It's just a commercial, for eggs, but OMG! 8 Aug 2008 at 3:00pm I love you egg. If you're at work, turn your speakers down (unless you want your co-workers to think you're insane). And if you want the Korean version, try I love you egg, in Korean (click the fir...
Data Loss Database 28 Jul 2008 at 2:00pm I try to keep posted on important incidents of data loss (see More data blunders for example), but it's a big job.
That's why it's great news to hear about this: Open Security Foundation To Mainta...
Microsoft continues to get pummeled 25 Jul 2008 at 3:00pm Again, more bad news for Microsoft. With Apple's market share continuing to explode (Mac OS X approaches 8 percent market share in June), and Linux notching some respectable increases (er, sort of:...
I am not making this up... 18 Jul 2008 at 1:00pm Here's a link to a real article in a real newspaper, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Man gets Windows Vista to work with printer
It's a follow-up to a story, Vista at one year: Progress and pain,...
Random list of lists 11 Jul 2008 at 2:00pm I love lists, and I kind of enjoy making my own lists. This one is a sort of paradox: how do you make a list of things with not so much in common (aside from the fact that I think they're all inter...
LinkedIn architecture, and more 10 Jul 2008 at 3:00pm Here's another link to an overview of a successful and big-data outfit: LinkedIn Architecture. It's from Cookies are for Closers: Oren Hurvitz’s Blog, which has more good stuff in it that you mig...
More data blunders 9 Jul 2008 at 3:00pm Here's more reports about data/base security follies:
Bank of NY Loses Tapes With 4.5 Million Clients' Data
From the UK: Intelligence official suspended over al-Qaeda file left on train
Data Breach...
More Data Visualizations 7 Jul 2008 at 1:00pm As we get access to more and more data, we need more, and more interesting, ways of looking at it--and I keep tripping over some of these interesting visualizations. Sometimes they're even worth us...
SmugMug: Amazon Web Services Success Story 30 Jun 2008 at 4:00pm Wondering whether Amazon Web Services could be used to build a profitable business? Flickr-killer wannabe SmugMug has built a scalable--and profitable--web service using AWS products EC2 and S3.
S...
In Defense of Vista 27 Jun 2008 at 2:00pm I'm not sure if this article at Gizmodo is entirely sincere, but it's certainly worth reading if you've got any opinions at all about Vista: Ten Reasons Why Vista Isn't That Bad.
Some of the reaso...
The dark side of OpenID 23 Jun 2008 at 3:00pm Are you still keeping an eye on OpenID? (for an introduction, see OpenID: Another Approach to Identities, or OpenID Taking Over the Internet or Yet More on OpenID)
If you want all the "dirt" on th...
Form Follows Function 16 Jun 2008 at 3:00pm If you're an operating system zealot--whether you love Linux or militate for Microsoft--you should read this excellent article: A Tale of Four Kernels. You can get the publication details there, th...
Microsoft Follies, again 12 Jun 2008 at 2:00pm If you're looking for trouble in Redmond, here are a couple more news items to fuel your schadenfreude:
Closing the Door to Microsoft Vista is a Business Week piece on the problem facing many big b...
Microsoft Open Source not so open? 6 Jun 2008 at 5:00pm One of Microsoft's tried and true competitive strategies is to "extend and embrace" the competition. With open source, this has taken the form of creating Shared Source Licenses. Two of them, the M...
New category: Microsoft Follies 2 Jun 2008 at 4:00pm I'm a Microsoft-watcher, and by "Microsoft-watcher" I mean I like to watch for unflattering news and other stories about Microsoft. This year it's been like shooting fish in a barrel; my favorites ...
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