question (and has been for a while) is, what about 3G? Are we setting ourselves up for a next generation flop or a next generation boom? I had the good fortune of attending a great conference last year in Dallas, TX on the subject matter of IP operations and management. At this conference were a number of guest speakers from NEC, Alcatel and Nokia. I remember the issue being raised by the Nokia speaker about the drop-off in the telecommunications market and the reasons that were given. I however, had some different views on the subject and discussed them with him further.

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Interesting article from newsfactor.com which, I found through slashdot with my new newsreader :-), about a new discovery that may be the missing piece of the puzzle to a sudden increase in hard drive capacity. Read on… Tiny Whiskers Make Huge Memory Storage

Just installed this nice little RSS news reader. Seems like a handy way of keeping track of other blogs, etc. Plenty of features all under the same roof. Give it a try Download.com – Download Awasu here.

It’s about time I posted an article on this as I have been following this great story for over a year now. For those of you that haven’t heard of Lindows, it’s a new operating system built on the bones of Linux but offering the ability to run many Windows programs. Being a Linux advocate,… Read More »Linux, Windows? Nah, Lindows!

An interesting posting in the blog of Mark Pilgrim regarding the seemingly deliberate attempt by Microsoft to target Opera users and the subsequent counter attack by Opera. Good for a laugh anyway if you have the time… Bork Bork Bork [dive into mark]

Just discovered this site. I like the idea of further enhancing the online community by establishing a blog genealogy. This way the community can discover who inspired the creation of individual blogs and see if those blogs went on to inspire others. Just like in real life. Check out the BlogTree link to my blog… Read More »Blog Genealogy