Preparing for a Flickr Apocalypse (Updated, with Yahoo response)
What would happen to my food blog and precious memories if suddenly all 12,000 of my photos were suddenly to disappear off Flickr?
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Jason Perlow
Jason Perlow, Sr. Technology Editor at ZDNet, is a technologist with over two decades of experience integrating large heterogeneous multi-vendor computing environments in Fortune 500 companies. Jason is currently a Technology Solution Professional with Microsoft Corp. His expressed views do not necessarily represent those of his employer.
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Fujitsu gets dense and secure with mobile hard drives
Fujitsu's latest 2.5 inch 5400RPM 500GB hard disk, the MJA2 BHOn Tuesday, storage manufacturer Fujitsu Computer Products of America announced their latest series of mobile hard disks, raising the capacity bar for laptops with their 2.
AT&T and RIM: Alienate your repeat customers with "Early Upgrades" and overpriced devices
$399.00 PLUS an "Early Upgrade" charge? WTH?As some of you are aware, I am a BlackBerry user.
Can we finally realize Alan Kay's Dynabook for $100?
The Dynabook. Source: A Personal Computer for Children of All Ages, Alan Kay, XEROX PARC 1968.
America loses its moral technologist: Michael Crichton
Author, Producer and Director Michael Crichton, 1942-2008. Photo: Associated PressWith election week and coverage of other events such as the Microsoft PDC and the latest Windows 7 builds, many of ZDNet's readers may be unaware that one of America's most foremost and successful writers of speculative fiction, Michael Crichton, passed away at the age of 66 this Tuesday, November 4th from a private battle with cancer.
Google: it’s time to get Real
In my previous post, I alluded to some of the issues that might prevent an average consumer -- "Joe Sixpack", John Q. Public, or Jane Doe from migrating to Linux on the desktop.
Linux: The Joe Sixpack Strategy
On the surface, it would appear that a slowing economy might pave the way for increased Linux and Open Source software adoption by the unwashed masses, those who may want newer software than what their current XP system provides but don't want to pay the high premium of upgrading to Windows Vista/Windows 7 and all new software to go with it.
Kill the data loss monster once and for all
What's scary this Halloween - or anytime? Putting your personal and business computing continuity at risk. With the inexpensive data resiliency and backup solutions available, you don't need to be the victim of a bad horror movie.
Kindroid: Two great tastes that would taste great together
Yesterday Google released the source code to their Linux-based Android operating system for mobile devices, which currently powers the T-Mobile G1 Dream smart phone. To date, no other consumer Android-based device has been released, and no new Android-based device has been pre-announced, but there is currently a lot of activity going on at handset manufacturers to bring new devices to the market.