Kubernetes starts our day with a post about Minikube, their way to run Kubernetes locally. It is not entirely standalone since it requires VirtualBox, but at least it is a step in the right direction. At the morning paper we get an excellent introduction into Goods, Google’s tool for organizing datasets. This is one of… Read More Geek Reading July 13, 2016 #1147
The big story of the day is the new Slack Platform launch. With this launch and the associated development fund, Slack is trying to position itself as a business platform to build solutions on top of. It will be interesting to watch how this really evolves. Mozilla now gives us more control over our data… Read More Geek Reading December 17, 2015
There seems to be a common theme the past two weeks, security tends to lead the day. First, VentureBeat reports on a Firefox glitch that can be exploited by malicious ads. TechCrunch tells us about a flaw in ZigBee Smart Home devices, which could make for some really interesting things to happen in your home.… Read More Geek Reading August 10, 2015
Today we start with some good security articles. First, Reuters reports on US researchers showing how computers can be hijacked to send data using sound waves. Outside of the security implications, this is really cool stuff. The BBC has a good article on some spyware demo that shows how spooks hack mobile phones. This is… Read More Geek Reading August 6, 2015
Mostly unpleasant news to lead our day. Zynga is now facing a lawsuit regarding potential fraud tied to its IPO. This could be interesting because it could make things a little harder for later IPOs. Slack reports that their user database was hacked. Thankfully, it does not sound like any confidential information was stolen. As… Read More Geek Reading March 30, 2015
Yes, this is another blog post on Google Chrome. Deal with it. As we all know by now, Google Chrome was leaked yesterday by Blogoscoped, confirmed by Google later in the day, and officially released today. In accordance with “The Rules”, I have been playing with Google Chrome for a little bit today. One thing… Read More Chrome is not a Browser, It Is the new Desktop
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