Geek up the Street Blog February Archive

FAA computer network hacked

02/22/09 07:26

Well, it is supposed that the computer systems of agencies such as the FAA are among the best and most secure in the world, but apparently, they are not.

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PDUs Direct Interview

Name of your website?

PDUs Direct

Your name?

Jim Scherr

Your Location (city, etc)

Reno

Please give us a short summary of your website?

Established in 2008, PDUsDirect.com is an online wholesaler providing a select line of Server Technology power distribution units (PDUs) for server and networked environments. PDUs Direct's basic, metered, and switched Rack PDUs, provide local and remote power management, power monitoring, and environmental monitoring.

PDUsDirect.com is committed to providing the best possible products, pricing, and service. Our goal is to offer each customer:

* Easy to use - organized, informative, and FAST * Highest Quality Industrial Grade Products * Best in Class Pricing * Fastest Shipping - orders ship the next business day

Read more: PDUs Direct Interview [click]

A Kitchen Computer?

Companies have made lots of attempts to incorporate aan affordable computer inside the home's kitchen, but these computers were largely failures. Either they were too expensive, or they were too big to fit in such a busy room like a kitchen.

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Semantic map released for computers

The Web 3.0, more commonly called the Semantic Web, is predicted to be far more advanced than what we know about the Web today. It is predicted to be dominated by artificial intelligence computer applications who start to understand what they are doing.

Read more: Semantic map released for computers [click]

Why Kindle Suck as a Device

In a fast phase world of business, everything should be potable, efficient, and useful. This has been the inspiration behind most devices developed by various companies. An innovation of the not so acclaimed e-book reader Kindle has released a new version, the Kindle 2. Find out why are reviewers giving it a cold treatment? See the rest of that reason here:

Read more: Why Kindle Suck as a Device [click]

Touch Pro Registry Hacks and Tweaks

Touch Pro have some cool and easy registry tweaks that could enable you to display 4 icons in a row, extend battery life, disable SMS sent notification and more.

Read more: Touch Pro Registry Hacks and Tweaks [click]

The Google Monoculture

Google is one of the most leading search engine, email hosting and various applications hosting on the worldwide web. some might not agree but Google is the top website in terms of searching and email service provider on cyberspace. People depend on it too much in terms of doing research, blogging and others. what if it goes down by one day? This is where the Google monoculture comes in. Read it here:

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Georgetown forbids installation of Windows 7 Beta

Georgetown University has issued an order forbidding students and faculty members to install beta versions of Windows 7 in any computer owned by the University.

Read more: Georgetown forbids installation of Windows 7 Beta [click]

White House email system crashes

It is quite ironic that they just let President Obama continuously use his Blackberry and yet the White House email system is unreliable.

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Microsofts warns that Vista, XP upgrade blockers to expire -Computer World

Microsoft warns computer owners and IT professionals that the expiration of the Microsoft update blocking software for Vista and XP will end in a few months.

Read more: Microsofts warns that Vista, XP upgrade blockers to expire -Computer World [click]