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July 4th, 2008: A trip down memory lane
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:29:59 -0700
A 1 question civics quiz Today American's celebrate the Declaration of Independence, the legal foundation of the USA and, after the failure of the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution of the United States. I revere the Constitution as a magnificent piece of political engineering. But it...
Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:11:01 -0700
The Register covered a very interesting story about AVG.  Apparently AVG is spamming the Internet with traffic that looks to be coming from Internet Explorer.  AVG software pre-crawls search results to try to protect users, but uses a user agent that makes the software appear to be Internet Explorer.  This pre-crawling is flooding websites with...
Beaches and BBQs vs. Blackberrys: Holiday weekends of the IT set
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:48:48 -0700
"Weekend? What's a weekend?" While the rest of the country is escaping their offices for a leisurely weekend, many in IT could end up back at theirs at the beep of a Blackberry. by Deb Perelman
Airport security part 4: Attack of the body scanners!
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:52:00 -0700
If you read my blog postings semi-often, you know that I'm very, very critical of problems with airport security.  Nicole Wong of the Boston Globe reported that Boston's Logan International Airport will become the next airport to implement full-body scanners (thanks for the link from the LiquidMatrix guys!) that can see...
First look at Ubuntu 8.10 - Intrepid Ibex
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:01:09 -0700
On Saturday the first alpha release of Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex" was made available for download. So what's new on the horizon for Ubuntu users? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
Getaway day: How to secure your laptop for holiday travel
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:24:20 -0700
It's getaway day and as we prepare to hit the road, trudge through airport security and snag that car rental, spare a thought for the valuable data that travels with you on that trusty old laptop. According to a recent study by the Ponemon Institute, more than...

 

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Confusion Over SCSI Standards - Written by Alfred Poor from the 5/5/98 issue of PC Magazine.
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From the A32 Article Archives - The mysteries of various SCSI bus configurations or SCSI-1,-2, -3 ? by Howard McKinney of A32.

HardwareCentrals SCSI Tutorial - Introduction, SCSI evolution, SCSI standards, termination, configuration and tips.
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How to Get T10 Draft Standards and other Publications - Approved American National Standards and Technical Reports may be purchased ANSI or from Global Engineering Documents. List of available documents and designated numbers.

404 Introduction to the SCSI Series - ENDL Publications supplies books which are designed for engineers, programmers and application support personnel who work with SCSI.

New SCSI Standard Kicks Bus - With processor clock speeds increasing by leaps and bounds, storage subsystems may be left gasping for breath. A new SCSI standard promises the kind of throughput necessary to keep up with the fastest new CPUs, by Michael Zulich.
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SCSI Association Ratifies Ultra3 Spec - By Joseph F. Kovar, Computer Reseller News, Sept. 98.

SCSI Buses - An Introduction to SCSI Technology - Article was written by Ron Savage.

500 SCSI Still Kicking in Bus Battle - By Sonia R. Lelii, of PC Week Onlines, October 18, 1999 issue.
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The SCSI Trade Association - Promoting increased understanding and use, to serve as a central distribution source for information and to guiding the growth and evolution of this standard into the future.
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U-Geek News - Ultra3 SCSI is ratified.
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