Links for 10-11-2012

• The Star Trek Top 100
• Tech Sex Sells? Understanding Marketing v. Advertising v. PR v. Branding - ESG - Enterprise Strategy Group
• Utility (Cloud) Computing…Flashback to 1961 Prof. John McCarthy « Life in the Cloud, Living with Cloud Computing - .@swardley I'd argue that John McCarthy was earlier (1961) with voicing utility concept in context of computing.
• Cloud business benefits seen in engineering, retail, media and logistics | Intel Business IT Hub | ComputerworldUK
• So Far, So Good: Fortune 500 CIOs Seem Happy With Cloud Computing - Forbes - "Many organizations are still in the early stages of their cloud computing journeys, and the reports are: so far, so good. No major flaws or “gotchas” have emerged in nascent cloud engagements, and CIOs are saying full steam ahead.  Still needed, however, are more security assurances, and more vendor flexibility."
• Twitter / JaneCircle: Kudos colleague Eva and ... - RT @mikekhusid: #redhat by @RedHatEMEA at Barcelona #VMWorld, viewable on approach to airport! via @janecircle
• Pictures of Afghanistan in the Fifties and Sixties Are Totally Depressing - Hit & Run : Reason.com - RT @reason: Pictures of Afghanistan in the Fifties and Sixties Are Totally Depressing
• Revisiting “Ranking the popularity of programming languages”: creating tiers « Zero Intelligence Agents - RT @drewconway: Blog post related to my talk at #monktoberfest this morning, with link to slides at the bottom
• Open Source in the Public Sector: Redefining how Government Delivers Digital Services | govsummitdc - RT @davidegts: Just submitted my #RedHat slides for @acquia's World Governement Summit on #OpenSource. Can't wait!
• Byte Magazine Volume 00 Number 01 - The Worlds Greatest Toy : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive - The first issue of Byte Magazine at the Internet Archive