As I wrote the other day, anything the mind of man can make, the mind of man can break. The piece I wrote earlier was relating directly to the security of the client operating system. However, there is another aspect to consider, specifically the human factor. While an OS itself can be secure as a [...]
Archive for March, 2010
March 31, 2010
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Objections to Ogg
By Wes Kroesbergen in General, TechnologyAn interesting analysis of the Ogg format. Take-away: Ogg is technically inferior in almost every aspect, and being (presumably) patent-free does not justify using a product that much inferior.
Tags: Ogg, Open Source
March 29, 2010
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On the Security of Client Platforms
By Wes Kroesbergen in Featured Articles, General, TechnologyAnything the mind of man can make, the mind of man can break. Realizing this, one needs to shift their perception of how to view client platform security. Theoretical analysis is good. However, practical application is what should define security evaluation. Which platform is more secure in practice? Anyone can justify any OS’s security. However, [...]
Tags: hacking, linux, Mac, OS X, platform, Security, Windows
March 21, 2010
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Linux Alternatives to the iPad
By Wes Kroesbergen in Featured Articles, General, TechnologyI was recently reading an article from LXer, entitled ‘Linux alternatives for the iPad – and the future of netbooks, tablets and smartbooks’. The author hypes up Linux on tablet devices, concluding that 2010 is the year of Linux on the tablet, most of which will be Android flavored. He attempts to put down the [...]
Tags: Android, Apple, Google, iPad, linux, Microsoft, OS, tablet
March 3, 2010
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Cloud Computing & IT
By Wes Kroesbergen in TechnologyUPDATE: I was digging through my archives, and thought I’d repost this for general interest’s sake. Let me start off by laying out what I believe are the three tiers of cloud computing. I believe that cloud computing consists of hosted services (IBM), hosted applications (VMWare, Citrix), and hosted storage/data. This contrasts with internal services [...]