Editorial: Linux thriving in critical roles, 08/21/06 Any lingering doubts about corporate America’s willingness to trust Linux and other open source tools were erased at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in San Francisco last week…
Editorial: Linux thriving in critical roles, 08/21/06
Any lingering doubts about corporate America’s willingness to trust Linux and other open source tools were erased at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in San Francisco last week…
Johnson: Why round worlds and Ricci flows are good news, 08/21/06
In 2005, noted New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman published a bestseller titled The World is Flat. What he was trying to articulate is the way communications technology (especially real-time collaboration and mobility) has leveled the playing field and minimized the impact of geography and distance. Unfortunately, his flat world metaphor is inaccurate. The geometrical construct in which every point is equally far away…
Bradner: What’s to become of the Internet?, 08/21/06
In 1992 Dave Clark, an MIT researcher and the original Internet architect, exhorted the IETF to deal with “distant elephants,” such as security and addressing, and their impact on the Internet. He reprised the same talk more than 10 years later during the IETF’s 20th anniversary meeting in Dallas. Now, Clark and others are using our tax dollars to explore seriously visions of how a new Internet should work…
Briere: Do you know where your cell phones are?, 08/21/06
Let’s face it: Wireless is out of control. It’s invading everything from tennis shoes to your skin. The days when wireless was a simple cell phone are gone. Wireless is everywhere…
‘Net Buzz: IPods, encores, bra straps and measuring up, 08/21/06
None of these items from Buzzblog will help you run your network, but they might kill a few minutes on the beach…
Cool Tools: Bluetooth tools from Blue Ant, 08/21/06
I’ve been intrigued by a couple of products from Australian company Blue Ant Wireless, which is launching a bunch of its Bluetooth-enabled devices in the United States…
Gearhead: JAlbum, first nominee for Gearhead Awards, 08/21/06
This week we have the first nominees for the Gearhead Awards. “What awards?” you might ask. Ah, glad you asked…
Dr. Internet: Using Final Cut Pro to make real time videos, 08/21/06
In the Final Cut Pro video editing software, the documentation says you can make a video in real time from multiple clips while watching the individual clips in the viewer and the currently chosen clip in the canvas, but we can’t figure out how to assign angle numbers…
Help Desk: Beefing up the wireless coverage, 08/21/06
I read your article about interference. I would like to know if I can increase the power of my wireless in a stable way and get ride of any interference. My network design…
