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RELDATA Extends Simplified iSCSI Storage Management Model to NAS Users at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2008: Emerging Trends (Broadcast Newsroom)

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:12:52 PDT
LAS VEGAS , BUSINESS WIRE -- RELDATA, the leading supplier of a new generation of consolidated and unified storage solutions, today announced a new adaptive storage wizard for NAS users from Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2008. The availability of intuitive NAS Adaptive Storage Wizards for RELDATA's 9240 iSCSI Unified Storage Systems and Gateways, brings the same level of simplified storage ...

Reality Blogging: No Celebs Allowed?

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:14:20 PDT
Is reality blogging the next big thing? I say, “No, it’s not,” and you can read about it over at ABC News.com. Why not? The only reason “reality blogging” hit the mainstream media (and isn’t “reality blogging” a bit of a ridiculous phrase, given that virtually all blogging is about our lives, otherwise known as “reality”?) is because one of these sites posted about a celebrity! Quite the paradox there…. If you thought doing the same thing as TMZ or Perez Hilton was interesting — except with

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CBC News

Sunday April 6 at 10pm ET/PT on CBC Newsworld
CBC News, Canada - Apr 5, 2008
While Evan Moss zones out in commuter traffic, Ann toils away in her dream kitchen and the kids play sinister games amidst the fresh foundations of monster ...


Could Blogging Be Hazardous to Your Health?

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:16:15 PDT
Over the weekend, an item in The New York Times (In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop caused a bit of a buzz in the techno-blogosphere by pointing out that some of the best known tech bloggers around had experienced severe health problems recently. Out of three exemplars, two had died. Now, that's how to grab the attention of bloggers. In his Sunday column in the Times Technology section, Matt Richtel, who covers the Silicon Valley scene, wrote that the stress bloggers experi

Market opens higher as WaMu news lifts banks (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:36:54 PDT
Stocks rose at the market open on Monday, led by financial shares on news that Washington Mutual is close to securing a $5 billion cash infusion that may help allay worries about mortgage losses at the largest U.S. savings and loan company.

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Google Funny Street Views: Discreet Privacy

A couple of months ago, Google's web mapping service GOOGLE MAPS launched a new feature: Google Street View. A panoramic street level environment lets you descend from the sky and virtually travel through the streets. However, some very funny Google Street View images have surfaced on the internet raising privacy issues.

Consider for example, this image from the Chicago and you can see why we think Google Street Views are funny, yet concerning about privacy.

Already this publication has reported a lawsuit that a couple has filed against Google Street Views alleging that the service violates their privacy.

"Aaron and Christine Boring (yes, that's really their name) filed suit in Allegheny County court on April 2. The couple, who lives in Pittsburgh, says that there is a private road sign on their street that Google should have honored."

Patric Carlsson who writs for the Blog of Intellectual Capitals while explaining how useful Google Maps and Street Views can be contends that there are "some funny pictures to find aside from all the usefulness."

It's not known how many complaints Google Street Views will still receive and how is the company going to respond to them. However, one thing we are sure of is the fact that while many people are going to consider some of the Google Street Views to be funny, many others are going to think they are violating people's right to privacy.

 

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