Tech Journey

A Twitter spam test, not an Apple iPhone 4 post … #FF @richi

Richi Jennings — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:31:30 +0000

If you're anything like me, you're heartily sick of Twitter spammers. It's Friday, so might I crave your indulgence for a little experiment here in The Long View? (I promise: there's nothing here about the Apple iPhone 4.) The microblogging service seems to be plagued with thousands of bots, mindlessly tweeting gibberish. Any search for a popular term -- such as, ohhh I don't know, Apple iPhone 4 -- seems to throw up a huge, steaming pile of automated tweets from an army of fake Twitter users. But what's really going on here?

WWDC 2011: Apple focus turns to OS X 10.7

Jonny Evans — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:34:23 +0000

Apple is prepared to invest every ounce of company muscle, intellect, invention and clout in order to ensure that ally-now-rival, Google, can never again claim bragging rights to innovating ahead of industry trends. And Cupertino is already planning radical user interface innovation in OS X 10.7.

New Amazon Kindle vs. Apple iPad and Android tablets (and sad toons)

IT Blogwatch — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:26:40 +0000

Amazon has launched its latest Kindle: smaller, faster, lighter, less expensive. Can it compete with the Apple iPad, or those new Android tablets? In IT Blogwatch, bloggers offer their opinions. Not to mention those oh-so-depressing kids' cartoons...
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Tips for posting iPhone 4 videos to YouTube

Mitch Wagner — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:29:33 +0000

The iPhone 4 lets you easily share great, high-definition videos to YouTube. But there are a couple of gotchas to watch out for. After banging my head against the keyboard for a day trying to figure out why I couldn't get high-definition videos to post, I'll pass along what I learned, so you can save wear and tear on your forehead.

The most popular Linux for Web servers is …

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:16:29 +0000

CentOS. "What's that," you ask? Let me tell you about this Red Hat Enterprise Linux-based distribution.

Revealed: Afghan war horrors, via Wikileaks

IT Blogwatch — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:04:41 +0000

The whistle-blower website Wikileaks has opened up a new cache of military data from Afghanistan. Wikileaks' founder, Julian Assange, has been explaining himself, telling us why it's important for us to see these "secret" Afghan reports. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers debate the pros and cons.

The iPhone 4 goes to San Diego Comic-Con

Mitch Wagner — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:00:14 +0000

With a convention center full of costume-clad fans, San Diego's annual Comic-Con is always a great opportunity to people-watch and take pictures. I dropped by Saturday to give the camera on my new iPhone 4 a good workout.