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Nov30
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Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) was rumored to be offering an online storage service known as the "GDrive" to allow user's to store all of their data on Google's infrastructure. The rumor was started a year ago last March when the service was mentioned in a PowerPoint presentation it had prepared for a meeting with industry analysts. An article appeared in the Wall Street Journal a few days ago that confirmed this service is more than just hearsay: "...The service could let users access their files via the Internet from different computers and mobile devices when they sign on with a password, and share them online with friends. It could be released as early as a few months from now, one of the people said. The Mountain View, Calif., company plans to provide some free storage, with additional storage allotments available for a fee, say the people familiar with the matter. Planned pricing isn't known."
Google has been surprisingly close-mouthed about the offering and a spokeswoman would only say "storage is an important component of making Web [applications] fit easily into consumers' and business users' lives."
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Nov29
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I think about the title of the article, the content on which it is based and wonder if we're in the midst of another "Terminator" movie. Botnets are nothing new; I posted something about them a few weeks ago in Threat...
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Nov28
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I wasn't surprised to hear that HP's server sales beat the competition in the 3rd quarter. Most of my x86 server experience has been with their ProLiant/Prosignia line of hardware and I'm fairly partial to them because of their reliability. ...
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Nov27
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I ran across an interesting article on Ars Technica's news archive reporting the poor results EarthLink has seen with their Municipal WiFi offering. I didn't even realize that my ISP was involved in providing WiFi service on this scale and had thought that...
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Nov26
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In the information technology processes and functions of your company, you may sometimes come across the need to communicate something quickly to your client or customer base, such as a product upgrade or a server problem, or even something...
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Nov23
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I just finished reading an article from The Linux Foundation reporting that the number of Linux Desktops in the workplace is on the rise. A recent survey by The Linux Foundation revealed gains Linux was making as a business class...
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Nov22
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I had seen an old post about this on The Register back in September, tagged it in del.icio.us, but forgot to go back and comment on it. The post describes Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) offering their Phenom desktop CPUs with three...
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The Register reported that the Monster Company Boulevard portion of the popular job search site, Monster.com, has been hacked for the 2nd time since August. According to the report; "Exploit Prevention Labs' Roger Thompson, discovered the site had been subject...
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Nov21
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This might be a bit off-topic for me, but I'm wondering at the introduction of the Amazon Kindle wireless reading device. It certainly sounds promising, but considering eBooks haven't really taken off as expected, I don't know how well this device...
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Nov19
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I just ran across an article in the developer section of El Reg (AKA The Register) reporting that Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) will be delaying the WinHEC 2008 conference next year from the usual April/May timeframe to sometime in the fall:"WinHEC is...
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Nov16
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I just read a pretty funny post on The Register titled 419er fears unsolicited intergalactic email and while it was pretty goofy, it did offer a great way to identify most 419-related scam e-mail; the very poor grammar, misspelling or...
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Nov15
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I ran across a post on TechRepublic about Seagate Technology (NYSE: STX) shipping hard drives infected with Trojans and since I've heard of this happening before, I thought it was worth posting a warning. According to the original article on ZDNet, antivirus...
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Nov14
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I've been on a bit of a kick with Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ), so here we go again...I had the opportunity to use HP's ProLiant Essentials Server Migration Pack - Physical to ProLiant (P2P) Edition several months ago to migrate an...
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Nov13
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Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) has an interesting product available for their c-Class blade servers called Virtual Connect and it is used to virtualize BladeSystem connections to LAN and SAN environments. It defines a server connection profile for each server bay in an...
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Nov12
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I had planned on posting something on this before, but have only just gotten around to it. Dell Inc. (Nasdaq: DELL) has announced they will be acquiring storage vendor EqualLogic for approximately $1.4 billion in cash. The full press release can be...
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Nov10
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I've been hearing a lot in the past few weeks about Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) and a few other companies working to release an open-source operating system for mobile phones. The Open Handset Alliance intends to release a platform called Android. This...
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Nov 9
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It seems that Microsoft never rests on their laurels. I just read an article on CNET's news.com site that Microsoft will build a $500 million "mega" data center in Ireland:"Microsoft said in a statement that the planned Dublin center will...
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Nov 8
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While I've heard that Botnet (roBOT NETwork) "Herders" have often exchanged the services of their zombie army with other herders, apparently they also make a business out selling this service to hackers and spammers. These new technological mercenaries are available to...
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Nov 7
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I just ran across an article on Ars Technica about problems with plans to provide WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) throughout the nation. In August of 2006, Sprint Nextel announced that it would be investing $3 billion dollars over...
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Nov 6
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I've said it before and I'll say it again; most IT hardware consists of electromechanical components that will most assuredly fail, so how can you minimize downtime when something in your server fails? I mentioned in a previous, three-part post,...
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Nov 3
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Well, if you haven't patched/changed your systems to adjust for the 2007 daylight savings times change (see below) then you'll probably an hour ahead on Sunday.DST begins at 2:00 a.m. (local time) on March 11, 2007 and clocks must be turned...
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Nov 2
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I just read an article in the New York Times that Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) will be growing their operations in China considerably. They plan a "multiyear $16 billion expansion in China ... with planned investments in manufacturing, venture...
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Nov 1
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I just ran across an interesting article on The Register that discussed a recent physical security breach and armed robbery of a Chicago-based co-location facility. This wouldn't have been so bad, but it was least the fourth forced intrusion in two...
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