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Journals RSS FeedsMake TV Awesome with Bluecop - A few weeks back, I was whining that although Doctor Who was available on Amazon Prime streaming, I didn't have any way to watch it on my television. Thankfully, my friend Richard Servello pointed me to the bluecop repo for XBMC. Not only does bluecop support Amazon Prime streaming, but it also has add-ons for Hulu and countless other network-video-streaming collections. ...Feed Source: feedproxy.google.com Hack and / - Password Cracking with GPUs, Part I: the Setup -
Bitcoin mining is so last year. Put your expensive GPU to use
cracking passwords.
When the Bitcoin mining craze hit its peak, I felt the tug to join this new
community and make some easy money. I wasn't drawn only by the money; the
concepts behind Bitcoin mining intrigued me, in particular the new use of
graphics processors (GPUs). With a moderately expensive video card, you
could bring in... An Introduction to Application Development with Catalyst and Perl -
Catalyst is the latest in the evolution of open-source Web development
frameworks. Written in modern Perl and inspired by many of the projects
that came before it, including Ruby on Rails, Catalyst is elegant, powerful
and refined. It's a great choice for creating any Web-based application
from the simple to the very complex.
... Cryptocurrency: Your Total Cost Is 01001010010 -
Most people have heard of gold. Most people are familiar with dollars. For a handful of geeky folks, however, the currency they hope will become a global standard is digital. Whether it's a problem or not, the currency you use on a day-to-day basis is tied to the government. more>>
... HTML5 for Audio Applications -
HTML5 lets you play music through compliant browsers—no "cloud" required.
more>>
... May 2012 Issue of Linux Journal: Programming -
Rubies, Pythons and Perls!
It may sound like a new Indiana Jones movie or
possibly a
cheesy platform-style video game from the 1990s, but the title of this column actually refers to our focus this
month—programming! Not that there's anything wrong with daring adventures
in remote locations, it's just that all the red tape can be overwhelming.... Three Ways to Web Server Concurrency -
Multiprocessing, multithreading and evented I/O: the trade-offs in Web
servers.
A Web server needs to support concurrency. The server should service
clients in a timely, fair manner to ensure that no client starves
because some other client causes the server to hang. Multiprocessing
and multithreading, and hybrids of these, are traditional ways to
achieve concurrency. Node.js represents another way, one b... Tales From the Server Room: Zoning Out -
Sometimes events and equipment conspire against you and your team to cause
a problem. Occasionally, however, it's lack of understanding or foresight
that can turn around and bite you. Unfortunately, this is a tale of where
we failed to spot all the possible things that might go wrong.
more>>
... Mercurial - Revision Control Approximated -
A short while ago, an article appeared in Linux
Journal implying
Git was the be-all and end-all of source code revision control systems
("Git—Revision Control Perfected" by Henry Van Styn, August 2011). more>>
... New Products -
New products for April.
... Science the GNU Way, Part I -
In my past several articles, I've looked at various packages to do all
kinds of science. Sometimes, however, there just isn't a tool to solve a
particular problem. That's the great thing about science. There is always
something new to discover and study. But, this means it's up to you to
develop the software tools you need to do your analysis. more>>
... Complexity, Uptime and the End of the World -
Poorly implemented monitoring systems can drive an administrator
crazy. At best, they are distracting. At worst, they'll keep whoever
is on pager duty up for nights at a time. This article discusses the
best practices for designing systems that will keep your systems up and
stay quiet when nothing is wrong.
more>>
... Blue Drop Awards Celebrate Achievements in Open Source Web Development -
The first ever Blue Drop Awards for excellence in Drupal development were announced yesterday. Organized and led by Ben Finklea of Volacci, the awards were both a community effort to celebrate the great work of Drupal Developers, and also a vehicle for Drupal and open source evangelism. more>>
... MariaDB/MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite3 - Comparing Command-Line Interfaces -
Don't be afraid of using your chosen database's command-line client.
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... Non-Linux FOSS: TrueCrypt -
TrueCrypt is a fully open-source tool for encrypting data. That data
can be on a completely encrypted hard drive, or just an encrypted image
file. Thankfully, the encryption works the same regardless of your
platform, so Windows and OS X users can share encrypted files between
computers.
more>>
... Facebook IPO: Insiders Cashing Out - Some of Facebook's biggest holders are selling up to $3.8 billion in extra shares in Friday's IPO, in some cases at Facebook's request. Goldman Sachs and Tiger Global will now sell as much as 50% of their stakes.... Pinterest Valued at $1.5 Billion - Pinterest, the online scrapbooking website that has become the latest Silicon Valley darling because of its rapid user growth, has raised $100 million in a financing round that values the start-up at $1.5 billion, said people familiar with the matter.... SEC Probes Role of Fund in CDOs - U.S. securities regulators are investigating hedge-fund firm Magnetar Capital, which bet on several mortgage-bond deals that wound up imploding during the financial crisis.... Dow Extends May Swoon - Stocks slipped as confusion over Greece's political future trumped firm U.S. economic data. ... Gupta Loses Bid to Bar Key Tapes - In a key pretrial ruling in the insider-trading case against Rajat Gupta, a federal judge said he would allow prosecutors to play at trial three wiretap recordings, which lawyers for the former Goldman Sachs director had sought to keep from a jury.... GM Claims Immunity for Old Cars - GM pushed a lawyer to drop a potential punitive-damages claim involving a prebankruptcy vehicle involved in a fatal accident, asserting a level of immunity in that some lawyers claim is a stretch. ... GE Capital Resumes Dividend - General Electric is again able to take cash out of its hulking finance arm in the form of a $475 million quarterly dividend.... 3M Begins Untangling Its 'Hairballs' - 3M, which used to have a convoluted production process for some products, is trying to untangle these "hairballs" to cut costs. ... Apple Moves to Larger iPhone Screens - Apple is likely to increase the screen size on its coming iPhone. The company is asking Asian suppliers to make screens measuring at least 4 inches diagonally. The current iPhone has a 3.5-inch display.... Skechers Settles With FTC - Skechers will pay $50 million to resolve allegations it made unfounded claims that its "toning shoes" would help consumers tone muscles and lose weight. ... Asian Markets Mostly Higher - Asian markets mostly edged higher Thursday, stabilizing after heavy selling Wednesday, as worries subsided for now over Europe as Greece prepares to hold fresh elections in June.... Dish Runs Ads to End All Ads - Dish Network is promoting its new "Auto Hop" ad-skipping DVR with a marketing campaign that, ironically, uses a TV commercial. Some networks are refusing to run the spot. ... Housing Starts Rise - U.S. home construction grew in April, and a separate report noted that industrial output rebounded last month, signs of stabilizing recovery.... Coty Chooses Banks for IPO - Coty picked Bank of America Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan Chase as lead underwriters for an IPO, likely this summer or in early fall. The IPO plan follows Coty's decision to walk away from its offer for Avon.... 'Dallas' Remake to Air on TNT - Turner Broadcasting told advertisers at the annual "upfront" presentation that it plans to add 14 new original shows to its TNT and TBS cable networks. They include a remake of "Dallas," with Larry Hagman reprising his role as J.R. Ewing.... Time Warner Cable, Viacom Settle iPad Dispute - Time Warner Cable said it will resume live streaming of some Viacom-owned TV channels to customers' iPads following a legal settlement with Viacom.... Google Makes Its Search Engine Smarter - Google said it is rolling out an extensive update to its dominant search engine by using troves of data to refine the answers it provides to user queries on specific topics.... Standard Chartered Chief Sounds Economic Alarm - Peter Sands, Standard Chartered's group chief executive, is warning that more bank lending and more government spending is needed to boost the global economy. ... Target Raises Profit Outlook - Target Corp. raised its full-year earnings outlook as the "cheap chic" retailer reported that profit for the latest quarter edged up. Sales were stronger than expected, but costs related to its expansion in Canada held down the bottom line.... Asian Firms Plan Canada Gas Project - Energy companies from China, South Korea and Japan, along with Shell, agreed to ship billions of dollars worth of Canadian liquefied natural gas to Asian markets.... Ackman Gains Support in CP Railway Proxy Fight - Hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman has been racking up shareholder support in his effort to install new board members and replace the management team at Canadian Pacific Railway.... Crib Tents Recalled - The Consumer Product Safety Commission said five retailers are voluntarily recalling crib tents and play-yard tents made by the now-defunct Tots in Mind, due to strangulation and entrapment hazards.... Euro-Zone Inflation Concerns Persist - Euro-zone inflation slowed too little in April to dispel concerns consumer prices will damage the region's growth prospects in coming months. ... Repsol Files Suit Against Argentina - Spanish oil firm Repsol YPF said it had filed a lawsuit against Argentina in a court in New York after the country nationalized the company's local unit. ... Staples Profit Declines on Soft Sales in Europe - Staples' fiscal first-quarter earnings fell 5.6% as the office-supply company grappled with weaknesses in international operations, particularly Europe. ... Deere Beefing Up Output on Farm Strength - Deere is speeding its production expansion, brushing aside concerns that the market for its farm tractors and combines has peaked, and offered an improved outlook for the global farm economy. ... Copyright © 2012, Residual Income Home Business Opportunity. All Rights Reserved. |
