Viadeo vies for Arab expansion with Moroccan branch

Posted on 27 January 2012

RABAT – Viadeo, the world's second-biggest online networking site for professionals after LinkedIn, said on Friday it had opened a regional branch in Morocco as it seeks to expand its presence in the increasingly-wired Arab world.
Viadeo, which targets professionals, job seekers and recruiters, shelved plans for an initial public offering last year to [...]

Twitter to restrict user content in some countries

Posted on 27 January 2012

SAN FRANCISCO – Twitter announced Thursday that it would begin restricting Tweets in specific countries, renewing questions about how the social media platform will handle issues of free speech as it rapidly expands its global user base.
Until now, Twitter had to remove a Tweet from its global network if it received a takedown [...]

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These USB, Wi-Fi Hotspot Cufflinks Will Make You Feel Like James Bond

Posted on 26 January 2012

[Photo: Brookstone]Have you ever been out for a night on the town and found yourself wishing you had your USB drive with you? Me neither. But just in case the need should arise, the next time you suit up, why don’t you throw on a pair of these cufflinks from Brookstone?
Hidden in one of the [...]

Security

DOD Prohibits Removable Storage Devices To Stop Worm

Posted on 03 July 2009

“Lockdown” must be the Department of Defense’s middle name. As a worm seems to be making its way through the military’s computers, the DOD has responded by banning flash drives, CDs, and just about everything else that can store data and be moved from one machine to another.
DOD Prohibits Removable Storage Devices To Stop [...]

Software & Applications

Coder, your days are numbered

Posted on 03 July 2009

Programmers care about languages. Opinion on the topic is generally divided into two schools of thought. One holds that a good programmer will be versed in a selection of different languages, to be better equipped to handle a variety of coding styles and challenges. The other school maintains that the best way to remain marketable [...]

Storage

Back Up Those Digital Photos Dad

Posted on 03 July 2009

Earlier today I received an email from a good photographer friend of mine. She was asking me about a new online back up service that I was not familiar with after having almost lost a hard drive at 4am this morning.
As a photogeek, but even more as a geek dad, the importance of photo [...]

Wireless

Aruba invents virtualised remote access

Posted on 03 July 2009

Aruba Networks has announced a new family of branch office wireless access points it says can be used to build a cheap but powerful remote access system based on virtual principles.
Dubbed the ‘virtual branch office’, the system uses software-upgraded versions of the company’s current range of data centre-based hardware controllers connected to one of [...]