Monthly Archives: June 2009

The Economy of Free

Matt | Published: June 29, 2009
Malcom Gladwell reviews Free: “The Future of a Radical Price” by Chris Anderson.
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New Linksys Wireless Router Runs Linux

Matt | Published: June 23, 2009
Linksys WRT160NL runs Linux. From the product description: Enjoy fast wireless connectivity for your home or home office. The Linux-based Wireless-N Broadband Router with Storage Link is designed to deliver plenty of speed and coverage, so multiple users can go online, transfer large files, print, and stream stored media – all at once, all without wires. [...]
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Goodbye Film

Matt | Published: June 22, 2009
First we said good-bye to Polaroid, now it’s Kodachrome. What’s a film sentimentalist to do? After 74 years of making the color film used by many of photography’s greats, Kodak announced Monday that it’s ending Kodachrome’s production. Kodak winds last rolls of Kodachrome
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iPhone 3GS weekend sales numbers

Matt | Published: June 22, 2009
More than 1 million iPhone 3G S smartphones have sold in the three days since the new model hit the stores Friday, Apple announced Monday. In addition, 6 million people have downloaded the new iPhone OS 3.0 update in the five days since its release. Jobs: Over 1 million new iPhones sold That is an incredible [...]
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Network Convergence

Matt | Published: June 18, 2009
The price of 10GbE plummets over the last year, perhaps prompting uptake of iSCSI and FCoE. Falling Ethernet costs, improved reliability and high availability, and the rise of new protocols like FCoE will change the current data center — and will change everything, I believe, from home computers to large businesses to HPC. Technology may drive [...]
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