Overheard in the tech blogosphere:

December, 2008


December 23, 2008  3:23 PM

Video – Christmas Display #3



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Technology

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December 23, 2008  3:00 PM

Overheard – Top 5 tech stories in Australia



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Bluetooth, IT careers, NAS, Security, software comparisons, Windows

In case you weren't one of the readers stampeding these stories, here's are the most popular tales from across TechTarget's five Australian sites in 2008: 1. SearchCIO readers could not get enough of this...

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December 22, 2008  3:31 PM

Overdheard – The future of the Internet according to Pew



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Internet, predictions, Technology, virtual worlds

By 2020, the virtual world will  have blended with the physical world; to speak of them as separate...


December 19, 2008  6:52 PM

Overheard – PLM or “It’s hard to be proactive”



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
PLM, product lifecycle management, Technology

money.jpg Companies often use lifecycle management as a last ditch effort, a “Hail Mary” pass...In reality, product lifecycle...


December 17, 2008  1:02 AM

Overheard – Scareware is a $100 million scam



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Malware, scareware, Security, Spyware

warning1.gif A Baltimore federal court judge ordered six absent defendants yesterday - including one from Maryland - to shut...


December 16, 2008  6:12 PM

Overheard – Firefox wins No. 1 spot for critical vulnerabilities



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Bit9, Firefox, Security, Trojans

Bit9's come out with their list of 2008’s Popular Applications with Critical Vulnerabilities. Top of the list? Mozilla Firefox.  Is IE even on the list? Nope. This caught my attention because I'm just about to FedEx back my...


December 16, 2008  5:40 PM

Overheard – Do we really need Wide Area File Services?



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
WAFS, WAN

jon_toigo.jpg Lewis Carroll would've had a field day satirizing the re-emergence of WAFS (Wide Area File Services), a storage...


December 16, 2008  4:58 PM

Overheard – How WAN accelerators work



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
correct addressing, Technology, transparent addressing, WAN, WAN accelerators

mike_demaria.jpg In a typical setup, a WAN accelerator is placed at each end of a WAN link. The appliance sits on the LAN...


December 15, 2008  12:08 PM

Overheard – Spintronics, the magic of magnets



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
spintronics, Technology

spinning_top.jpg Remember the word “spintronics” as you may be hearing more and more about it over the coming months....


December 11, 2008  3:48 PM

Overheard – IBM backing the World Community Grid distributed supercomputer



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
IBM, supercomputer, Technology, World Community Grid

stanley-litow.jpg "Forget about aliens, let’s cure AIDS." Stanley Litow,  quoting a commenter after the launch of the...