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Creating Spherical Panoramic Visuals

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Linux Tools for Digital Imaging, Graphics and Spherical Panoramic PhotographyDigital photographic image technology, representations, formats, Linux software tools for image viewing, resizing, editing, graphics manipulation, panoramic stitching and spherical pa...

digital imaging
foss
Linux
panorama

Earth Engine from Google

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" Google Earth Engine brings together the world’s satellite imagery — trillions of scientific measurements dating back almost 40 years — and makes it available online with tools for scientists, independent researchers, and nations to mine this massive warehous...

earth engine
Google
satellite imagery

"The Cloud" Defined

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According to the official NIST definition, “cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications and services) that can be ...

NIST
cloud computing
virtual machine

Free Microsoft e-Books

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By way of Eric Ligman, Microsoft has made available a large number of free eBooks in multiple formats across a wide variety of topics— Jun 2013, http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mssmallbiz/archive/2013/06/18/huge-collection-of-free-microsoft-ebooks-for-you-including-of...

Microsoft
eBook
MSDN

Free Powershell eBooks

Useful Links

Great list of free Powershell ebooks and additional PS resources— http://www.hofferle.com/list-of-free-powershell-ebooks/

Microsoft
PowerShell
script

Microsoft Sysinternals

Applications/Software

Microsoft’s SysInternals suite is a great, free addition to an IT Professionals USB flash drive— http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062These tools are in continued development, and include features for Windows 8. The author is fond of saying...

Microsoft
sysinternals

Microsoft TechEd Sessions Videos & Slides

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Microsoft provides TechEd session resources for those who have been unable to attends, and as review mechanism for those who did. Videos are in a wide variety of ready to use formats—including MP3 only for music players—and slide decks are frequently made ava...

Microsoft
channel9
MSDN
TechEd

California Wireless Emergency Alert Program

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California Wireless Emergency Alert Program are government-issued safety messages that include AMBER Alerts, emergency alerts – such as man-made or natural disasters, and Presidential alerts.Wireless Emergency Alerts are part of the FCC’s CMAS program: http://...

Alert
California
Wireless Emergency Alert
Amber Alert
emergency
FCC
fema

OS X Mavericks Resources

MacOS, Windows, and Linux

Here are some useful links to some technical information surrounding today’s OS X Mavericks release: OS X Mavericks Technical Requirements & Specifications, http://www.apple.com/osx/specs/ OS X Mavericks Server Technical Requirements & Specifications, ...

Apple
OSX
Mac OS 10.9
Mavericks

Apple Volume License Program

UCLA Tech Resources

Apple has expanded Volume License Program (VPP) to now include Managed Distribution of Apps as of 11/2013. Under this new feature administrators are now able to provide those codes to end-users with the ability to revoke those licenses at a later date. What ...

Apple
OSX
volume licensing
VPP

f.Lux, Auto Brightness

Applications/Software

Quoting, " f.lux makes your computer screen look like the room you’re in, all the time. When the sun sets, it makes your computer look like your indoor lights. In the morning, it makes things look like sunlight again."“Tell f.lux what kind of lighting you have...

ambilight
f.lux
flux
hue

Sass versus LESS

Programming and Web Development CSS and Web Design

Quoting, "One of the hot new trends in web design is CSS pre-processed languages and there’s two big ones vying for your attention—LESS and Sass. LESS and Sass are both ways of writing CSS code with a syntax that allows you to use features not yet available wi...

CSS
HTML5
less
optimized design
responsive design
Sass

Windows XP Transfer Tool from Microsoft

MacOS, Windows, and Linux Windows XP

As the end of support for Windows XP on April 8th nears Microsoft is continuing to focus on ensuring customers are aware of the deadline and helping them to migrate to a modern operating system. The offering is from a partnership between Microsoft and Laplink—...

IT Security
Windows XP
end-of-life
EOL

Microsoft OneNote for OS X

Applications/Software Microsoft Office

Microsoft is now offering OneNote for OS X 10.9 as a free download— Office Blogs, http://blogs.office.com/2014/03/17/onenote-now-on-mac-free-everywhere-and-service-powered/Early thoughts— http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/03/new-free-onenote-for-os-x-is-a-prev...

Apple OS X
max
Microsoft Office
OneNote

Heartbleed Remediation

Cybersecurity

For up to date status of Dell products in relation to Heartbleed visit — http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/04/campaigns/heartbleed-remediationMashable’s List of sites to watch for Heartbleed— The Heartbleed Hit List: The Passwords You Need to Change Right Now, ...

Dell
Lynda.com
heartbleed
kace
security
sonicwall

Managing OS X

MacOS, Windows, and Linux

OS X Server’s SUS (update server) can manage OS X workstation’s updates (e.g, http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4069). Some may desire additional options and functionality.Other programs include— JAMF Software’s Casper Suite, http://www.jamfsoftware.com/products/...

Apple
OS X
deployment
Macintosh
patching

Chkdsk ("Check Disk") in Windows 8

MacOS, Windows, and Linux

Windows 8 has redesigned the venerable “chkdsk” tool. The tool has a new approach to disk health, speed optimizations in recognition of modern large disks, and support for ReFS (“Resilient File System”).The following Microsoft MSDN Blog article covers the too...

ReFS
Windows 8
check disk
chkdsk

Is Credit Card Monitoring Worth It?

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Brian Krebs, a well-known reporter focusing on computer security, has an article of prospective interest regarding credit monitoring. The article touches on various facets of the service offering— http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/03/are-credit-monitoring-servi...

credit freeze
credit monitoring
fraud alert
identity theft