Linux By Knight: 2012

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Linux by Knight Post 046 Steve Jobs on Text Books and Backpacks

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Apple Introduces Technology that Makes School Textbooks Obsolete by Switching to the iPad January 25th, 2012 Posted in Steve Jobs Blog Posts.

Apple wants students to stop lugging around backpacks full of heavy textbooks and to switch to the iPad instead.

On Thursday the company introduced three free pieces of software revolving around education. It released iBooks 2, a new version of its electronic bookstore, where students can now download textbooks; iBooks Author, a Macintosh program for creating textbooks and other books; and iTunes U, an app for instructors to create digital curriculums and share course materials with students.

From: http://stevejobsnow.net

Link: http://stevejobsnow.net/apple-introduces-technology-that-makes-school-textbooks-obsolete-by-switching-to-ipad/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/cazcdr5

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WOZ has a Different Take on BackPacks...

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Just Wow: Steve Wozniak's Backpack Crammed Full of Gadgets

This is what Steve Wozniak carries around in his 50 pound backpack that's reportedly made him shorter over the years.

Link: http://dvice.com/archives/2012/07/just-wow-steve.php

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/6nwyjqm

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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Linux by Knight Post 045 Plextor Launches Affordable SSDs with Non-Declining Performance.

From: http://www.xbitlabs.com

Link:

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/storage/display/20120711192253_Plextor_Launches_Affordable_SSDs_with_Non_Declining_Performance.html

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/7ba5cpr

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7 Quick Tricks for Ubuntu and

Other Linux Desktops

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Link: http://www.howtogeek.com/118751/7-quick-tricks-for-ubuntu-and-other-linux-desktops/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/6qf95zz

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Thursday, July 5, 2012

Linux by Knight Post 044 Convert MS Word Docs to e-Books for Free

The Smashwords e-book-publishing service transforms Word's DOC files into the EPUB, MOBI, and other e-book formats, but only if you shun text boxes, tables, and other common formatting elements in the file, as the handy Smashwords guide explains.

From: http://howto.cnet.com

Link: http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57465201-285/convert-ms-word-docs-to-e-books-for-free/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/bumdfbo

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Getting More INFO On: How to Use Microsoft Word to

Create an Ebook

Link: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/253618/how_to_use_microsoft_word_to_create_an_ebook.html

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Saturday, June 30, 2012

Linux by Knight Post 43 Pentagon's Zombie Satellite Program Comes to Life

From: http://www.wired.com

The Pentagon’s intergalactic black-magic plot

is getting ready to raise the dead.

Dead satellites, that is. Last year, Darpa, the military’s blue-sky research agency, kicked off a program designed to harvest parts from unused communications satellites still orbiting the Earth, and then turn those bits and pieces — antennas in particular — into an array that operates as a low-cost “communications farm” for troops on the ground

Link: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/06/darpa-phoenix-2/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/7udnpry

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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Linux by Knight Post 042 Twisted Light Wifi Creates Connectivity Fast Lane 2,4 Terabit Per Second

From: http://www.forextv.com

The internet is about to get the equivalent of an express lane as a result of new wireless technology developed by American and Israeli scientists. High-speed wireless transmission of up to 2.5 terabits per second may be possible by what is being called "twisted, vortex beams." It is essentially a new wifi protocol that uses light beams more efficiently that what is currently in use.

Link: http://www.forextv.com/forex-news-story/twisted-light-wifi-creates-connectivity-fast-lane-2-4-terabit-per-second

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/76qof2e

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Curiosity's Seven Minutes of Terror

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki_Af_o9Q9s&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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Saturday, June 16, 2012

Linux by Knight Post 046 Unity alternatives - the many desktops of Ubuntu

From: http://www.h-online.com

GNOME Shell and Cinnamon

KDE, Xfce and LXDE

Ubuntu's Unity is far from the only desktop environment available for the distribution. For users who want to stay with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS but prefer another desktop environment, there are plenty of alternatives to try.

Link: http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Unity-alternatives-the-many-desktops-of-Ubuntu-1614860.html

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Linux by Knight Post 045 Flame's Crypto Attack May have Needed 200,000ドル Worth of Compute Power

A cluster of 200 PlayStation 3 consoles used in 2008 to find a cryptographic collision in the MD5 algorithm.

Alex Sotirov

From: http://arstechnica.com

The cryptographic attack that Flame engineers used to hijack Microsoft's Windows Update process was so computationally demanding, it would have required the equivalent of 200,000ドル worth of computing time from Amazon's EC2 Web service for most people to carry it out.

Link: http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/06/flame-crypto-attack-may-have-needed-massive-compute-power/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

Yeah, Even Linux Links can be Over-The-Top...

This is 210 Characters...

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/89byk3q

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Monday, April 23, 2012

Linux by Knight Post 044 Processor Whispers ---- About Hares and Hedgehogs

From: http://www.h-online.com

AMD Trinity

While AMD is Preparing the Launch of Trinity, Intel Finally Rolls Out Ivy Bridge. And although its 45nm technology does the computing in the newest iPad, chip dissectors discovered a 32nm ARM SoC in the supposedly outdated iPad 2.

Intel Sandy and Ivy Bridge

Meanwhile, a 28nm chip takes up residence inside smartphones.

Link: http://www.h-online.com/newsticker/news/item/Processor-Whispers-About-Hares-and-Hedgehogs-1545555.html

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/6shmrnv

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Monday, April 16, 2012

TWIT covering NAB in Las Vegas

Las Vegas 2012

Link: http://nab121.experient-inc.com/showNAB121/Default.aspx?App=EO&Passcode=LV2031

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Boris FX

Link: http://www.borisfx.com/

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VIZRT

Link: http://www.vizrt.com

After effects

Maya

Broadcast graphics

unified workflow

holographic reporter

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Link: http://Microsoft.com/media

Content utility

delivery system

Azure

software to service

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Grass Valley

Kayenne

Multiple ME

Double Take

10 ME Switcher

Link: http://www.grassvalley.com/products/kayenne

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Black Magic

Link: http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/intensity/

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The Foundry

Compositing

Hiro

Katana

Link: http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/

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Weather Central

Link: http://www.wxc.com/

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Monday, April 9, 2012

Linux by Knight Post 042 Processor Whispers: About Ivy Bridges and Tegra Hitches

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Home On The Range with the H-OPEN

RSS Front Page Feed: http://www.h-online.com/grand-atom.xml

( *Additional RSS Feeds at the Bottom of this Post )

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From: http://www.h-online.com

Intel causes confusion with the Ivy Bridge's launch date, HP starts a second restructuring attempt and NVIDIA launches rumours about a Tegra 4 – all (amongst other things) because of Apple.

Link: http://www.h-online.com/newsticker/news/item/Processor-Whispers-About-Ivy-Bridges-and-Tegra-Hitches-1517479.html

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/7swums7

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The H Half Hour: Open Source and Evil Genius

An interview with Simon Monk, writer of Evil Genius books

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Link: http://www.h-online.com/open/features/The-H-Half-Hour-Open-source-and-evil-genius-1517432.html

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/753sxno

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Apache CouchDB 1.2 Speeds Up

and compresses more

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The developers of Apache CouchDB have announced improvements in performance and security in the newly released version 1.2 of the NoSQL document database. The update also sees a new replication implementation and the default enabling of file compression for database and view index files. The new version was launched alongside a revamped web presence for the database at the Apache Software Foundation.

Link: http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Apache-CouchDB-1-2-speeds-up-and-compresses-more-1517497.html

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/776otop

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RSS feeds
The Whole H - front page feed

RSS 2.0 http://www.h-online.com/grand-atom.xml

All The H news and features
The H news feed

Atom 1.0 http://www.h-online.com/news/atom.xml

Just The H news
The H open feed

RSS 2.0 http://www.h-online.com/open/atom.xml

All The H open news and features
The H security feed

RSS 2.0 http://www.h-online.com/security/atom.xml

All The H security news and features

What is RSS?

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) allows web sites to publish and automatically update feeds with new articles and blog posts. Web browsers, online services, and desktop and mobile applications can then use these feeds to aggregate all of the articles – it is no longer necessary to check all the individual web sites for updates, simply subscribe to their RSS feed and the feed reader does all the work.

How to use RSS

There are many options for reading and managing RSS feeds. Most modern web browsers have some built-in functionality for reading RSS feeds.

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Saturday, April 7, 2012

US Government licenses Unreal Game Engine

From: http://www.gizmag.com

US Government licenses Unreal Game Engine to Train FBI Agents and Army Medics

However a new agreement with teaching software developer, Virtual Heroes, could see Epic's platform used to create more practical experiences and train medical staff and law enforcement officers to handle high-stress situations. By using Epic's Unreal Engine 3, some United States government agencies like the FBI and US Army are hoping to give their employees tools for virtually practicing their skills in a more realistic environment and better prepare them to save lives.

Link: http://www.gizmag.com/us-agencies-license-unreal-engine/22073/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/6s7ejlr

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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Linux by Knight Post 041 Open Source Tracking Device

From: http://www.kickstarter.com

My project is an Open Source tracking device based on the Arduino platform.

A few years ago we had a bad ice storm here in Massachusetts and we lost power for several days. Well during the power outage my brother-in-law's house was robbed and one of the items stolen was my nephews' PS3. As is usually the case, none of the items were ever recovered.

Link: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dsscircuits/open-source-tracking-device?ref=category

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/7mt2km4

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Friday, March 23, 2012

Linux by Knight Post 040 How To Knock Into Your Network (DD-WRT)

Link: http://www.howtogeek.com/104548/how-to-knock-into-your-network-dd-wrt/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/88njegz

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If you haven’t already, be sure and checkout previous articles in the series:

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Turn Your Home Router Into a Super-Powered Router

with DD-WRT

Link: http://www.howtogeek.com/56612/turn-your-home-router-into-a-super-powered-router-with-dd-wrt/

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How To Install Additional Software On Your Home Router (DD-WRT)

Link: http://www.howtogeek.com/98408/how-to-install-additional-software-on-your-router-dd-wrt/

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How to Remove Advertisements with Pixelserv on DD-WRT

Link: http://www.howtogeek.com/51477/how-to-remove-advertisements-with-pixelserv-on-dd-wrt/

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Assuming you are familiar with those topics, keep reading. Keep in mind that this guide is a little more technical, and beginners should be careful when modding their router.

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Friday, March 9, 2012

Linux by Knight Post 039 Linux Mint 12 LXDE released

How to Install Linux Mint via USB

Link: http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/744

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/7fd7rxr

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Quick Snap: Wingman on Twitter...

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Where I Found This BN:Sustainability Tweet:
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We're All in This Together,eh?

Wingman.

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The Grid

Forget Cyclist Safety: Dangerous Driving Costs Gas Money

Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-09/forget-cyclist-safety-dangerous-driving-costs-gas-money.html

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/87a9ay5

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