Sunday, October 31, 2010
Great Pumpkin Linus Stencil - awesome stencil
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNOKD8GuiFHrL5Icr6NBFLe7oBX6ajQogW2RgyvsS4sTVTMPZY50hwNz2IBtEG36zyEniNB95DSm4m5ZUH3tn5M4C3gnWUSMHsgflQEKBrLhDJ3JjDNMuCnTidq6E1rMPfCGclnp6hxu-/s400/Great_Pumpkin_Linus_Stencil.jpg
Saturday, October 30, 2010
VLC Media Player Rocks!
VLC Media Player – the open source multimedia player app which recently launched on the iPad – has been updated to a universal app for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad.
Specifically, it will now run on the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and 'recent iPod Touches'. ...
Stick It
This memo app -- which you can use to create a note that appears on your iPhone's lock screen -- can be a limited tool, it's still a worthwhile capability to have for handy reminders. ...
Go get some.
Designs that portray power, strength, and speed usually require light effects to truly illustrate the thought and the theme. More often, the more powerful or the intense the creation is, the greater the need for the appropriate and realistic effect. ...
Friday, October 29, 2010
Must. Have. One.
Table Connect for iPhone is a 58-inch mult-itouch surface that, once you connect your (jailbroken, natch) iPhone 4, is transformed into a fully function giant iPhone! Oh, and it even charges the iPhone! Must. Have. One! ...
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Hmmmm...
#windowsphone Windows Phone 7 could be amazing. It's not. Right now, it's just a good start. This is what's broken, and what Microsoft has to do to make it awesome. More »
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Most tell us this as a status update...
Half of Americans who use social networking sites have seen people share to much personal information, yet more than a quarter (28%) rarely think about what could happened if they share too much personal information online, according a new survey from ...
OMFG This is not good.
A security flaw in the iPhone allows strangers to bypass the handset's lock screen with a few button presses.
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Monday, October 25, 2010
Service-disabled veteran-owned program ripe for abuse -- Washington Technology
In the past few years, the government contracting industry has weathered its share of scandals.
From accusations of questionable behavior by contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan to front-page exposés of cozy relationships between contractors and customers, the industry's reputation has suffered.
Most recently, the industry has drawn fire over allegations that at least one large business was using small businesses as fronts to funnel money to itself. (See our recent coverage of GTSI Corp.'s suspension and reinstatement by the Small Business Administration.)
Another scandal is brewing because of the proliferation of small companies owned by service-disabled veterans and procurements geared specifically for these businesses.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
In real life -
iOS: The popular font-identifying web site WhatTheFont (our look) now has an iOS app, letting you quickly identify fonts you see outside of your computer screen.
As far as web tools that ought to have mobile apps go, WhatTheFont really leads the pack. The iPhone's (or iPod touch's) camera really makes a great companion. If you're ever walking around and see a font you really like, you can snap a picture with the WhatTheFont app and upload it directly from your phone. Just like on the web site, it'll work with you to identify the individual characters and then make font suggestions. While WhatTheFont isn't always perfect, when you get a clear picture it can get pretty close. It's just one of those things that can be extremely handy to have in your pocket if you're always on the lookout for great new ...
Sweet -
#foursquare Douglas Wheelock, a NASA astronaut, just checked into the International Space Station. On foursquare. In outer space. The feat netted him the NASA Explorer Badge, which I'm sure is the ultimate validation for a real astronaut. More » ...
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Gotta get this today -
New video-chatting software from Apple, available in beta Wednesday, can connect to Macs, iPhone 4s, and the latest iPod touch.
The FaceTime for Mac beta is available as a download from Apple. It requires Mac OS X 10.6. You'll need an Apple ID and an e-mail address to get started with the program.
GCN Awards 2010: Air Force Lightweight Portable Security -- FCW
Lightweight Portable Security handles the heavy lifting to secure remote access for DOD
- By William Jackson
- Oct 20, 2010
The threat of an H1N1 flu pandemic last year spurred the Defense Department to plan for the possibility that large numbers of workers would need to work from home if a viral outbreak quarantined employees and required offices to shut down.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Agencies ready for real-time FISMA reporting tool, federal CIO reports
CyberScope, set to go live Nov. 15, will replace annual paper reports with automated feeds
Federal agencies say they are ready for next month's shift to real-time reporting of cybersecurity compliance, J. Nicholas Hoover writes in InformationWeek.
The CyberScope compliance tool, scheduled to go live Nov. 15, will replace annual paper reports on compliance with Federal Information Security Management Act requirements with automated feeds of systems status that will be correlated by the Homeland Security Department.
http://fcw.com/articles/2010/10/19/agencies-ready-for-cyberscope-fimsa.aspx
The General Services Administration awarded 11 vendors spots on the first governmentwide contract for cloud computing-
GSA announced Tuesday a blanket purchase agreement for infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), including cloud storage, virtual machines and Web hosting. All of these services eventually will be available through the Apps.gov portal.
"Offering IaaS on Apps.gov makes sense for the federal government and for the American people," said Vivek Kundra, federal chief information officer, in a release. "Cloud computing services help to deliver on this administration's commitment to provide better value for the American taxpayer by making government more efficient."
The winning vendors are:
- Apptis Inc. partnered with Amazon Web Services
- AT&T
- Autonomic Resources partnered with Carpathia, Enomaly and Dell
- CGI Federal
- Computer Literacy World partnered with Electrosoft, XO Communications and Secure Networks
- Computer Technology Consultants partnered with Softlayer, Inc.
- Eyak Tech LLC
- General Dynamics Information Technology partnered with Carpathia
- Insight Public Sector partnered with Microsoft
- Savvis Federal Systems
- Verizon Federal Inc.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Wednesday -
Here's a quick rundown of what Apple is likely to unveil at Wednesday's "Back to the Mac" news conference.
$20 Billion in sales...
#apple That didn't take long. This past summer, Apple sold more iPads than Macs for the first time, and more iPhones—way more—than iPods. And they made more than $20 billion doing it. More » ...