http://www.internet.com Blogs en-us Copyright 1996-2007 Jupitermedia Corporation rss@jupitermedia.com rss@jupitermedia.com http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2008/05/fuel-cells-coming-to-a-dsc-nea.html 52073923 Batteries are the bane of anyone who uses electronic gizmos of any genre so promises of hassle reducing power solutions are hard to ignore--even when they're couched in mystery. A case in point: an announcement today by methanol fuel... http://blog.enterpriseitplanet.com/green/blog/2008/05/apples-dismal-eco-score.html 52073847 Climate Counts has just released their environmental score card and Apple came in dead last. Why? Here's their report card to help explain: Review: 0/22 points. Climate Counts found no publicly available information on Apple’s efforts to measure its companywide... http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/2008/05/the-curse-of-op.html 52073657 By Mark Hinkle I remember when the big open source debate was whether a piece of software was really open source, meaning it was released under an OSI-approved license.... http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/05/new-rule-video-piracy-threaten.html 52073953 Leave it Los Angeles County government officials to enact another idiotic public law. Now peer-to-peer video and audio piracy has been declared on par with gambling, gang-banging and prostitution, and property where such activity occurs can be closed for as much as a... http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2008/05/scan-multiple-photos-with-a-si.html 52073925 From time to time, the thought crosses many a shutterbug's mind that it might be a good idea to dig through the old pre-digital archives and turn some antique snapshots into bits and bytes. That brain nugget soon loses... http://blog.isp-planet.com/blog/2008/05/sign-of-the-future-iprovo-goes.html 52073817 DSL Reports notes today that muni fiber project iProvo (as in Provo, Utah) has been bought by FTTP specialist Broadweave Networks for $40 million, which is almost exactly the amount of money the city of Provo owes on the bond... http://blog.enterpriseitplanet.com/green/blog/2008/05/green-storage-maid-20.html 52073849 Enterprise storage watchers have been keeping an eye on MAID (massive array of idle disks) technology, not only for energy savings, but also keep lower priority data off costly, high-performance storage systems. Companies like Copan, for example, have made a... http://blog.enterpriseitplanet.com/green/blog/2008/05/google-street-view-succumbs-to-litter.html 52073851 Plastic bags are already on the environmentalist's hit list. Now they're botching up Google Street Views in Alaska. Geeks, revolt! [via Gizmodo]... http://weblogs.jupitermedia.com/meckler/2008/05/pizza-bonanza.html 52073559 Great article on CNN today about the huge growth in the online pizza business.  The numbers are staggering.  Maybe Amazon should buy Papa John's!!?... http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/05/freedom-to-fbi.html 52073333 The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 and the putative War on Terror have spawned innumerable challenges to our democracy, most of which we never even hear about because they're done in secret. Worse, millions of Americans have been all too... http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/05/david-strom-how.html 52073335 Since 2005, more than 3700 individual developers have contributed their time towards modifications of the Linux kernel operating system. A recent report here shows exactly how far and how fast that project has come, and the extent that Linux has become the... http://weblogs.jupitermedia.com/meckler/2008/05/yahoo-next-steps.html 52073561 The press continues to speculate on Yahoo's future.  Microsoft denies it will pursue Yahoo again.  Obviously I do not know about Microsoft's intentions but I would not be surprised if Microsoft returns to its pursuit of Yahoo.  Microsoft is way... http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/05/rep-seeks-secon.html 52073337   There’s been a lot of barking lately regarding video games, including MADD’s recent call for changes in the new version of Grand Theft Auto, in which you have the option of driving while three sheets to the wind.  ... http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2008/05/add-precision-to-your-panorami.html 52073927 Panoramas made by stitching together several digital photographs can be fun to create but shooting their components can be a little unsettling. That's because the mind's eye and a camera lens don't always see eye to eye on where one... http://blog.isp-planet.com/blog/2008/05/are-web-20-companies-clueless.html 52073819 That's what GigaOM's Allan Leinwand suggests today in his article, Web 2.0, Please Meet Your Host, the Internet. It has two case studies, one about DoS attacks, the other about poor router configuration. Worth reading!... http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/05/dells-delicate-channel-balanci.html 52073955 Sounds like Dell Computer is about to engage in a delicate balancing act with its new-found channel partners. The vendor is launching a managed services initiative to sell to customers directly. So will Dell destroy margins in managed services the way it... http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/05/reprise-leopard.html 52073787 Kenneth Van Wyk revisits the question of how relatively secure he feels on each platform and comes up with the same, if qualified, answer. http://blog.enterpriseitplanet.com/green/blog/2008/05/green-business-roadmap.html 52073853 There's no getting around it. Greening your datacenter or company (or both) is going to take some adjustment. But at its core, it's an opportunity to get back to business basics, submits Polly Traylor of Datamation. Namely, getting the most... http://blog.enterpriseitplanet.com/green/blog/2008/05/using-the-sun-to-hear.html 52073855 Some DIY gumption, business savvy and a hint of green... now this is the kind of story I like! Newsweek brings us the story of Canadian executive Howard Weinstein who set out to provide relief to the hearing impaired in... http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2008/05/helicon-cheats-depthoffield-ch.html 52073929 When it comes to discerning the nuances of shadow and light in the physicial world, it's hard to beat the human eye. That's why some imagesmiths resort to digital tricks, like High Dynamic Range processing, to level the playing... http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/05/wild-west-of-th.html 52073339 There always have been dangers lurking on the Internet. But things are getting worse, according to this article on the San Francisco Chronicle's web site: Criminal attacks against major Web sites have grown so common that Internet users have no... http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/05/zeroshell-and-m.html 52073789 A tutorial on a simple wireless security distro reminds me of the paranoiac I used to be ... and probably ought to start being again. http://blog.isp-planet.com/blog/2008/05/anatomy-of-an-offthegrid-isp.html 52073821 My colleague Pedro Hernandez did a fascinating e-mail interview with an ISP in Idaho that generates its own power.... http://blog.enterpriseitplanet.com/green/blog/2008/05/anatomy-of-an-off-the-grid-isp.html 52073857 Yesterday, I posted about harnessing alternative energy in Nothern Idaho. Today, Gary Garrett of North Idaho Connection, an ISP that serves the region, sent me the specs on his off-the-grid wireless ISP. Given the location, the sun's rays don't... http://blog.isp-planet.com/blog/2008/05/every-patent-dispute-since-200.html 52073823 Interesting, brief article in the NY Times (h/t BoingBoing) suggests a major shakeup in patent law could occur because a law passed in 1999 was unconstitutional. The law "changed the way administrative patent judges are appointed, substituting the director of... http://blog.enterpriseitplanet.com/green/blog/2008/05/off-the-grid-in-idaho.html 52073859 It seems that just about every post deals with a Silicon Valley startup, an innovation at schools like MIT or green computer moves at the likes of IBM, Dell and Microsoft. So it pleases me when a note hits... http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2008/05/micosoft-freebie-does-geotaggi.html 52073931 Microsoft isn't often linked to free software, but that isn't the case with Pro Photo Tools. PPT is a neat program to introduce geotagging into your photographic repertoire. Here are some of the things it will do for you.... http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/05/are-we-hallucinating-about-the.html 52073957 The technology industry and channel partners are certainly much better off because of the Internet. The technology changes it has spawned have resonated through the channel for more than a decade. But are we totally missing the downside of that experience?... http://weblogs.jupitermedia.com/meckler/2008/05/microstock-diaries-reviews-our.html 52073563 The number one blog for the microstock industry had a neat review of our recent one-day gathering for Stockxpert in Moscow, Russia.  When reading this review note the part where the writer mentions that Jupitermedia sent a few people over... http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/05/yahoos-market-r.html 52073341 So much for being undervalued. In the first trading session after Microsoft on Saturday withdrew its revised $47.5 billion offer, shares of Yahoo plunged 16 percent at the opening bell.Microsoft recently upped its buyout offer to $33 per share from... http://blog.enterpriseitplanet.com/green/blog/2008/05/green-matters-business-intelligence-takes-an-environmental-turn.html 52073861 Bigger than a Microsoft/Yahoo flameout (or a GTA IV hangover) here are today's highlights. SAS Applies Business Intelligence To Environmental Performance - InformationWeek SAS for Sustainability Management applies business intelligence capabilities to environmental performance. It includes a performance management... http://blog.isp-planet.com/blog/2008/05/isps-debate-bandwidth-costs-un.html 52073825 On the ISP-Bandwidth list in April, I posted some comments from Om Malik on bandwidth pricing (under the headline "Om Malik supports throttling, gets flamed"):   http://gigaom.com/2008/04/22/shocking-new-facts-about-p2p-and-broadband-usage/On fixed and mobile broadband networks where consumer services are provided(i.e., NOT interprovider or... http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/2008/05/black-ducks-exc.html 52073659 By Mark Hinkle I met Black Duck CEO, Doug Levin back in October 2003 at the Enterprise Linux Forum in Washington D.C. I instantly liked him. He was just starting Black Duck Software and as a ex-Microsoftie talking about... http://weblogs.jupitermedia.com/meckler/2008/05/amazon-rave.html 52073565 I have been writing about my new Kindle.  Inadvertently I purchased a second Kindle by accident.  I had to return the extra Kindle and went to the Amazon site to arrange the return.  The experience was superb. Amazon has a... http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2008/05/sensor-breakthrough-could-beef.html 52073933 Touch-screen devices are all the rage these days. Their convenience and cachet have seduced digital device makers of every denomination, including bytecam houses like Sony and Panasonic. But a tech breakthrough by Capella Microsystems may give them something that will... http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/05/ripping-passwor.html 52073791 Maybe John the Ripper could provide some relief to strong password madness, or maybe we should all just stop being crybabies and learn to live with really obnoxious password policies. http://blog.enterpriseitplanet.com/green/blog/2008/05/chevy-volt-in-2010-really.html 52073863 Chevy Volt in 2010? GM's Wagoner is leaning toward "definitely," which beats the "definitely, maybe" talk of just a few short months ago. Motor Trend weighs in. Engineers at GM's Milford Proving Ground are working six-day weeks to bring... http://blog.enterpriseitplanet.com/green/blog/2008/05/hp-solves-memristor-riddle.html 52073865 Tech sites and blogs are buzzing with the latest innovation out of HP Labs. Sought after for 30 years, the group has finally cornered the science to make the memristor a reality. It's significant because for decades, three building blocks... http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/05/semantic-podcas.html 52073343 In April’s edition of the Semantic Web Gang Podcast -- now up on Semanticweb.com -- the gang discusses Bret Taylor’s notion of a "Wikipedia for Data" and looks at the role that semantic technologies should play in connecting diverse pieces of data... http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/05/cuban-trade-embargo-will-hurt.html 52073959 Personal computers have for the first time gone on sale in Cuba, but the U.S. reseller channel is going to suffer because of the antiquated, ineffective and ridicuous trade embargo that the Bush Administration stubbornly clings to for that island... http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/2008/05/silicon-dust-hd.html 52073661 By Mark Hinkle I have been tinkering with brew your own home DVRs for years with limited success. I have gone through various incarnations MythTV, Mac OS running proprietary software, even a painful weekend with MIcrosoft Media Center.... http://blog.enterpriseitplanet.com/green/blog/2008/05/solar-closing-in-on-coal-fingers-crossed.html 52073867 If this post at Engadget is to be believed, solar may be well on its way. Two organizations, SUNRGI and the University of Tel Aviv are claiming some pretty big advances in solar efficiency. SUNRGI claims power generation at 7... http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2008/05/peachpit-digpho-book-named-all.html 52073935 During these times when any news seems to be bad news about dead-tree publishing, Scott Kelby deserves a tip of the hat. Scott is the author of a number of technology and photography volumes, including The Photoshop Elements 6 Book... http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/2008/05/zareasonubuntu.html 52073663 By Mark Hinkle At LinuxFestNW this weekend I ran into a company, Zareason, that sells computers with Ubuntu pre-installed. Not just desktops but laptops that have camera's, wi-fi, and support for power management of modern laptops.... http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/05/madd-goes-mad-o.html 52073345   In Grand Theft Auto IV, you can hijack a car, run over people, deal drugs, and do all sorts of other nefarious activities. And now, while playing the new version of this insanely popular game, you can also choose... http://weblogs.jupitermedia.com/meckler/2008/04/russia-final-thoughts.html 52073567 I just got back from 6 days in Russia (Moscow and St. Petersburg).  Our Stockxpert meeting with several hundred contributors was extremely successful.  Our team of 6 that attended learned a lot about the needs of our rapidly growing pool... http://blog.enterpriseitplanet.com/green/blog/2008/04/green-matters-100m-alternative-energy-x-prize.html 52073869 Space? Let's try fixing our problems down here. That's the goal of a clean fuels X Prize with $100 million up for grabs. X Prize: $100 Million for Clean Fuels - BusinessWeek The X Prize Foundation made its name handing... http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2008/04/la-fresh-flogs-wipes-for-modco.html 52073937 You don't have to be Adrian Monk to appreciate the La Fresh Tech Pack. I don't know about you, but when I'm in the field, I find myself frequently wiping a lens, an LCD or a viewfinder with something--most often... http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/mass-disappoint.html 52073793 Another day, another inadequate excuse to stock up on canned food and flee for the hills. http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/04/saving-emails-a.html 52073347 It looks like the Bush administration's effort to accidentally-on-purpose lose thousands of White House emails will pay off. With only months remaining in Bush's second term, it's highly unlikely congressional investigators will get anywhere in trying to force the administration... http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/fifteen-years-later-are-we-bet.html 52073961 May 1 represents the 15th anniversary of the day the Web's code was placed into the public domain. So this public birthday of the Internet raises the question of whether it's been a force for good or evil.... http://blog.enterpriseitplanet.com/green/blog/2008/04/faster-greener-ethernet.html 52073871 Bigger, faster, better... That's usually how things go at Interop. But let's pause for a moment. It's good advice for people when things get heated, and now, it may prove good advice for energy efficient networking. Sean Michael Kerner at... http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/2008/04/deflectors-say.html 52073665 Did you ever get the nagging feeling you've missed something important as you go through your daily routine?I'm having that feeling right now, and it may not bode well for Linux.... http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/your-chatty-tre.html 52073795 What's in a name? Don't ask your iPhone. Also: Quick notes from my first day on the Interop floor. http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2008/04/reviews-are-grist-for-gist-sit.html 52073939 As much as those of us in the opinion business like to think that what we write about a new product is the be-all and end-all on it, from a consumer's point of view, it makes more sense to... http://blog.isp-planet.com/blog/2008/04/independent-isp-wins-one-over.html 52073827 Medium-sized UK ISP TWS has won a domain name appeal against News Corp.-owned MySpace. The politics of the ruling were complex, and the story may not be over, The Register reports. TWS had owned the myspace.co.uk domain name since 1997,... http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/04/maguire-happens.html 52073349   Head’s up that our man James Maguire is on the scene at the Mandalay Bay convention center in Las Vegas for the big Interop trade show.   Maguire, Datamation’s managing editor, has filed his first report from the cavernous Mandalay... http://blog.enterpriseitplanet.com/green/blog/2008/04/universities-score-500k-in-microsoft-green-funds.html 52073873 Four universities are getting a slice of a half a million dollar pie to pursue sustainable computing, and by extent, greener data centers. Those universities are the University of Tennessee, Stanford, Harvard and the University of Oklahoma. According to... http://blog.enterpriseitplanet.com/green/blog/2008/04/green-matters-b-1.html 52073875 Certainly not if you're the RIAA. But the technical reasons may have some merit... Is Bittorrent a green technology? - The Green Lounge Check out this interview with Bittorrent CTO Eric Klinker from Beet.tv. The interview was supposed to be... http://blog.isp-planet.com/blog/2008/04/aol-claims-success-so-are-port.html 52073829 Kenneth Corbin of internetnews.com titles the story, AOL Touts Turnaround Success After Record Traffic. It's certainly reasonable for an ISP to try to make money from its home page, but AOL's strategy is radical. The company has been offering a... http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2008/04/fuji-monster-zoom-snags-award.html 52073941 Fujifilm sparked some buzz in January when it introduced a snazzy "bridge" digital camera with a fixed monster zoom lens and the ability to emulate film stock. Bridge cameras are so named because they span the gap between point-and-shoot... http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/distributors-catching-economic.html 52073963 The latest quarterly financial reports from top channel distributors have been somewhat disappointing, unlike reports from channel vendors that show overseas sales are compensating for the economic slowdown in the U.S.... http://blog.isp-planet.com/blog/2008/04/has-rockstar-finally-gone-too.html 52073831 With the release of Grand Theft Auto IV nearing, I expected the controversy over sex and violence in video games to heat up again, but Ars Technica is reporting that the usual trolls received an unusual assist from gaming site... http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/jobscom-says-pr.html 52073797 Citing an internal records retention policy, Jobs.com tells an unhappy user it won't remove his profile. http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/04/bringing-you-la.html 52073351 Yes, we all know Google makes a fantastic search engine, one so popular it's become a commonly used verb. And we understand that Google is the most successful Internet company in the world, not just because of search, but also... http://weblogs.jupitermedia.com/meckler/2008/04/kindle-has-a-problem.html 52073569 I have been on the road in Europe with my new Kindle.  Readers know I have given Kindle a rave review to date. Unless I am missing something I have found a major flaw in Kindle for someone who travels... http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2008/04/nikon-acts-quickly-to-reverse.html 52073943 It's only been a week, but Nikon has already released new firmware for its D3 digital camera to address problems caused by a buggy version of the update introduced last week. According to Nikon, the new download "will overwrite... http://blog.isp-planet.com/blog/2008/04/saving-data-center-energy.html 52073833 There are some complex things you can do to save data center energy, but there are also some relatively obvious steps you can take as oil approaches $120 per barrel. ServerWatch has 8 Simple Ways to Slash Your Data Center... http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/2008/04/bill-gates-disd.html 52073667 By Mark Hinkle Bill Gates steps down as the Chairman of Microsoft on July 1st to transition to full time philanthropic efforts with the Gates Foundation. However, I wonder how effective Bill will be other than writing checks. You see... http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/04/microsoft-mulls.html 52073353   Microsoft has certainly hit the headlines recently, capped off by another hugely profitable quarter, announced this week.   Mix that in with the ongoing Yahoo-Microsoft saga and the huge European Union fine levied in February, and you’ve got a perfect... http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/arpa-org-and-uk.html 52073799 DNSSEC continues its fitful progress. http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2008/04/canon-launches-parks-contest.html 52073945 ©2008 by John P. Mello Jr. If you're a park goer in the United States and love taking pictures of the great outdoors, you should be tantalized by a contest launched this week by Canon USA. Running from now until... http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/04/life-after-it.html 52073355 Many IT professionals wouldn't think of doing anything else for work. Through good times and bad, IT is what they live and breathe.But as outsourcing of IT jobs becomes more prevalent -- and as downsizing becomes more likely in this... http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/microsofts-ballmer-hints-at-xp.html 52073965 Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made a smart political (if not business) move when he told a press conference in Europe that the company might rethink its plans to completely phase-out its XP operating system.... http://blog.isp-planet.com/blog/2008/04/intel-to-service-providers-off.html 52073835 ITChannelPlanet is reporting that Intel is working with NaviSite, an ASP veteran, to offer SMB services to the VAR channel. The article quotes Steve Dallman, vice president of Intel’s sales and marketing group and general manager of Intel’s worldwide reseller... http://weblogs.jupitermedia.com/meckler/2008/04/moscow.html 52073571 I have arrived in Moscow.  Quite interesting for someone of my age who grew up in the midst of the cold war and fear of the then Soviet Union.  Tomorrow we setup for the Stockxpert convention taking place on Saturday. ... http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/channel-tech-earnings-stay-str.html 52073967 Tech companies with a strong channel presence seem to be doing well as the earnings season starts to unfold. Despite fears of a general economic slowdown, the tech sector seems to be hanging in well.... http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2008/04/benqs-new-shooters-slap-leathe.html 52073947 It isn't easy selling digital cameras outside the  Canon-Nikon-Sony sphere of influence, but you have to give the creative guys at BenQ credit. They always seem to find a little something to distinguish their point-and-pop bytecams from their competition--even if... http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/2008/04/green-open-sour.html 52073669 By Mark Hinkle Yesterday was Earth Day (visit the open source Drupal-powered website for details from the Earth Day Network). In September 1969, at a conference in Seattle, Washington, U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson announced that in the spring of 1970... http://blog.isp-planet.com/blog/2008/04/isps-behaving-like-spyware.html 52073837 If you're not using these snooping / adserving services, you might want to advertise the fact. If you do choose to use them, you'll also need to inform your users, but if you're WideOpenWest (WOW!), you will try to avoid... http://weblogs.jupitermedia.com/meckler/2008/04/kindle-to-russia.html 52073573 I am about to leave for Russia tomorrow afternoon.  I am attending our first Stockxpert gathering for photographers and contributors on Saturday in Moscow (at the Marriott Courtyard).  I rarely do siteseeing when I travel but I will make an... http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/xss-watch-pa-pr.html 52073801 A hacker found an exploit in the Obama campaign's Web site and used it to send visitors to Hillary Clinton's. http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/04/comcast-rolls-b.html 52073357 I hate to keep criticizing mega-ISP Comcast -- life, after all, is unfair enough for our major corporations. But it's hard to let this one by without comment: FCC Chairman Kevin Martin on Tuesday told Congress it appears that Comcast... http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2008/04/photobucket-opens-well-for-pix.html 52073949 Horizons broadened today for some 40 million users of Photobucket, one of the largest photo sharinig sites on the Internet., as the service introduced new technology that allows images and videos stored at its site to be accessed from... http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/fcc-chairman-to-congress-stay.html 52073969 Please, don't pass any laws that require me to actually regulate anything, especially the Internet. That's the message FCC Chairman's Kevin Martin appears to be delivering to Congress this week.... http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/04/cards-on-the-ta.html 52073359 Today’s a big day in Silicon Valley, earnings-wise, because it’s time for Yahoo to show its hand.   There’s a lot at stake when the struggling Internet pioneer reports quarterly earnings today at 2 p.m. Pacific Time. For the... http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/2008/04/why-open-source.html 52073671 By Mark Hinkle I have been trying to digest two unrelated stories from last week. The first was the report by the Standish Group on the $60 Billion dollars open source is purported to be costing the proprietary software industry.... http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/url-typo-correc.html 52073803 ISPs eager to monetize their users' mistyped URLs are setting them up for trouble as the servers that handle the typo correction prove vulnerable to assorted attacks. http://blog.isp-planet.com/blog/2008/04/you-dont-need-to-be-green-to-w.html 52073839 The price of oil just hit $117 today! People were talking crisis at a price of $100. We've already blown through most price rise expectations for the full year, and we're not even into Summer yet. Diesel's at $4.20 per... http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2008/04/canon-5d-succesor-feeds-rumor.html 52073951 Was it a slip or just slop? That's what Canon watchers are asking themselves today after the alleged specs for the spectral EOS 5D Mark II appeared on one of the camera maker's Web sites in Germany. According to... http://weblogs.jupitermedia.com/meckler/2008/04/clipart-connection-subscriptio.html 52073575 Jupiterimages is the leader in the world in selling digital content via subscription.  We have 12 subscription properties and continue to grow the list.  The most recent launches were Jupiter Images Unlimited and Stockxpert (our microstock offering). We have owned... http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/internets-future-up-for-debate.html 52073971 The U.S. Senate this week considers an issue of critical importance to ISPs, developers and other channel partners: The future of the Internet.... http://blog.isp-planet.com/blog/2008/04/another-government-funded-netw.html 52073841 There are two problems with the IProvo and UTOPIA municipal fiber rollouts, according to this local article. The first problem is that the monopolies have come in with low price bundles whereas in the past they did not serve the... http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/2008/04/did-canonical-j.html 52073673 I watched with my usual fascination as the news cycle built to a shrill crescendo last week when both Novell and Red Hat each made a point of announcing that they were not planning to put a lot of effort... http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/the-problem-wit.html 52073805 PayPal's "get tough on insecure browsers" stance sounds good, but a SANS blogger argues that a browser's support of EV SSL certificates is hardly the criterium by which PayPal should be judging browser security. http://weblogs.jupitermedia.com/meckler/2008/04/lucky-oliver-microstock-site-t.html 52073577 The Lucky Oliver microstock site is closing its doors on 15 May.  Lucky Oliver got a lot of publicity.  The site is very nice.  So what happened? My take is that there are now too many microstock sites.  The closing of... http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/04/a-onesided-deba.html 52073361 Over at internetnews.com, my colleague Andy Patrizio covered an event that never was at Stanford University:What if someone held a debate and only one side showed up? The likely result is what happened here Thursday on the campus of Stanford... http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/safari-in-paypa.html 52073807 PayPal says a lack of EV SSL support puts Safari in the same boat as "very old and vulnerable browsers." http://blog.isp-planet.com/blog/2008/04/virtualization-really-is-disru.html 52073843 In the internet, you don't matter until you start destroying job silos and creating conflict within organizations. This excellent writeup on GigaOM of the culture clash caused by virtualization systems shows that this new technology could fundamentally change the architecture... http://weblogs.jupitermedia.com/meckler/2008/04/earthquake-in-peoria-and-how-d.html 52073579 I am sitting in O'Hare airport in Chicago waiting to board an early morning flight to Los Angeles.  Earlier this morning I was in Peoria, Illinois.  I had visited with my colleagues at Jupiterimages yesterday late afternoon and evening.  Great... http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/do-we-need-more.html 52073809 A marketing gambit study says we're all reusing our passwords too much because we're not aware of the risks. http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/musical-chairs-continues-at-ar.html 52073973 Kevin Gilroy, who headed Arrow Electronics' Enterprise Computer Solutions Group for the past 15 months, is leaving for personal reasons. He's the fourth person to hold the top position in the last two years.... http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/2008/04/paravirtualizat.html 52073675 A friend of mine sent me this link to an entry on Avi Kivity's blog, where the KVM maintainer and Linux kernel developer states (somewhat equivocally) that "paravirtualization is dead."It's a brief entry, fairly matter of fact. Too bad I... http://weblogs.jupitermedia.com/meckler/2008/04/jupitermedias-music-expansion.html 52073581 On the road again.  Dallas this morning and now Chicago and then to Peoria and Pasadena.  I get back home on Saturday and leave next week for Moscow where we are running our first international gathering for Stockxpert contributors. Many... http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/ftc-asked-for-d.html 52073811 A pair of consumer groups want the FTC to create a "do not track" list. Being on that list should imply membership on a "do not provide services" list, too. http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/can-isps-and-p2ps-coexist.html 52073975 It's a good idea to develop a set of rights for Web peer-to-peer file sharers, but a proposal put forth by Comcast has generated its share of controversy and shows how tough it is to find common ground.... http://blog.isp-planet.com/blog/2008/04/f2c-green.html 52073845 Just a quick note to say that my writeup of the Green sessions at the Freedom to Connect conference are up on Jupitermedia's green blog: Companies presenting: Verizon Cisco and British Telecom Zipcar and CANARIE Although global warming is a... http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/time-to-boycott-overseas-outso.html 52073977 Isn't it about time to start boycotting the corporations that are outsourcing IT jobs to India? As the U.S. economy continues to tank, IT outsourcing to India is reaching an all-time high. You can thank Wall Street and corporate America for... http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/microsoft-argue.html 52073813 Microsoft is arguing in favor of privacy controls that would give customers a little more control over how their information is used. http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/2008/04/strengths-and-w.html 52073677 Yesterday, I fired up the search engines and noted a lot of stories in the media about Windows users freaking out about the planned June 30 end-of-life for Windows XP. They popped up in my net because quite a few... http://weblogs.jupitermedia.com/meckler/2008/04/more-on-net-neutrality-and-yah.html 52073583 I have written a few posts about net neutrality.  Net neutrality is under attack.  Just read a blog that concisely points out the dangers.  Readers should protest whenever possible about any threat to net neutrality.   As to Yahoo:  It appears... http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/if-you-heart-yo.html 52073815 Librarians can end up out front on lots of civil liberties issues. http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/heed-the-demand-to-save-xp.html 52073979 Microsoft plans to stop selling the Windows XP operating system to retailers and manufacturers on June 30, but that hasn't stopped legions of supporters from using the Web to try to halt the inevitable move to Vista. More than 110,000... http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/2008/04/the-little-3-of.html 52073679 By Mark Hinkle Last year open source analyst Michael Coté of Redmonk coined the term Little Four to describe four up-and-coming open source management vendors and as a foil to the Big Four of systems management.In the open source space,...