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- Red Hat regains mischief-maker role with metadata vendor acquisition
- As Red Hat and its JBoss unit ramp up their SOA offerings and capabilities, they are re-emerging as a powerful mischief-maker to the established commercial vendors -- this time on the subject of data lifecycle in the age of SOA. But there soon could be much more mischief from Raleigh.Red...
- Tags: database, datacenters, Developer Tools, Eclipse, Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise Java, HP, IBM, IT Management, JBoss, Linux, management, Microsoft, Open Source, Oracle, Red Hat, SOA, SOA Governance, Software Development, Software Infrastructure
- Blog posts 2007-04-27
- Sun plans Java ID cards for PCs
- Sun plans Java ID cards for PCsShades of IntelWasn't there a major public discussion when Intel wanted to add the ability to allow identification of computers based on a number in the processor? How is this different?The current system allows for some tracking of computers through IP Addresses and...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Programming languages, PC, authenticity, mischief, Java, Intel Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., computer, ID card
- Discussion threads 2004-02-13
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- DoS vulnerability hits Google's Chrome, crashes with all tabs
- DoS vulnerability hits Google's Chrome, crashes with all tabsChrome will have security problems, and they will NOT all of a sudden gainshare. That said, the Google brand is very powerful, and people use it every day to search, and there will be lest resistance to trying Chrome than there was...
- Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, Google Chrome, Chrome, DoS vulnerability, Google Inc., DOS, vulnerability
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- GOOG browser seeks to curb mounting traffic costs and cut payments to Apple and Mozilla
- GOOG browser seeks to curb mounting traffic costs and cut payments to Apple and MozillaSure, this WILL reduce traffice costs, and it could reduce the ammount thatGoogle pays Mozilla. But, Google WILL keep funding Mozilla, and the main thing Google is worried about is MS controlling the internet and the...
- Tags: Web browsers, payment, Apple Inc., Google Inc., Mozilla Corp., Web browser, Internet, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- The kids are all right with Linux
- The kids are all right with LinuxThe kids are all right with Linux...well maybe.Let's see. You say "The new system should be more rugged than the old, the terminals are cheaper to replace, and the central system is physically inaccessible, so there will be less mischief. Before any kid can...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Ubuntu
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
- Rich Internet application startup ideas Y Combinator wants to see
- Rich Internet application startup ideas Y Combinator wants to seeReally Really Want To Store On the Cloud But ...Am moving a small company (About 15 people) from an information systems design firmly rooted in 1998 to a SaaS/Online CRM/Cloud Storage Mashup model. Today's Amazon S3 outage does give one...
- Tags: startup idea, Y Combinator, server, rich Internet application
- Discussion threads 2008-07-20
- Elf Bowling: Hawaiian Vacation (exe)
- You won't have to check your list twice to see if Santa's elves have been naughty or nice. With six months until Christmas, the whole gang has abandoned the workshop for sunny Hawaii. And in the best tradition of the Elf Bowling series, they're up to their usual antics, getting...
- Tags: SpinTop Games, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-07-15
- Chinese antitrust and Microsoft
- As reported elsewhere and discussed by other ZDNet bloggers, a new antitrust law will come into effect in China on August 1st, and there is speculation that the Chinese government is using that law as basis for an investigation into the company. Not surprisingly, this brings a smile to the...
- Tags: China, Antitrust, Microsoft Corp., Corporate Law, Government, Security, Business Operations, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-06-19
- Planes, trains, and automobiles
- Planes, trains, and automobilesRE: Planes, trains, and automobilesIt's all about fear and control. Since planes can cover a greater distance AND are easier to control points of entry are limited to a plane and fewer connection points they also offer a higher profile of success. The natural fear of flying...
- Tags: Government, train
- Discussion threads 2008-06-16
- Students try to bring down Facebook
- A little off topic I'll admit, but it still contains "students" and "technology", which to me justifies this post. I'm not one to make harsh and unsubstantiated comments about something or someone, but this calls for an exception. Facebook is a difficult one to judge in terms...
- Tags: Facebook, Advertisement, Information, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-06-01
- The company people want Microsoft to be
- The recent announcements regarding Microsoft's plans to include native support for ODF and PDF as part of Office 2007 SP2 was certainly unexpected. They had just managed to get OXML ratified by ISO, a move that was clearly aimed to counter a format that had benefited from its decision to...
- Tags: Microsoft Office 2007, IM, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, OpenDocument Format, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Instant Messaging, Game Players, Microsoft Office, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Office Suites, Software, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-05-23
- Security: Lintel vs Wintel
- In the PC community "security" just means defending against attacks aimed at destroying or misusing all or part of a computer system. In that context most of the complexities associated with trying to decide whether wintel or lintel will expose you to less security risk arise from the absense of...
- Tags: Wintel, Attacker, Vulnerability, Flaw, National Vulnerability Database, Petreley, Security, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-03-24
- Linux in schools - what's worked and what hasn't
- ITWire published a summary of several successful Linux deployments in schools, as well as one that ended in a switch back to Windows. All of the success stories had several elements in common: A genuine financial need to avoid software licensing costs and reduce hardware acquisition costs ...
- Tags: School, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-03-09
- Here's my problem with many rogue coders, hackers, Open Source cultists
- I'll call a spade a spade here. Too many hackers, coders, and open source religionists are elitists. They think they know better, and are better, than you and me. But they are not. I've been carrying around this 'tude for a long time,...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Cell Phone, Truth, Hacker, Hacking, Open Source, Security, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-02-28
- Black Hat, Day 1: Cracking GSM and skimming ATMs
- Black Hat, Day 1: Cracking GSM and skimming ATMsa Congrats to you George.It sounds like those would have been some interesting talks, I would have loved to have been there, especialy for those two. Good job then, to you two for being right up there with the big boys. Anagi...
- Tags: Network technology, NETWORKING, ATM, Cracking GSM, Day 1, Black Hat
- Discussion threads 2008-02-21
- New Mexico's video game nanny tax
- New Mexico's video game nanny taxand what else?Maybe they should tax cell phones, books (that's how I and my son wasted hours as kids, staying indoors reading), definitely owning a PC, - how about a food tax even? Their intentions are good, but the methodology is wrong.Sieg Heil?Your state governments...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Games, Corporate communications, govt, tax, video game, game, video
- Discussion threads 2008-02-11
- Sun refuses to give up on software acquisitions, buys MySQL for $1 billion
- We knew that Sun has been lusting after a real software business in addition to Solaris. We knew that Sun "shares" -- that it digs open source, including Solaris and Java. And we knew that Sun had a love-hate relationship with Oracle and a hate-hate relationship with IBM and Microsoft....
- Tags: Oracle Corp., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Problem, IBM Corp., Open Source, Databases, Linux, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Operating Systems, Hardware, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-01-16
- Virtualization, terminal services, or what?
- In our first-ever guest blog, Erik Josowitz does a nice job of describing some of the strengths of virtualization. But, as he also points out, virtualization is far from being a panacea. Server-centric solutions such as virtualization and terminal services bring with them their own baggage which needs to be factored into...
- Tags: Workstation, Terminal Services, Thin Client, Server, Erik, Workstations, Thin Clients, Virtualization, Hardware, Marc Wagner
- Blog posts 2007-12-21
- Is FCC destroying the open Internet?
- The current net neutrality debate was caused by deliberate FCC policies which killed off three-quarters of the nation's ISPs during this decade, according to Bruce Kushnick of New Networks Institute. Kushnick says the pace of monopolization has accelerated since 2004, with 56% fewer wireline competitors, as FCC...
- Tags: FCC, Internet, Net Neutrality, Temptation, Kushnick, Federal Government, Government, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-11-29
- BabyPaint (zip)
- BabyPaint is dedicated to all the babies out there wanting to express themselves in this digital age. It provides your baby with a safe environment, where they can do nothing wrong (such as hit the windows key, the start button, switch apps) and never get stuck. Perfect for mastering the...
- Tags: Mouse, Baby, BabyPaint, Mice, Hardware, Peripherals
- Software downloads 2007-11-07
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