Monthly Archives: September 2011

The last few years have brought us arguably the most significant change in firewall technology in decades. Ever since “stateful inspection” was introduced by Check Point in the late 1990s, firewall administrators and information security officers have been defining security … Continue reading →

In 2010, the U.S. installed 887 megawatts (MW) of grid-connected photovoltaic (PV), up 104% from the 435 MW installed in 2009, according to a new recent report by the Solar Energy Industries Association and GTM Research. However, the U.S. market’s … Continue reading →

Bing’s new HTML5-and-CSS3-enhanced search interface, which was first demonstrated back in September 2010 to showcase the power of IE9, has started to roll out. The most notable addition to the new interface is is smooth page transitions — the fade … Continue reading →

Right on cue, Google has launched in-app payment support for Android applications. Developer testing began last week, and now many popular apps — like the ones pictured above — can begin charging users for add-on functionality, content, or whatever the … Continue reading →

Unless companies are suing each other over patents, you can expect a level of disconnected PR speak when companies talk on the record about each other. Unless you disrespect Oracle, then it’s on. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/F3Rb-0Z2lcw/larry-ellison-of-oracle-calls-autonomy-ceo-lying-liar The Rainmaker A BIG … Continue reading →

Impoverished football soccer clubs, with their massive stadiums, billionaire owners and millionaire star players have it awful hard, you know. If a club wanted a statistical analysis of the team’s movements over the 90 minutes (more if Sir Alex Ferguson … Continue reading →

This fun and flexible furniture is called a polymorphic bench and it has a unique mechanical design that will change shape when someone sits down on it. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/Dyp-3C5zOv0/a-bench-thats-part-see+saw-part-slinky Charro The Trouble With Girls Change Of Habit Elvis That … Continue reading →

I have a thing for full-screen text editing. I use WriteMonkey for my creative writing needs, and VIM in a full-screen PuTTY session for my Web development work. That being the case, I’m all over the monospace, dark-background, focused editing … Continue reading →

Dropbox offers a lovely client for Android, but it’s lacking true “sync” functionality. You can merely browse your Dropbox, pull files into the device, and manually upload specific files. DropSpace is a little Android app that makes Dropbox on Android … Continue reading →

You say Iceland, we immediately think Eyjafjallajokull — and no, we haven’t had a narcoleptic collapse upon these very keys. It’s been over a year since that volcano swept the headlines and interrupted air travel, providing outsiders with a skewed … Continue reading →