| Backspin: Illegal wiretapping is a dangerous wedge The phrase "the thin end of the wedge" is a good description for those things that, if allowed or tolerated, enable other things that are bigger or worse to happen. Read full story. Gibbsblog: The past 7 days A couple bones to pick on virtualization
First of all, I had a problem with your definition of 'emulation' versus virtualization. If you create a complete virtual machine in software, then it is a simulation. An emulation is when the hardware emulates the other machine. These definitions come from the 60s and 70s: my first job was supporting and enhancing a 1401/1108 simulator, a very large and complex piece of software that enabled IBM 1400 programs to be executed in a simulated environment on a Univac 1100-series mainframe computer. At the same time, IBM offered '1400 Emulation Mode' on the S/360, whereby you flicked a switch and the whole 360 bedame capable of executing 1400 programs. Dvorak Disses OLPC
His article is here: One Laptop per Child Doesn't Change the World. A line from that article:
Does anyone but me see this as an insulting "let them eat cake" sort of message to the world's poor? Carbonite, Revisited
Last October I mentioned Carbonite and said I preferred Mozy. David Friend, Carbonite's CEO, stepped in and corrected me on a couple of points, and I promised I'd take another look. I recently had a chance to do just that. 7 Security Rules Employees Love to Break
Just spotted this one over on CSOonline.com -- from a survey of 893 corporate IT workers, done by the Ponemon Institute. | 
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