Can Fibre Channel survive Ethernet’s assault?

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Computerworld – Fibre Channel, the high-speed data transport protocol for storage area networks (SAN), is under increasing pressure as data centers move toward Ethernet for all data network traffic and SAS for hardware interconnects.

By no means is Fibre Channel down and out. In fact, recent figures indicate it’s still showing low single-digit, year-over-year growth. The protocol is currently used in $50 billion worth of equipment around the world, according to research firm Gartner.

via Protocol wars: Can Fibre Channel survive Ethernet’s assault? – Computerworld.

OONI

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OONI is the Open Observatory for Network Interference and its aim is to collect high quality data using open methodologies, using Free and Open Source Software (FL/OSS) to share observations and data about the kind, methods and amount of surveillance and censorship in the world

via – OONI.

Raspberry Pi gets an electronics prototyping plate kit

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With the Raspberry Pi now shipping, thousands of curious programmers, hackers, teachers, and kids are starting to experiment with the device. That experimentation is limited to software for the most part, but with the Gertboard in development it shouldn’t be long before Raspberry Pi hardware extensions are also a possibility.

via Raspberry Pi gets an electronics prototyping plate kit – Computer Chips & Hardware Technology | Geek.com.

12in1 SIM Card+USB Card Reader/Writer GSM Copier Cloner

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The Sim card can clone all the data from your original Sim card including pin code

It can clone the ki and IMSI code

It can contain 12 different Sim card content, You may change your current phone number operation to another by the selection list

Easy to read the phonebook of Sim card and save to PC

Can write the phonebook saved in the PC to another new Sim card

Read, edit, backup telephone directory and SMS

Leisurely create, edit, backup mobile ring tones and pictures (only for Nokia phone)

Plug and play, easy to operation

via. http://www.lunershop.com/product_info.php?language=en&currency=USD&products_id=273

Big Content eyes Google Fiber deployment in Kansas City warily

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Meanwhile, 180 miles to the north, in Iowa, Google is also getting busy. This week, the company announced plans to build a new $300 million data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa, just outside of Omaha. This facility is expected to continue to do what another Council Bluffs site did when it came online in 2009: host Gmail, Google Maps, Google+, and of course, search.

Given Google’s FCC filing from earlier this year, that Iowa station may also serve as a future IP video facility to be used in conjunction with Kansas City’s fiber service.

via Big Content eyes Google Fiber deployment in Kansas City warily.

Trustworthy Internet Movement

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The goal of the SSL Labs surveys is to measure the effective security of SSL. After some experimentation with an assessment of substantially all public SSL sites (about 1.5 million of them), we settled on a smaller list of about 200,000 SSL-enabled web sites, based on Alexa’s list of most popular sites in the world. Working with a smaller list is more manageable and allows us to conduct the surveys more often. It also allows us to conduct more thorough analysis to look for application-layer issues that may subvert SSL security. In addition, focusing on popular sites – we believe – gives us more relevant results and also excludes abandoned sites.

via Trustworthy Internet Movement – SSL Pulse.

RIM’s future hangs on developer support for “new BlackBerry”

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With its future up for grabs, Research in Motion at its annual BlackBerry World conference next week will focus on simplifying development for its soon-to-be-unveiled BlackBerry 10 operating system. HTML5 is one key technology in that strategy to create a viable ecosystem of applications for a new generation of mobile devices expected to ship by year-end.

via RIM’s future hangs on developer support for “new BlackBerry”.