Technology Mashup

As Simon is being modest, and in his own words :-)

New Blog from a coooool dude

Dudes,

Here is a great new blog from the cooolest of dudes
http://www.simondelliott.com

Self professed 'cool dude'! ???

An interesting podcast from ComputerWeekly...

Gain Control with Compliant Image Archiving Solutions for Government -

Important commentary from Philip Virgo on the reduction of ICT skills in the UK market. This has a potential to not only impact IT business, but right across science, engineering and other industries...

The world seems to be getting weirder...

Rackspace opens wood-powered datacentre -

Rackspace has touted the 'green' credentials of its first European datacentre, fuelled by a wood-burning power station

This function can be used to randomise an existing javascript Array object.
It first creates a new array object and then iterates through each element of the old array,
randomly placing the old array elements into the new array.

function randomiseArray(arr){
 var ptr = 0;
 var newArr = new Array();
 
 while (ptr < arr.length){

GPS gadgets can reveal more than your location -

With new software, analysing the traces of GPS-enabled gadgets can reveal how, not just where, you travel. But experts raise privacy concerns...

[New Scientist Main Headlines]

Europe PS3 sales 'overtake 360' - Sony says sales of the PlayStation 3 console in Europe have overtaken those of Xbox 360. [BBC UK Technology News]

Grady Booch on the Origins on the ARPANET...

Origins of the ARPANET - A recent conversation I had with a colleague reminded me of the origins of the ARPANET; I had an email address there way back in 1979 when I was a professor at USAFA.

Sun pushes its green IT agenda - The server maker claims companies are still split between altruism and cost saving when it comes to energy-efficient computing [ZDNet UK Green IT Toolkit]

Ad men are homing in on your clicks - Internet providers have woken up to the value of the data they hold and are selling it on to advertisers, often without customers' knowledge

What is good practice?

South Africa compares digital divide to apartheid - Social and economic inequalities as a legacy of apartheid are being perpetuated by a lack of IT equipment and skills, says the country's high commissioner [ZDNet UK Green IT Toolkit]

Watchtower has increased its holding in Telelogic to 98.7% - This Offer is not being made nor will any tender of shares be accepted from or on behalf of holders in any jurisdiction
in which the making of the Offer or the acceptance of any tender of shares therein would not be made in compliance
with laws of such jurisdiction. The Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, in or into Australia, Canada, Japan

IBM Creates Global Social Network to Advance SOA - IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a new social network focused on advancing service oriented architectures (SOA).