Thursday, July 14, 2011

Today's Links and My Two Bits....

Eight Excellent Free Downloads”
http://www.pcworld.com/article/235057/still_awesome_after_all_these_years_eight_excellent_free_downloads.html#tk.nl_bux_h_misc

Paragon Alignment Tool Works...But Do You Need It?”
http://www.pcworld.com/article/235277/paragon_alignment_tool_worksbut_do_you_need_it.html#tk.nl_bux_h_misc

BootMed Teaches You How to Save Ailing PCs”
http://www.pcworld.com/article/235074/bootmed_teaches_you_how_to_save_ailing_pcs.html#tk.nl_bux_h_misc

“Hands On With the Cisco Cius Tablet”
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/235400/hands_on_with_the_cisco_cius_tablet.html#tk.nl_bux_h_misc

Your Old Smartphone's Data Can Come Back to Haunt You”
http://www.pcworld.com/article/235276/your_old_smartphones_data_can_come_back_to_haunt_you.html#tk.nl_mcx_h_cbintro

“Combine Google Docs with Microsoft Office, Courtesy of SyncDocs”
http://www.pcworld.com/article/234993/combine_google_docs_with_microsoft_office_courtesy_of_syncdocs.html#tk.nl_mcx_h_cbstories

“LG Electronics Optimus 3D”
http://www.pcworld.com/article/235307/lg_optimus_3d_fun_powerful_and_a_little_gimmicky.html#tk.nl_mcx_h_cbstories

Sony's Super-Slim VAIO Z MacBook Air Challenger Now Available”
http://www.pcworld.com/article/235681/sonys_superslim_vaio_z_macbook_air_challenger_now_available.html#tk.nl_mcx_h_crawl

“Cities could cash in by selling domain names”
http://gcn.com/articles/2011/07/13/agg-cities-revenue-licensing-domain.aspx

“Army's new modernization plan: IT on a tight budget”
http://gcn.com/articles/2011/07/12/army-modernization-plan.aspx

“VA CIO surveys his department's IT hits and misses”
http://gcn.com/articles/2011/06/13/va-baker-profile.aspx

“The weaponization of patents”
http://gcn.com/articles/2011/07/11/cybereye-tech-patents.aspx

“Old systems: When to modernize, leapfrog, shut down or stay the course”
http://gcn.com/articles/2011/05/30/internaut-legacy-modernization.aspx

Google top brass (and Zuck) hit Google+ privacy button”
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/13/facebook_google_brass_hide_from_google_plus/
More evidence that we live in the world of hypocrites.

“Google's Facebook: It rocks, but who cares?”
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/13/google_plus/

“Before the PC: IBM invents virtualisation: A brief history of virtualisation”
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/14/brief_history_of_virtualisation_part_2/

CIA's DARPA working on human-brain-mimicking tech: Company that built the first internet node hired”
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/14/iarpa_brain_bbn_deal/

Microsoft COO: Our greatest enemy is old Windows: Dreams of phones and retail”
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/14/turner_partners_pep_talk/

World+Dog to favour dual-core laptops through 2014”
http://www.reghardware.com/2011/07/14/quad_core_notebook_growth/

Sega forums still closed a month after mystery hack: Digital pillage leaves lasting damage”
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/14/sega_forum_still_suspending/

“Berkeley Lab preps 100 Gbps prototype network: Level 3 and Ciena on board”
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/13/internet2_100g_prototype/

Ballmer's breaking point: Is Windows 8 already too late?: Office 365 politics”
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/13/microbite_june_july_2011/

VMware: We will virtualize entire world in six years: Deeper and deeper penetration”
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/13/vmware_server_virtualization_penetration/

“US court test for rights not to hand over crypto keys: EFF pushing for digital Fifth Amendment”
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/13/eff_piles_in_against_forced_decryption/

Data ownership becomes fuzzy in the cloud: Stand up for your rights”
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/13/cloud_data/

Microsoft kills Windows Vista SP1 support: Update to proper, working Vista! We call it 'Windows 7'”
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/13/vista_sp1_support_ends/

Console gaming giant goes into handjobs: Electronic Arts buys Bejeweled maker PopCap”
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/13/ea_buys_popcap/

Netflix Alternatives”
http://www.pcworld.com/article/235629/netflix_alternatives_other_places_you_can_get_streaming_media_dvd_rentals.html#tk.nl_tex_h_cbintro

“Hard Slog -- the Real Future of the U.S. Economy”
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-13/hard-slog-the-real-future-of-the-u-s-economy-peter-orszag.html


Surfs up!.................................Eric

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