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George Ou

George Ou was a network engineer who built and designed wired network, wireless network, Internet, storage, security, and server infrastructure for various fortune 100 companies. He is also a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP #109250). He was Technical Director and Editor at Large at ZDNet.com and wrote one of their most popular blogs “Real World IT.” In 2008, he became a Senior Analyst at ITIF.org, and he currently writes for High Tech Forum

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Why Viacom and others are justified in blocking Google TV

NEWS By GEORGE OU16 YEARS AGO

Many in the blogosphere and advocacy groups are up in arms about Viacom and other television networks blocking Google from accessing their content on Google TV.  But there are many good justifications for this because content needs to be supported by commercial …

Verizon brings out 150 Mbps FiOS

NEWS By GEORGE OU16 YEARS AGO

Stacey Higginbotham of Gigaom reports that Verizon is launching a 150 Mbps downstream and 35 Mbps upstream FiOS broadband tier.  Not only does this give Verizon the “bragging rights”, but they can actually back it up with an all fiber network that …

Genachowski Pushing Ahead with Net Neutrality During Lame Duck

NEWS By GEORGE OU16 YEARS AGO

Kim Hart of Politico reports that FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is pushing ahead with his Net Neutrality plans next month during the congressional lame duck session.  This is despite the objections of 282 lawmakers comprised of Democrats and Republicans before the 2010 …

Kinect modified to capture true 3D video

NEWS By GEORGE OU16 YEARS AGO

University of California Davis researcher Oliver Kreylos has produced one of the most amazing demonstrations of true 3D video I’ve ever seen using an off-the-shelf Microsoft Kinect (a Microsoft Xbox360 accessory).  This is not the cheesy stereoscopic tacky “3D” moniker being affixed …

Netflix switching from Akamai to Level 3 CDN services

NEWS By GEORGE OU16 YEARS AGO

After three years with Akamai Content Deliver Network (CDN) service, Netflix will switch to Level 3 Communications for its CDN service.  Why would Netflix do this?  Presumably because Level 3 is offering a more attractive deal to Netflix for outsourced server, storage, …

Microsoft ‘fixes’ Hotmail with an unusable fix

NEWS By GEORGE OU16 YEARS AGO

In what appears to be a response to the increased awareness from FireSheep, Microsoft has added a full SSL option for Microsoft Hotmail.  Unfortunate, it is not a default action so the vast majority of Hotmail won’t benefit from this enhancement in …

Chevy Volt to be more expensive in electric mode than gas

NEWS By GEORGE OU16 YEARS AGO

Edmond’s report that the Chevy Volt could cost more to drive using electricity than gasoline depending on the electric rate.  Edmonds paid an average of $0.31 per Kilowatt*Hour (KWH) of electricity and $3.31 for 91 octane gasoline (though nearly all modern consumer …

BlackSheep detects IP address of amateur sidejackers

NEWS By GEORGE OU16 YEARS AGO

Updated 11/9/2010 – The researchers at Zscaler have come up with a clever tool for detecting usage of FireSheep.  More precisely, they’ve come up with a honey pot for baiting and then collecting the temporary IP addresses of FireSheep users who are …

Tech racism jokes are getting old

NEWS By GEORGE OU16 YEARS AGO

Last year when a store employee with tongue planted firmly in cheek made a humorous YouTube video about HP Webcams being “racist”, HP the company had no choice but to respond in a serious tone and many tech publications did the same.  …

Microsoft promises fix to Hotmail security this month

NEWS By GEORGE OU16 YEARS AGO

I asked Microsoft for a response to their failing score on my “Online services security report card” for their Hotmail service and got the response that Hotmail customers were hoping to hear.  Microsoft will fix the problem and enable full-time SSL browsing …

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