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There’s such a thing as TOO open

From the Register, by way of Broadsight, it seems that Google has patched an issue with Android that interpreted text you type as commands. So you can type "reboot" and reboot the phone. Really? Really? I mean, I've heard Android is supposed to be an open platform. But if the tale is ...

The cloud’s most important equation

Today, I'm going to write about an equation. I'll try to make it easy to follow, but it's still stats and graphs. Stay tuned and I'm convinced it will be worth your while, because in my opinion, it's the most important equation in cloud computing. It's what drives your market, ...

Google Goggles: A cautionary tale of the mainstream web

Ever sent a mail you regret? Google has been introducing a wide range of features lately. Their GMail labs are proposing all kinds of enhancements. But this one proves just how mainstream the web has become: Mail Goggles. A pun on Beer Goggles, the plug-in asks you skill testing questions when you ...

Who runs Human 2.0 operations?

A few posts back, Alistair wrote about Human 2.0, focusing on sensory immersion, augmented reality. and bridging the gap between the human and the screen. These techniques are only half of the Human 2.0 equation - they modify the environment - the inputs - not the human body itself. Human 2.0 ...

Hardcore geeks, alcohol, and… copyright violations?

My favorite thing on the Internets today (aside from Stallman's tinfoil-hat rant about cloud computing being evil, which I'll get to later) is this video of the Mythbusters crew researching sobering-up techniques. When you're done laughing, think about the first part of that. A member of the media (admittedly, a pretty ...

Keeping ourselves honest

Jennifer Bell and the folks at Visible Government took the covers off their much-needed I Believe In Open project. If you're a Canadian, you should go sign up. Simply put: any elected official who isn't willing to be transparent and accountable to their electorate has something to hide, and we ...

Amazon’s new CDN: More than just footprint in Asia

Amazon’s rolling out an extension to its S3 storage offering that will help move content closer to users, reducing WAN latency. “Using a global network of edge locations this new service can deliver popular data stored in Amazon S3 to customers around the globe through local access,” announced Amazon CTO ...

Taleo presentation on SaaS compliance — check back here for video

Unfortunately, Martin Dubois, Chief Counsel of HR SaaS giant Taleo, wasn't able to make it for his presentation yesterday on Compliance, Regulation and On-Demand Applications. Both SaaS co-chair Jeff Kaplan and I are sad that Martin's great content didn't see the light of day, so we're arranging to have him ...

Cloud foundations presentation at Interop08

I'm presenting a free session tomorrow on the foundations of cloud computing. This probably loses something in the translation, because a lot of the content is in the speakers' notes, but here goes. Cloud FoundationsView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own.

VMworld cloud — pwned by Interop?

By some sick twist of fate, Interop and VMworld are happening at the same time this week. That creates a real problem for those of us in the space where the application meets the network. Do we go to New York for Interop, which is conveniently next to the Web2Expo, ...