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Partners use Amazon EC2 and S3 to move the needle on infrastructure as a service

Several announcements show that the Amazon infrastructure-as-a-service model is gaining serious traction, helping todays start-ups/ISVs/SaaS providers quickly create consumer and business services without an IT capital spending budget.LignUp and rPath are leveraging Amazons Elastic Computer Cloud (EC2) and Simple Storage Service (S3) to historically relieve developers of infrastructure worries and...

Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VOIP, Web services, partnership, EC2, Amazon.com Inc., rPath, LignUp Commmunications Applications Server, rBuilder, ISV, developer, S3 Inc., voice

Blog posts 2007-03-22

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MobileTechRoundup show #140, iPhone apps, Opera Mobile 9.5 beta, and netbooks

We really tried to get away from talking just about the iPhone in MobileTechRoundup show #140, but when it is the hottest news in the mobile space it is tough. We did talk about some applications, iPhone 3G battery life, and a utility we would like to see on the...

Tags: MobileTechRoundup, Apple iPhone, Opera Software, Beta, Podcasts, Keyboards, Internet, Hardware, Peripherals, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Spam coming from free email providers increasing

After analyzing three weeks of spam data between June 13 to July 3, 2008, Roaring Penguin Software Inc. found evidence that spam originating from the top three fre email providers (Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Hotmail) is increasing, with spammers in favor of abusing Gmail's privacy preserving feature of not including...

Tags: CAPTCHA, Google Gmail, Anti-spam, Spammer, E-mail Company, IP, Service, Cyberthreats, Spam, E-mail, E-mail Providers, Phishing, Viruses And Worms, Security, Networking, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-18

WSO2 adds data services and security features in Mashup Server 1.5

The latest version from the Mountain View, Calif., and Sri Lanka company adds WSO2 Data Services and security features for enterprise-class service composition. Mashup Server 1.5 is built on the WSO2 Web Services Application Server based on Apache/Axis 2. It can be used as an individual service development and deployment...

Tags: Data Service, Security, Mashup, WSO2, Mashup Server 1.5, eBizQ, Collaboration, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-07-18

My Awesome IT Job: Senior security engineer, VoIP carrier

Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here are a few words from IT pros that love their work. "I...

Tags: Network, Information Technology, Hobby, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Security, Networking, Deb Perelman

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Windows "Workstation" 2008 better than Vista? OK then, show me the money!

My post the other day about Windows "Workstation" 2008 (the nickname given to an installation of Windows Server 2008 that's been tweaked to be more of a desktop OS) seemed to have caused a bit of a stir amongst those who believe that the server OS makes a better desktop...

Tags: Desktop OS, Desktop, Workstation, Microsoft Windows Server, Operating System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Benchmark your PC, free

Free application PC Wizard is a portable tool that analyzes and benchmarks your Windows PC. On the simple side, the 'Wiz gives you an in-depth look at your hardware and system specs. But for power users like those on ZDNet, PC Wizard's neat features -- such as...

Tags: PC, Tool, Desktops, Productivity, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Immobile Apple

It's 11:33 a.m. Friday. Approximately 66 and a half hours since Apple Support acknowledged receipt of my request for help on syncing calendar and contact data from my iMac to the "cloud,'' i.e., MobileMe servers wherever they are. Re-request sent after 48 hours. Still...

Tags: Apple Inc., 3G, Desktops, Web Browsers, Recruitment & Selection, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Untrustworthy students: lighten your restrictions

You know the drill. You spend thousands, if not tens of thousands of dollars on higher education at your college or university of choice. But when you go to use your Internet connection or a public computer on campus, you login and it's locked down so tight, you can barely...

Tags: Software, Apple Macintosh, Network, IT Administrator, Operating System, Web Site, Computer, Productivity, Web Site Development, Networking, Internet, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-18

The green tech edition of ‘what I did on my summer vacation'

How would you like to spend your summer break doing some groundbreaking green technology research? IBM has hired a couple of hundred college students worldwide to lend their brains to projects across the company's 13 research labs, including several focused on solving problems related to making data...

Tags: Green Technology, IBM Corp., Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice

The more I use these, the more I really don't care for iWork. Sure, Keynote makes some darned pretty presentations, but NeoOffice and OpenOffice for the matter cuts the mustard quite handily. For real polish, you still can't beat Office 2007/2008, as much as I hate to admit...

Tags: Suite, Apple iWork, Office 2008, NeoOffice, X11, OpenOffice, Open Source, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-18

FastScale Composerâ„¢ Suite

I just spoke with Jerry McCloud, VP of Business Development of Fastscale Technology, about the newest release of their product, FastScale Composerâ„¢ Suite. This product is aimed at reducing the complexity of creating and maintaining virtual machine images. Previous versions of the product supported VMware's ESX Server. This version adds...

Tags: Software, Environment, Image, Virtual Machine, FastScale Composer Suite Software Environment, Desktop Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Tough love: Linux needs more haters

[The opinions expressed here are mine alone, and not those of Google, Inc. my current employer.] I've been spending far too much time reading a blog recently. Normally I dislike reading blogs, or as my friend from the IT News site "the Register" Andrew Orlowski calls them;...

Tags: Blog, LinuxHaters, LinuxHater, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Blogging, Software, Internet, Jeremy Allison

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Techie's green pet: IDC develops new report card for tech asset recyclers

Does your IT services company make the grade when it comes to retiring and disposing of technology assets in the greenest way possible? Researcher IDC has come up with a new certification and weighting system for IT assess disposal functions that it is calling the Green Recycling...

Tags: Asset, Card, International Data Corp., Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-17

GE's Enterprise Collaboration Backbone

General Electric, the venerable multinational that was founded in 1878 in New Jersey, have at their core a hugely sophisticated enterprise collaboration system that is arguably the largest in the world. I was able to see Dr Sukh Grewal, Manager of GE's 'SupportCentral' collaboration...

Tags: Backbone, General Electric Co., SupportCentral, Collaboration, Groupware, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-07-17

How to make Microsoft Silverlight enterprise fit

A father and son team think they've found a way to make Microsoft Silverlight  more enterprise friendly. Navot and Gai Peled who run Gizmo, Ltd., an Israeli startup, have enabled their Visual WebGui environment to redirect Siliverlight calls across the network,...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., Tools & Techniques, AJAX, Development Tools, Networking, Management, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Software Development, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-07-17

More iPhone 3G observations

After almost a week with the new iPhone 3G I have some additional thoughts that I wanted to share on my experiences: As I previously mentioned, AT&T's 3G coverage is completely non-existent in my area, despite AT&T's coverage viewer claiming that I'm blanketed in 100 percent 3G....

Tags: Apple iPhone, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-17

Is content you can edit open source?

Is content you can edit open source?Web 2.0 and Open Source softwares not to be confusedHello, first of all thanks for the article.Second of all, on a marketing side, I think we have to differ Open Source softwares and Web 2.0 applications.Open source softwares means that the root code (the...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Web site development, Web 2.0, open-source software, open source, software, Web

Discussion threads 2008-07-17

Microhoo, MicroAOL, and challenging Google

Microhoo, MicroAOL, and challenging GoogleContentUnless you're including content in your definition of an advertising platform, you've left out a most important factor. People look at ads because of what else is on the page. And that other material has to be located and purchased profitably.Yahoo has been successful...

Tags: Web browsers, Financial accounting, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., advertisement

Discussion threads 2008-07-17

Unpatched code execution bug haunts BlackBerry

Security alerts aggregator Secunia has raised an alarm for a "highly critical" vulnerability that puts users of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server at risk of code execution attacks. Technical details of bug are not available but Secunia says it is caused by an unspecified error in the BlackBerry...

Tags: Adobe PDF, Smart Phone, RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Smart Phones, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-17