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by Tom Henderson

  • Cookie killers: Changing the model

    Posted Oct 03, 2011 - 07:37 pm

    It doesn't take a cop or a private eye: you're being followed everywhere you go. Your phone company knows of your travels, and your browser vendor knows of the sites you visit. They would lift the curtain and peer inside your bedroom window if they could. The dignity and privacy robbing ways of the sponsors of what you do need to shift their models. Here's how to do put pressure on them.

  • Oracle has a Sun spot

    Posted Sep 28, 2011 - 02:23 pm

    Oracle is pushing itself into a corner, a fantastic money-making corner, but a corner nonetheless.

  • The crazy PC morticians

    Posted Sep 26, 2011 - 01:09 pm

    When faced with a new and shiny hammer people will use it on any nail they can find, including things that aren't nails. That sums up what's happening now with the breathless declaration of the end of the PC. Tablets are new and shiny, but they aren't killing PCs.

  • Windows 8's app orphans

    Posted Sep 19, 2011 - 02:59 pm

    The x86 legacy is being overthrown, and Microsoft's upward compatibility mantra for Windows 8 tablets is baloney.

  • The Windows 8 Server secret: Kill VMware

    Posted Sep 14, 2011 - 11:00 am

    At seemingly each point, the Windows 8 Server editions are poised against a current VMware feature, and one-upped. They become fully hypervised, will work on most of the server hardware processors that they do now, and the target is VMware's throat. There are enormous changes to storage along the same veins put forth in the latest vSphere 5 release.

  • Want to be a billionaire and a hero? Solve the final steps in the recycling chain

    Posted Sep 13, 2011 - 12:09 pm

    There's a huge opening for someone to get rich, developing a usable taxonomy of parts and materials so that products can be safely and profitably devolved. The way you do it is clear: Find a method to describe parts in such a way that they can be taken apart and recycled or safely disposed of. We need a taxonomy, a method to affix material markings, and a database access method that tells the devolvers how to make money.

  • Amazon's tax problem

    Posted Sep 05, 2011 - 07:16 pm

    Amazon's position as the Better Than WalMart of the internet has become challenging. Amazon can charge less because of The Commerce Clause in the US Constitution — which means that interstate commerce is usually exempt from a state’s sales tax. California believes they have nexus to force Amazon to collect sales tax, but Amazon's trying to deal: Seven thousand California jobs in trade for exemption or assuaging tax. The onerous part is that Amazon's legal department has already tried to thwart the process of protests.

  • VMware answers the PaaS gloats

    Posted Aug 30, 2011 - 12:48 pm

    VMware announced vFabric Database Director, a database VM fabric and appliance approach It allies VMware’s vSPhere IaaS towards (and not past) PaaS competitors—especially pieces of Windows Azure Cloud. The rumbling may also be poised towards Oracle’s flagship database products and RedHat’s OpenShift. While free for developers, the fabric and glue can cost $1,700 per VM, making the platform comparatively pricy for production use.

  • Will Tumblr's seedy side turn advertisers off?

    Posted Aug 29, 2011 - 01:58 pm

    Visually interesting, and easy to use it may be, but its questionable content may turn advertisers off. What do you think?

  • Hurricane Irene: Checklist for protecting your technology

    Posted Aug 25, 2011 - 09:40 am

    We know the drill. This is your reminder of how to survive the tech side of Hurricane Irene. Bookmark it for future events.

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