Archive for November, 2008

Amazon CloudFront Beta announced

Amazon has announced yet another Cloud based service called CloudFront. What is it? The new service is designed specifically to allow developers and businesses to distribute content anywhere in the world.
CloudFront integrates with the Amazon S3 service and uses a global network of edge locations to create distribution points. The content is routed to the [...]

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What will Windows 2008 R2 mean to you?

Recently Microsoft has started talking about Microsoft Windows 2008 R2. Specifically its use in combination with Windows 7. My first take on this was Its just another rebranding exercise with a couple of small feature enhancements. However, this is not the case.
Windows 2008 R2 aims to do a number of things. It will deliver:

improved Virtualization [...]

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More Chrome, Flip Mino and Space

There is a lot of panic in the world financial markets at the moment. Some of it is warranted, but alot is not. Be careful, tough times bring out the worst in people. This week I will continue to look at the news in the Cloud, as well as Windows 2008 R2, being referred to [...]

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Brain power really is viable

A few months ago we saw reports about a study where monkeys had electrodes attached directly to neurons. These electrodes were used to train the monkeys to control a robot arm as if it was there own.

 
An interesting story along the same lines has emerged from CBS’s 60 Minutes. The video initially introduces us to [...]

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