Computer Tech Review: Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Moonlight - Silverlight

http://go-mono.com/moonlight/

• An Opensource implementation of Silverlight for Unix systems.

http://www.microsoft.com/getsilverlight/Get-Started/Install/Default.aspx

• Silverlight itself

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=13350&iTestingId=30583

• running silverlight in wine.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1239333

• Silverlight in Ubuntu

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=25

• Internet Explorer in wine

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1452735

• IE 8 in ubuntu

Cygwin

What is Cygwin?

http://www.cygwin.com/

• a collection of tools which provide a Linux look and feel environment for Windows
• currently at version 1.7.9-1

Virtual Box

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1517197

• Could not get it to work on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS AMD64
• Could not find the module

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1574582&page=3

https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/794

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1098946

Netflix in Linux

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1091125&page=5

• discussion with no success

New Sykipot variant can steal PINs from DOD smart cards

http://gcn.com/Articles/2012/01/13/Sykipot-Trojan-targets-DOD-CAC-cards.aspx?s=gcndaily_170112&Page=1

• from servers in China
• arrives via phishing attach
• keylogger
• hijack DOD and Windows smart cards
• spear-phishing attack
• through opening a Adobe PDF attachment
• list public-key encryption certificates stored in system
• back-door access Trojan
• targeting defense contractors
• December 2011 attack of military's fleets of unmanned aerial vehicles
• discovered by Lockheed Martin defense contractor

NASA and Women in Technology 

http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/79558

• Lt Uhura works at NASA
• Inspired by Dr. King
• http://women.nasa.gov/
• inspirational stories of women in technology

Too big to fail? Microsoft, ARM, and Windows 8.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/too-big-to-fail-microsoft-arm-and-windows-8/10147?alertspromo=&tag=nl.rSINGLE

• perhaps this should be intitled, to big to succeed.
• An interesting view of MS attempt to exclude other OS from their hardware.

ASUS TF101A1 Eee Pad Transformer Android Tablet - Android 3.0 Honeycomb, NVIDIA Tegra 2, 16GB Storage, 10.1" Capacitive Touch Screen Display (Refurbished)

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=1404521&sku=F12-101400&SRCCODE=WEM2971BY&cm_mmc=email-_-Main-_-WEM2971-_-tigeremail2971&utm_source=EML&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=WEM2971

• I wish I had spent the extra $100 and gotten this.