SNESDev-RPi: A SNES-Adapter for the Raspberry Pi

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There are several things that have to be done for this:

  • Decide for a stable working Linux distribution that provides access to the video and sound hardware.
  • Make the emulator(s) work.
  • Build a launch menu that allows for selecting the console and or the video game.
  • Build a hardware controller interface that allows you to connect real video game controllers.
  • Build a case that contains the Raspberry and the connector(s) for the controller(s).

via SNESDev-RPi: A SNES-Adapter for the Raspberry Pi | petRockBlog.

This leads us to the end of this post. So far, I did not speak about a case yet. Having some experience with other laser-cut cases I already started to design a case for the Raspberry that also contains ports for two SNES connectors. When this is finished I will write about it in another post.

Askozia

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Askozia provides a highly intuitive telephone system for businesses. This is accomplished by combining our popular software AskoziaPBX with standard PC hardware or numerous embedded platforms. AskoziaPBX is incredibly easy to use, supports VoIP, ISDN, analog and GSM, is multilingual and costs less than a single VoIP phone.

via Askozia – Intuitive Telephony – Welcome!.

Call Flow Editor

A lot more than just an IVR tool. Completely integrated in Askozia’s web interface, you use drag-and-drop to build your own dial plans. Create highly sophisticated dial plans with Queues, If, Switch and Goto modules. Simply record announcements with your desk phone. Use the included templates if you don’t like to start from scratch. See more.

Choosing the Right Security Tools to Protect VMs

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As enterprises move towards virtualizing more of their servers and data center infrastructure, protective technologies—plentiful and commonplace in the physical world—become few and far between. When your Windows Server or SQL database is running in a virtual machine (VM), you still need to protect it from viruses and other attacks while providing the same level of access controls you have for physical servers. Let’s look at the different approaches to protecting your VMs, as well as the major issues involved with deploying these technologies.

via Choosing the Right Security Tools to Protect VMs.

Anyone seriously invested in virtualization is going to need more than one protection product. So before you dive into this marketplace, you should carefully consider the types of protective features you really need at present, and where you want to end up in the next 12 months. You should look at covering five different functional areas:

Facebook API bug deletes contact info on users’ phones

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In the majority of cases, those who allowed their Blackberry, Android, iOS6 beta and Windows Phone 8 beta phones to sync their contacts with Facebook, have had the originally stored email addresses overwritten. The lucky ones had their contacts duplicated – with the new ones containing the @facebook email addresses.

via Facebook API bug deletes contact info on users’ phones.

At least it was the user’s choice allowing Facebook to write stuff onto their devices.

About BITS

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Use Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) to transfer files asynchronously between a client and a server. There are three types of transfer jobs. A download job downloads files to the client, an upload job uploads a file to the server, and an upload-reply job uploads a file to the server and receives a reply file from the server application.

via About BITS.

Caught a Microsoft BITS agent uploading some stuff to my laptop from google.com.  It seems Chrome related yet I don’t have Chrome installed.  Might need to track this down.

Voyage Linux | { x86 Embedded Linux = Green computing }

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Voyage Linux is Debian derived distribution that is best run on a x86 embedded platforms such as PC Engines ALIX/WRAP, Soekris 45xx/48xx/65xx and Atom-based boards.

It can also run on low-end x86 PC platforms. Typical installation requires 128MB disk space, although larger storage allows more packages to be installed. Voyage Linux is so small that it is best suitable for running a full-feature firewall, wireless access point, Asterisk/VoIP gateway, music player or network storage device.

via Voyage Linux | { x86 Embedded Linux = Green computing }.

HP Gives Thin-client Treatment to Passport Internet Monitor

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Hewlett-Packard has given a twist to the traditional all-in-one PC design with a new thin client it calls an “Internet monitor” that started shipping on Thursday and is designed to access services on the Internet.

via HP Gives Thin-client Treatment to Passport Internet Monitor | PCWorld Business Center.

The Passport has no internal storage or high-end processor, limiting its use to Internet access. The Linux-based operating system is locked down, so users cannot upload or install programs. The device has a Texas Instruments OMAP4430 smartphone chip, five USB ports, a media card reader and an Ethernet port. The monitor displays images at a 1366-by-768-pixel resolution.

It’s priced at $259.

Graphene Improves Desalination Efficiency by Factor of 100

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Graphene. It can be stronger than steel and thinner than paper. It can generate electricity when struck by light. It can be used in thin, flexible supercapacitors that are up to 20 times more powerful than the ones we use right now and can be made in a DVD burner. It’s already got an impressive track record, but does it have any more tricks up its sleeve? Apparently, yes. According to researchers at MIT, graphene could also increase the efficicency of desalination by two or three orders of magnitude. Seriously, what can’t this stuff do?

via Graphene Improves Desalination Efficiency by Factor of 100 | Geekosystem.