This is a temporary refuge until I can rebuild Hack the Planet with alien technology. —Wes Felter The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily represent IBM’s positions, strategies or opinions. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-11784924-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @hack-the-planet)http://blog.felter.org/<a href="http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2012/02/android-and-security.html">Google: Android and Security</a>: <p>If the bouncer decides your app is malware, what happens? If the app gets kicked out of the market, that’s effectively an approval process. A reasonable one IMO, but it’s still an approval.</p>http://blog.felter.org/post/17000946938http://blog.felter.org/post/17000946938Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:31:05 -0600<a href="http://hacks.mozilla.org/2012/02/spdy-brings-responsive-and-scalable-transport-to-firefox-11/">Mozilla: SPDY Brings Responsive and Scalable Transport to Firefox 11</a>http://blog.felter.org/post/17000918655http://blog.felter.org/post/17000918655Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:30:35 -0600<a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/477155/">LWN: A Linux.conf.au 2012 summary</a>http://blog.felter.org/post/17000911979http://blog.felter.org/post/17000911979Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:30:27 -0600<a href="http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2012/02/leaked-windows-phone-8-vid-windows-8-kernel-and-integration-multiple-cores.ars">Ars Technica: Leaked Windows Phone 8 vid: Windows 8 kernel and integration, multiple cores</a>: <p>If true, this explains why they didn’t bother putting WinPho7 on tablets — it’s an EOL OS. Given Win8’s ARM support and supposedly smaller memory footprint, phones should definitely be able to run it.</p>http://blog.felter.org/post/16949532293http://blog.felter.org/post/16949532293Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:14:58 -0600<a href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/5490/qualcomm-announces-successful-srvcc-from-lte-to-wcdma-on-msm8960">AnandTech: Qualcomm and Ericsson Demonstrate SR-VCC Voice Handover from LTE to WCDMA on MSM8960</a>: <p>This could have something to do with the LTE iPhone.</p>http://blog.felter.org/post/16949514592http://blog.felter.org/post/16949514592Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:14:41 -0600<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020212-hp-openflow-255641.html">NetworkWorld: HP ships OpenFlow switches</a>http://blog.felter.org/post/16949492180http://blog.felter.org/post/16949492180Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:14:19 -0600<a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6617/postmortem_mode_7_games_frozen_.php">Postmortem: Mode 7 Games' Frozen Synapse</a>: <p>It’s definitely difficult; I couldn’t finish the campaign.</p>http://blog.felter.org/post/16896616574http://blog.felter.org/post/16896616574Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:53:44 -0600<a href="http://gigaom.com/cleantech/we-can-thank-moores-law-for-the-vc-cleantech-bust/">GigaOM: We can thank Moore’s Law for the VC cleantech bust</a>: <p>Or lack thereof.</p>http://blog.felter.org/post/16896606095http://blog.felter.org/post/16896606095Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:53:35 -0600<a href="http://www.tekrepublik.net/index.php/mainmenurepair/console-repair-menu">TekRepublik Austin Console Repair</a>: <p>Don’t let your house turn into Dead Console Storage; they can fix it.</p>http://blog.felter.org/post/16896587208http://blog.felter.org/post/16896587208Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:53:18 -0600<a href="http://torrentfreak.com/mega-aftermath-upheaval-in-pirate-warez-land-120128/">TorrentFreak: Mega Aftermath: Upheaval In Pirate Warez Land</a>http://blog.felter.org/post/16851270272http://blog.felter.org/post/16851270272Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:59:35 -0600<a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2012/01/redbox-warner-deal-expires-ending-28-day-delay.html">LA Times: Redbox-Warner deal expires, ending 28-day delay</a>http://blog.felter.org/post/16850917665http://blog.felter.org/post/16850917665Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:13:20 -0600<a href="http://research.cs.vt.edu/dssl/wer/">2nd Workshop on Energy Consumption and Reliability of Storage Systems (ERSS)</a>http://blog.felter.org/post/16835104972http://blog.felter.org/post/16835104972Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:35:20 -0600<a href="http://www.tnl.net/blog/2012/01/28/streaming-held-back/">Tristan Louis: Streaming of semi-recent movies held back</a>: <p>I’m still using discs so I haven’t really paid attention, but this data is really surprising (especially given all the complaints about piracy). It breaks down by studio: Disney, Paramount, and Columbia are purchase-only while Warner, Universal, and Fox are generally anti-Internet. Movies that are available for streaming are indies.</p>http://blog.felter.org/post/16789160146http://blog.felter.org/post/16789160146Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:35:07 -0600<a href="http://nikcub.appspot.com/posts/how-megaupload-was-investigated-and-indicted">Nik Cubrilovic: How Megaupload Was Investigated and Indicted</a>http://blog.felter.org/post/16789117648http://blog.felter.org/post/16789117648Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:34:28 -0600<a href="http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/10437.html">Matthew Garrett: The ongoing fight against GPL enforcement</a>: <p>Maybe they can put in a rootkit while they’re at it. Update: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/478249/#Comments">Great comments at LWN.</a></p>http://blog.felter.org/post/16789148695http://blog.felter.org/post/16789148695Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:34:00 -0600<a href="http://packetpushers.net/why-your-network-should-go-ipv6-only/">Jeff Loughridge: Why Your Network Should Go IPv6 Only</a>http://blog.felter.org/post/16712683185http://blog.felter.org/post/16712683185Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:02:44 -0600<a href="http://www.jedelman.com/1/post/2012/01/future-openflowsdn-applications.html">Jason Edelman: Possibilities of OpenFlow/SDN Applications</a>http://blog.felter.org/post/16711962627http://blog.felter.org/post/16711962627Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:51:08 -0600<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/darpa-takes-aim-achilles-heel-advanced-computing-power">NetworkWorld: DARPA takes aim at "Achilles Heel" of advanced computing: Power</a>http://blog.felter.org/post/16711799587http://blog.felter.org/post/16711799587Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:48:33 -0600<a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/475742/">LWN: Bruce Perens: Addressing the failure of open source</a>http://blog.felter.org/post/16643124749http://blog.felter.org/post/16643124749Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:44:28 -0600<a href="http://www.granick.com/blog/?p=739">Jennifer Granick: Megaupload: A Lot Less Guilty Than You Think</a>: <p>Suing them is one thing, but putting ‘em in jail is harder.</p>http://blog.felter.org/post/16621544809http://blog.felter.org/post/16621544809Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:27:49 -0600