Archive for the 'Innovation' Category

06
May

RSS for Dummies

I do not take credit for the wonderful video on how/why to use RSS feeds, I just want more people to learn how. Thanks to TechLifeBlogged for the initial link RSS in Plain English.


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There are two types of Internet users, those that use RSS and those that don’t. This video is for the people who could save time using RSS, but don’t know where to start.

This video was originally shared on blip.tv by leelefever with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs license.

08
Apr

Will Your Car Become a Tattle-Tale?

In my humble opinion this debate has a simple solution. Privacy should not be ignored, particularly in this country. There should be no question of whether these black boxes are a ‘good’ advancement in technology. The question of who owns the data is simple - who owns what is in the car. If the law states that John Smith owns the stereo in the car, then the data in the black box is his as well. There should not be a debate on whether to force this data to be automatically sent some where - it should be the choice of the owner of the data. The government and automakers can mandate that all cars have these black boxes, but the decision to hand this data over to other is the choice of the car owner. Therefore, there should be a mechanism in which the owner can make this decision. Just like in my truck, I can turn the passenger side air bag on and off with the key - something similar could be developed. There other thing that should be enacted is a federal law preventing auto insurance companies or any others from penalizing the owner their decision. See it is not rocket science.

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As vehicles collect more data about the way people drive, particularly related to crashes, the debate is heating up about who owns that data and what should be done with it.

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14
Mar

Red Hat Launches Youtube Campaign

In support of Red Hat’s release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 5, they’re making use of some interesting venues including youtube.

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Proud to be a RedHat stock holder.!  Yeah, Novell - this is what a ‘real’ Linux company does…

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