Gizmodo

APRIL 28, 2021

As I sit at my desk typing this blog, I have 15 Chrome tabs eating up 790MB of memory. I also have 17 Microsoft Edge tabs open, which take up 535MB of memory. Aside from those two extra tabs on Edge, I have the same webpages open, yet Chrome is hogging more memory. Complaints about the resource-hogging Google Chrome… Read more.

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Google Hardware Cloud Microsoft 54

Scott Lowe

JULY 17, 2020

Welcome to Technology Short Take #129, where I’ve collected a bunch of links and references to technology-centric resources around the Internet. This is a great read overall, but one sentence in particular really caught my eye: “30 years ago I was able to write a complete multitasking operating system in Z80 assembly code.

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Linux Apple Operating Systems Policies 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

That’s right, it’s time for yet another collection of links and articles from around the Internet on various data center-related technologies, products, projects, and efforts. It was good to read this post on Cumulus Linux first impressions by Jeremy Stretch. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 65

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

At DevOps Networking Forum 2016, I had the opportunity to share a presentation on some Linux networking options. Here’s another topic that came up at the recent DevOps Networking Forum: Spotify’s SDN Internet Router (SIR). Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Have fun reading! Networking.

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Vmware Linux Network Open Source 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. This article listing 20 Linux server hardening tips contains some basic tips but is nevertheless a very good resource for someone looking for Linux security recommendations.

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Vmware Linux Architecture Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

As usual, I’ve collected some articles and links from around the Internet pertaining to various data center- and cloud-related topics. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Welcome to Technology Short Take #119! Now, on to the content! Unfortunately, this appears to be GKE-specific.

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Load Balancer Cloud Applications Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

As described in this Metacloud blog post , vxfld is designed to “handle VXLAN traffic from any operationg system or hardware platform that adheres to the IETF Internet-Draft for VXLAN” Nir Yechiel recently posted part 1 of a discussion on the need for network overlays. Servers/Hardware. Virtualization.

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Linux Network Vmware Disaster Recovery 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 29, 2016

If you like geeking out over the hardware side of networking, you may find this Ars Technica article on the physical infrastructure of the global Internet to be an interesting read. (I Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. I won’t spoil Ivan’s conclusion; go read the article! Virtualization.

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Linux Network Hardware Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Welcome to Technology Short Take #37, the latest in my irregularly-published series in which I share interesting articles from around the Internet, miscellaneous thoughts, and whatever else I feel like throwing in. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s hoping you find something useful! Networking.

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Vmware Storage Linux Network 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 19, 2019

I have, however, finally managed to pull together this list of links and articles from around the Internet, and I hope that something I’ve included here proves useful to readers. Milind Gunjan shares some tips for troubleshooting Linux bridged networking on a KVM host. Servers/Hardware. Networking. configurations.

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Open Source Tools Policies Cloud 60

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

The Internet of Things presents us with both convenience and inconvenience at the same time, suddenly everything is smart is hackable again with startups sometimes repeating security mistakes made decades ago in the rush to market toys. The question is, who is hacking the internet of things today, and how does one even get started?

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Internet Research Security Tools 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

The Internet of Things presents us with both convenience and inconvenience at the same time, suddenly everything is smart is hackable again with startups sometimes repeating security mistakes made decades ago in the rush to market toys. The question is, who is hacking the internet of things today, and how does one even get started?

Internet 52

Internet Research Security Tools 52

Scott Lowe

MAY 22, 2015

Welcome to Technology Short Take #51, another collection of posts and links about key data center technologies like networking, virtualization, cloud management, and applications/operating systems. Here’s one way , using Ravello Systems. Flavio Leitner has a nice article comparing OVS internal ports with Linux veth devices.

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Vmware Network Virtualization IPv6 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 30, 2018

Servers/Hardware. If you don’t know how that image was built, this is no different than downloading a compiled executable from the Internet and running it. Operating Systems/Applications. Flatcar Linux is a “friendly fork” of Container Linux (of CoreOS). Good luck with that.)

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Linux Vmware Windows Applications 60

Galido

MARCH 19, 2019

These areas of IT include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Here you can find latest news and insights from Google on security and how to be safe on the Internet. CIO Dashboard. Dark Reading.

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Resources Mobile Data Center Security 113

SPF13

JUNE 4, 2015

Linux has become the foundation for infrastructure everywhere as it defined application portability from the desktop to the phone and from to the data center to the cloud. The Future of the Operating System. What is an Operating System ? OS Provides Portability 
 (same app runs on different hardware).

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Operating Systems System Disaster Recovery Case Study 100

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Could we use OpenFlow to build better internet exchanges? Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Need to do some port forwarding on a Linux box and want to automate the configuration with Puppet? Here’s a decent two-part series about running Vyatta on VMware Workstation ( part 1 and part 2 ).

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Vmware Virtualization Network Linux 106

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.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Network Windows 60

Galido

MAY 1, 2019

The “Internet of Things” is a recent term we now hear more and more about. These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. CIO Dashboard. Every pilot needs a trusty co-pilot.

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Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

Galido

MARCH 22, 2019

The “Internet of Things” is a recent term we now hear more and more about. These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. CIO Dashboard. Every pilot needs a trusty co-pilot.

Resources 107

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

Galido

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The “Internet of Things” is a recent term we now hear more and more about. These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. CIO Dashboard. Every pilot needs a trusty co-pilot.

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Mobile Data Center Security Virtualization 77

Galido

MARCH 19, 2019

These areas of IT include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Here you can find latest news and insights from Google on security and how to be safe on the Internet. CIO Dashboard. Dark Reading.

Resources 66

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 66

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Could we use OpenFlow to build better internet exchanges? Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Need to do some port forwarding on a Linux box and want to automate the configuration with Puppet? Here’s a decent two-part series about running Vyatta on VMware Workstation ( part 1 and part 2 ).

Vmware 60

Vmware Virtualization Network Linux 60

CTOvision

AUGUST 15, 2013

How much and what you leak depends on your wireless driver, operating system, and the networks that you’ve connected to in the past. It’s supposed to be a feature — the operating system is attempting to see if you’re around any of those networks by sending out a beacon request to see who responds to them.

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Wireless Network Linux Operating Systems 242

The Verge

AUGUST 15, 2020

While Apple’s approach toward gaming apps may have made sense in a world where all games must be downloaded and run locally on hardware, cloud gaming is beginning to upend that arrangement in a way that could massively alter the video game industry, similar to how streaming changed Hollywood filmmaking and television forever.

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Apple Industry Cloud Mobile 145

SPF13

MARCH 20, 2015

60s & 70s • Computer companies sold hardware • Software was free • Software was colloborative • IBM dominates. The Internet Era: 00s • Internet changes everything • Open source movement gains traction (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) • Tech selling ads, bits, hardware & services • Google Dominates.

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Open Source Linux Software Software 100

ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Vamosi: Virtual Machines are what just that; they’re software representations of hardware machines. They contain an operating system and they have confirmation for RAM and other hardware you may want to simulate. Knudsen: What was cool was that containers are so much lighter than virtual machines.

Open Source 52

Open Source Software Software Applications 52

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

I’ve been scouring RSS feeds and various social media sites, collecting as many useful links and articles as I can find: from networking hardware and networking CI/CD pipelines to Kernel TLS and tricks for improving your working memory. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. That’s quite the range!

Network 79

Network Hardware Vmware Tools 79

Scott Lowe

MARCH 20, 2020

Welcome to Technology Short Take #125, where I have a collection of articles about various data center and cloud technologies collected from around the Internet. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Kornelis Sietsma looks at the options for working with multiple git identities on a single system.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Authentication Storage 60

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 22, 2020

To do that, they needed a proof of concept system. So they created their own OS or operating system for the cyber Grand Challenge. Not quite operating system but almost like an operating system that it ran on. Vamosi: DARPA’s operating system was not entirely created out of thin air.

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System Research Security Operating Systems 52

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 21, 2020

To do that, they needed a proof of concept system. So they created their own OS or operating system for the cyber Grand Challenge. Not quite operating system but almost like an operating system that it ran on. Vamosi: DARPA’s operating system was not entirely created out of thin air.

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System Research Security Operating Systems 52

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 21, 2020

To do that, they needed a proof of concept system. So they created their own OS or operating system for the cyber Grand Challenge. Not quite operating system but almost like an operating system that it ran on. Vamosi: DARPA’s operating system was not entirely created out of thin air.

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System Research Security Operating Systems 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

Did you just put a system on the internet that shouldn't be? There's been internet connected "things" for a long time that weren't traditional computers. All of this technology that people talk about is IoT just got thrown onto the internet within the last say 10 years. We don't handle that. Then there's network security.

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Security Software Software Development 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

Did you just put a system on the internet that shouldn't be? There's been internet connected "things" for a long time that weren't traditional computers. All of this technology that people talk about is IoT just got thrown onto the internet within the last say 10 years. We don't handle that. Then there's network security.

Security 52

Security Software Software Development 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

Did you just put a system on the internet that shouldn't be? There's been internet connected "things" for a long time that weren't traditional computers. All of this technology that people talk about is IoT just got thrown onto the internet within the last say 10 years. We don't handle that. Then there's network security.

Security 52

Security Software Software Development 52

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 23, 2019

Otherwise, I leave you with this list of links and articles from around the Internet to keep you busy. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Network bonding in Linux—as outlined in this article —is something I may have to explore. If you’re going to be there, look me up! Networking.

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Linux Storage Policies Network 60

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 10, 2021

You know with modern vehicles, they're actually becoming like they're running on bluetooth, they're running the Android operating system. Vamosi: What unites these microcontrollers is not an operating system, rather it's a bus. A bus is a communication system that transfers data between components. What's that?

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Automotive Operating Systems System Tools 52