Archive for July, 2010

Data deduplication: Reducing storage bloat

Data storage needs continue to grow unabated, straining backup and disaster recovery systems while requiring more online spindles, using more power, and generating more heat. No one expects a respite from this explosion in data growth. That leaves IT profession­als to search for technology solutions that can at least lighten the load. One solution particularly [ READ MORE ]

An IP KVM for servers that haven’t come out of the closet

If you thought you could get advanced features like remote media mounting, remote power reset, and ultraquick screen refreshes in only the big KVM boxes, think again. The $385 Lantronix SpiderDuo stuffs these features, advanced authentication (LDAP, RADIUS, Active Directory), and a pass-through port for local console access all into a portable package that can [ READ MORE ]

The hysterical cancer campaign against cell phones

I love Northern California and have lived here most of my life. But as enlightened as this part of the world likes to think it is, we have a strain of know-nothing technophobia that masquerades as progressive politics. I’m thinking of two recent events: One is San Francisco’s grandstanding decision to make cell phone retailers [ READ MORE ]

Free mobile apps can cost users their privacy

As if IT admins weren’t busy enough securing end-users’ computers, servers, and the network, they now need to come up with ways to protect end-users’ phones. Not only are malicious hackers devising ways to eavesdrop on targets’ private phone conversations, but new research shows that many of the free apps available for the popular iPhone [ READ MORE ]

Apple Get a Vote of Confidence After ‘Antenna-gate’

Of course, it doesn’t have those markets to itself. At a time when Apple is racing to ramp up its production capacity, rivals are massing with products of their own. While Google (GOOG) recently discontinued its Nexus One phone, mobile phones based on its Android software, such as Motorola’s (MOT) Droid X and HTC’s Evo, [ READ MORE ]

The Stack: Cognitive Surplus by Clay Shirky

Internet missionaries can be terribly annoying. Part of the reason—especially to the print dinosaurs among us—is that they’re so correct. Broken old media businesses will change or die. Younger audiences will not just read or watch; they must tweet, blog, and update their status, preferably all at once. More broadly, digital networks are reshaping culture, [ READ MORE ]

TEDxYouthInspire 2010 Press Release

  • July 22nd, 2010
  • Posted in Chatter

Am excited about this event though I won’t be in Ghana to attend. Will try and follow it on Twitter and through live streaming. You should also follow it on April 10. Ever heard of TED conferences? Now think of African youth. Bulls eye! Here’s a press release from the organising team of TEDxYouthInspire 2010. [ READ MORE ]

Obia nye obia – the class debate

  • July 22nd, 2010
  • Posted in Chatter

As if “Yefri Tuabodom” wasn’t enough controversy for one summer, Sidney (Rap ninja) reminded everyone who the most controversial hiplife artiste was. His latest album gives us “Obia nye Obia”, a song which preaches equality across the breadth of Ghana, in terms of respect, education, money and class. He argues that we all came from [ READ MORE ]

Pioto – challenging and setting up ourselves to do better

  • July 22nd, 2010
  • Posted in Chatter

Pioto – challenging and setting up ourselves to do better It’s been a while since I blogged here and I am ashamed. Anyway, I am back. What’s driven me back? The upcoming African Cup of Nations Football tournament in Ghana – yes, I am excited. It is expected to draw 1 million tourists to Ghana, [ READ MORE ]

Unusual Electrons Go With the Flow

  • July 20th, 2010
  • Posted in Chatter

The Princeton work represents the first time such behavior of electrons has been tracked and recorded, and hints at the possibilities of speeding up integrated circuits that process information by flow of electrons between different devices. The new materials potentially could break the bottleneck that occurs when metallic interconnects get so small that even the [ READ MORE ]

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