MC 2

Wednesday, April 06, 2011

MC2 Post 994 Intel rolls out 10-core, 20-threaded Xeon E7

Sweet!

Pricing for the Xeon E7s starts at $774 and climbs up to $4,616 per 32nm chip, with the usual proviso that Intel won't sell them in batches of less than 1,000.

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/06/intel-rolls-out-10-core-20-threaded-xeon-e7s-shows-everyone-wh/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3mvxsmo

===========================================
===========================================

Tuesday, April 05, 2011

MC2 Post 993 For Just $70 Bucks More than My Vivitar 3.1 ViviCam You Get This Sony

A Bagful of Gadget Goodness

All From: http://www.engadget.com

Sony's Bloggie Duo HD Camcorder for

$170

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/05/sonys-bloggie-duo-hd-camcorder-ships-this-week-for-170/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/4y3ds89

============================

The $99 Seagate GoFlex Slim hard drive coming on August 5th.

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/05/seagate-to-ship-pencil-thin-goflex-slim-hard-drive-on-august-5th/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/63xpy8n

==============================

Nikon D5100 and ME-1 External Mic

coming April 21st

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/05/nikon-d5100-and-me-1-external-mic-coming-april-21st-we-go-hands/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3mcmosj

=============================

============

Monday, April 04, 2011

LBK Post 'LizaMoon' Mass SQL Injection Attack Escalates Out of Control

LizaMoon' Mass SQL Injection

Escalates Out of Control

From: http://www.eweek.com

Millions of unique URLs have been infected with a rampant SQL injection attack Websense has dubbed “LizaMoon.” The SQL injection attack redirects users to a fake AV site.

Link: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/LizaMoon-Mass-SQL-Injection-Attack-Escalates-Out-of-Control-378108/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/4yapjr6

============================

MC2 Post 992 Let's Tie A Yellow Ribbon

'round that Old Oak Tree, eh?'

From: http://www.zdnet.com

Header: Windows 8 Looking to Replace Toolbars with Ribbons

My SPIN: With Lead-Dog Apple Running Victory-Laps with Its New iPad2 AD, Windows and LINUX are Thrashing Around in The Shallow End of The Pool, Trying and

Trying to Seem Relevant.

Link: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/windows-8-looking-to-replace-toolbars-with-ribbons/9289

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3fhyl8y

Window Header 2: Microsoft Changes Windows Interface

Link: http://www.techeye.net/software/microsoft-changes-windows-interface?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+techeye+%28Tech+Eye%29

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3tvg4hu

---------------------------------------------------------

From: http://www.osnews.com

Header 2: Linux New Natty Narwhal With Unity: Worst Ubuntu Beta Ever?

Link: http://www.osnews.com/story/24599/Natty_Narwhal_With_Unity_Worst_Ubuntu_Beta_Ever

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3ewybw5

---------------------------------------------------------

Meme: Noun
S: (n) meme (a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation)) "memes are the cultural counterpart of genes"

---------------------------------------------------------

Wingman's Commentorium:

In the Battlefield for Technology's meme

PC's and Linux Desktops (like newspapers)

are struggling to Remain Relevant.

And splashing and thrashing around

in the shallow end of the Pool is

Not going to get it Done.

---------------------------------------------------------

==========================================
==========================================

============
============

Saturday, April 02, 2011

MC2 Post 991 NCAA Tournament Final Four: Are You Kinding Me ?

The Trip to Houston Goes To?

Butler Vs. VCU, and

UConn Vs. Kentucky

Link: http://newyork.sbnation.com/2011/4/2/2085747/ncaa-tournament-final-four-preview-tv-times-butler-vcu-UConn-Kentucky-tv-times-pairings

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3qkdz66

=============================
=============================

Friday, April 01, 2011

MC2 Post 990 Honest The FBI Needs Your Help

Cracking a Code.....

No it's Not a 4-1 day's Joke.

F.B.I. Seeks Help Cracking Code in Victim’s Notes

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/01/us/01code.html?src=mv

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3vz56wt

=============================

Thursday, March 31, 2011

MC2 Post 989 Good Golly Miss Molly What has Sammy Done

With so many similar type devices prototyped in so many

SF Movies. From Minority Report to Avatar.

I was sure a Real-Device would appear sooner rather than later.

It actually has taken longer that I thought, but what the hey,

Here It IS:

Samsung 22-inch transparent LCD

Samsung Mass-Producing 22-inch Transparent LCD

Wingman: "Move Over Tom, It's Our World Now."

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/31/samsung-mass-producing-22-inch-transparent-lcd-your-desktop-mon/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/6y89s8x

============================

============

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

MC2 Post 988 How Can Gitmark Get High Marks and Be More Delicious?

--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------

WingWords: "I have quietly been looking for a replacement for Delicious ever since I heard Yahoo! wanted to find a buyer for the "Social Bookmarking" tool. Maybe GitMark IS the answer."

--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------

Yahoo Gets $5 Mill + for Delicious

From: http://thenextweb.com

BackHoe Story: Link: http://thenextweb.com/industry/2011/03/11/unconfirmed-reports-that-delicious-has-been-sold-for-5-million/

--------------------------------------------------------------
From: http://www.readwriteweb.com

GitMarks is a command-line based social bookmarking tool built on Git with Python. It's a script that grabs the content from a URL and stores in Git repository where it can be searched with GREP. It features tags and descriptions, and can import bookmarks from Delicious.

It seems like it could be useful for research teams, or to quickly dump lots of content in one place for future text mining.

Link: http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2011/03/gitmarks-a-bookmark-sharing-system-built-on-git.php#more

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/4sujolu

--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------

WingWords:

"Gitmarks was built by bit.ly Chief Scientist

Hilary Mason, but it's been picked up by Far McKon.

He's looking for contributors."

"Maybe, for starters GitMark also needs is a Front-End .
A Nice One. As someone with a Python dialect once said."

------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
===================
12:20 PM 3/29/2011
UPDATE!
===================
Get Delicious on Firefox 4 plus...

A workaround...

Just Change a Setting in the Firefox to get Delicious extension to work on
Firefox 4.0 Beta and up

Get the workaround at:

Link: http://tkdao.wordpress.com/2011/03/24/delicious-on-firefox-4/

Works like a Champ!

Wingman.
===================

------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------

Monday, March 28, 2011

MC2 Post 987 Ray-Tracing, the PC's Next Killer-App?

From: http://www.hardwareanalysis.com

The "Caustic" Process-or

Link: http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/article/1878/ray-tracing-gaming-killer-app/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/4anz5ez

==============================================

model: EVGA GeForce GTX 580 1536 MB GDDR5

PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card -
Lifetime Warranty 015-P3-1580-AR by EVGA
Zotac GeForce GTX 590 graphics card
at Amazon for $499.99

Link: http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=gtx+590&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=7748038305&ref=pd_sl_3gphhw8rmj_b

==============================================
March 28 In The NEWS

==============================================
Celebrity Birthdays
---------------------------------------------------------------
CBD: Reba (56), Wiest (63), Stiles (30) and Gaga (25).
---------------------------------------------------------------
Twitter, Myspace and Facebook Accounts being used
to Screen Jurors in some States.

Link: http://technology.newsplurk.com/2011/02/facebook-complicates-jury-duty.html

---------------------------------------------------------------
Snake Hunt!
Cobra Escapes Bronx Zoo

Bite Can Kill in 15 minutes

Link: http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet/item/cobra-escapes-bronx-zoo/check-your-boots/#

---------------------------------------------------------------
Caught on Tape: UFO Sighting Spooks Lafayette, Colorado

Link: http://abcnews.go.com/US/ufo-sighting-spooks-lafayette-colorado-town/story?id=13235459
---------------------------------------------------------------
Who Is VCU??

Virginia Commonwealth

VCU in Final 4

VCU in Men's NCAA Final Four (First Time No No. 1 or 2).

The next game for VCU (Sat., Apr. 2, at 6 p.m.)
VCU (28-11) vs Butler (27-9) and
Kentucky (29-8) vs Connecticut (30-9)
---------------------------------------------------------------

==============================================
March 28 In The NEWS
==============================================

Sunday, March 27, 2011

MC2 Post 986 It Looks Like OED just added FYI, OMG and LOL to the Lofty Tome

From: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com

OED

It's official: OMG and LOL are no longer just time-saving shorthands. They're real English.

In a decision that may drive English teachers across the nation to despair, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the venerable last word on proper language, has embraced the tech world and added several abbreviations — or "initialisms" — to its new online edition.

Those include OMG (Oh my god), LOL (laughing out loud), TMI (too much information), FYI (for your information) and BFF (best friends forever).

Newly added to OED: FYI OMG and LOL.

Link: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/03/dictionary-texting-omg-lol.html

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/667dtr4

=============================================================
Wingman's Side Tapping:

"There is a Beautiful Chapter in James Gleick's "The Information A History, a Theory, a Flood", about the historical background of the OED."

The Book is my current Audible Read.

=============================================================

Saturday, March 26, 2011

MC2 Post 985 Why Is This Linux Broken In So Many Ways?

"Why Does Windows Think It's Not?

Sorrry, I Got Sidetracked. " --Wingman.

'Damn Vulnerable Linux (DVL)

Link: http://www.zdnet.com/photos/exotic-linux-distros-can-come-in-handy/6205307

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/4qtc62d

-------------------------------------------

DVL

-------------------------------------------

Link: http://www.zdnet.com/photos/exotic-linux-distros-can-come-in-handy/6205307?seq=2&tag=photo-frame;get-photo-roto

Damn Vulnerable Linux is Littered with Security Holes

Link: http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/damn_vulnerable_linux_littered_security_holes

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/4z8stx5

-------------------------------------------

From: ZDNet UK

Articles on Top Linux

Link: http://www.zdnet.co.uk/search/top+linux.htm

=============================

============

Friday, March 25, 2011

MC2 Post 984 Rome Wasn't Built in a Day Either, You Know.

Rome Coliseum

Image Playstation 3.

Rome, NY -- Computer scientists just up the Thruway at Rome’s Air Force Research Lab have assembled one of the world’s largest, fastest and cheapest supercomputers — and it’s made from PlayStation 3s.

1,716 of Them.

The Condor Station.

The Air Force calls the souped-up PlayStations the Condor Supercomputer and says it is among the 40 fastest computers in the world. The Condor went online late last year, and it will likely change the way the Air Force and the Air National Guard watch things on the ground.

Link: http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/03/rome_labs_supercomputer_is_mad.html

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/4jonrrx

================================
================================

============