Tim Ferro

“Since its launch in January 2006, the only thing that has been publicly known about former AMD CTO Fred Weber’s new venture is its name: MetaRAM. Clearly, the stealth-mode company was working on something to do with RAM, but what? As of today, MetaRAM is finally ready to talk about its technology, and it appears to be a pretty solid evolutionary step for the tried-and-true SDRAM DIMM module. In short, MetaRAM’s technology enables DIMM capacity increases of two or four times, so that a single DDR2 MetaSDRAM DIMM can hold 4GB or 8GB of memory while still being a drop-in replacement for a normal DIMM.” – Source

“Microsoft has released the first public beta of Internet Explorer 8 for download by willing testers, which debuted this week at the Mix conference in Las Vegas. Intended for developers and designers only, IE8’s most intriguing new feature so far is “Web Slices,” which lets you monitor a single section of a web page, like an eBay auction (similar to Leopard’s Web Clips.) Web developers will be excited about better standards compliance.” – Source

“Amazon’s MP3 store got officially Linux-friendly last week, adding support for Debian 4 Etch, Fedora 8, Open SUSE 10.3, and Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy. So who’s still locked out of the store?” – Source

“AVG is ready to pull the trigger on their new Anti-Virus suite, AVG Anti-Virus 8.0. From first looks, it’s going to be a pretty major update.

For starters, AVG Anti-Virus 8.0 will offer more than its standard Anti-Virus protection. Popular tools AVG Anti-Spyware, AVG Anti-Rootkit, and LinkScanner, previously stand-alone applications, are now integrated into AVG Anti-Virus 8.0. The code base has seen a significant overhaul as well, in the hopes that inevitable system slowdowns caused by AVG’s real-time protection will be lessened.” – Source

“The wacky developers behind the popular Ubuntu linux distribution have chosen a code name for Ubuntu 8.10, or the version that will be released after the next version. Following the longstanding tradition of giving each new version a two word name with an adjective followed by an animal, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has announced that Ubuntu 8.10 will be known as Intrepid Ibex. No, really.” – Source

“The first alpha release of Fedora 9 (codenamed Sulphur) was announced this morning on the Fedora mailing list. This alpha, which provides a first look at the features of Fedora’s next release, includes GNOME 2.21, KDE 4.0, Firefox 3 beta 2, version 2.6.24 of the Linux kernel, and many other improvements.” – Source

In today’s work environment, more than it has ever been before, the youngest generation in the office (currently Gen Y) is having the greatest impact. The twenty something generation is taking over and making a huge impact in the business world. The reason is that we don’t feel the corporate ladder is for us. We believe we operate in a world where those rules don’t apply to us and therefore we can make the biggest difference in our jobs. Unlike generations past, we feel that we are free and can make waves or job hop with little consequences; and we are right.

This is a result because now-a-days, especially in the technology field, the younger generation are also the most skilled and progressive employees. No longer are the days where you must apprentice a master of his craft for years before becoming proficient at something. Now you can learn the newest technology and be hired within months and be teaching the old masters how it works. This has allowed us to make the greatest impact.

Just look at Napster and Facebook. Those are trend setting, million dollar companies started by college students. Modern technology and Open Source software have made entrepreneurial endeavors easier than ever to start up. Generation Y feels that there are countless opportunities at their fingertips and has the confidence to take advantage of them.

– Tim Ferro