IBM pulled out of their contract with the NCSA 3 months ago for a supercomputer situated on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus, a facility I was able to tour less than a year and a half ago. The new partner announced today is Cray Inc., The Supercomputer Company. From the press release provided by Cray: This new Cray supercomputer will support significant … [Read more...]
Adobe Flash Player Updated
In case you missed it on Thursday, an update to Adobe Flash Player was released to patch critical vulnerabilities in the plugin for Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris and Android platforms. Adobe recommends users of Adobe Flash Player 11.0.1.152 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris update to Adobe Flash Player 11.1.102.55. Users of Adobe Flash Player … [Read more...]
Bi-Partisan Marketplace Fairness Act Introduced to Senate Today
The "Main Street Fairness Act" that has been causing affiliate members to be left in the cold at the state-level was introduced to the federal level last time we mentioned it here. Today, a similar bill was introduced as the Marketplace Fairness Act to the Senate with four senators support across both parties, Senators Mike Enzi (R-WY), Dick Durbin(D-IL), Lamar Alexander (R-TN) … [Read more...]
Bug in Group Policy Preferences Rears Its Head Every DST Change
For Earth Day 2010, I delivered a write-up of steps I had taken to green my organization. It was the low-hanging fruit but saved thousands of dollars by turning off over 300 computers when facilities were closed while still allowing remote access through Intel vPro power-on ability and scheduled booting. To complete the shut down process in a flexible way for different … [Read more...]
Amazon Prime Gets Another Free Perk: Kindle Owners’ Lending Library
In addition to free two-day shipping and unlimited instant streaming, Amazon Prime members that own Kindle devices now have access to the Kindle Owners' Lending Library. It allows you to borrow one book a month for free. There are over 5,000 titles to choose from and no due dates. Along with Kindle format books being available from 11,000 public libraries, the Kindle family of … [Read more...]