Bad Universe

Phil Plait’s Bad Universe is coming to Discovery this fall.  Can’t wait.

The cloud goes to Washington

At a press briefing here at its headquarters, Google announced a new version of its Apps suite designed specifically for government customers. This tier will be sold alongside the existing version of Google Apps and priced the same as the company’s premiere license–$50 per user, per year.

Google Apps for Government features all the same applications that can be found in other versions but comes with a higher level of security, which Google says meets the requirements set forth by the Federal Information Security Management Act. This includes segregated data centers, which Google says goes beyond FISMA regulations, and will keep government e-mail and calendar event data within U.S. borders.

This is probably the biggest tech story of the day.  A lot of FUD around cloud will be dismissed if we see large government sign off on it.

Wil Wheaton says “Don’t be a dick!”

I started following Wil Wheaton on twitter a few months ago.  He’s a very funny guy, and a great writer, and now showing up in all manner of TV shows as the evil villain.  As a late comer to his minions I didn’t immediately realize that his internet catch phrase is “Don’t be a dick!”.

I think those a pretty good words to live by.