From the monthly archives:

December 2008

16GB for your Cdn cell phone

December 24, 2008

SanDisk has announced that its 16 GB microSDHC and Memory Stick Micro (M2) mobile memory cards, “the world’s largest-capacity removable storage cards currently available for mobile phones,” are now available in Canada. Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores are the first major retail outlets in Canada to carry the 16 GB cards. xxxx According [...]

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VideoMate Vista U890F

December 23, 2008

The VideoMate Vista U890F from Compro is an analog TV and FM radio receiver in a USB 2.0 stick form factor. It includes a flexible wire antenna, a Microsoft-certified Vista/MCE remote control, a composite/s-video input cable, and a USB extension cable for those times when plugging the approximately 3 1/2 in. stick directly into your [...]

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Security in the Cloud

December 22, 2008

So… You’re an aspiring killer Web app developer or you’re thinking of moving some systems to the cloud? Here are some of the security issues you need to consider. Application Security To begin, you need to build security into your application just like you would if you were running it on your own hardware. Many [...]

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His Nibs

December 19, 2008

It often seems like the Internet is dominated by large merchants. However, if you look long enough, you’ll also find another phenomenon: The sole proprietor who has managed to carve out his or her niche and not only survive on the Internet but thrive. Eleven years ago, Norman Haase, a fountain pen collector, began turning [...]

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Feeling blue this winter?

December 18, 2008

My article on the winter blues and Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is in the TECHLife Post today.  I was surprised to learn how much this field has changed in the past 8 years.

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Eye-Fi Wireless SD Card

December 16, 2008

A while back, I read about the Eye-Fi, an SD memory card with built-in 802.11 wireless networking capability. I admit being skeptical — WiFi inside an SD memory card? So I contacted the folks at Eye-Fi and they were kind enough to send over a 2 GB Eye-Fi card for me to try out. The [...]

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Amazon, Queen of the Cloud

December 15, 2008

Last week I introduced the concept of cloud computing. To recap, the concept is that one can simply buy computing and storage resources as needed rather than investing in hardware and Internet connectivity. While a few companies have been talking about cloud computing, Amazon is doing it and selling it to anyone with a credit [...]

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Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 8.0

December 9, 2008

Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 8.0 takes a different approach. Unlike the Adobe and Pinnacle products, this one does not walk you through a step-by-step approach. By default, it begins with six tracks (text, video overlay, video, voice, music, and sound effects), and the user interface screams ‘sophisticated video production’. Since I seldom read manuals, [...]

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Applications in the Cloud

December 8, 2008

About a decade ago, if you wanted to put your application on the Internet, you started by buying a server. Then, you had two choices: Bring enough bandwidth to your office or put your server in someone else’s facility. Given the cost of Internet connectivity at the time, it was usually less expensive to rent [...]

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