Department of Homeland Security Not Focused on Terrorism

Department of Homeland Security Not Focused on Terrorism. I thought terrorism is why we have a DHS, but they’ve been preoccupied with other things: Of the 814,073 people charged by DHS in immigration courts during the past three years, 12 faced charges of terrorism, TRAC said. Those 12 cases represent 0.0015 percent of the total… Continue reading Department of Homeland Security Not Focused on Terrorism

RUSSIA VS. ESTONIA: 21st Century State vs. State Conflict

RUSSIA VS. ESTONIA: 21st Century State vs. State Conflict. What does “guerrilla” war between interdependent states look like in the 21st Century? Very much like the war now going on between Estonia and Russia. Russia is using the removal of a statue commemorating Russian war dead from Tallinn (the capital of Estonia) as a pretext… Continue reading RUSSIA VS. ESTONIA: 21st Century State vs. State Conflict

Former Nortel Subsidiary Picks Fonality's PBXtra Over Nortel

Former Nortel Subsidiary Picks Fonality’s PBXtra Over Nortel. Today, I spoke with Fonality’s CEO Chris Lyman and Amon Prasad, Director of Information Technology for BLADE Network Technologies. BLADE Network Technologies is a former subsidiary of Nortel and get this – they selected Fonality’s Asterisk-based PBXtra over a comparable system from Nortel. Even though Nortel offered… Continue reading Former Nortel Subsidiary Picks Fonality's PBXtra Over Nortel

Grace

Grace Queen Elizabeth has ruled with grace for over a half century. Her meeting with Virginia Tech people today is just one more example of that. Of course some handler suggested it—but she agreed and, I have no doubt, expressed sympathy as few could. God save the queen. [The Tom Peters Weblog]

Microsoft starts dropping Longhorn features

Microsoft starts dropping Longhorn features. Microsoft has announced that several cool virtualization features will be dropped from what was promised for Longhorn release. Bink quotes a seemingly angry quote complaining about the lack of live migration, no hot-adding of resources, CPU core limitations, etc. I’m sure there are many that will be very disappointed about… Continue reading Microsoft starts dropping Longhorn features

Joey Stanford: iFolder

Joey Stanford: iFolder. SLED 10 has a nifty program called iFolder. iFolder is all about file sharing – making, sharing, and backing up files easier. Emplify has some debs up. Does not work in Feisty. It probably needs some MOTU guru to work on packaging this properly. iFolder is a simple and secure storage solution… Continue reading Joey Stanford: iFolder

UN panel urges greenhouse gas reductions now

UN panel urges greenhouse gas reductions now. Technologies are available to significantly reduce greenhouse gases but nations must adopt them far more aggressively to avert the worst consequences of global warming, the leading scientific authority on climate change said yesterday. [Boston Globe — Front Page]