March 10, score one for bicyclists
Responding to community appeals, Google has added a bicycling layer to its Maps. Hot Hardware.
Responding to community appeals, Google has added a bicycling layer to its Maps. Hot Hardware.
A U.S. Treasury rule change gives a big boost to advocates of both free speech and freeware. Network World.
A Windows vulnerability has forced Energizer to take its battery charger powered either by a wall outlet or a USB off the market. Hot Hardware.
To all the people frustrated with Lost’s alternate universe storyline, I caution patience. TV Tyrant.
While there’s a huge dearth of women developers in open source (worse than in other developers jobs), some groups are working to change that in practical ways. Network World.
Most software, whether open source or proprietary, is insecure and vulnerable, a report found. Network World.
And then there’s another kind of insecurity: Will the post office ending Saturday deliveries mean no more weekend Netflix or Gamefly? Hot Hardware.
Meanwhile, on 24, nothing happened. TV Tyrant.
For my first piece on Network World, I wrote about how a U.S. trade group hates open source and how its beliefs would all but make the federal government itself an enemy of the state. I’ll be blogging three times a week for Network World, focusing on open source for the enterprise.
I actually think there were a whole bunch of questions answered – partially or otherwise – in The Lighthouse episode. Read my thoughts on TV Tyrant.
Not too shockingly, I suppose, cyber attacks via phishing, malicious links and vulnerabilities continue to be on the rise. I wrote about IBM’s latest report on Hot Hardware.
24 has alternated between incredibly amazing and craptacular. I discuss on TV Tyrant.