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The LAN: A History of Network Operating Systems Part 11

IT Toolbox

The NETwork Basic Input Output System (NET-BIOS) was introduced at the same time IBM announced the PC Network in 1984. The network microcode was the foundation for program control of the IBM LANs; it resides in ROM on the Adapter Card, on diskette, or on the PC's motherboard.

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The Browser as an application platform : spf13.com

SPF13

t the operating system, nor is it adobe air,net or java, itâ??s s promised mission, the underlying operating system wouldnâ??t Ironically the universal programming language will be JavaScript not Java. For the first time ever, the application platform. s the browser.

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Tech Moves: Convoy vet joins Xembly; Seattle climate firm hires Goldman Sachs exec; and more

GeekWire

She was previously vice president of policy and programs at the Washington, D.C. Senthil Sankaran , a principal for Amazon’s housing equity fund, will serve as interim head of the Amazon program. billion campus development plan and its effort to achieve net-zero emissions. and Nashville.

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LinkedIn Shuts Down Four XSS Flaws, Is wireless the Trojan horse in your network security? and more

CTOvision

DHS will expand cybersecurity intern program - “A U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) summer internship program for community college students focusing on cybersecurity was so successful, the department plans to ramp it up.” Via Help Net Security, more here. ” Via Help Net Security, more here.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: EP 69 Self-Healing Operating Systems

ForAllSecure

It’s time to evolve beyond the UNIX operating system. So while I was editing this podcast on self-healing operating systems, I was reminded of an article that I never finished for Fobes.com. It’s a radical rethinking of how we even view our current choices of UNIX-derived operating systems.

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The Board Directors as the Digital Movers & Shakers

Future of CIO

Creating a compelling reason for the change is something that companies often miss and a change program is then initiated without an anchor. What's the future situation or the vision about the change, and the net value of this in the future if there is a change? Change without good reason and adding value is futile and useless.

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Tucker Carlson’s TV-to-Twitter move could actually pay off

Vox

And if Twitter took the standard 20 percent ad commission it used for its “ Amplify ” video program, Carlson would net about $10 million a year, before production costs. (If million a year. If you don’t like those numbers, feel free to swap in your own. Let’s say it’s 250,000. million to $15.3 million, before production costs.