http://www.genomiccomputation.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:52:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en • 1. Many of the identity management tools were built when users were bound to desktops within the enterprise. Encentuate is one of the new breed of identity management vendors with products that map more to today's needs for strong security, auditing, support for mobility. Companies like Encentuate have effectively reinvigorated ... http://www.genomiccomputation.com/2010/09/encentuate-acquisition-is-a-win-win-for-ibm/ The tool was created by Darren Stuart, who incidentally created one of my favorite Facebook apps called "please stop sharing applications with me." On the about page Stuart notes he's also planning to add other networks to the mix like Jaiku, Seesmic, and Facebook. [via eHub] Make groups of Twitter ... http://www.genomiccomputation.com/2010/08/crowdstatus-lets-you-micromanage-your-twitter-budd/ There used to be a time when people thought that Sony made the best TVs. Perhaps they still do. But now we're all swamped with so many brands that seem OK to us that we choose on such dimensions as price, and familiarity of name and prettiness and, er, dimensions. Can ... http://www.genomiccomputation.com/2010/08/facebook-connects-chances-of-world-domination-re/ Smart-grid outfit GridPoint on Tuesday, flush with an additional $120 million in equity funding, said it has acquired V2Green, a start-up with software to charge electric cars en masse. GridPoint said that it has raised $100 million mainly from existing investors, which include Goldman Sachs, New Enterprise Associates, Robeco, Susquehanna International Group, ... http://www.genomiccomputation.com/2010/08/gridpoint-buys-v2green-to-charge-electric-cars/ John McCain's announcement last week that he has chosen Sarah Palin as his running mate left the public thirsting for information about the Alaska governor-- and inspired hundreds of commentators, entrepreneurs, and Palin imitators to try to fill in the gaps. A would-be Palin shares her inner-most thoughts on ... http://www.genomiccomputation.com/2010/08/what-you-can-and-cant-find-about-palin-on-the-i/ You may have to read the instructions a few times to get the gist of the game. (Credit: ABC.com) Itching to play Pong on the Web? Well, you're in luck since there are tons of sites that offer Java or Flash-based versions. One of my favorites--since about 20 minutes ago--being this ... http://www.genomiccomputation.com/2010/08/play-pong-answer-trivia-wash-rinse-repeat/ Shares of game publisher Take-Two were up Monday on the heels of positive reviews of the forthcoming video game Grand Theft Auto IV, which is being released to the public at midnight Tuesday. Take-Two plans to launch "Grand Theft Auto IV" on Tuesday. (Credit: Rockstar Games) Shares of the game publisher traded ... http://www.genomiccomputation.com/2010/08/grand-theft-reviews-give-take-two-a-boost/ Digg co-founder, media darling, and geek heartthrob Kevin Rose co-hosts Diggnation. (Credit: Diggnation) Revision3, the edgy MTV-style "TV network for the Web" owned by the founders of Digg, will soon have its shows syndicated on Blip.tv. That means Kevin Rose, Digg co-founder and co-host of Diggnation, will be appearing on even ... http://www.genomiccomputation.com/2010/08/digg-and-revision3s-kevin-rose-on-bliptv/ commentary Glyn Moody aptly asks, "Why doesn't Red Hat lead?" I posed a similar question a few weeks back, and 100 percent agree that open source needs a leader, and that Red Hat has failed to assume that role: I must confess to a certain disappointment with Red Hat. On the one ... http://www.genomiccomputation.com/2010/08/red-hats-leadership-opportunity/ Twitter users are urging each other to change their location settings to confuse censors in Iran. (Credit: Twitter) Yesterday, I got an e-mail from a reader who had seen my story about Twitter users slamming CNN for its initial absence on the post-Iranian election protests, urging me to remove an image in ... http://www.genomiccomputation.com/2010/08/twitterverse-working-to-confuse-iranian-censors/