Mark Gibbs - Slashdot User

Submission + - Report highlights unforeseen consequences of cloud computing (networkworld.com)

Submitted by Mark Gibbs on Friday January 31, 2014 @04:44PM

Mark Gibbs writes: A recent report by Softchoice Corporation, a technology services provider, has revealed a new set of unforeseen consequences from cloud-based SaaS applications.

Submission + - Fixing corrupted Outlook PST files (networkworld.com)

Submitted by Mark Gibbs on Friday January 31, 2014 @02:00PM

Mark Gibbs writes: DataNumen Outlook Repair makes repairing corrupted PST files simple and reliable

Submission + - PayPal, GoDaddy, and Twitter create cluster**** for the now ex-owner of @N (networkworld.com)

Submitted by Mark Gibbs on Thursday January 30, 2014 @06:37PM

Mark Gibbs writes: This is one of those stories that fills you with dread because we know it could happen to any of us: It's the story of how Naoki Hiroshima, who used to own the very valuable Twitter handle @N worth an estimated $50,000, lost it because PayPal, GoDaddy, and Twitter really don't care that much about their customers.

Submission + - Netsol tries to force 4,625% price hike for domain protection (networkworld.com)

Submitted by Mark Gibbs on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @06:46PM

Mark Gibbs writes: Company claims apparent automatic opt-in to new pricing was not worded properly

Submission + - Tom Perkins pulls the the Nazi card on anti-tech activists (networkworld.com)

Submitted by Mark Gibbs on Saturday January 25, 2014 @08:15PM

Mark Gibbs writes: Somewhat lost in all of the in-depth media coverage of Justin Beiber's arrest for being an idiot is the recent furore in San Francisco over "techies" and the legendary Tom Perkins commits "Reductio ad Hitlerum".

Submission + - Shocking! Court rules IP addresses aren't the same as people (networkworld.com)

Submitted by Mark Gibbs on Saturday January 25, 2014 @05:08PM

Mark Gibbs writes: The horrible B-move Elf-Man actually does something good for Internet users.

Submission + - What exactly can the NSA do? (networkworld.com)

Submitted by Mark Gibbs on Saturday January 25, 2014 @04:00PM

Mark Gibbs writes: An up-to-date list of the NSA's skullduggery and some observations about black hat innovation and evolution.

Submission + - iPhone + Luxi = an amazing light meter (networkworld.com)

Submitted by Mark Gibbs on Friday January 24, 2014 @08:42PM

Mark Gibbs writes: If you're serious about photography and particularly if you're using a vintage camera you're going to need a light meter but a decent digital meter will set you back at least $100 (although high quality light meters are more like $200 or more). On the other hand, if you have an iPhone you have a fantastic alternative: The Luxi from Extrasensory Devices.

Submission + - Netflix rallies users to pre-empt ISPs charging for carriage (networkworld.com)

Submitted by Mark Gibbs on Friday January 24, 2014 @01:36AM

Mark Gibbs writes: Netflix threw down the gauntlet to the ISPs which, given the recent ruling by the D.C. Circuit Court that threw out the FCC's "Open Internet" rules, will, most likely, result in them trying to coerce Netflix into paying steep tariffs to get Netflix content to their consumer base.

Submission + - Tools for when Linux goes mainstream (networkworld.com)

Submitted by Mark Gibbs on Thursday January 23, 2014 @08:52PM

Mark Gibbs writes: The free, open source tools available for Linux rival other mainstream OSes

Submission + - Who got the payoff for reclassifying cable data services as information services (networkworld.com)

Submitted by Mark Gibbs on Friday January 17, 2014 @09:43PM

Mark Gibbs writes: Sow for yourselves righteous policies; reap steadfast jobs.

Submission + - Testing the effectiveness of booth babes (networkworld.com)

Submitted by Mark Gibbs on Friday January 17, 2014 @08:48PM

Mark Gibbs writes: Do booth babes actually achieve what sales thinks they do?

Submission + - Using big data to identify birds (networkworld.com)

Submitted by Mark Gibbs on Wednesday January 15, 2014 @06:20PM

Mark Gibbs writes: Cornell Lab's Merlin app, which uses a database of 70 million bird sighting records and 3 million user reports, makes bird identification simple and accurate.

Submission + - The future of tech support, taking over your brain ... (networkworld.com)

Submitted by Mark Gibbs on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @06:40PM

Mark Gibbs writes: Tech support is are only going to get more complicated and in future we'll need to get as close to the user as possible, so, can we improve on remote assistance apps? Yep, we most likely can and late last year researcher Rajesh P. N. Rao of the University of Washington demonstrated what could be the next step: Direct Brain-to-Brain Communication in Humans.

Submission + - IF THIS THEN THAT gets better with iOS (networkworld.com)

Submitted by Mark Gibbs on Friday January 10, 2014 @06:13PM

Mark Gibbs writes: A few years ago I wrote about a free service called "If This Then That" (otherwise known as IFTTT), an elegant and clever way to implement simple online task automation. The service is still free, still extremely useful, and still elegant and clever but, with the addition of an iOS app, now it's even more powerful.

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