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Hacker – What I do meme

by MattD on February 21, 2012 · 0 comments

iPad 3 – Retina display, LTE networking, and faster processor. iPhone 5 – Larger form factor, faster processor, and LTE networking. Apple can no longer ignore the big phone movement, especially with a content-consumption device. MacBook Pro Air – The 13″ MacBook Pro will be discontinued with the 13″ Air filling the void. The 15″ [...]

Former Hacker MafiaBoy Hacked

by MattD on December 7, 2011 · 0 comments

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Not only was I surprised to see that this decade old unsophisticated hack warranted a book, but found it interesting that the book’s promotional site was completely overrun by hackers.

“Today, OSTP is releasing Trustworthy Cyberspace: Strategic Plan for the Federal Cybersecurity Research and Development Program—a road map to ensuring long-term reliability and trustworthiness of the digital communications network that is increasingly at the heart of American economic growth and global competitiveness. ”

The holy grail, Part I

by MattD on November 29, 2011 · 0 comments

This is interesting analysis on the future of web advertising. For an example of everything that is wrong with web advertising, one need only visit this ridiculous site. To view four paragraphs of content, a user is subjected to over 40 advertisements. That is a 10-1 advertisement to paragraph ratio. I haven’t seen anything worse [...]

In reviewing all the associated data plan requirements with our mobile phones, I’m becoming increasingly disgruntled. We need a formalized movement to get carriers to stop treating data plans as device dependent and focus on account-based aggregated data plans. Why do I need a data plan for our various iPhones and iPads on a device [...]

Since the release of the Steve Jobs biography, there has been a plethora of speculation regarding the interface the upcoming AppleTV. For the most part, the speculators are missing the mark. Pundits argue that voice control would be difficult to implement in a TV because of the background noise from the TV itself. You would [...]

Last March we reviewed the Delorme plus Spot solution and found it to be a useful device with some major shortcomings. With the introduction of the Delorme inReach 2 way satellite communicator, those short-comings have been addressed. The Delorme inReach brings two way communication to any connected Android or PN60W GPS unit by pairing them [...]

DJing Moves to the Cloud

by MattD on November 17, 2011 · 0 comments

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One need only browse the contents of a Shoutcast streaming radio directory to realize that there are thousands of home-brew Internet radio stations catering to just about every musical interest possible. Many of these stations are grassroots entities relying on desktop DJ software to keep the station up and running. Cloud DJ by Wavestreaming is [...]

Designed to look like a hardcover book, the Pad & Quill Cartella case seemed the perfect match for my Fieldfolio iPad2 case. However, the implementation of the idea leaves much to be desired in a laptop format. The case is made of high quality materials but there are several factors that result in this case [...]

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