items tagged with Tony Austin
Useful Tools for Windows, Part 3 - Protect your laptop, and data on your USB keys
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-11-21 20:01:59
Here are two free Windows utilities worth trying. The first can help protect your laptop from theft, and the other will hide data (up to 1 GB) on your USB keys from prying eyes.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-11-21 20:01:59
Here are two free Windows utilities worth trying. The first can help protect your laptop from theft, and the other will hide data (up to 1 GB) on your USB keys from prying eyes.
Read More About Useful Tools For Windows, Part 3 - Protect Your Laptop, And Data On Your USB Keys...
Failure to cope with technology (that fails) - PEW Internet report
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-11-21 00:50:56
Nearly half of technology users need help with new devices. Many encounter problems with their internet connections, home computers or cell phones. As gadgets become more important to people, their patience wears thin when things break, reports the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-11-21 00:50:56
Nearly half of technology users need help with new devices. Many encounter problems with their internet connections, home computers or cell phones. As gadgets become more important to people, their patience wears thin when things break, reports the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
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IT's a good read! — Part 2: Art & Science of CSS (free until 02 December 2008)
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-11-20 18:08:35
Continuing an occasional series recommending some excellent, serious IT publications that are available for the asking via the Web. This article is tells you how you can learn the Art and Science of CSS.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-11-20 18:08:35
Continuing an occasional series recommending some excellent, serious IT publications that are available for the asking via the Web. This article is tells you how you can learn the Art and Science of CSS.
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AMD goes to Shanghai, searching for Dragons!
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-11-17 00:12:42
AMD has announced widespread availability of its 45 nanometre Quad-Core AMD Opteron server processor codenamed "Shanghai". The chipmaker has also given details on its second generation enthusiast-class desktop platform codenamed "Dragon" and its upcoming 45nm AMD Phenom II X4 quad-core desktop processors codenamed "Deneb."
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-11-17 00:12:42
AMD has announced widespread availability of its 45 nanometre Quad-Core AMD Opteron server processor codenamed "Shanghai". The chipmaker has also given details on its second generation enthusiast-class desktop platform codenamed "Dragon" and its upcoming 45nm AMD Phenom II X4 quad-core desktop processors codenamed "Deneb."
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Reduce your Linux PC's power consumption through smart activity monitors
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: Sustainability
Category: Green IT
2008-11-10 18:41:56
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: Sustainability
Category: Green IT
2008-11-10 18:41:56
A new tip in IBM's developerWorks shows you how to monitor application usage, system attributes, and user activity to more effectively use the power-management systems of your Linux laptop or desktop computer.
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A pragmatic European approach to open standards (a must-read)
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-11-09 01:37:28
The European Journal of ePractice has just published a research report showing that the achievement of wide-scale implementation depends not only on the openness of the process, but also on the willingness to negotiate and achieve a compromise.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-11-09 01:37:28
The European Journal of ePractice has just published a research report showing that the achievement of wide-scale implementation depends not only on the openness of the process, but also on the willingness to negotiate and achieve a compromise.
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HP outdoes MythBusters with a spectacular disaster recovery test explosion
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-31 02:39:36
Is it possible to have fun while you're working? It sure is, as HP proved by destroying a datacenter full of their enterprise server and storage products in an explosion simulating a gas leak that demonstrated complete fail-over of all the servers in less than two minutes.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-31 02:39:36
Is it possible to have fun while you're working? It sure is, as HP proved by destroying a datacenter full of their enterprise server and storage products in an explosion simulating a gas leak that demonstrated complete fail-over of all the servers in less than two minutes.
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Sun releases a major Java runtime and SDK update - Java SE 6 Update 10
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-29 00:03:07
After extensive beta testing, Sun Microsystems has released update 10 of its Java Platform Standard Edition 6, with many significant enhancements. Will this lead to a resurgence of Java applications on the desktop and the Web?
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-29 00:03:07
After extensive beta testing, Sun Microsystems has released update 10 of its Java Platform Standard Edition 6, with many significant enhancements. Will this lead to a resurgence of Java applications on the desktop and the Web?
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Journalists becoming comfortable in 2008 with Internet media tools: survey
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-28 01:04:01
A survey a study by Bulldog Reporter and TEKgroup International, Inc. shows how journalists are increasing their usage of Web 2.0 technologies to research, follow and report news and features.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-28 01:04:01
A survey a study by Bulldog Reporter and TEKgroup International, Inc. shows how journalists are increasing their usage of Web 2.0 technologies to research, follow and report news and features.
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SkypeOut pricing and voice quality - Part 4 (getting tired of waiting for Skype's reply)
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-27 22:05:13
SkypeOut enables you to make inexpensive voice calls from your PC to the switched telephone network, to destinations anywhere in the world. Here's another update on call quality and pricing plans.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-27 22:05:13
SkypeOut enables you to make inexpensive voice calls from your PC to the switched telephone network, to destinations anywhere in the world. Here's another update on call quality and pricing plans.
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Canadian physicists stumble upon new state of matter in a 'transistor'
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-27 21:30:51
McGill University researchers say they have discovered a previously unknown state of matter that might have a momentous impact on creation of new electronic devices.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-27 21:30:51
McGill University researchers say they have discovered a previously unknown state of matter that might have a momentous impact on creation of new electronic devices.
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Here's a chance for all to start cheating!
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-26 23:02:48
Psssst, keep this to yourself, buddy. Let me tell you about a bunch of free cheat sheets for technology professionals.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-26 23:02:48
Psssst, keep this to yourself, buddy. Let me tell you about a bunch of free cheat sheets for technology professionals.
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IBM signs technology infrastructure and services agreements across Asia Pacific
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-26 16:48:25
IBM announced, in mid-October, new client agreements in growth markets across the Asia Pacific region. Deals were inked in China, India, Korea, the Philippines and Vietnam.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-26 16:48:25
IBM announced, in mid-October, new client agreements in growth markets across the Asia Pacific region. Deals were inked in China, India, Korea, the Philippines and Vietnam.
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IBM and Chinese Palace Museum open Forbidden City virtual 3D tour
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-24 20:52:22
Some 600 years after construction began, China's Palace Museum and IBM opened the sprawling walled fortress to the world via an immersive 3D virtual experience.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-24 20:52:22
Some 600 years after construction began, China's Palace Museum and IBM opened the sprawling walled fortress to the world via an immersive 3D virtual experience.
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Nuance VP Peter Mahoney, on speech recognition benefits and futures (iTWire podcast)
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Pod Casts
2008-10-23 22:44:14
In this podcast with Peter Mahoney, VP of worldwide sales for Nuance Communications, get an update on Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10, and find out more about speech recognition, its benefits and potential, products such as Google Android and Palm Treo with embedded Nuance technology, and where speech recognition is headed.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Pod Casts
2008-10-23 22:44:14
In this podcast with Peter Mahoney, VP of worldwide sales for Nuance Communications, get an update on Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10, and find out more about speech recognition, its benefits and potential, products such as Google Android and Palm Treo with embedded Nuance technology, and where speech recognition is headed.
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IT's a good read! — Part 1: Microsoft Architecture Journal
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-21 02:02:07
The first of an occasional series recommending some excellent, serious IT publications that are available for the asking via the Web, and nearly all of them are free.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-21 02:02:07
The first of an occasional series recommending some excellent, serious IT publications that are available for the asking via the Web, and nearly all of them are free.
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IBM Australia Chief Technologist podcast - Open systems, supercomputing, algorithms, research...
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Pod Casts
2008-10-20 18:42:36
In this iTWire podcast, the Director of IBM Australia's Development Laboratory explains how it works on many different types of software and hardware projects, the IBM worldwide network of development and pure research labs, and gives his views on emerging technologies to watch.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Pod Casts
2008-10-20 18:42:36
In this iTWire podcast, the Director of IBM Australia's Development Laboratory explains how it works on many different types of software and hardware projects, the IBM worldwide network of development and pure research labs, and gives his views on emerging technologies to watch.
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Way back in time, with the Internet Achive
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-18 01:45:32
Are you aware that you can see archived pages from a wide range of Web sites, going back to the 1990s in some cases? It's fascinating to see what things were like way, way back in the Internet dark ages!
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-18 01:45:32
Are you aware that you can see archived pages from a wide range of Web sites, going back to the 1990s in some cases? It's fascinating to see what things were like way, way back in the Internet dark ages!
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How green is my vendor? Capgemini's Green IT Report 2008
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-17 22:03:15
The Green IT Report 2008, just published by Capgemini, examines the IT industry’s green credentials and an assessment of how industry leaders are dealing with environmental responsibility, sustainability and corporate social responsibility, also looking at what both IT vendors and users should do to implement a successful green IT strategy.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-17 22:03:15
The Green IT Report 2008, just published by Capgemini, examines the IT industry’s green credentials and an assessment of how industry leaders are dealing with environmental responsibility, sustainability and corporate social responsibility, also looking at what both IT vendors and users should do to implement a successful green IT strategy.
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Demystifying enterprise IT, part 2 - IBM's Glickenhouse on SOA, virtualization, cloud computing ...
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2008-10-15 02:24:38
Alan Glickenhouse, a Worldwide Sales Executive and SOA Champion in IBM Software Group, in this iTWire podcast talks about SOA, virtualization, cloud computing, mainframe computing and related matters.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2008-10-15 02:24:38
Alan Glickenhouse, a Worldwide Sales Executive and SOA Champion in IBM Software Group, in this iTWire podcast talks about SOA, virtualization, cloud computing, mainframe computing and related matters.
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