As you watch the video below you can form your own conclusions about this natural evolution of robotics. But I’ll give you some of my opinions below the video: http://youtu.be/YQIMGV5vtd4 Now some context: As a technologist I would like to remind you all that every future use case for incredibly capable systems like this willRead… Read more »
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Beta Launch of .gov.uk
For those of you that haven’t noticed, we’ve been busy across the pond: How did it come to this, that the government has one of the most exciting start-ups in the UK?! — Rev Dan Catt (@revdancatt) January 31, 2012 Last night saw the release of the beta version of .GOV.UK which as Francis Maude,Read… Read more »
Anup Ghosh on Cybersecurity in 2012: Let’s break the security insanity cycle
Editor’s note: the post below by Anup Ghosh first appeared on the Invincea blog and is republished here with the author’s permission. bg Prediction 2012: Hackers Will Find New Fertile Ground to Pharm Posted by Anup Ghosh on November 29, 2011 Invincea is on record that the year 2011 will go down as the yearRead… Read more »
You Won’t Get Burned Buying a Kindle Fire
I regularly review and evaluate new technology and products as part of my job and also because I enjoy keeping up with what’s available. After saying that, I must admit that I’ve spent the last 15 years or so avoiding tablet computers. What’s the point? They’ve always run a stripped down operating system and theyRead… Read more »
Improving Hadoop Performance with Optimization, CDH3 Update 3, and CDH4
Mahout is a machine learning library that will be included in CDH4 At Cloudera Day, Cloudera software engineed Todd Lipcon Delivered a Deep Dive on the Core of Cloudera’s Distribution including Apache Hadoop (CDH), detailing tweaks and planned improvements to the Hadoop core. Just a few days later, some of these planned improvements were implementedRead… Read more »
One Month Later, the Galaxy Nexus is still the phone to beat
The Galaxy Nexus has raised the bar for all mobile devices While Apple recorded their best quarter ever, Samsung and Google released the most impressive smartphone to date. Appearing on the Verizon network with LTE radios in the US, as well GSM w/ HSDPA+ radios internationally, the Galaxy Nexus is the most groundbreaking phone available.Read… Read more »
Gamification can change behaviour. I have proof.
This post has been on my mind for a while now, and a recent article on the topic from Policy Horizons Canada finally brought this to the top of my “blog topics” list (which seems to have a leaking hole in it these days…sorry about that). As always, I like to start with a definition:Read… Read more »
Hadoop Quickstart: Use Whirr to automate standup of your distributed cluster on Rackspace
We have previously provided a Quickstart guide to standing up Rackspace cloud servers (and have one for Amazon servers as well). These are very low cost ways of building reliable, production ready capabilities for enterprise use (commercial and government). And Bryan Halfpap has provided a Quickstart guide which shows you how to build a HadoopRead… Read more »
Chain Links
Protecting and connecting Here are a few recent links of note on cybersecurity and disruptive technology: The Cyber Power Index by Booze Allen Hamilton. The G20 are ranked by their potency in cyber, determined by their legal and regulatory framework, economic and social context, technology infrastructure, and industry application. The United States is ranked secondRead… Read more »
Learn how to get ready for the FDCCI with Bob Gourley and Carahsoft (Webinar)
Virtual Instruments offers novel approaches to preparing for FDCCI The Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI) is dictating how federal decision makers plan and spend money now and for the next few years. Consolidating data centers offers opportunities for CIOs and CTOs to change IT strategy and implementations. The FDCCI should lead to improved federalRead… Read more »