This morning Amazon announced its new Kindle Cloud Reader. This allows you, like the Kindle or Kindle apps for other devices, to access your Kindle library from your web browser and read away. The website works with Chrome on Mac, PC, Linux, and Chromebook and Safari on the Mac, PC, and iPad. "We have written the application from the ground up in HTML5, so that customers can … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2011
Part of August Patch Tuesday, Adobe Updates Flash, Shockwave, and Photoshop CS5
According to the Adobe Product Security Incident Response Team Blog, five products were updated yesterday by Adobe. Those products include Shockwave Player, Flash Media Server, Flash Player, Photoshop CS5, and RoboHelp. With four critical severity ratings and one important severity, it is important to read the security bulletins for any products on your network. … [Read more...]
How The London Riots Are Shaping Sales
In the Sports and Leisure section of Amazon.co.uk, its Movers and Shakers in sales are showing a certain trend. It's hard to tell if people are arming themselves for the riots or preparing to defend themselves. "Movers and Shakers identifies the biggest gainers in sales rank compared to twenty-four hours previously." Batons, baseball bats, and keyring batons are climbing the … [Read more...]
IBM Drains Itself Out of University of Illinois ‘Blue Waters’ Supercomputer
I had the pleasure of touring the NCSA's 'Blue Waters', a national petascale supercomputing facility, on the University of Illinois' Urbana-Champaign campus so it is with some sadness that I read that the project has suffered a setback as IBM removes itself from the partnership. … [Read more...]
Level (3) Communications Discusses The Top 10 Reasons Fiber Lines Are Cut
Mad at the infrastructure when your Internet is out? Level 3 Communications, a big Tier-1 ISP, gives their top 10 reasons why fiber gets cut and how it isn't always their fault. The list of reasons include digs, animals, mother nature, vehicles, fire, guns, and vandalism. You can find the full list on the Level (3) Communications blog with details and tales of previous … [Read more...]