You can see a good synopsis from Stephen Colbert of the HBGary Federal screw-up that rings with truthiness. Update: HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr, the center of this circus, has announced he is stepping down. … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2011
F.lux – More Natural Monitor Lighting With Rising To Setting Sun
The theory behind F.lux is simple and the execution, in its simplicity, is beautiful. F.lux is designed with the thought "maybe we shouldn't be staring at the blinding sun all day and night." It adjusts the brightness of your monitor automatically according to the time of day. So during the day, it reaches full brightness at noon and after it crosses 6PM the light starts to get … [Read more...]
How Do IT Professionals Deal With The Career Threat of SaaS (aka The Cloud)?
I followed a recommendation from CompTIA to visit their website CompTIA Software CEO. The first article I found there was titled How to Start a Company Without an IT Professional. I hope I'm not the only one who finds the title alone to be inflammatory. Go ahead and read the article, then I'll see you after the jump so we can have a discussion about the article. … [Read more...]
Google Cooks Up A New Recipe-Friendly Search View
Google announced on the Official Google Blog today that it is rolling out a new search view that specializes in recipe searching. You can search for dishes or inspiration by ingredients. Google has interesting details on the new search on the Google Recipe Search landing page. Recipe View is based on data from rich snippets markup, which we first introduced at Searchology in … [Read more...]
An Update Is Available For Your Computer [Humor]
From the excellent Sticky Comics, the perspectives of Linux, Windows, and Mac users on computer updates. (via Sticky Comics) … [Read more...]