My co-worker and good friend Donnie showed me this article today that talks about how Researchers aim to make Internet bandwidth a global currency.

While reading this article, Donnie made a good point;

It’s a free market approach to developing digital identities online, that you buy and sell with…amongst other social aspects. If you think about it, buying and selling is social. There needs to be a level of trust which has to be earned, but how do you tie that to the identity and freely move across the net? Even more interesting is how do you remain anonymous, or is it even possible?

There are so many things in the works today that is radically changing software as we know it.

I read an article this morning, 7 Ways to Grow the Action Habit and realized that so many people always tend to keep their ideas inside for fear of being shot down or feeling that they’re just a waste of time.

So you feel that you have a really good idea, whether it be for the company that you work for or life in general. What do you do about it? Do you share it with your boss? To you take action on implementing your idea in your life? Ideas are always great no matter the situation … but it only becomes valuable after they’ve been implemented.

“One average idea that’s been put into action is more valuable than a dozen brilliant ideas that you’re saving for “some other day” or the “right opportunity”.”

If you strongly believe in your idea, do something about it. Regardless if your idea may not be the right solution/fix/time now, that doesn’t mean that it won’t be implemented at another time. Taking that first step is always the hardest for just about anything in life that is outside of your comfort zone. However, once you take that first step you feel a sense of accomplishment and confidence and the next steps become easier and easier. Share your ideas, implement your ideas…take that step to see just how far they can go!

US job website Monster.com has suffered an online attack with the personal data of hundreds of thousands of users stolen, says a security firm.
A computer program was used to access the employers’ section of the website using stolen log-in credentials. Symantec said the log-ins were used to harvest user names, e-mail addresses, home addresses and phone numbers, which were uploaded to a remote web server.

Read more on this issue here from BBC News

While credit cards are not something that is highly recommended to use for most people and often create unnecessary debt, the idea behind this card is definitely something that can be and is beneficial to our communities.

The Linux Fund began in 1999. Since then, the organization has handed out over one-half million dollars in grants to Free and Open Source Software (F/OSS) projects like Blender, FreeGeek and the WikiMedia Foundation.

“We don’t represent a wealthy patron or a long-dead industrialist,” says Mandel. “Our donations come from engineers, managers, and ordinary working geeks who use The Linux Fund Visa in the course of everyday living. The way it works is actually quite cool. Just by using The Linux Fund Visa card, ordinary geeks can participate in serious philanthropy, at no out-of-pocket cost to themselves.”

Each time a cardholder uses their card, a donation is made to The Linux Fund by the card issuer, U.S. Bank. These donations add up to tens of thousands of dollars per year which The Linux Fund then gives out in grants. The Linux Fund has donated to new ideas and teams who maintain things like Debian.

Paramount Pictures and Dreamworks Animation — which started off HD DVD only before deciding to go both ways — have officially announced plans to release movies exclusively on HD DVD, dropping Blu-ray support entirely.

 I’m definitely interested in seeing the end results.