OpenShot Video Editor

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OpenShot Video Editor is a free, open-source video editor for Linux. OpenShot can take your videos, photos, and music files and help you create the film you have always dreamed of. Easily add sub-titles, transitions, and effects, and then export your film to DVD, YouTube, Vimeo, Xbox 360, and many other common formats. Check out the full feature list, view screenshots, or watch videos of OpenShot in action!

via OpenShot Video Editor | About Us.

This installs with the rpm fusion distribution so it was simply `yum install openshot` on Fedora 14.   After running the editor it does seem useful and the GUI is intuitive.   When I have to edit another video I’ll compare it to Avidemux.  It doesn’t run on Windows however.

MultiPath TCP

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MultiPath TCP (MPTCP) is an effort towards enabling the simultaneous use of several IP-addresses/interfaces by a modification of TCP that presents a regular TCP interface to applications, while in fact spreading data across several subflows. Benefits of this include better resource utilization, better throughput and smoother reaction to failures. Slides – explaining MultiPath TCP – are available in .pdf and .pptx format. You can also have a look at our Google Techtalk about MPTCP.

via MultiPath TCP – Linux Kernel implementation : Main – Home Page browse.

Scientists Discover New Atomic Technique to Charge Memory Chips

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Once the oxide materials, which are innately insulating, are transformed into a conducting state, the IBM experiments showed that the materials maintain a stable metallic state even when power to the device is removed. This non-volatile property means that chips using devices that operate using this novel phenomenon could be used to store and transport data in a more efficient, event-driven manner instead of requiring the state of the devices to be maintained by constant electrical currents.

via IBM News room – 2013-03-21 Made in IBM Labs: Scientists Discover New Atomic Technique to Charge Memory Chips – United States.

When Active Directory And LDAP Aren’t Enough

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Ultimately, the chaos is breeding a whole new niche in Identity as a Service (IdaaS) that’s being tightly contested by vendors like Okta and Identropy and others like Centrifiy and Symplified. It’s an exploding market that Gartner says will make up a quarter of all new IAM sales by the end of 2014 and 40 percent by 2015,

via When Active Directory And LDAP Aren’t Enough – Dark Reading.

Not another x as a service acronym.  IAM=Identity and Access Management

OAuth – A great way to cripple your API

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Even the original social networking sites behind OAuth decided they really need other options for different use-cases, such as Twitter’s xAuth, or Yahoo offering Direct OAuth, which turns the entire scheme into a more complicated version of HTTP Basic Authentication, with no added benefits. Perhaps the most damaging point against OAuth, is that the original designer behind it decided to remove his name from the specification, and is washing his hands clean of it.

via Insane Coding: OAuth – A great way to cripple your API.

GoPro doesn’t like their Hero 3 compared to Sony’s AS15?

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It appears that our friend at San Mateo doesn’t like us comparing their latest product to the Sony AS15. Earlier today we have received a DMCA take down notice from GoPro for mentioning their trademarks “GoPro” and “Hero” without their authorisation. They say “you learn something new everyday”, and this is clearly an eye-opener for us here. It appears that we’ll need their authorisation to review their products.

via GoPro doesn’t like their Hero 3 compared to Sony’s AS15?.

SDN’s Killer App: More Network Control

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When I pressed him for a real-life application that could be the result of the simpler networks that SDN promises, he didn’t disappoint. “You know how you have network neutrality now,” he asked. “What if the customer could flip it around and tell the service provider: ‘I’d like to give preference in my home network to Netflix.'”

via Light Reading – SDN’s Killer App: More Network Control.

What if the customer enforced that preference on their firewall?  They wouldn’t necessarily need this feature from their service provider.

Apathy and refunds are more dangerous than Piracy.

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People have to WANT to buy your software, people have to WANT to support you. People need to care about your employees and your company’s well being. There is no better way to achieve that than making sure what you put out there is the best you can do and you treat your customers with respect.

via VA==65731089732bGl2ZXMh – Apathy and refunds are more dangerous than Piracy..

This article is in response to the current SimCity fiasco; one of the most revered gaming franchises that had its recent product launch botched.