http://www.ferikoy.net Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:29:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rod Beckström, 47, is expected to be appointed to the post Thursday and report directly to Michael Chertoff, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, according to reports in The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. The secretive center was created by a national security directive signed by ... http://www.ferikoy.net/2010/09/04/white-house-picks-tech-entrepreneur-for-security-p/ The company has developed a process that treats carbon dioxide gas with heat and pressure, then mixes it with other chemicals to produce calcium carbonate. For a video of the equipment in a solar-panel equipped van, click here. Carbon Sciences on Monday announced that it intends to target its carbon ... http://www.ferikoy.net/2010/08/24/reycling-co2-waste-into-paper/ Update 12:40 p.m.: Robert's blog is now live and available here. Colleague Robert Vamosi will have a hands-on look shortly and I'll post a link here. A Microsoft representative said the company won't update boxed copies of Windows XP with the service pack, though it will be an option for computer ... http://www.ferikoy.net/2010/08/23/microsoft-finishes-big-xp-update/ For anyone who's ever listened to Oracle founder Larry Ellison talk about his company, or on any topic for that matter, it can be entertaining. The dude is humorous, has great punch-line timing, and at times will make outlandish comments that send his public relations team into major damage control. So, ... http://www.ferikoy.net/2010/08/23/ellison-on-a-short-leash-in-bea-merger-announcemen/ HP iPAQ 210 (Credit: Marvell Technology) PDAs aren't dead yet. Nor is Intel's XScale chip technology. Hewlett-Packard's new, attractive big-screen handheld packs an application processor that still includes plenty of Intel's XScale DNA. Marvell also makes a PXA320 that can achieve a clock speed of 800 MHz. (See graphic below.) Marvell PXA320 Though ... http://www.ferikoy.net/2010/08/23/new-hp-big-screen-handheld-has-intel-inside/ Whitt said that what Verizon is doing with the Open Device Initiative is commendable. He applauds the company's efforts to embrace openness as a business model, but he said that it's too early to tell if the initiative will live up to the rules that the FCC has mandated for ... http://www.ferikoy.net/2010/08/23/google-to-verizon-dont-shirk-open-access-respons/ Tiobe Programming Community Index, August 2008 commentary Data from O'Reilly book sales suggests a similar decline for Java and other traditional programming languages over time. Cause for alarm? Not really. It's just a matter of the web assuming a more vital importance to programming, a trend that will continue to grow. ... http://www.ferikoy.net/2010/08/23/study-java-still-top-programming-language/ Texas Instruments has a new OMAP chip to set upon the world, and this time around it's eyeing more than mobile phones. The new chip, like the Nvidia APX 2500 also unveiled Monday, can record and playback 720p high-definition video. It uses ARM's Cortex A8 core running at 800MHz and ... http://www.ferikoy.net/2010/08/23/tis-new-omap-chip-not-just-for-phones/ John Heidemann was skeptical about what the movie industry was saying about campus piracy. She credits a greater emphasis on educating incoming students about copyright infringement. UC Berkeley has programs called "Learn Before You Burn," and "Think Before You Click." Students who receive a takedown notice are immediately booted from the ... http://www.ferikoy.net/2010/08/23/why-did-colleges-stay-mum-on-mpaa-stats/ But service providers have been cautious about adding advertising too quickly, because they are afraid that bombarding customers with ads will result in a backlash. But the Nielsen report offers some encouraging news that should help ease these worries. Nearly a quarter of all cell phone users in the U.S. ... http://www.ferikoy.net/2010/08/23/mobile-ads-start-to-get-traction/