Highly connected Networks Are Prone to Epic Failure

Sometimes being highly connected can cause epic failures. There is a case that maybe being so connected is not as good of an idea as it once was thought to be.

Wired.com has more on this subject: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/04/networked-networks/

Sometimes being highly connected can cause epic failures. There is a case that maybe being so connected is not as good of an idea as it once was thought to be.

Wired.com has more on this subject: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/04/networked-networks/

Dirty duty on the front lines of IT

Jobs may still be scarce in today’s economy, but there’s no shortage of nasty IT work — as the third annual installment of our Dirty IT Jobs series clearly demonstrates.

Some tech jobs are literally dirty; digging around the innards of a data center or running network cables through crawlspaces, for example, can leave you deeply in need of a shower.

Read more here: http://www.infoworld.com/d/adventures-in-it/the-dirt-locker-dirty-duty-the-front-lines-it-525?page=0,0

Jobs may still be scarce in today’s economy, but there’s no shortage of nasty IT work — as the third annual installment of our Dirty IT Jobs series clearly demonstrates.

Some tech jobs are literally dirty; digging around the innards of a data center or running network cables through crawlspaces, for example, can leave you deeply in need of a shower.

Read more here: http://www.infoworld.com/d/adventures-in-it/the-dirt-locker-dirty-duty-the-front-lines-it-525?page=0,0

Creative & Modern Office Designs Around the World

Gone are the days when offices were typically cubicle, surrounded by white walls and lit by white fluorescent lights. Thanks to corporate giants like Google and Pixar that have demonstrated tremendous success despite their unconventional workplaces, more people are embracing the idea that creative work environment helps stimulate minds and inspire innovation. From simply ditching the crisp white walls for graphical wallpapers to a total overhaul of the office layout, we are all trying to break the mold and introduce a unique working environment to the team, and hopefully inspire some genius ideas along the way.

Read more here: http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/creative-modern-office-designs/

Gone are the days when offices were typically cubicle, surrounded by white walls and lit by white fluorescent lights. Thanks to corporate giants like Google and Pixar that have demonstrated tremendous success despite their unconventional workplaces, more people are embracing the idea that creative work environment helps stimulate minds and inspire innovation. From simply ditching the crisp white walls for graphical wallpapers to a total overhaul of the office layout, we are all trying to break the mold and introduce a unique working environment to the team, and hopefully inspire some genius ideas along the way.

Read more here: http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/creative-modern-office-designs/

The SSD Anthology: Understanding SSDs and New Drives from OCZ

Anandtech.com goes through the process that a SSD controller goes through to read and write data and explains why over time the SSD will become slower. It is pretty simple to understand and should be pretty simple to fix but so far that is not the case. In the next few months the technology should advance to where you will not notice the slowdowns.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/2738/8

Anandtech.com goes through the process that a SSD controller goes through to read and write data and explains why over time the SSD will become slower. It is pretty simple to understand and should be pretty simple to fix but so far that is not the case. In the next few months the technology should advance to where you will not notice the slowdowns.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/2738/8

The World’s Largest Data Centers

Here is a list of the world’s largest Data Centers. Ten of the bigger data center in the world. These places are amazing and I would like to visit some of them sometime. This article has some neat pictures of the different data center configurations.

http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/special-report-the-worlds-largest-data-centers/

Here is a list of the world’s largest Data Centers. Ten of the bigger data center in the world. These places are amazing and I would like to visit some of them sometime. This article has some neat pictures of the different data center configurations.

http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/special-report-the-worlds-largest-data-centers/

Malware Threatens to Sue BitTorrent Downloaders

Please do not fall for this scam. Wired.com has more information on the scam. The scammers are becoming more and more bold with their schemes. This is a pretty high price to pay for nothing. I can sell you some protection too for $400. I guarantee that it is just as good as this protection.

Read it here: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/04/ransomware/

Please do not fall for this scam. Wired.com has more information on the scam. The scammers are becoming more and more bold with their schemes. This is a pretty high price to pay for nothing. I can sell you some protection too for $400. I guarantee that it is just as good as this protection.

Read it here: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/04/ransomware/

WD VelociRaptor 600GB: Fastest Hard Drive Ever

The reviews are in and the Western Digital VelociRaptor 600GB hard drive is the fastest spinning disk hard drive ever made. It has the 10K rpm that gives it the speed that users need. Check out all the reviews and see for yourself.

Here are Western Digital’s specs on the drive: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=821

Hot hardware’s review: http://hothardware.com/articles/WD-VelociRaptor-600GB-Fastest-HD-Ever/

Storage Review: http://www.storagereview.com/western_digital_velociraptor_review

The Guru of 3D’s review: http://www.guru3d.com/news/wd-velociraptor-600gb-6gbs-10000rpm-hdd/

Legit Review’s: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1272/1/

Hardware Secret’s review: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/966

ExtremeTech’s review: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2362283,00.asp

Tom’s Hardware Review: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/wd6000hlhx-velociraptor-600gb,2600.html

HardOCP’s review: http://www.hardocp.com/news/2010/04/06/western_digital_velociraptor_600gb_hdd_review_roundup/

The reviews are in and the Western Digital VelociRaptor 600GB hard drive is the fastest spinning disk hard drive ever made. It has the 10K rpm that gives it the speed that users need. Check out all the reviews and see for yourself.

Here are Western Digital’s specs on the drive: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=821

Hot hardware’s review: http://hothardware.com/articles/WD-VelociRaptor-600GB-Fastest-HD-Ever/

Storage Review: http://www.storagereview.com/western_digital_velociraptor_review

The Guru of 3D’s review: http://www.guru3d.com/news/wd-velociraptor-600gb-6gbs-10000rpm-hdd/

Legit Review’s: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1272/1/

Hardware Secret’s review: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/966

ExtremeTech’s review: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2362283,00.asp

Tom’s Hardware Review: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/wd6000hlhx-velociraptor-600gb,2600.html

HardOCP’s review: http://www.hardocp.com/news/2010/04/06/western_digital_velociraptor_600gb_hdd_review_roundup/

Maximum PC’s Review: http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/first_look_6gbs_sata_western_digital_velociraptor_600gb_benchmarked

Computer World’s Review: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9174870/Western_Digital_releases_its_fastest_VelociRaptor_hard_drive

The Daily Gift

The Daily Gift is a little project that I have been working on for a while. I have had a lot of fun and learned a lot while coding this site from scratch. I have had a little help along the way but the majority of it I have written from start to finish. There is still a long ways to go. Take a look and I hope you like it.

The Daily Gift

The Daily Gift is a little project that I have been working on for a while. I have had a lot of fun and learned a lot while coding this site from scratch. I have had a little help along the way but the majority of it I have written from start to finish. There is still a long ways to go. Take a look and I hope you like it.

The Daily Gift

JooJoo Tear down

Take a look inside the JooJoo. The JooJoo looks a lot more packed then the iPad. Can’t wait to see how it does head to head.

Tear down here: http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/joojoo-ships-to-actual-consumers-gets-dissected-for-good-measur/

Take a look inside the JooJoo. The JooJoo looks a lot more packed then the iPad. Can’t wait to see how it does head to head.

Tear down here: http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/joojoo-ships-to-actual-consumers-gets-dissected-for-good-measur/