I just came across this video tour in which CNET News.com’s Neha Tiwari reports on the massive data warehouse of Equinix. Equinix serves companies like AT&T, MCI, Verizon, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google. It blows my mind that there are over 200 networks in one of these data warehouses.
Equinix is sophisticated in what it offers, so [...]
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Equinix Data Warehouse Is Awesome
June 21st, 2008 · No Comments
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Steve Jobs In 60 Seconds
June 10th, 2008 · No Comments
This is great, being able to watch the WWDC Steve Jobs keynote in 60 seconds versus 1 hour and 47 minutes. Don’t get me wrong, I think Steve is a very influential speaker, but there’s just something about getting it all in such a short span of time that appeals to me.
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Easier Than Ever To Jailbreak Your Iphone
June 5th, 2008 · No Comments
BBtv has a good episode on very simple Iphone Jailbreaking. Damien Stolarz says “It started out very complicated, but these days uh… if you’ve ever heard of a script kiddie, uh… hacking your iphone has gotten to script kiddie simplicity”
It turns out that with the click of a mouse using an application on a computer [...]
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Iraq Voice Response Translator
June 4th, 2008 · No Comments
I always enjoy technology/gadget reviews that Joel Johnson produces for BBtv. His review of the Iraq Voice Response Translator is priceless.
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Google Street On Android
June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
I’m am super impressed by the built-in compass feature of Android, especially when combined with something like Google’s own street view. Just watch the video to judge for yourself.
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YubiKey
June 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments
I’m impressed by this little device called the Yubikey which is the creation of a company called Yubico. The Yubikey is a tiny form factor USB authentication device which produces a one time password for authentication purposes. Essentially the Yubikey acts like a keyboard and auto enters passwords which are 32 characters in length (8 [...]
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Guitar Hero Machine Style
May 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Texas A&M University undergraduate students know how to master Guitar Hero.
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Obsolete Technology
April 19th, 2008 · No Comments
According to the Washington Post the following technologies are dying or are pretty much dead. I got a kick out of the date ranges for these, especially the concept of blind dating and body hair.
Truly ‘Blind’ Dates b. when Adam met Eve — d. 2000s
Mix Tapes b. 1963 — d. 1990s
Land [...]
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Sprint Instinct
April 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment
The Sprint Instinct was talked about a lot during CTIA this year. This is supposedly the closest thing to an “iphone killer” of any of the products according to many of the CTIA attendees. The Instinct is a nice device, it has a full touch screen with built in haptic response. I [...]
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The First Cell Phone Ever
April 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
35 years ago today April 3rd, 1973 the first cell phone was used to make a call. It’s funny when you think about how far the technology has developed since then. The picture on the left shows 35 years of innovation. Try not to laugh.
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