Google made two announcements this morning with pretty big product announcements. The first is relevant to any Android fans and the second has to do with Google entering the eBookstore industry. Both of these announcements were made via the Official Google Blog. Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and Nexus S The latest version of the Android platform was introduced today, codenamed … [Read more...]
Amazon Announces New DNS Service Through their Amazon Simple Storage Service
Just last week, Amazon kicked WikiLeaks off of its Amazon S3 service for violating its Terms of Service. Shortly after that, WikiLeaks lost DNS services from EveryDNS and more recently, Paypal stopped processing donations made to the WikiLeaks account. With an announcement today, Amazon is now providing two out of those three things that WikiLeaks needs but isn't allowed to … [Read more...]
Rapportive – Add Social Networking Integration To Your Gmail
Functioning in much the same way Xobni does for Microsoft Outlook, Rapportive serves as an add-on for Firefox, Safari, Mailplane, and Chrome browsers to enhance Gmail. Rapportive adds social networking aspects to your Gmail pane by kicking out the Google text ads and making the space more functional. When you're looking at a message, it will display a brief bio of the person … [Read more...]
Tech and Legal Intersecting: Game Console Modding, Wikileaks as DDoS Victim, Level 3 and Comcast Toll
There are a couple of worthwhile reads around the Interwebs today discussing various ways technology is changing the law and politics. The first example is an article covering the first trial to challenge game console mod chips as a violation of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. Next, Wikileaks is getting a lot of coverage for releasing another batch of US documents; this … [Read more...]
Book Review: All-in-One CompTIA Security+ Exam Guide, 2nd Edition
Yesterday I became CompTIA Security+ certified on my first attempt. The exam consists of answering 100 questions within 90 minutes and having a score of at least 750 out of 900 to pass. The SY0-201 exam objectives required both a broad and deep knowledge of many topics. Combined with this exam being the furthest outside my daily duties, it was actually the most challenging exam … [Read more...]