December 2011
2 posts
Taking a look at Intel Anti Theft & Identity... →
I wanted to start a new blog introducing myself in a new role at Intel. As part of my new role I will be explaining Intel’s Security, Manageability, and Virtualization features to a broad base of…
Matt’s Top 10+ Technology Predictions for 2012 →
Hi everyone –
It’s that time of year again where I speculate on what the big technology announcements and impacts are going to be for next year 2012. The lens I use for this are those things that…
November 2011
9 posts
Meshcentral.com - New remote task manager →
A few weeks ago I released the first support for Windows Management Interface (WMI), at the time, you should type in direct queries but everything was not very end-user friendly and not…
Intel System Defense Utility - Tech10 Video! →
As some of your may already know, I have been working on the side on maintaining and improving the Intel System Defense Utility (ISDU). It’s an easy to use simple Intel AMT management…
Meshcentral.com - Improved Timeline →
A while back I was reading a forum post with someone saying that HTML tables where overused and that the <DIV> tag should be used instead for most cases. At the time, I did not…
Understanding Intel's Android 4.0 x86... →
Last week, I attended Android Developer Conference ( AnDevConII) at San Francisco, and had chance to get shocked by Google’s latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) demoed by two Google senior…
Meshcentral.com - Performance using object pooling →
This is going to be a really technical blog, so be warned, it’s about coding and performance improvements. So, I am always looking to squeeze out more speed out of the Meshcentral.com…
Meshcentral.com - New Audit Log →
There are many aspects to security, it’s not just about authenticationa and encryption. You sometime need to perform audits and go back in the past to see what happenned. Many good web…
Meshcentral.com - Improved IE8 support →
Yes, you read correctly, over the last few days, I fixed problems in the remote file system feature for Microsoft Internet Explorer 8. It just so happens that within Intel, it still seems…
Forget the Console, buy a Gaming PC! →
This will be my tongue-in-cheek response to a ZDNET blog posting that can be found here:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/forget-the-gaming-pc-buy-a-console/15969#comments
While the author…
PC Gaming Alliance unveiling its Cross Platform... →
Next week the PC Gaming Alliance will be unveiling a set of proposals for a cross platform gaming specification; and game feature sets in a Webinar. This will be a historic event for PC Gaming, the…
October 2011
6 posts
Meshcentral.com - Improved Apple IPad support →
Ever since I got my own iPad2, by the way, It’s name is “PAD!” but you have to say it just right. So anyway, I have been testing Meshcentral.com on many browsers including the iPad….
Meshcentral.com - Remote WMI support added →
Well, here is an interesting new feature… I just added remote Windows Management Interface (WMI) support in Meshcentral.com. This allows a web developer to execute WMI queries from…
Meshcentral.com - Boosting Server Performance →
As more machines get connected to Meshcentral.com, it’s important that the server be able to handle all of the traffic as efficiently as possible. Over the weekend, I have been looking…
Meshcentral.com - New overview video →
I just posted a new introduction and overview video about meshcentral.com. It’s less than 6 minutes long and covers most of the basics of what Meshcentral is about and what it can do. I…
Reflecting on the transformative and empowering... →
(alt title: Steve Jobs: the ultimate disrupting force in technology)
I’m sure most of us have heard or read the news. I’m sure there are likely a million blogs or more talking about Steve Jobs…
Meshcentral.com - More bug fixes →
After a few weeks of vacation and being sick, I started getting back into gear and working on getting the basics of Meshcentral.com working better and better. Today, I fixed a few bugs…
Meshcentral.com - Shirts! →
Taking a page from pretty much any start-up, I figured no web service was going to ever be complete with shirts! Yes, shirts with a logo on it! One of my friends has a print screen thingy…
September 2011
5 posts
Meshcentral.com - Mac OS X Remote Desktop →
Today we released a new version of the Mesh Agent with a big new feature, web based remote desktop for Mac OS X. It’s been a while since we updated the Mac OS X Mesh agent, prior to this…
Meshcentral.com - Disk cloning client PC's →
A few weeks ago I started investigating a weird problem with the Meshcentral server: it was disconnecting lots of computers, always the same ones at a very rapid rate. I soon discovered…
Build Conf - Win 8 & PC Gaming? Stay tuned…. →
Blogs tend to be rife with speculation & mine is often no exception! However; to be fair, a lot of what I know as an insider, and working from my previous employer, inhibits me from going all out….
Meshcentral.com - MeeGo Remote Desktop →
A few minutes ago I updated Meshcentral.com for improved Linux remote desktop support. One item just added was the addition of remote desktop on x86-64bit Linux platforms and better…
August 2011
5 posts
Meshcentral.com - Mesh wide file search improved →
Last week I released the first early version of the mesh-wide file search feature. Well, last night I released a much improved version along with mesh agent 1.45. This feature allows a…
Meshcentral.com - Mesh-wide File Search →
A few minutes ago, I just released a very much experimental new file search feature on Meshcentral.com. Users will see a new search button on the top right for each mesh in the device…
[Opinion] The sunk cost fallacy of Consoles and... →
Most people who know me know why I’m not a fan of Consoles; but I figured I should probably explain myself more fully to those who don’t. I’ll pitch my ‘metric-system’ concept for Gaming in a future…
Meshcentral.com - Session API support →
A few days ago I read about a Mozilla Experiment called BrowserID and an associated Browser Session API which would help users log in and out of web sites. I found the information here:
Overview: Intel at GCD Europe 2011, Cologne,... →
In a few days the Game Developers Conference Europe (GDCE) 2011 will start in Cologne, Germany. This is the most important European event for game developers and Intel is proud to be a silver…
Envisioning Meego from the Prospect of Android's... →
The is a translation of a blog wrote by Yi Zhu, a CS senior from Nanchang University, China. He participated the Intel Cup 4th National Software Innovation Contest for College Student( NSICCS) this…
July 2011
4 posts
Register for Intel(R) Technical Presentation... →
Paul Petersen, Architect for the Intel(R) Parallel Studio product suite, will be presenting on July 21st at 9am PDT on the following topic:
Modeling parallelism with Intel® Parallel Advisor
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Meshcentral.com - More features →
It’s a long holiday weekend in the US, but I can still find a little time to make improvements to Meshcentral. A few days back, I released a new version of the Meshcentral Connector…
Gaming in Transition and Revolution: Pt 4 of 4 →
Part 4 of 4 (Innovation Changers)
This will be my final installment on this blog topic titled: Gaming - in transition and revolution. To briefly recap the previous topics I first talked about the…
June 2011
3 posts
Meshcentral.com - Faster web remote desktop →
Work is continuing on Meshcentral. Last night we released a new version of the mesh agent with a much improved web based remote desktop feature. Using this feature, you can log into…
Meshcentral.com - Powered down this weekend →
Note that meshcentral.com will be offline this weekend starting today at 6pm. Our server room is being powered down for maintanence and so, the service will be back online sunday at…
Gaming in Transition and Revolution: Pt 2 of 4 →
Part Two of Four (Format and Business Model Evolution Factors)
A few weeks ago I was talking about some of the biggest factors impacting the gaming ecosystems today. In part one I discussed the…
May 2011
4 posts
MeshCentral.com - Added Twitter Support →
Many months ago we released Twitter support for Meshcentral. At the time, we could send events to Twitter when a computer changed power state, etc. At the time, we also added support…
Gaming – In transition and revolution →
Part One of Four (Mobile)
I’ve been meaning to put pen to paper for awhile on this topic. In my last blog I was talking about a ‘Spring cleaning’ exercise I did on my contacts database; and made an…
Meshcentral.com - New iGoogle Gadget →
Yesterday I worked on getting Meshcentral functionality within an iGoogle gadget, and this morning released the feature for everyone to use. Basically, it allows users to add a…
Meshcentral.com - VNC to an Android device →
I have been working on Android a little more this week and just for kicks, I downloaded “VNCdroid” from the marketplace. It’s a VNC server for rooted Android devices. Well, I got it…
April 2011
4 posts
Economic Climate still bumpy for Game Studios? →
Over the last few weeks I’ve been doing some spring cleaning on my contacts database. This is something I’ve been dreading for a long time since the database currently has something like a little…
MeshCentral.com - Web KVM now works in IE9 →
A few weeks ago Microsoft released Internet Explorer 9. This was significant for us because up until now, no Internet Explorer had HTML5 support and so, could not used the web-based…
Could PC Gaming be critical to our Nation’s... →
Sounds like a pretty bold declaration at first doesn’t it? However; there are several things that have occurred over the past few years that have led up to my position here that I’d like…
What's in the future for Slates, Tablets, iPads? →
I’ve been following these PC form factors for quite awhile now. They’ve actually been around for a very long time when one comes to think of it; at least a decade from what I can tell….
March 2011
2 posts
Ylian's personal update - Back from Vacation! →
Hi everyone! It’s almost 4am as I am starting to write this blog. I just woke up from being jet lagged. I want to make this blog about what I have been up.
European Vacation
First,…
Expanding and Updating the definition of a PC →
Personally I believe the current definition of what constitutes a PC (Personal Computer) may be a bit overdue and outdated. For those that might be uncomfortable with that statement;…
February 2011
3 posts
MeshCentral.com - New online Java VNC viewer! →
Last week, we added a major new feature to MeshCentral.com, the online VNC java viewer. When you log into the site now and click on a device, you will see a link at the…
Industry: MeeGo™ and Intel® Atom™ Processors a... →
At Mobile World Congress today the Intel MeeGo™ Pavilion opened to showcase the innovation and technologies now available through the MeeGo ecosystem. Just last year, the MeeGo open…
MeshCentral.com - New Mesh Agent API →
For a long time, it’s been our goal to build and release a developer API on top of mesh. The idea is that applications could leverage the discovery, communication and…
January 2011
6 posts
MeshCentral.com - Mac OS X support →
It’s been years since I last used a Mac. I remember my dad got me one of the early Mac’s. A single unit with a black and white screen. That was a long time ago and Mac now…
MeshCentral.com - New web access feature →
For a long time, many have been tackling the “outside-in” problem. We have computers within our home and small business that have lots of valuable data, and have smart…
MeshCentral.com - Mesh agent on Android →
Over the weekend, I downloaded the Android kernel on my Ubuntu Linux computer and attempted to port the peer-to-peer mesh agent over to Android. Since the mesh agent makes…