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Virgin Mobile Throttling its data plan

Posted on March 6, 2013 by robertwilkie

Looks like yet another carrier is pulling the “TimeWarner” affect by throttling how fast you can go over the cell lines for data.  Even if you have unlimited data.  This is a disturbing trend. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/03/05/virgin_choking/

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Use a RPi as a low powered NAS

Posted on March 6, 2013 by robertwilkie

Great idea, but…I would rather use a pogoplug and hack that instead of putting all the effort into a RPi.  Not to mention Pogoplugs come with a power supply, case, and cost only 20-30 dollars. http://www.howtogeek.com/139433/how-to-turn-a-raspberry-pi-into-a-low-power-network-storage-device/

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Looks like it could be a bad day in security ….

Posted on March 6, 2013 by robertwilkie

And in the government or a government contractor.  From the sounds of this article, those folks maybe some of the first out the door for the budget cuts. http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130304/DEFREG02/303040015/Cybersecurity-Bubble-Bursting-U-S-Contractors  

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Xerox CEO wins shopping spree at Tops

Posted on March 5, 2013 by robertwilkie

From the sounds of it she put in a bid at a charity auction for $1500 for a 3 minute spree at Tops supermarket in Rochester NY. http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20130305/BUSINESS/303050056/Xerox-chief-Ursula-Burns-wins-shopping-spree-Tops?nclick_check=1

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Simple Wind Turbine

Posted on March 5, 2013 by robertwilkie

Need to make a quick and simple wind turbine for demo purposes.  Here you go, basically you need an old fan, motor, some PVC and time.  🙂 http://www.instructables.com/id/Simple-Wind-GeneratorTurbine/

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Opensource Filament maker wins 40G

Posted on March 5, 2013 by robertwilkie

This opensource project won a prize (40G) for a way to cheaply make filament.  The designs are opensource and the author is a senior… And…Does it look allot like the filabot? http://hackaday.com/2013/03/05/finally-a-machine-that-makes-cheap-3d-printer-filament/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29

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Mass produce LED wind power for kids

Posted on March 5, 2013 by robertwilkie

Actually this is an instructable on how to build a bunch of simple windpower with LED kits for kids to teach them about windpower.  The only downside, I think this would be about $15-20 per kit.  But it could be … Continue reading →

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Xerox 3rd most admired in tech

Posted on March 5, 2013 by robertwilkie

According to Fortune Mag.   I would LOVE to know how they came up with this unless its based on past history (the last century). http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/most-admired/2013/snapshots/451.html

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Foxnews does Expo on Xerox Parking issues

Posted on March 5, 2013 by robertwilkie

Sounds like the question in the article is that Xerox could be price gouging local governments on managing and they % take on tickets and such.  Which I guess is good for Xerox, not so much for taxpayers. Oh an … Continue reading →

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Finally someones gets it H1B visas don’t work

Posted on March 4, 2013 by robertwilkie

Good article to read.  The author points out that the US maybe causing its own tech shortage.  It points out that the STEM jobs have not seen the pay increase like other professions in the past several years, and how … Continue reading →

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