GeekWire

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Revenue in Microsoft’s Surface hardware business rose 28% to more than $1.7 Microsoft introduced the original Surface Laptop in 2017 as its first bona fide notebook computer, not counting the high-end Surface Book hybrid tablet-laptop. billion in the same period , its biggest result ever outside the holidays.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 7, 2016

Bart’s view is that a full-stack engineer knows about operations, the hardware stack (compute, storage, network), the software (network, operating system [OS], management, logging), and most importantly knows how to “code” an immutable infrastructure. Safari Books Online ( link ) a great resource, highly recommended.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 7, 2016

Bart’s view is that a full-stack engineer knows about operations, the hardware stack (compute, storage, network), the software (network, operating system [OS], management, logging), and most importantly knows how to “code” an immutable infrastructure. Safari Books Online ( link ) a great resource, highly recommended.

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Devops Engineering Conference Operating Systems 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 27, 2023

Servers/Hardware What do you think of the ThinkPhone ? Operating Systems/Applications Dewan Ahmed has a great run-down on options for documentation-as-code. Career/Soft Skills Ioannis Moustakis shares 44 books for DevOps, site reliability engineering (SRE), and cloud engineers. Read his post for full details.

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Kitaboo

MAY 23, 2023

Gone are the days of clunky hardware-based DRM solutions that relied on physical tokens or specialized hardware components. Authentication mechanisms can range from simple username/password combinations to more sophisticated methods like biometric authentication or hardware-based authentication tokens.

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CTOvision

MARCH 17, 2015

Outside of the more notable and talked about features—friendlier UI, improved device manageability including MDM, easier operating system deployment (OSD), universal applications, and a customizable store portal for organizations—Windows 10 comes with something even more important - deeper security.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 1, 2019

VyOS is an open source Linux-based network operating system.). Servers/Hardware. James Hamilton is back with a more in-depth look at the components of the AWS Nitro System. Operating Systems/Applications. Readers may find this list of recommended books from Jessie Frazelle of interest.

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Kitaboo

MARCH 10, 2023

Basically, with DRM, publishers can control their data, software and hardware. This could lead to annoyed customers who may then refuse to purchase DRM-enabled books. However, platforms like KITABOO can give readers access to content on multiple devices across operating systems. So what does this mean for the publisher?

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Servers/Hardware. Kay Singh collects some user comments on the new M1-powered Apple hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. The folks at SemaphoreCI shared with me an e-book on CI/CD with Docker and Kubernetes. Martin Heinz discusses that very topic in this post. Lots of geekery in here!

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Kitaboo

MAY 24, 2023

They range from software-based solutions to hardware-based implementations, catering to different types of content and platforms. Choosing the Right DRM System When selecting a DRM system, several factors should be considered, including content requirements, platform compatibility, scalability, user experience, and security features.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Apple also uses the Apple TV branding in multiple ways — as hardware, app, and its own streaming video service. Android TV is Google’s main television operating system, a version of Android that’s fully optimized for the TV layout. Google’s TV offerings also are a little confusing. The “Play” branding no longer plays.

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The Verge

APRIL 8, 2022

The hardware differences between 2020’s Tab S7 / S7 Plus and this year’s Tab S8 versions are such: New Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor. Just like before, the hardware is impressive, and either tablet provides an excellent video watching experience. The Tab S8 Plus has a 12.4-inch Wi-Fi 6E support. Higher resolution front camera.

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Phil Windley

MARCH 27, 2023

This article is adapted from Chapter 12 of my new book Learning Digital Identity from O'Reilly Media. She's a security expert and focused many of her remarks on the relative security of different multi-factor authentication (MFA) techniques, a topic I cover in my book as well.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 4, 2023

For instance, the IRCTC online booking portal came into India well before tech giants like Amazon and was responsible for many of the mainframes that started the planning and scheduling of trains. History is witness to railways ushering in the era of digitization in any country.

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Kitaboo

MAY 19, 2020

The Readium SDK performs simplistic test applications for the different operating systems, whether it be Android, iOS, or even OS X, apart from supporting encryption-based modules. Create a cross-platform native code software development kit (SDK), which you can use to build native applications across different hardware platforms.

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Kitaboo

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Basically, with DRM, publishers can control their data, software and hardware. This could lead to annoyed customers who may then refuse to purchase DRM-enabled books. However, platforms like KITABOO can give readers access to content on multiple devices across operating systems. So what does this mean for the publisher?

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Industry eBook Internet Licensing 109

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

see below in the “Operating Systems/Applications” section), Metaswitch has announced a Container Networking Interface (CNI) plugin for Project Calico. Servers/Hardware. Colin Lynch gives a “first look” at the Cisco UCS Generation 3 hardware , which may be of interest if you’re a UCS customer or looking at purchasing UCS.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

But the CX5 has done a great job of convincing me that my knee-jerk was misplaced — there’s almost nothing, apart from the operating system, separating this laptop from an excellent midrange Windows notebook. Chromebooks have grown up, and so have their prices. Speakers are driven by a “smart amplifier” to prevent long-term damage.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 11, 2016

In this post you’ll find a collection of links to articles discussing the major data center technologies—networking, hardware, security, cloud computing, applications, virtualization…you name it! (If Thinking of using a hardware VTEP (VXLAN Tunnel Endpoint) with VMware NSX? Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The Galaxy Note 7 is possibly the best gadget on this list; a herald of the success of big-screened smartphones, packed with the latest specs, top-tier camera tech for the time, and superb design and hardware… except for the fact that it had a tendency to burst into flames. The same, sadly, cannot be said for Android tablets.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

In this episode of The Hacker Mind , Beau Woods and Paulino Calderon discuss their book, Practical IoT Hacking, and talk about IoT threat models, the technologies being used today, and what tools and knowledge you need to get started successfully hacking IoT devices. It's a comprehensive book, and it's an important topic.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

In this episode of The Hacker Mind , Beau Woods and Paulino Calderon discuss their book, Practical IoT Hacking, and talk about IoT threat models, the technologies being used today, and what tools and knowledge you need to get started successfully hacking IoT devices. It's a comprehensive book, and it's an important topic.

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Internet Research Security Tools 52

Scott Lowe

MAY 29, 2020

Servers/Hardware. Adin Ermie provides a review of Managing Kubernetes , a book by Brendan Burns and my colleague Craig Tracey. Operating Systems/Applications. Nicola Apicella has a nice, in-depth write-up discussing Docker images, overlay file systems, and the OCI specification. Read his write-up here.

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Linux Virtualization Security Network 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

The first one, on virtualizing the network, did highlight an important development regarding hardware offloads for Geneve, the next-generation network overlay encapsulation protocol. Intel announced yesterday that the new XL710 network adapters (which are 40Gbps adapters) will support Geneve hardware offloads. Closing Thoughts.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Here’s an interesting article on the role that virtualization is playing in the network functions virtualization (NFV) space now that ARM hardware is growing increasingly powerful. Operating Systems/Applications. Career/Soft Skills.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Here’s an interesting article on the role that virtualization is playing in the network functions virtualization (NFV) space now that ARM hardware is growing increasingly powerful. Operating Systems/Applications. Career/Soft Skills.

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CTOvision

JULY 26, 2013

I think the Chromecast will truly be a piece of disruptive technology, it will bring users to Chrome, which will bring them to Gmail, Hangouts, Play Music, Play Movies, Play Books and pretty much the whole Google ecosystem. Google also updated their mobile operating system Android. Android 4.3.

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Google Apple Mobile Wireless 242

Scott Lowe

APRIL 19, 2019

Servers/Hardware. ” Operating Systems/Applications. Cal’s book is in the “To Read” pile on my desk; guess I need to hurry up and get to it! Via Ivan Pepelnjak’s site, Albert Siersema shares some information on using Ansible to automate 802.1x configurations. Nothing this time around!

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

This is my irregularly-published collection of links and articles from around the Internet related to the major data center technologies: networking, hardware, security, cloud computing, applications/OSes, storage, and virtualization. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Welcome to Technology Short Take #85!

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Here’s an interesting article on the role that virtualization is playing in the network functions virtualization (NFV) space now that ARM hardware is growing increasingly powerful. Operating Systems/Applications. Career/Soft Skills.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

In a few minutes I’m going to talk to a pentester who’s written a book that can help take your current skills as a sys admin and security engineer and turn them into skills needed to become a great digital pentester. available wherever books are sold. There’s plenty of work in the digital realm, important work.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

In a few minutes I’m going to talk to a pentester who’s written a book that can help take your current skills as a sys admin and security engineer and turn them into skills needed to become a great digital pentester. available wherever books are sold. There’s plenty of work in the digital realm, important work.

Network 52

Network Applications Security Operating Systems 52

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Servers/Hardware. Courtesy of Corey Quinn, here’s an awesome AWS versus Azure comparison , comic book style. Operating Systems/Applications. In the event that you need yet-another-introduction to Kubernetes networking, Mark Betz has a three-part series you may find helpful/useful ( part 1 , part 2 , and part 3 ).

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 21, 2019

Servers/Hardware. Software company Agile Bits recently announced support for U2F-compatible hardware security keys in their 1Password product. Operating Systems/Applications. I haven’t tested it.). Nothing this time around, sorry! Nick Korte walks readers through creating a Wavefront proxy in AWS.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 11, 2018

Matt Oswalt, one of the co-authors of our recently-released network automation book from O’Reilly, recently tackled the topic of running Kubernetes with Tungsten Fabric (formerly known as OpenContrail). Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. No, really. It’s worth reading.

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Network Virtualization Open Source Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 17, 2015

If you’d like to play around with Cumulus Linux but don’t have a compatible hardware switch, Cumulus VX is the answer. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. I’m really glad to see that Wiley/Sybex worked with the authors to do a second edition of this massively helpful book.

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Vmware Linux Architecture Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Lindsay Hill recently took Simon Wardley’s pioneers/settlers/town planners (PST) model—which is itself based on Cringely’s Accidental Empires book and the commandos/infantry/police model—and applied to it the networking industry. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. It’s pretty cool stuff. Virtualization.

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