Articles by Dino Londis

  • Cloaking Requires More Than a Smart Romulan [Slide Show]

    Star Trek fans, remember the Bird of Prey? That was the Romulan warship that confounded the unflappable James T. Kirk when it materialized right under his nose and began to blast away. (This was the 1960s cool…
  • Approxy's Cloudpaging Delivers Desktop Anywhere

    Approxy has developed new cloud paging technology that is, by some accounts, the holy grail of desktop deployment, since it delivers your desktop anywhere. Cloudpaging promises to simplify backend maintenance a…
  • DNA Sequencing Just Got Cheaper and Faster

    A team of scientists, comprised of software engineers, bioinformaticians, and statisticians, has created a new generation DNA sequencing designed to enable users to run an experiment until sufficient data has b…
  • Windows 8 Preview: Our Five Favorite Features

    Microsoft Windows 8 Consumer Preview is out and pretty exciting. The new OS will run on multiple form factors, like desktops and ARM based devices like tablets and phones. Redmond's integrated new features that…
  • iPad's Killer Tech Manager App: Reading

    IT decision makers use their iPads for data consumption, specifically reading, and especially reading in the field, says IDG. The great majority of them--79 percent--say they "always" use their iPads "on the mo…
  • Large Companies Hire Non-Techs for Tech Jobs

    Large companies are hiring college graduates for IT positions with little or no IT training or experience. National Public Radio reports that companies like Siemens and Hewlett Packard are looking for graduates…
  • "Siri, What Does My Data Look Like Today?"

    There is an explosive growth in data demand from the iPhone 4S that is in part related to the personal "virtual assistant," Siri, reveals a study by Arieso, a British technology company that specializes in band…
  • Occupy Wall Street: Tech Experience Without Pay

    Occupy Wall Street can offer you a bunch of tech experience, fast. As long as you'll volunteer. This is a team (in the true sense of the word) that's building new platforms from the ground up. There is no pay,…
  • Hugging It Out, in Your Inbox

    The Internet was designed for two reasons: to decentralize communications in the event of a thermonuclear war and to send hugs remotely. That latter vision has finally been realized by the inventors of the HugS…
  • The 25 Most Common Passwords on the Internet Are...

    The single most popular password is "password." The 18th most popular is "passw0rd." Notice the zero? So do hackers. Splashdata has compiled a list of the most used passwords from files containing millions of s…
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