Some Things Technology Killed Off Good or Bad for US?

Today, we carry smart phones, we no longer need public phones. Encyclopedia salesman was a big thing years ago, but today we have computers, smart phones and tablets to get all the information we need. CD’s and cassettes was big just a few years ago, but now theirs steaming music to there computers, smart phones and tablets. We no longer need to visit the bank to find out how much money we have. Technology does it all for us.
List what Technology Killed Off
01 – Public Phones
02 – CD’s and Cassettes
03 – The Rolodex
04 – Encyclopedias
05 – Classified ads in Newspapers
06 – Disposable Cameras
07 – Yard Sales
08 – Lining up to Pay Bills
09 – Planning Road Trips on Paper Maps
10 – Physical copies of the Yellow Pages
11 – Answering Machines
12 – Faxes
13 – Film Processing
14 – Buying or Reading Newspapers or Books
15 – PDAs

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Red Hat denies OpenStack favoritism claims

IDG News Service - Red Hat said it provides commercial support for its Linux distribution regardless of which version of OpenStack its customers are using, rejecting a report to the contrary from earlier Wednesday.

"To be clear, users are free to deploy Red Hat Enterprise Linux with any OpenStack offering, and there is no requirement to use our OpenStack technologies to get a Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription," Paul Cormier, Red Hat president for products and technologies, said in a blog post.
Cormier was responding to a Wall Street Journal report from earlier that charged that Red Hat will not support Red Hat Enterprise Linux if the customer uses a version of the cloud hosting software from another company.
"In its quest to sell OpenStack, Red Hat has chosen not to provide support to its commercial Linux customers if they use rival versions of OpenStack," the report said, citing "documents" seen by the newspaper.
Red Hat's support, which includes providing bug fixes and technical support, is one of the key reasons people pay for its software instead of opting for a free version of Linux, the report notes.
The article raises the idea that Red Hat may be using its dominance in Linux to get a foothold in the nascent but potentially large market for OpenStack software.
Cormier insisted that's not the case. "Red Hat's track record of supporting collaborative innovation and our unwavering commitment to truly open open source are unparalleled," he wrote.

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Computer magazine dingbat logoSpecial Issue on Smart Camera Networks

 Due to simultaneous advances in four key disciplines—computer vision, image sensors, embedded computing, and sensor networks—smart camera networks have emerged over the past decade. These real-time, distributed, embedded systems use multiple cameras to capture data in private as well as public environments, with applications in security, monitoring, and smart environments.

The guest editors solicit papers covering all areas of smart camera networks including hardware-, software- and system-level aspects. The specifically invite contributions providing an interdisciplinary view of this topic or reporting on real deployments and novel applications. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• novel camera and camera network design and architectures,
• network-level video processing and analysis,
• network-level coordination and control,
• distributed processing in camera networks,
• human interaction with camera networks,
• camera networks on mobile platforms, and
• emerging applications.

Articles should be original and understandable to a broad audience of computer science and engineering professionals, avoiding a focus on theory, mathematics, jargon, and abstract concepts. All manuscripts are subject to peer review on both technical merit and relevance to Computer's readership. Accepted papers will be professionally edited for content and style.

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StarTech.com Heatsink Thermal Pads, Pack of 5 (HSFPHASECM) (Electronics)

StarTech.com Heatsink Thermal Pads, Pack of 5 (HSFPHASECM) (Electronics)
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