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September 27, 2010
4:04 pm
Posted by: Todd
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Xmarks
As I write this, it’s a typical Sunday here at Xmarks. The synchronization service continues operating quietly, the servers chugging along syncing browser data for our 2 million users across their 5 million desktops. The day isn’t over yet, but we’re on track to add just under 3000 new accounts today.
Tomorrow, however, will hardly be anything but typical, for tomorrow one of our engineers will start a script that will email each of our users to notify them that we’ll be ceasing operations in around 90 days.
This post attempts to summarize the Xmarks story: how we got to be the most heavily used browser synchronization service in the world and yet still find ourselves pulling the plug.
More here
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
News:Tech Know: Hacking the everyday
By Mark Ward Technology correspondent, BBC News
29 September 2010 Last updated at 08:22 GMT
Ellie Gibson meets hip-gyrating and chain-smoking robots when she visits technology artists.
In our regular series talking to makers and hackers, Tech Know takes time to get to know artists who hack everyday objects in their work.
When the history of maker culture is written, the Mutoid Waste Company (MWC) will have a volume all to itself.
Back in the 1980s, this group of artists toured the country and when they hit a town, found the scrapyard, built a huge sculpture from what they could salvage and then moved on.
Continue reading the main story
TECH KNOW: HACKING AT HOME
* A journey into sound
* BBC Micro gets a new lease of life
* The amateur rocketeers
* Going to robot class
It started many of its members on a lifetime of tinkering, hacking and making.
more here
Note from the blog master: Posts on this subject are provided to inform. This web master does not support or condone the activities of illegal hackers.
29 September 2010 Last updated at 08:22 GMT
Ellie Gibson meets hip-gyrating and chain-smoking robots when she visits technology artists.
In our regular series talking to makers and hackers, Tech Know takes time to get to know artists who hack everyday objects in their work.
When the history of maker culture is written, the Mutoid Waste Company (MWC) will have a volume all to itself.
Back in the 1980s, this group of artists toured the country and when they hit a town, found the scrapyard, built a huge sculpture from what they could salvage and then moved on.
Continue reading the main story
TECH KNOW: HACKING AT HOME
* A journey into sound
* BBC Micro gets a new lease of life
* The amateur rocketeers
* Going to robot class
It started many of its members on a lifetime of tinkering, hacking and making.
more here
Note from the blog master: Posts on this subject are provided to inform. This web master does not support or condone the activities of illegal hackers.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Secretive customers
At this time of year a number of businesses adjust and update web sites and services to keep things up to date. It's a time to improve things and let people know you are around.
In this case, one such promotional business is behaving secretively. They don't want to reveal their contact details for some reason.
Can you see how hard it might be to benefit from their services when one hides behind an IP number? One such business (not to be named) is asking me to pay their bill for services. That's normal in most cases, but in this one, they have not given me a physical address to send payments to.
Does this seem to be self defeating?
I can't find them, but they will go to court to get money if I don't pay up!
The only option at this point is to wait until they do something about it.
When they send documents, they may well contain the necessary information. Can you imagine running a business this way?
In this case, one such promotional business is behaving secretively. They don't want to reveal their contact details for some reason.
Can you see how hard it might be to benefit from their services when one hides behind an IP number? One such business (not to be named) is asking me to pay their bill for services. That's normal in most cases, but in this one, they have not given me a physical address to send payments to.
Does this seem to be self defeating?
I can't find them, but they will go to court to get money if I don't pay up!
The only option at this point is to wait until they do something about it.
When they send documents, they may well contain the necessary information. Can you imagine running a business this way?
Monday, September 20, 2010
News:Space-age mapping of the world's forests
By Peter Bowes BBC News, Los Angeles
Peter Bowes takes a crane ride high above the forest canopy
Using satellites and lasers, scientists have produced a unique map that details the heights of the world's forests.
For the first time, using a uniform method, the map spans the entire globe. Scientists from Colorado State University and Nasa say it will help them build an inventory of how much carbon the world's forests store and how much is recycled back into the atmosphere.
more here
Peter Bowes takes a crane ride high above the forest canopy
Using satellites and lasers, scientists have produced a unique map that details the heights of the world's forests.
For the first time, using a uniform method, the map spans the entire globe. Scientists from Colorado State University and Nasa say it will help them build an inventory of how much carbon the world's forests store and how much is recycled back into the atmosphere.
more here
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