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HiWEB-Interactive Show Log – 018– 070308

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HiWEB-Interactive – Show #18 – From July3rd 2008

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-Hot NewsTopics this week (*Prepped 24 Hours Prior)

1 - Solid State Drives Don't Extend Battery Life, They Shorten It

2 - Apple closes holes in Mac OS X, Safari

3 - 10 Reasons Enterprises Aren’t Ready to Trust the Cloud

4 - DoJ reportedly launching probe of Google-Yahoo ad deal

5 - Phone projectors get another step closer…

6- Intel says to prepare for 'thousands of cores' in processors

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1 -Solid State Drives Don't Extend Battery Life, They Shorten It – Solid state drives (SSDs) are the inevitable future of mobile computing, but a new experiment by Tom's Hardware is extremely disappointing. It ends up that the touted power savings of SSDs over their moving-parts-laden cousins are nonexistent. In fact, SSDs are sucking more power than conventional hard drives. How is this possible? Tom's Hardware thinks they know.

While moving hard drives have higher power requirements on paper, in reality, those peaks are only reached when random data is being searched out. On average, these drives have become very power efficient and rarely peak even when data is being accessed.

SSDs, on the other hand, pretty much have an "on" mode and an "off" mode. That's it. So while you are using your hard drive, that mode is pretty much always going to be the "on" one. SSD manufacturers haven't focused on other power saving principles at this time. And until they do, don't expect things to get any better.

Note: the benchmarks were all completed on the same Dell laptop. A 5400 RPM hard drive would have even lower power consumption than the 7200 RPM model tested.

http://gizmodo.com/5021166/swindled-solid-state-drives-dont-extend-battery-life-they-shorten-it

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2 -Apple closes holes in Mac OS X, Safari - Apple plugged 25 security holes in components of its Mac OS X operating system on Monday, closing remote execution vulnerabilities in its Safari Web browser and the Ruby Web programming language.The software patch -- the fourth this year for Apple's Mac OS X -- also fixed flaws in the open-source Apache Tomcat Java server, Apple's VPN client, the operating system's screen lock, and the handling of potentially unsafe types of content. While the open-source Apache Tomcat server racked up the most vulnerabilities, the most severe issues affect the Ruby Web programming language, WebKit library for Safari, and Mac OS X core library functions."Multiple memory corruption issues exist in Ruby's handling of strings and arrays, the most serious of which may lead to arbitrary code execution," the company stated in its advisory. "This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of strings and arrays."The Ruby Project patched the flaws in late June after an Apple engineer found the issues.Apple patched serious flaws in the Windows version of its Safari Web browser last month. The so-called "carpet-bombing" vulnerability allowed a malicious Web site to save files to a user's desktop. The company released a security guide for Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" in early June, offering advice to technically-adept users on locking down the latest version of the Mac OS X. The most recent update from Apple can be downloaded via the company's update service, accessible through the Apple menu.

http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/767

http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/30/apple-releases-leopard-10-5-4-update/

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3 -10 Reasons Enterprises Aren’t Ready to Trust the Cloud - Many entrepreneurs today have their heads in the clouds. They’re either outsourcing most of their network infrastructure to a provider such as Amazon Web Services or are building out such infrastructures to capitalize on the incredible momentum around cloud computing. I have no doubt that this is The Next Big Thing in computing, but sometimes I get a little tired of the noise. Cloud computing could become as ubiquitous as personal computing, networked campuses or other big innovations in the way we work, but it’s not there yet. Because as important as cloud computing is for startups and random one-off projects at big companies, it still has a long way to go before it can prove its chops. So let’s turn down the noise level and add a dose of reality. Here are 10 reasons enterprises aren’t ready to trust the cloud. Startups and SMBs should pay attention to this as well.

1-It’s not secure. We live in an age in which 41 percent of companies employ someone to read their workers’ email. Certain companies and industries have to maintain strict watch on their data at all times, either because they’re regulated by laws such as HIPAA, Gramm-Leach Bliley Act or because they’re super paranoid, which means sending that data outside company firewalls isn’t going to happen.

2-It can’t be logged. Tied closely to fears of security are fears that putting certain data in the cloud makes it hard to log for compliance purposes. While there are currently some technical ways around this, and undoubtedly startups out there waiting to launch their own products that make it possible to log “conversations” between virtualized servers sitting in the cloud, it’s still early days.

3-It’s not platform agnostic. Most clouds force participants to rely on a single platform or host only one type of product. Amazon Web Services is built on the LAMP stack, Google Apps Engine locks users into proprietary formats, and Windows lovers out there have GoGrid for supporting computing offered by the ServePath guys. If you need to support multiple platforms, as most enterprises do, then you’re looking at multiple clouds. That can be a nightmare to manage.

4-Reliability is still an issue. Earlier this year Amazon’s S3 service went down, and while the entire system may not crash, Mosso experiences “rolling brownouts” of some services that can effect users. Even inside an enterprise, data centers or servers go down, but generally the communication around such outages is better and in many cases, fail-over options exist. Amazon is taking steps toward providing (pricey) information and support, but it’s far more comforting to have a company-paid IT guy on which to rely.

5-Portability isn’t seamless. As all-encompassing as it may seem, the so-called “cloud” is in fact made of up several clouds, and getting your data from one to another isn’t as easy as IT managers would like. This ties to platform issues, which can leave data in a format that few or no other cloud accepts, and also reflects the bandwidth costs associated with moving data from one cloud to another.

6-It’s not environmentally sustainable. As a recent article in The Economist pointed out, the emergence of cloud computing isn’t as ethereal as is might seem. The computers are still sucking down megawatts of power at an ever-increasing rate, and not all clouds are built to the best energy-efficiency standards. Moving data center operations to the cloud and off corporate balance sheets is kind of like chucking your garbage into a landfill rather than your yard. The problem is still there but you no longer have to look at it. A company still pay for the poor energy efficiency, but if we assume that corporations are going to try to be more accountable with regard to their environmental impact, controlling IT’s energy efficiency is important.

7-Cloud computing still has to exist on physical servers. As nebulous as cloud computing seems, the data still resides on servers around the world, and the physical location of those servers is important under many nation’s laws. For example, Canada is concerned about its public sector projects being hosted on U.S.-based servers because under the U.S. Patriot Act, it could be accessed by the U.S. government.

8-The need for speed still reigns at some firms. Putting data in the cloud means accepting the latency inherent in transmitting data across the country and the wait as corporate users ping the cloud and wait for a response. Ways around this problem exist with offline syncing, such as what Microsoft Live Mesh offers, but it’s still a roadblock to wider adoption.

9-Large companies already have an internal cloud. Many big firms have internal IT shops that act as a cloud to the multiple divisions under the corporate umbrella. Not only do these internal shops have the benefit of being within company firewalls, but they generally work hard — from a cost perspective — to stay competitive with outside cloud resources, making the case for sending computing to the cloud weak.

10-Bureaucracy will cause the transition to take longer than building replacement housing in New Orleans. Big companies are conservative, and transitions in computing can take years to implement. A good example is the challenge HP faced when trying to consolidate its data center operations. Employees were using over 6,000 applications and many resisted streamlining of any sort. Plus, internal IT managers may fight the outsourcing of their livelihoods to the cloud, using the reasons listed above.

Cloud computing will be big, both in and outside of the enterprise, but being aware of the challenges will help technology providers think of ways around the problems, and let cloud providers know what they’re up against.

http://gigaom.com/2008/07/01/10-reasons-enterprises-arent-ready-to-trust-the-cloud/

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/070208-cloud.html?hpg1=bn

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4-DoJ reportedly launching probe of Google-Yahoo ad deal - The US Justice Department is in the process of launching an in-depth investigation into Google and Yahoo's advertising deal. The DoJ has already begun requesting documents from Yahoo in order to probe into the general nature of the agreement, with more specific document requests, civil investigative demands (CIDs) from third parties, and executive interviews expected within the next month or so. "This has been a formal investigation since day one, given its high profile," an inside source told CNet. "There was never the option to have an informal investigation done." The situation goes back to early April, when Yahoo inked a small, temporary deal with Google to test out Google ads on a number of Yahoo's search result pages. The ads would only run on up to three percent of Yahoo's search pages, and only for a couple of weeks. Some analysts speculated that outsourcing the entire Yahoo search advertising function to Google had the potential to increase Yahoo's cash flow by 25 percent in the first year. Just over two weeks later, word on the street was that both Yahoo and Google were happy with the results and hoped to extend the partnership. After Microsoft's attempt to take over Yahoo finally went flat in May, Yahoo and Google inked a 10-year, nonexclusive ad pact. In late April, another anonymous source leaked that the advertising deal was being looked into by the Justice Department because of a phone call between Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang, wherein Schmidt allegedly offered help in thwarting Microsoft's bid to buy the company. The department was also reportedly "concerned about a longer-term deal" between Google and Yahoo. t appears as if the latest probe into Google and Yahoo is the next logical step after the two companies first landed on the DoJ's radar. "When the DOJ says, 'We have concerns about...,' it usually means the field has been narrowed," CNet's source said. No interviews have been scheduled yet, but if things proceed as expected, the DoJ will turn its investigators loose on the two companies. As part of the CID process, it's expected that competitors, potential partners, and advertisers will also get a chance to weigh in.

Yahoo insists that the deal is good for competition, and appears confident that the investigation will go down without a hitch. "There is nothing unexpected in the review of this arrangement as structured by the parties and Department of Justice officials," Yahoo said in a statement sent to the Washington Post.

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5– Phone projectors get another step closer - Korea Electronics Technology Institute is developing a 4-ounce device that can basically throw pictures off your mobile device to a 60-inch full-color SVGA image more than 6 feet away. KETI's "Eye Glass Display" can receive picture input signals like S-video, composite, component, and analog RGB, and it comes equipped with controller that can realize 3D images. Lest we get too excited about the potential waiting to be unleashed here--from billboard-type messages to sales pitches--the device is still in gestation mode. But with any luck it won't be long before we can turn our mobile phones into portable video projectors for impromptu movie marathons.

http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9983651-1.html

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6 -Intel says to prepare for 'thousands of cores' in processors - Intel is telling software developers to start thinking about not just tens but thousands of processing cores. Intel currently offers quad-core processors and is expected to bring out a Nehalem processor in the fourth quarter that uses as many as eight cores. But the chipmaker is now thinking well beyond the traditional processor in a PC or server. Jerry Bautista, the co-director of the Tera-scale Computing Research Program at Intel, recently said that in a graphics-intensive environment the more cores Intel can build the better. "The more cores we have the better. Provided that we can supply memory bandwidth to the device." On Monday, an Intel engineer took this a step further. Writing in a blog, Anwar Ghuloum, a principal engineer with Intel's Microprocessor Technology Lab, said: "Ultimately, the advice I'll offer is that...developers should start thinking about tens, hundreds, and thousands of cores now." He said that Intel faces a challenge in "explaining how to tap into this performance." He continues: "Sometimes, the developers are trying to do the minimal amount of work they need to do to tap dual- and quad-core performance...I suppose this was the branch most discussions took a couple of years ago." Now, however, Intel is increasingly "discussing how to scale performance to core counts that we aren't yet shipping...Dozens, hundreds, and even thousands of cores are not unusual design points around which the conversations meander," he said. He says that the more radical programming path to tap into many processing cores "presents the 'opportunity' for a major refactoring of their code base, including changes in languages, libraries, and engineering methodologies and conventions they've adhered to for (often) most of the their software's existence."

"Eventually, developers realize that the end point is on the other side of a mountain of silicon innovations...Program for as many cores as possible, even if it is more cores than are currently in shipping products."

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-9981760-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

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- Viewer Questions (*Troubleshooting, New Tech, Etc.)

What is RSS?

RSS (Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.

Why RSS? Benefits for using RSS

RSS solves a problem for people who regularly use the web. It allows you to easily stay informed by retrieving the latest content from the all the sites you are interested in. You save time by not needing to visit each site individually. All the content is delivered into one place: A so-called ‘News Reader’ or ‘RSS News Reader.’ This reader is already included in many email programs, such as Eudora, Outlook, and Thunderbird, as well as in most current web browsers.

It is faster and easier to scan multiple RSS news headlines in one place (pretty much the same way you scan your email inbox) than it is to visit site after site in search of the latest information.

What is a News Reader?

Websites announce the availability of RSS News Feeds in various ways. You may already have seen this image (in one color or another): It indicates the presence of an RSS news feed. You subscribe (free of charge) to an RSS News Feed with the News Reader program of your choice.

News Readers are especially designed to display the information contained in RSS News Feeds in an easy-to-use format. They come in at least four flavors:

Web-based

Web-based RSS news feed services such as Bloglines, Google Reader or My Yahoo!are very popular. There’s nothing to download or install. Just sign on, sign in, and add the feeds.

Browser-based

If you use the latest versions of Firefox or Internet Explorer you can read news feeds right in your browser (Firefox instructions | Internet Explorer instructions)

Included In Email Program

Email programs like Eudora, Opera Mail, Outlook 2007, and Thunderbird include options to subscribe to RSS News Feeds.

Stand Alone

A separate program, such as SharpReader or NetNewsWire(MAC). There are also RSS readers built into many mobile phones now. There are many RSS readers available for windows mobile, palm, or blackberry phones. A good resource to check out is Handango.com. I use Egress for my windows mobile smartphone.

When you click on the image an RSS News Feed page opens. Your browser may present you with various subscription options, but you can also copy and paste the URL (from the address bar) into the subscription feature of whichever news reader you have selected.

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-New Technology to keep an Eye On

(Auto Tech, Alt. Fuel, Environment, Hacking, High Tech, etc…)

1 - New Cow Fat Motor Oil Biodegrades in Days - Green Earth Technologies, creator of organic engine products, has released their new automotive lubricant to its G-Oil line, a 10W-30 that has set a new biodegradability standard. The oil biodegraded over 90% in a speedy 9 days, blowing the 28-day rate of decomposition required by the American Society of Testing Materials out of the water. Pretty impressive.The oil, like the others in the line, is made from saturated fat from cows, which works great for high performance in engines. This new oil is for 4-cycle off-road and recreational vehicle engines and so helps out an eensy bit with the impact vehicles have when operated, though it’s not like these types of vehicles tend to be ultra green in the first place. And it also helps out an eensy bit with the waste from cattle processing, though that industry isn’t exactly very green either. But solutions like this are better than nothing, I give them that.I think the part I like best is the rapid biodegradability of the product. And no, it doesn’t biodegrade while in your engine. Apparently, when mixed with G-DISPOSOIL, in just seconds used G-OIL is broken down into smaller molecules that are food for microorganisms in soil. You can then literally just pour it onto the ground. I know, the thought of pouring motor oil onto the ground still freaks me out a little bit, too, but apparently this stuff is perfectly safe for the soil. The other thing about the product I like is it won’t kill you. GET products pose no health risks, they don’t even recommend inducing vomiting should you take a swig. I suppose all it’ll do is clog your arteries.The new oil will be available nationwide in the fall of this year. And you don’t have to just be content with the oil, since they have quite a product listing of items based on animal fat.

http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1818/69/

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2 -Mr. Asahi robot bartender makes its public debut –Asahi Beer has experimented with robot bartenders in the past, but it looks to have really outdone itself with its new Mr. Asahi bot, which just made its public debut at Selfridges in the UK. Apparently, the robot was built in about 200 hours and spent a full six months fine-tuning its bartending skills, which includes being able to serve customers in less than two minutes. That's done with the aid of a discreetly-hidden PC that controls the compressed air and the robot's various switching mechanisms, not to mention its pleasant demeanor. Be sure to head on past the break for a video of the bot in action courtesy of Channel Flip.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/02/mr-asahi-robot-bartender-makes-its-public-debut/

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3-Everex readying 10.2-inch Cloudbook with WiMax WWAN? – As we all wait tensely for Everex's Cloudbook MAX to land (and WiMAX to launch in a big way), rumors are swirling that First International Computer (FIC) -- Everex's affiliate and the maker of the Cloudbook -- is preparing a 10.2-inch "Eee PC killer." 'Course, by the time this thing comes out it'll have 27 Eees to kill, but we digress. Early word suggests that the unit will pack a 1,024 x 600 resolution panel, a 1.3-megapixel camera, up to 2GB of RAM, a 4-in-1 multicard reader, ExpressCard slot, 4- or 6-cell battery, 802.11b/g WiFi as well as optional 3G WWAN / WiMAX capabilities. With everyone and their first cousin twice removed getting into this arena, don't be shocked to see this turn up here in a few months.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/02/everex-readying-10-2-inch-cloudbook-with-3g-wwan/

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4 - Is Watermelon A Natural Viagra?- (WebMD) Men hoping for some fireworks in their love life this Fourth of July may want to skip the burgers and beer at the barbecue and eat plenty of

watermelon.

Watermelon may be a natural Viagra, says a researcher. That's because the popular summer fruit is richer than experts believed in an amino acid called citrulline, which relaxes and dilates blood vessels much like Viagra and other drugs meant to treat erectile dysfunction (ED).

"We have known that watermelon has citrulline," says BhimuPatil, PHD, director of the Fruit and Vegetable Improvement Center at Texas A&M University, College Station. Until recently, he tells WebMD, scientists thought most of the citrulline was in the watermelon rind. "Watermelon has more citrulline in the edible part than previously believed," he says.

So, the burning question: How much watermelon does it take?

"That is a good question," Patil says. Unfortunately, "I don't have an answer for that."

He does know that a typical 4-ounce serving of watermelon (about 10 watermelon balls) has about 150 milligrams of citrulline. But he can't say how much citrulline is needed to have Viagra-like effects.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/02/health/webmd/main4227219.shtml?source=RSSattr=HOME_4227219

-Weekly Picture

Amazing DragonFly – Notice whiskers, lips, Eye, Nose and Texture

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lorenzo_samia/2483022545/sizes/l

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-Tech Tip / Demo

Making Desktop Linux Work for Business Work - Since Microsoft has chosen to discontinued Windows XP why not consider Linux for your Business Desktops.

Today's IT managers face tough choices. PCs that run fine today have an uncertain upgrade path, now that Microsoft has chosen to discontinue Windows XP. Upgrade costs associated with Vista, coupled with the ever-escalating cost of application licenses, make switching to desktop Linux an increasingly attractive option.

Fortunately, the future of Linux on the business desktop has never been brighter. Bolstered by contributions from some of the biggest names in IT, today's Linux offers a rich, highly functional user experience to compete with any proprietary OS. With appropriate planning, integrating a limited number of Linux desktops into your existing environment can be undertaken with minimal difficulty, paving the way for a broader migration tomorrow.

If you do deploy Linux, choosing a distribution is one of the most important decisions you will make. Don't be tempted to mix distributions haphazardly. Each flavor of Linux bundles its own version of the kernel with a unique blend of code libraries, utilities, and applications. Each also offers its own style of system configuration and management. Because of this, introducing more than one or two distinct distributions into a given environment is usually asking for trouble.

For business use, a distribution backed by commercial support is the best choice. Even if you have Linux experience in-house, a single unforeseen crisis can cause IT costs to skyrocket when you have nowhere to call for help.

For this reason, set realistic expectations early in the decision-making process: Linux isn't going to be free. It will, however, be cheap. The software itself is free, which means that the traditional costs associated with regular upgrade cycles are virtually eliminated. It's easier to evaluate the success of a Linux migration if you focus on long-term goals.

The traditional "big two" Linux vendors, Red Hat and Novell, each offer a desktop Linux distribution backed by commercial support. Either is suitable for large-scale enterprise use, and indeed, very large organizations may want to limit their search to these two choices.

If you can afford to be flexible, however, the desktop Linux market includes a number of lesser-known options -- including Linspire, Mandriva, Ubuntu, and Xandros, among others -- that specialize in delivering a high-quality user experience and are similarly backed by commercial support. The exact best fit will largely be a matter of personal taste.

http://www.infoworld.com/archives/t.jsp?N=s&V=95345

Ubuntu, Suse, Xandros, Mandriva, Linspire and/or Red Hat

The great desktop switch: From Windows to Linux

http://www.infoworld.com/archives/t.jsp?N=s&V=92758

Getting Connected, Applications, Multimedia, Which Linux and Guides.

Applications like FireFox, Open Office, Audacity, PigDin (IM), Thunderbird (Email) to name a very few.

*Evolution mail client can integrate with Exchange Server

See this link for much more information on Linux for your business today: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147889/making_desktop_linux_work_for_business.html

-General Talk/Discussions

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-Closing Comments

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