posted May 3, 2013, 9:06 AM by Michael Bray
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posted Apr 24, 2013, 8:16 AM by Michael Bray
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CNET editor Dong Ngo gives all his answers to questions about the basics of home networking.
A great resource, lots of good information on home networking and broadband, with as little "geek speak" as possible and clear definitions for ATGAWU (All Those Geeky Acronyms We Use). |
posted Apr 24, 2013, 8:13 AM by Michael Bray
Recently, I was asked how search engines work, in a setting with very limited time to answer. In particular, the guy with the question was amazed at how he could type the number of a galaxy ("ngc 1300" for example) and Google would fill the page with images of it! I like people who are still amazed by the technology as I share their amazement. So I present two links with excellent info on how search engines work:One for fun:http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html and One for real:http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-do-search-engines-work-makeuseof-explains/ |
posted Apr 18, 2013, 8:48 AM by Michael Bray
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This news story on TechCrunch caught my eye this morning, " Cisco Is Buying Ubiquisys For $310M For A Big Move Into Mobile Coverage With Femtocells And Small Cells." Which reminded me that I had intended to post some information here on femtocells (link to a very thorough article on Wikipedia).
As Wikipedia has already covered it, I will limit my comments to this: If you love your smartphone, but you live in an area with less-than-adequate cellular servicee, you should look into this. As stated in the Wikipedia article, " a femtocell is a small, low-power cellular base station, typically designed for use in a home or small business." You connect it to your broadband connection, your smartphone connects to it, and "Voila!"
Also, for those folks with WiFi related smartphones...you have your WiFi enabled and connected to your wireless router on your wired broadband connection whenever you can, right?
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Verizon Wireless's Femtocell, "Network Extender"
AT&T's Femtocell, "AT&T 3G Microcell"
Cisco Licensed Femtocell
Zacks Investment Research, "Femtocell - The Emerging Wave," by Zacks Equity Research, January 02, 2013
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posted Mar 20, 2013, 2:03 PM by Michael Bray
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A debate that is still very much alive in the industry...
"Industry Perspective: The Backup and Disaster-Recovery Market 2013," Data Center Journal, Q&A With Bill Hobbib, 1.23.2013
"Tape Backup vs Hard Disk Backup: What Does the Future Hold?," StorageCraft, Steven Snyder, 1.11.2013 http://www.storagecraft.com/blog/tape-backup-vs-hard-disk-backup-what-does-the-future-hold/
"10 Reasons Tape Storage Is Better Than Disk," InfoStor, Drew Robb, 6.15.2012
"Breaking the Top Four Myths of Tape vs. Disk Backup," MC Press Online, Ed Ahl, 4.23.2012 |
posted Feb 19, 2013, 11:28 AM by Michael Bray
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posted Feb 6, 2013, 1:55 PM by Michael Bray
posted Feb 6, 2013, 10:17 AM by Michael Bray
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This is shaping up to be a very important book for the industry, Susan Crawford's, Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age. I haven't read it yet, but I appreciate her efforts in sparking the debate!
...and the very healthy debates...
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posted Jan 25, 2013, 2:07 PM by Michael Bray
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