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August 3rd, 2009UncategorizedAnnoying shoulder lurkers have always been the bane of public readers, even if the reading material is as innocuous as a newspaper. So-called "shoulder surfers" can be a significant problem, though, for office workers and military personnel whose computer screens may display valuable confidential information.
Oculis Labs focuses on developing "technologies for protecting the contents of your computer monitor" from such eavesdropping spies. Founder and President Bill Anderson recently spoke with The Baltimore Sun about two of his company's current products, and how exactly they can hide your screen from nosy neighbors. -
August 2nd, 2009Uncategorized
In late Jaunary, the bookmark-sharing website ma.gnolia suffered a "catastrophic" failure that took the service offline. The data could not be recovered. Founder Larry Halff decided to shutter the service, but according to a message left on the front page of the site, Ma.gnolia will re-open as a "by-invitation community bookmarking service" by the of the summer.
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August 1st, 2009Uncategorized
The technology industry was taken by surprise earlier this week, when Oracle CEO Larry Ellison made some unexpected comments about his company’s hardware plans. As described by one source,
… Ellison broadly hinted that Oracle would get into the consumer electronics business, offering netbook-like machines that would compete with the Acers, HPs, Dells, and Lenovos of the world.
Another source reported Ellison making the following remark:
"I can see lots and lots of Java devices, some coming from our friends at Google," said Ellison. "But I don’t see why some of those devices shouldn’t come from Sun/Oracle."
Ellison did not give any details, and many observers did not take the comments seriously considering Oracle’s historical roots as a provider of enterprise software.
Nevertheless, there are several factors that would make Oracle consider a move into the consumer hardware arena, including Oracle’s planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems, which brings new hardware and software skills and technologies into the Oracle fold. Ellison clearly sees huge potential in Java — at his speech to the JavaOne attendees in San Francisco on Tuesday, he pledged to develop Java applications for phones and netbooks, saying "There will be computers fundamentally based on Java and JavaFX, not only from Google but also from Sun."
