Category Archives: Technology

Apple-Google Squabble Spreads to LA

The Chiat/Day relationship with Steve Jobs and Apple is nothing short of legendary. That legend goes something like this: Chiat was hired by Apple to create the (also legendary) Ridley Scott-directed, $1 million, only-aired-once-cause-it’s-so-goddamn-special 1984 commercial that introduced the Macintosh line of computers during the Super Bowl. When Jobs was forced out of left Apple, he usedContinue reading “Apple-Google Squabble Spreads to LA”

Santa Monica Content Provider Goes Public

Demand Media, an internet how-to and general information provider with headquarters in Santa Monica, went public Wednesday to the tune of some $1.5 billion. The more time goes by, the more companies I was salivating over working at last year turn out to look pretty crummy. In 2010 they invited me to interview for theContinue reading “Santa Monica Content Provider Goes Public”

Sprint CDMA Rev. A in Santa Monica

If you don’t look at the latency (“ping”) this could be an old school ADSL on copper – pretty cool. I hope to soon go back to the intersection of Fedora and Olympic (in my previous tests the strongest WiMAX signal between downtown Los Angeles and the beach) to see how the signal is withContinue reading “Sprint CDMA Rev. A in Santa Monica”

Carberp Banking Malware Self-Upgrading

The computer from Superman III demonstrated self-upgrading capabilities. As Computerworld reports … Carberp, which targets computers running Microsoft’s Windows operating system, was discovered last October by several security companies and noted for its ability to steal a range of data as well as disguise itself as legitimate Windows files and remove antivirus software. It has beenContinue reading “Carberp Banking Malware Self-Upgrading”