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If Xen and KVM are free, why do VMware and Microsoft get all of the press?

Xen and KVM, like other virtualization tools, can be used as part of a comprehensive datacenter architecture. One of the most important value propositions offered by both of these tools is low initial cost (read "free"). Depending upon the implementation (Citrix, Red Hat, SUSE, Virtual Iron, Oracle, Sun, Qumranet, etc.)...

Tags: Red Hat Inc., Xen, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tool, Comprehension, Productivity, Data Centers, Open Source, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Comprehension and Retention

I need your help in doing a simple experiment - and yes, Ill report the results here. The purpose of the thing is to see whether there are grounds for believing that a more controlled experiment would reveal systemic differences in information comprehension and retention depending on whether...

Tags: Advice

Blog posts 2006-11-19

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Analyst: Apple will sell at least 4.47 million iPhones this quarter

Analyst: Apple will sell at least 4.47 million iPhones this quarterIt's broke.http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/12/poor-iphone-3g-service-revealedI read the headline and thought......"That'll be Munster then".And, yea, it was so.RE: Analyst: Apple will sell at least 4.47 million iPhones this quarterNotice RIMM stock has been trending down the last few day while Apple stock has be...

Tags: Investment, Apple Inc., stock, Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd.

Discussion threads 2008-08-13

Who's responsible?

Who's responsible?Murph finds a kindred spiritCongratulations. You found a quote with a Murph-style error in logic.Here's the situation: People eat enough bread to satisfy their need for calories, then use their remaining food money on meat. Less effective, more enjoyable.The price of bread goes up. The...

Tags: Anton, bread, Murph, meat

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Technology top tips for students

Technology top tips for students11. Buy a Mac and not a Windows PCThe Mac will give you the flexibility to run either Mac OS X and excellent version of UNIX with a great GUI and/or Windows XP or Vista from the same machine. With an inexpensive add-on, it can also...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-08-01

Mulling the impact of new Reg FD guidance

While most commenters on the new Reg FD guidance are understandably cautious, I'm going to stick my neck out. Trying to parse the opaque language used in the guidance is not easy, couched as it is in unhelpfully vague terms. That doesn't stop the social media mavens...

Tags: SEC, Social Media, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-07-31

What is the best language for our kids to learn?

What is the best language for our kids to learn?Absolutely. But don't forget...that your kids have a reason to learn them: they are exposed to all of them every day. In the US, most people can't even tell you the names of more than 5 languages. But the reason...

Tags: English Speaking

Discussion threads 2008-07-29

552 applications available in the App Store at launch

552 applications available in the App Store at launchYou've probably downloaded more free and useful software......for your iPhone than Microsoft has released Ultimate Extras. Too bad Microsoft can't be more like Apple in this respect.FileMagnet is the killer app for meNo more emailing attachments to myself to view documents on...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Telecom & Utilities, WIRELESS, Operating systems, Apple iPhone, phone, Ultimate Extras, mobile, 3G

Discussion threads 2008-07-10

Microsoft to ratchet IE8 security another notch in Beta 2

Microsoft to ratchet IE8 security another notch in Beta 2Microsoft Press ReleaseOnly the other week Ed ran a story about how shoddy some people are running stories based on software companies press releases/marketing documents. Oh and that companies selling security software try and scare the market about the need for...

Tags: Web browsers, IE8 security, beta, Microsoft Corp., Beta 2, notch, security, Web

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

The Firefox phone

The Firefox phoneNokia 800 Internet TabletI bought a Nokia Internet Tablet about 6 months ago. I was considering an iPod Touch, which is essentially an iPhone without the phone, because it has a larger screen. It originally came with the Opera browser but was upgraded to FireFox this past January.In...

Tags: Web browsers, Notebooks, Mozilla Firefox, Apple iPhone, Web browser, phone

Discussion threads 2008-06-25

Kidspiration (zip)

For K-5 learners, Kidspiration develops thinking, literacy, and numeracy skills using proven visual learning principles. In reading and writing, Kidspiration strengthens word recognition, vocabulary, comprehension and written expression. With visual math tools, students build reasoning and problem solving skills. Across the curriculum, students express their creativity and thinking with pictures,...

Tags: Inspiration Software Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Productivity, Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Office Suites

Software downloads 2008-06-12

MobileMe: iPhone finally gets OTA syncing – for a price

MobileMe: iPhone finally gets OTA syncing – for a priceWith Apple's security record, no thanksIt appears that all of my files and information are stored on an Apple server. With Apple's security record (half gigabyte security patches, weekly iTunes / Safari / QuickTime exploits, only OS to fall within 2 minutes...

Tags: Backups, Apple Mac OS X, Apple iPhone, backup, Apple Inc., external disk, disk, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-06-09

Nanorobots to improve health care

Using nanorobots to deliver drugs and fight diseases is not a new idea check here or there. Of course, nanorobots floating inside our bodies to improve our health are still years away. However, an international team of American and Australian researchers is developing a nanorobot hardware architecture for medical defense...

Tags: Software, 3D, Protein, Biomedical, Health Care, Hardware Architecture, Healthcare, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-05-19

Content Protection madness on Vista

[UPDATE: For more on this issue, check out this post.] I'm a firm believer in the idea that if you pay for hardware, you should be able to make full use of it. However, DRM and content protection mechanisms are increasingly making this difficult for people. ...

Tags: Screen, Microsoft Windows Vista, Cintiq, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital Rights Management (DRM), Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-05-14

La Super Profette d'Anglais 2050 (zip)

Learn English with Super Profette. The French Super Profette is greatly appreciated by both individual users as well as by schools and educational institutions. Over the years, this product has kept up with the times and has been continually evolving. It comes with numerous exercises which vary in difficulty from...

Tags: Exercise, Lesson, Pithon Philippe, French Super Profette

Software downloads 2008-05-14

Analyst: Start SOA governance now, even if its just on Excel

It's 11:00 -- do you know where your services are? Today's enterprise has a hodgepodge of services coming from all different directions -- from enterprise packaged applications, Web 2.0 and cloud applications, and devices of every size and sort. 'Just because you aren't aware of services doesn't...

Tags: SOA, SOA Governance, Microsoft Excel, Tool, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-05-01

Know when to say when on open source

Know when to say when on open sourceAlways be practicalOfcourse one should always use common sense. Open source when possible AND practical. Closed source when not.Greetz, Pjotr.I'm sure your school district appreciated...you spending money on a product that you could have gotten for free just because you didn't want to...

Tags: open source, software

Discussion threads 2008-04-30

Stop! It may be time to change the way you teach math

Stop! It may be time to change the way you teach mathSquares with my experienceAll of the really math-oriented people I've known went straight to the abstract forms and [i]played[/i] with them. When presented with applications, they would go, "Oh? Well, if you insist ..." and then head...

Tags: Word Problems, mechanics

Discussion threads 2008-04-25

Mobile Web must die!

Mowser, a startup that concentrated on mobile web browsing, is no more. While it's sad to see a startup die, especially one where the founder put in so much work, heart and money go under, I think that it's time for the whole concept of mobile web to die. ...

Tags: Web, Mobile, Mobile Web, Channel Management, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-04-15

Englishbanana.com's Big Resource Book (zip)

The book is similar to our last book the Big Activity Book in that it's divided into sections according to type of language skills being practiced, namely grammar, vocabulary, spelling, reading, speaking & listening, and research skills. There are some activities that continue on from worksheets in the last book,...

Tags: Skill, Material, English Banana, Englishbanana.com

Software downloads 2008-04-04