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Archive for March 7th, 2008

Mar7

Who should be thanked for the return of Mr. Jobs to Apple?

Microsoft is touting its Singularity OS, a fresh, built-from-scratch, non-Windows OS and in the past, Apple tried out similar efforts. But for its next-generation OS, Apple looked outside the company to choose between a built-from-scratch OS and Unix. And then there was Steve Jobs.

Filed in: Apple/Mac

Mar7

Make a Suit of Chainmail Armor From Soda Can Tabs

Feeling that good, old fashioned bloodlust? If you’re going to vanquish some enemies, it’s best to dress for the job. Make you own suit of armor from cheap, recycled aluminum. In Wired’s How-To wiki.

Filed in: Personal Tech

Mar7

Negroponte Goes Fishing for an OLPC Chief

In Search Of: CEO to turn IT organization that operates like a terrorist group into a Microsoft-like outfit. Vision and big-picture mentality not required. Management, administrative and detail skills sorely needed. Ability to deal with a chairman who occasionally goes off reservation during press interviews a big plus.

Filed in: Personal Tech

Mar7

Use PuTTY as an SSH client on MS Windows

The SSH protocol was developed as a secure, encrypted replacement for the RSH protocol. RSH is used for remote shell access to a Unix (or Unix-like) system, and was once popular among sysadmins before network security became the constant concern it is now. Now, thanks to SSH, the…

Filed in: Software

Mar7

Use PuTTY as an SSH client on Windows

The SSH protocol was developed as a secure, encrypted replacement for the RSH protocol. RSH is used for remote shell access to a UNIX (or UNIX-like) system and was once popular among sysadmins before network security became the constant concern it is now. Now, thanks to SSH, the same convenience…

Filed in: Software

Mar7

HP Gives Research Labs Extreme Makeover

HP head Mark Hurd on Thursday announced big changes for the company’s research division, HP Labs. The reorganization will see the research facility concentrate its focus in five core areas: information management, cloud computing, content transformation, intelligent infrastructure and sustainability.

Filed in: Personal Tech

Mar7

CBS, AOL Stream Together in Radio Deal

CBS Radio is hoping to step up its Internet presence through a deal it announced Friday with AOL. CBS, the second-largest radio broadcaster in the U.S., plans to offer advertising-supported streams from 150 online radio stations to listeners free of charge over AOL’s online radio portal.

Filed in: Personal Tech

Mar7

Real World: Connecting your computers to your Windows Home Server

A few weeks ago, I started playing around with Windows Home Server. If you haven’t seen any of the posts, they are: “Real World: Using Windows Home Server” “Real World: Adding Disk Space to a Windows Home Server” I now want to show…

Filed in: Software

Mar7

Air Force Cyber Command’s New Weapon: DMCA Notices

YouTube takes down Wired’s copy of a 30-second Air Force video promoting the service’s new Cyber Command, supposedly in response to a DMCA claim from the Air Force, and despite the fact that U.S. government works can’t be copyrighted.