Open Source Kinect

The Kinect is an accessory from Microsoft X box that allows the player to play the video games without the use of controllers. The Kinect has a camera that can interact with the user without any other device because the camera can sense gestures, movements and voice commands. After the launch of the Kinect a company call adafruit industries started a bounty prize for the person that can get to unlock the code and make it open source, so Kinect can be use in the future for other projects.
On November 10, the company had a $3000 winner his name is Hector Martin and he created an open source driver for the Kinect. I consider this great for all the projects that can be done with the camera and now with the open source code a lot of new things can be created.
Microsoft is the one not happy about it because they want to keep everything as a secret and not share the technology with anyone, and again because of the money the can get later. They do not wan their products to be modifies and altered because again is their product and they want all the applause and the money to go to them. Totally unfair for the technology and new projects that could people create in the future.

Network Neutrality

The Net Neutrality is a principle that indicates that the Internet should be open for all users paying for the same service, It says that it should not be restricted sites, hardware, platforms on the network for people paying for Internet service.
Since I am living in a free country I want to keep the same freedom with the network, I agree that we should have the same freedom to do what ever we like on the network as we have in our country. I want to be able to download and visits sites that I like whenever I like. I am oppose to telecommunication companies like charter or Comcast that make with cable TV whatever they like and they charge us also whatever they want for channels that should be available to people who wants to pay a "standard" rate and not to pay for different packages separately.
I do not want the Internet to become the same as the cable TV, we should be able to see and play with anything we want on the network without paying different fees.
The Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) is in favor of the net neutrality, and it should still be fighting for their four principles which are: be able to access any sites, download and run any applications, install any hardware and fair competition along all Internet providers. They fight to keep the network open, on the other hand we have Comcast who wants to make more profit out of this, they want to prohibit people to do anything they want on the network by using packets to disturb sharing things on the network. They want to charge their fees for different levels of access just like they do it with the cable TV.
Lets support the FCC to keep the network open to anyone like us.

Linux Jobs

When researching this topic I couldn't believe how many Linux related jobs are out there, I was a little surprise to see hundreds and hundreds of companies needing somebody in the Linux Administrator/Security field in the United States. I noticed that a lot of those positions are held in the bay area, in companies that offer security systems to banks and government agencies. The most wanted position was the Linux/Unix Administrator or Senior Administrator and the pay scale for this position is from $63,000 to $94,000 per year. That puts to think about the future to any student pursuing the computer science major to focus more into the Linux/UNIX field since there is a big need for people who knows well the open source world and since is so important because of the security it make sense that the Linux/UNIX administrators jobs are picking up so well in these years.