Paul Venezia, writing in Infoworld’s blog, gets it partially right when comparing the Graphical User Interface to the Command Line Interface in his example of reconfiguring translation tables for a firewall when a new communications provider is chosen. He writes of the ability to utilize a stream editor (sed) to easily convert a text file […]
Tom’s Hardware Guide takes a look at the current state of Wireless Power and potential future incarnations of powering devices without cords or cables. Today, Powermat is available in the Chevy Volt, and Qualcomm is in discussions with auto manufacturers to incorporate their solution into vehicles. Bosch is working with Qi wireless power to recharge […]
Tech Report is out with an update on the state of USB 3.0 for those not lucky enough to have recently purchased a motherboard or system with built-in USB 3.0, and answers the question “is it that much better than USB 2.0?”. Transfers of mixed files sizes (both reads and writes) took about half the […]
Wednesday, June 8 was World IPv6 Day, a large scale 24 hour experiment aimed at indentifying problems associated with IPv6, an upgrade to the Internet’s main communications protocol IPv4, reported an article on NetworkWorld. Over 400 organizations, including Google, Facebook, AT&T, Cisco and Microsoft all participated along with other businesses, universities and government agencies enabling […]
Google UK has introduced a quarterly magazine “Think Quarterly” which is intended to cover a variety of topics related to data. New issues are expected in July and October. The articles are poised to cause reflection on the need for and handling of data, as well as its storage and retrieval. This issue’s articles include one […]
For the second consecutive year, Stanbridge College has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service. The Honor Roll recognizes exemplary service to America’s communities and is the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and […]