Virtual reality is today big news. Arguably much of the resurgence in interest is down to Oculus, the company that surprised everyone in 2012 with a fabulously successful Kickstarter campaign to build its Rift VR headset. The company had been acquired by Facebook in 2014 for the previously inconceivable sum of $2bn. The consumer version →
Finland has received a new technology trade magazine focusing on developing new technology: Uusi Teknologia (=new technology). Uusi Teknologia magazine’s first issue devoted to IoT solutions, industrial, internet security and future 5G mobile solutions as well as intelligent interactive textiles. Also included are high-end oscilloscopes and a new ways to program embedded systems. The magazine →
http://reneweconomy.com.au/2016/germany-nearly-reached-100-percent-renewable-power-on-sunday-32091 More renevables in use than what I expected… →
Painters and Hackers: typically people think they have nothing in common whatsoever – but some can see programming as art. Classic Programmer Paintings page shows software engineering as depicted by artists through history: classical paintings with suitable software engineering subtitles (technically, might not be all classical). Here is one example from Classic Programmer Paintings page: →
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/05/chinese-arm-vendor-left-developer-backdoor-in-kernel-for-android-pi-devices/ Allwinner’s ARM chips are popular in cheap tablets and dev boards. It seems that the Linux kernel supplied by chipmaker has a serious security backdoor in it. →
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-increase-the-maximum-number-of-open-files/ Sometimes you need to have very many open files, more than Linux system normally allows. →
The RSA SecurID authentication mechanism consists of a “token” — either hardware (e.g. a USB dongle) or software (a soft token) — which is assigned to a computer user and which generates an authentication code at fixed intervals (usually 60 seconds) using a built-in clock and the card’s factory-encoded random key (known as the “seed”). →
http://cinia.fi/en/news/cinia-connects-equinix-data-centers-frankfurt-and-helsinki This press release has some details on new direct high speed fiber optic connection from Finland to Germany. →
RSA SecurID is a two-factor authentication device. It gives out number that change depending on the time, and correct number is needed to log-in to sensitive systems (=one-time password functionality). RSA SecurID 700 is a small key fob that connects easily to any key ring. Here is front panel of RSA SecurID 700. There is →
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/05/the-seven-deadly-social-networks/480897/ Why on-line sosial networks are so popular? →