March 15, 2013
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Google’s decision to shut down its popular RSS client service, Google Reader, has some people in an uproar. Dave Winer, one of RSS’s creators, has a different reaction: “I won’t miss it.” Winer, who created the first version of RSS … Continue reading
March 14, 2013
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I get why so many people are upset that Google is closing down its RSS Web service, Google Reader. There’s even a “keep Google Reader alive” petition that’s already crossed the 50,000 signers mark. But, you could argue that the … Continue reading
March 1, 2013
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What do you think your computer does most of the time? For most of us, most of the time, it just sits there idly spinning its wheels. It doesn’t have to be that way. There are many distributed computer programs, … Continue reading
February 25, 2013
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Oh the shame of it all! Microsoft’s worldwide cloud service, Azure, had a critical failure — and for about 12 hours the service was down. The cause? An expired Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificate. First, this was an incredibly stupid … Continue reading
February 17, 2013
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OK, so here’s the good news. When Apple released iOS 6.11 last week it did fix the problem some European phone users were having with 3G connections. The bad news is that iOS’s other network-related problems persist. Apple’s iOS 6.11 … Continue reading
December 11, 2012
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Only months after the arrival of Linux 3.6, Linus Torvalds has released the next major Linux kernel update: 3.7. The time between releases wasn’t long, but this new version includes major improvements for ARM developers and network administrators. The 3.7 … Continue reading