Month: January 2012

Apple to compete with Intel PC’s by selling direct to Corporate customers

Just read this article this am, It looks like Apple is attempting to compete with microsoft, by forming a division that sells directly to corporate customers. I know a company that already does this, Curtis Ziak http://www.linkedin.com/pub/curtis-z/5/166/768 . When i was supporting Electric Visual, a purveyor of Sunglass and snowboarding goggles, i met Curtis as …

Engineered Stomach Microbe Converts Seaweed Into Ethanol

Read the full article over at Scientific American here: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=genetically-engineered-stomach-microbe-turns-seaweed-into-ethanol&page=2 A genetically modified strain of common gut bacteria may lead to a new technology for making biofuels that does not compete with food crops for arable acreage. Researchers at Bio Architecture Lab, Inc., (BAL) and the University of Washington in Seattle have now taken the …

“Search plus your World”.

some reading http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Googles-Personal-Search-May-Warrant-FTC-Scrutiny-EPIC-232034/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/12/google_search_plus_your_world/ http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=65642 It looks like this is a new extension on social search, alot of people are up in arms, i have not formed an opinion yet, however it looks cool at this point Watch a video to learn more about Social Search see the page on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%2B Further design developments …

control windows8 with your eyes…?

Read this article to get a quick idea about the possibilities and see the video they posted. http://m.gizmodo.com/5874172/i-just-controlled-windows-8-with-my-eyes-and-it-made-me-believe-in-technology-again?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews   sorry it took me so long to post more about this. i have been a little taxed for time lately, my apologies. i read an article that expanded a bit more on this over on the …

Microsoft releases patch for HashDos Vulnerability!

I received this in an email on the 29th of December: http://app.en25.com/e/es.aspx?s=2580&e=21873&elq=632ae2cdc0414364b170127ab46617ec in case the link is broken, here is the text: ALERT: Microsoft Releases Patch for HashDos Vulnerability December 29, 2011 Happy almost New Year! In response to some recent developments around a known vulnerability targeting .NET, Microsoft made the bold decision to issue …