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Speeding up a sluggish Sony: Last week, Jeremy Toeman's accursed Sony Vaio arrived here, and over the weekend I had a chance to get my hands on it for the first time. (If you missed the back story, read the first installment that I posted earlier this month.) The short version: Jeremy, a digital media expert and...; Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Vaio, Backup, Microsoft Windows Vista, Jeremy Toeman, VGNSZ460N, Desktops, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Hardware, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2008-03-18

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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
News to know: AMD; Oil and telecommuting; Verizon's EV-DO modem; Linux: Notable headlines: Jason O'Grady: Review: Verizon UM150 USB EV-DO modem Gallery (right). Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Live Mesh to get more competition -- from Sun News.com: AMD revises server road map Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: How long can AMD...; Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Oil, Telecommuting, Sun Microsystems Inc., EVDO, Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Linux, Modems, WiMAX, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Federal Government, 64-Bit, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Components, Wireless, Government, Processors, Semiconductors; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Xen makes it easy to checkpoint, restore, and migrate guest domains: If you've decided to deploy and manage a Xen-based environment, you'll need some detailed instructions and advice on best practices. This sample chapter from Running Xen: A Hands-On Guide to the Art of Virtualization explains what you need to know about checkpointing the state of a guest domain and how...; Tags: Domain, Xen, Prentice Hall Inc., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage; Book chapters 2008-05-08
Free software great and small: Free software great and smallFree software great and small[i]In brief, it's a kinder, gentler version of Linus Torvald's quote that Linux is headed for "world domination, fast". [/i]BWAHHAHAHAHAHA! I had to laugh at that quote.Blah blah blah, Are you linux users really that dillusional? We've been hearing about how...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, Face it Linux, Linux, Free Software, LINUX IS; Discussion threads 2008-05-07

Free software great and small: They envision a world with Linux running on the smallest embedded devices to the largest supercomputer clusters, and all possible devices in between. It's only a matter of time before even desktop Linux becomes the mass market. [The opinions expressed here are mine alone, and not those...; Tags: Samba, Conference, Jeremy, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Jeremy Allison, free software, open source; News items 2008-05-07
Marc Benioff heralds Web 3.0 at DreamForce Europe: Salesforce.com has come to London today for its first DreamForce Europe event. There have been European customer and partner events in previous years, but this is the first event at true DreamForce scale — 2,500 attendees at the Barbican conference center in the heart of the City, London's financial district....; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Web, Marc Benioff, Web 3.0, PaaS, Force.com, Sales Force Management, Channel Management, Sales, Marketing, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-05-07
EXCLUSIVE: CODA2go on force.com: Today in an exclusive preview, I saw CODA2go's first iteration. CODA2go is accounting software developer CODA's first foray at an on-demand accounting application service built on the force.com platform. CODA claims it is the largest development of its type on force.com. According to...; Tags: Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-04-29
Salesforce.com's bold development platform vision [includes executive podcast]: Note: Click the player to listen to my podcast interview with Steve Cakebread, President and Chief Strategy Officer of Salesforce.com. Steve comments on his company's strategy, discusses on-premises software, and presents Salesforce.com's vision for mobile devices. Salesforce.com's Tour de Force roadshow is traveling around the world...; Tags: Software, Salesforce.com Inc., Developer, Podcast, Outsource, Vision, Force.com, On-premises, Sales Force Management, Sales, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-04-23
Time and talent are the open source speed limits: Time and talent are the open source speed limitsThird limit is motivationIf people are writing software to give away, then they have to be motivated to do so. Motive might be personal interest, might be solving a particular problem at home or work, or might be saving money (certain...; Tags: Leadership, motivation, open source speed, open source, talent, software, FOSS world; Discussion threads 2008-04-23
Fixing Windows Vista, one machine at a time: If the "Vista sucks" movement has a public face, it's the Sony Vaio. No one knows that better than my new friend Jeremy Toeman. In May 2007, this 15-year Windows veteran replaced his old, beloved, XP-powered Vaio with a newer Vaio that came with Windows Vista Business installed. Practically overnight,...; Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Vaio, Clean Install, Installation, Driver, Microsoft Windows Vista, Machine, Recovery Partition, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2008-04-21
Our urine shows where we live: It's almost logical that our urine contains traces of what we eat and drink. But an international team of researchers decided to learn more and has analyzed frozen urine samples from 4,630 people. These samples have been collected between 1997 and 1999 in China, Japan, the UK and the...; Tags: China, Researcher, Japan, Bacteria, U.S. Here, Healthcare, Web Site Development, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-04-21
Did Sun just make mySQL closed source?: Did Sun just make mySQL closed source?Free users are getting stable codewhat kind of coment is that ?Supposed to imply that the open source edition is the best one, while the enterprise edition is bloated with un industrialized new features ? In what kind of world are you leaving were...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Sun/MySQL, MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., GPL; Discussion threads 2008-04-17
Brijit: Saving the planet, one magazine at a time: In this age of the digital you'd expect magazines, that old-fashioned idea of putting ink onto paper, to fade away. Magazines seem harder to cure than herpes. Once you get 'em, you can't get rid of them. The multiply, they spread, they just appear. And yet...; Tags: Magazine, Brijit, Jeremy Brosowsky, Web Site Development, TVs, Web Technology, Tv & Home Theater, Internet, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-15
Google and Salesforce.com: does it make sense?: I've spent some time the last couple of days trying to ferret out whether the rumored hook up between Salesforce.com and Google for its applications is hype or real. I'm no closer to knowing than anyone else. I did speak with Mike Arrington on this who claims to have a...; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., CODA, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-04-10
Silicon chips for optical quantum computing: UK researchers at Bristol University have shown that it is possible to control single photons on a silicon chip. The team developed 'the world's smallest optical controlled-NOT gate -- the building block of a quantum computer.' As said the lead researcher, 'This is a crucial step towards a future optical...; Tags: Optics, Abstract, Silicon Chip, Computing, Quantum Corp., Chip, Quantum Computing, Quantum Computer, Quantum Technology, Quantum Circuit, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-03-30
File systems of the Mac's past, present and maybe future: Over the past couple of years, the usurpation of the current Mac's HFS+ file system by Sun's ZFS has been predicted. Sometimes that message has been delivered (incorrectly) by Sun top brass. While Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Server supports ZFS, there's no expectation that it will...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, File System, Reimer, Ext3, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-03-27
iPhone SDK release rumor roundup: According to an online report, sources say the forthcoming iPhone SDK — coming out this week — will feel the heavy hand of Cupertino. The software feature some heavy constraints by Apple in distribution and in support for hardware peripherals. Apple announced the SDK release date last...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, Idea, SDK, Apple Inc., Hardware, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-03-03
In close First Amendment case, Virginia court upholds spammer conviction: What do geeks hate more than free speech restrictions? Spammers! Thus, anti-spam laws are an interesting collision. Spamming is clearly speech -- albeit commercial speech. So are antispam laws constitutional? The Virginia Supreme Court took that matter up in the case of Jeremy Jaynes, a particularly obnoxious...; Tags: Speech, Anti-spam, First Amendment, Spamming, Statute, Virginia, Jeremy Jaynes, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-03-03
A real-world Vista challenge: Can this Sony Vaio be saved?: A real-world Vista challenge: Can this Sony Vaio be saved?Check the BIOS and RAMEd, I avoid Sony laptops like the plague because of experiences that I have had with themin the past, but there are some things that I would check beyond the obvious of decrapping the system. Download...; Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), BIOS, Sony Vaio, Microsoft Windows Vista, Sony Corp., real-world Vista, Vista challenge; Discussion threads 2008-03-02