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Firefox 3 beta 5 code freeze slated for March 18: Not surprisingly, Mozilla has announced that a beta 5 version of Firefox 3 will be necessary after all. As developers put the final touches on Beta 4, which is now in final build stage, Firefox developers deemed that another beta would be needed before final release of...; Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Beta, Mozilla Corp., Development Team, Web Browsers, Internet, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-03-04
Windows Vista (In)capable: What went wrong? I'll tell you what went wrong: Microsoft execs - starting with Steve Ballmer - don't care enough about their customers. Which is too bad for the thousands of smart, hard working 'softies who do. I went through the Vista Capable lawsuit Exhibit A emails....; Tags: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, News, Intel Corp., Development Team, Features, Allchin, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2008-03-02
Getting closer: Firefox 3 Beta 3 to be out Feb 11, Beta 4 planned for Feb 26: The targeted release date for Firefox 3 Beta 3 is now February 11 and follow on Beta 4 is "tentatively" scheduled for February 26, according to Firefox meeting notes posted on Mozilla.org Tuesday. With that, it appears Firefox 3 will be released in early 2008 as planned,...; Tags: Team, Mozilla Firefox, Beta, Beta 4, Development Team, Web Browsers, Internet, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-02-06
Microsoft tightens database security: Microsoft tightens database securityFirst..MS should start focusing effort to tighten MS-OSs.Important step to LonghornI believe I read somewhere that SQL Server is going to be the underlying file system in Longhorn. If so, securing it is of critical importance if MS wants to avoid opening huge security holes by...; Tags: Operating systems, Databases, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft SQL Server, server, database, development team, security, SQL; Discussion threads 2004-05-25

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Why do Macs need so much fixing?: Last weekend, in the course of a column about Steve Ballmer, my colleague Larry Dignan tossed an offhand shout-out in my general direction: When Ed Bott has a series on how to fix–or at least cope with Vista–you know this OS isn't so hot. Why should this thing need...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2008-05-09

Gmail can be used as "Spam Bazooka": INSERT, the Information Security Research Team, has sucessfully created a proof of concept exploiting the "trust hierarchy" that exists between mail service providers. Taking advantage of the way Gmail forwards messages, the team was able to send 4000 messages in a short period of time from a single account...; Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, Vulnerability, Spam, E-mail Providers, Security, Internet, Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2008-05-09
A conversation with Charles Phillips, president Oracle: This morning I participated in a round table conversation with Charles Phillips, president of Oracle, discussing his take on Enterprise 2.0 technologies and how they apply to Oracle's view of the enterprise applications space. While there was nothing earth shatteringly new in what he said, some nuggets emerged. ...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Enterprise 2.0, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-05-09
A brief summary: This is not an excerpt from Brief - those ended last week, and next week we'll start the long and boring slog through the second volume in the series: Business Information Technology: Foundations and Culture. Its purpose, where Brief is addressed to top level executives and Defen is intended for...; Tags: Information Technology, MySQL, Jonathan Schwartz, Open Source, Databases, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-05-09
Comcast considering bandwidth caps, surcharges: Today's Press of Atlantic City had a tiny sidebar on a troubling trend of bandwith caps and surcharges coming down the proverbial pipe from Comcast: Comcast Corp., the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, is considering setting an official limit on the amount of data that subscribers can download per...; Tags: Comcast Corp., Broadband Reports, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Tcp/Ip, Business Services, Internet, Networking, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Seeking the iPhone in Adobe's annual analyst briefings: Even if you're not an analyst, Adobe's 2008 financial briefings available online make interesting viewing, from its showcase of new AIR tools to the "soul" of Adobe, Google and Microsoft. And then there's the iPhone. The recordings cover the morning and afternoon sessions...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Financial Accounting, Marketing, Finance, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Microsoft shares more IE8 security details: When Microsoft officials released a first test build of Internet Explorer (IE) 8 back in March, they said they were intentionally refraining from talking specifics about new security features and functionality that would be part of the next browser release. In the past few weeks, however, Microsoft...; Tags: Security, ActiveX Control, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Beta 2, Web Browsers, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Internet, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-08
And in other news ... id Software announces Doom 4: And in other news ... id Software announces Doom 4hahaDuke Nukem Forever, the ultimate in vaporware!The engine for Doom 4 looks pretty amazing. Hopefully the story is better than the last one.12 long yearsIt's been more than 12 years since I first played Doom and still fondly remember the first...; Tags: Games, Doom 4; Discussion threads 2008-05-08
KVM and Xen cofounders engage in war of words: Xen cofounder and project lead Ian Pratt said predictions about his virtualization hypervisor's demise to the newer kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) technology are unfounded, a by-product of his competitors' imaginations. "There's no evidence for it. The Xen community is alive and well. Xen is a true...; Tags: Linux, Hypervisor, Linux Kernel, Xen, KVM, Xen Community, Virtualization, Hardware, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-05-08
And in other news ... id Software announces Doom 4: OK, this has made my day. id Software has announced that production work has begun on Doom 4: Production has begun on DOOM 4™, the next journey into the legendary DOOM universe. We are expanding our internal team and are currently hiring to work on this highly anticipated title. ...; Tags: Software, Tools & Techniques, Games, Management, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Unixfication II: Can the Linux community get over its "not invented here" ideology which has often hindered its ability to adopt technological improvements from outside sources? I keep saying to myself, I hope so. But recent events have shown me that we have a long way to go until we become a...; Tags: GPL, Virtualization, Kernel, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Sun Solaris, Software, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Microsoft trickling out its Spring Live Search update: Last we heard from the Live Search team, Microsoft's plan of record was to deliver an annual Fall update and an annual Spring update. The Spring update has started arriving slowly in pieces. On May 3, Microsoft refreshed its Live QnA search functionality. On May 7, Microsoft...; Tags: Advertisement, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Samba 3.2 reflects open source project's ambivalence toward Microsoft: Samba's forthcoming version 3.2 release capitalizes on Microsoft's interoperability commitments while also guarding against patent covenants that threaten the GPL. Samba 3.2, which is expected to be released in roughly one month's time, offers improved integration with the Active Directory in Windows Server 2003 and recently released...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Jeremy Allison, Samba, Microsoft Corp., Samba 3.2, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Open Source, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Malware shipped with Firefox 2 language pack: Malware shipped with Firefox 2 language packif "language pack" is open source? Why they didn't catch it? :-)if "language pack" is open source? Why they didn't catch it? :-)if "language pack" is open source, why they didn't catch it?if "language pack" is open source, why they didn't catch it?if "language...; Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Mozilla Firefox 2.0, Mozilla Firefox, language pack, open source, malware; Discussion threads 2008-05-08
Second Life is the latest reason our kids are doomed: Second Life is the latest reason our kids are doomedSecond LifeShouldn't keep telling people to get a life . they have...a second one.Ban Republinazis from Congress.And while we're at it we can start hanging the traitors.Even him...Maybe somewhen he could suffer a seizure and become a terrorist/rapist or whatever word...; Tags: INTERNET, Second Life, predator; Discussion threads 2008-05-08
AMD's new roadmap: Can it execute?: AMD has revamped its server processor roadmap with plans to jump to six and then 12 cores in the first half of 2010, but the larger question is whether the company can actually deliver. Given that AMD has had a hard time delivering its quad-core chips and...; Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Asset Management, Manufacturing, Processors, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-08