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Should Linux International Become a User Group?

Well, it's a bit late to ask that question. The train has left the station. Linux International, founded in 1994 as a vendor group, is instead becoming a user group. Question is, what do Linux users need or want with a user group?The most famous computer user groups in history...

Tags: BCS, stranger

Blog posts 2006-05-22

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Are the Microsoft layoffs over now?

I hope soI hate seeing "SoandSo killing X amount of jobs" in the news =/Ballmer should be the first to get laid offHis reklessness to ignore the FOSS and cling to the proprietary model drove M$ into the ground.Q1 revenues of $13Bn generating $3.5Bn in net profit ...... would tend...

Tags: Operational accounting, Financial services, accounting, Creative accounting, Microsoft Corp., layoff

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Infected sites rising at alarming rate

A testament to...bad programmers and not bad software. Just more evidence that there are plenty of IT people that are no where qualified to be doing what they are doing.Hosted PHP Apps Like WordPress can be a DangerI used a plain vanilla install of Wordpress installed on a low cost...

Tags: Linux, Servers, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, server

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Windows 7's latest fan: Linus Torvalds

Linus Torvalds, pictured at an unidentified Yodobashi store in Tokyo, Japan. Source: Chris Schlaeger click to enlarge I was determined to not write about Windows 7 today, because any analysis I wrote would get buried in all the other news. I...

Tags: Linus Torvalds, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Updegrove: Obama should give FOSS equal treatment

ConsortiumInfo.org's Andy Updegrove urged President Obama to show more public support for free and open source software. In a blog featured on the site today, Updegrove said open source has made huge inroads in various government sectors, especially the Department of Defense,  but it's high time that...

Tags: Procurement, F/OSS, ConsortiumInfo.org, Open Source, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Mono-mania: It's risky business

M$ must give away its patentsIf M$ want to have its technolgies adopted by FOSS it must give up all its patents and GPLed the code.Until then we must stay away from any code that resembles M$ technologies and support Stallman and FSF in their fight against software tirany.RE: Mono-mania:...

Tags: .NET, C#, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Development tools, Operating systems, Programming languages, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mono, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

News to know: Oracle; Sidekick; Win7 party; Google; Yahoo Hack day

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Jason Hiner: Ellison rips IBM, shows off Sun-Oracle benchmarks, offers $10M prize Scott McNealy names Sun's top 10 tech...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Ryan Naraine, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Federal Government, Internet, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Government, Management

Blog posts 2009-10-12

XSecurePro 8.4 (Windows)

XSecurePro is a X Server software package allowing you to securely connect to many different UNIX/Linux environments including RedHat, Solaris, OpenVMS, HPUX, AIX, IRIX, SuSE, and Mandrake using the SSH protocol right from your Windows desktop. XSecurePro allows Window displays in single, full, and multiple modes and provides full control...

Tags: Mouse, Network File System, SSH, Labtam, XSecurePro, Telnet, Microsoft Windows, Mice, Ip storage, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Networking, Software, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-10-11

The case of the fake money-mules: Inside the URLZone Trojan network

Security EvangelistHi, boy I sure wish people would stop using the word Evangelist in the wrong way. An Evangelist is someone you preaches the Gospel of Jesus Christ, not a secular title at all. Wikipedia recently removed the secular definition and Webster is researching it. Evangelist is from the Greek...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Banking, E-business/E-commerce, Viruses and worms, Cyberthreats, Personal finance, SECURITY, network, trojan horse, online banking, bank, virus

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Analyst: non-exclusive iPhone could dominate world

Spreading the joyI had Verizon for years. Very good coverage, excellent service, but the control they insist upon over apps and such makes Apple's app store look like a Linux convention. I've read within these hallowed pages speculation that Verizon was where Apple first tried to set the iPhone but...

Tags: Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, ATT, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple Inc., GSM, phone

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Microsoft plays the security card in response to Google's Chrome Frame

"Latest" phishing/malware data from NSS Labsapplies to Chrome 2. The most current Chrome is 3.0.195.21. I'm not surprised Microsoft mentions it though; they need to say something. Concering Chrome running inside IE..Yea I think they do, sort of. Correct me if I'm wrong but in Vista and beyond that plugin...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, plug-in, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., security, security card, Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Xshell 3.0 build 0260 (Windows)

Xshell is a powerful SSH, TELNET, and RLOGIN terminal emulator for Windows platforms. It allows users to gain access to Unix/Linux hosts easily and securely on a Windows workstation. SSH Secure Shell protocol supports encryption and user authentication for secure connections over the Internet, and it replaces legacy protocols such...

Tags: SSH, Xshell, Telnet, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-09-16

Give Google a break!

soooo over googlegoogle has joined microsoft and apple on the dark side.i stopped using google after they ceased being a search engine and became a money factory. security, privacy and ownership issues shouldn't be played out in court after the fact, they should be delt with in the board room...

Tags: COMPANIES, Google Inc., copyright law

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

Maintenance error causes two-hour Gmail outage

In Cloud we trust.So if even Google is unable to manage their own service without a trouble then, can you trust in a cloud for manage and run your business?right, because inhouse IT is so reliable...Gmail goes down for two hours, it's international news.If your inhouse email goes down this...

Tags: E-mail providers, Routers & switches, Network technology, cloud computing, router, Google Inc., Google Gmail, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

Microsoft Word patent-infringement case: Playing chicken

They will patchand then will try vigorously to render the offending patent invalid.i4i will become the next Eolas: irrelevant but with a lot of money from MS.If you don't infringe, then why do you care to provethe patent is invalid?Because a court does think you infringeDo you know what is...

Tags: Microsoft Word, patent, I4i, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-21

'Custom XML' the key to patent suit over Microsoft Word

Well...It's kind of odd/fun/amusing that Microsoft after doing its big OOXML song and dance is being hoist on its own petard by a patent on custom XML.I do wonder if Microsoft in stumping up OOXML did much at all in the way of diligence with regard to patents on custom...

Tags: XML, Microsoft Corp., patent, Custom XML, Custom Inc., Microsoft Word

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

Rupert Murdoch's grand subscription plan: Much ado over minimal revenue?

Rupert Murdoch's grand subscription plan: Much ado over minimal revenue?Won't workThe only way News will get their revenue offset is if 'the pipe' is charged; in other words ISPs get charged and pass along the cost to you in the form of an increase surcharge on your broadband account.When a...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Operational accounting, grand subscription plan, minimal revenue, News Corp., Much Ado, subscription plan, Rupert Murdoch, revenue

Discussion threads 2009-08-06

Mozilla shuts online store after security breach

Mozilla shuts online store after security breachMozilla shuts online store after security breachThey must have been running linux.RE: Mozilla shuts online store after security breachIts unfortunate that this has occurred, as Mozilla's name is now partly associated with a crime that would be difficult for them to have prevented. This...

Tags: Linux, Mozilla Corp., online store, security breach, security

Discussion threads 2009-08-05

Can open source police open source?

Can open source police open source?we need an international lawthat will allow the governments to go afer the GPL violators and use the proceeds to reimburse the authors.*sigh*There's plenty of people who are "here today, gone tomorrow" ripping off all sorts of code, be it open source or proprietary, not...

Tags: UNIX, GPL, open source, BSD

Discussion threads 2009-06-23

Ubuntu a minor player? Not outside the States

I just finished reading Dana Blankenhorn's post, "Will Ubuntu remain a minor player" on a break between interviews and meetings. Interestingly, just before I read his post, I met with the President of Metasys, a Brazilian company that has Linux-based servers, desktops, and software in thousands of schools, businesses,...

Tags: Desktop, Ubuntu, Operating System, Metasys, Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-06-17