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- Let's be smart about patching databases
- * Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Slavik Markovich Every quarter, around the time of the Oracle Critical Patch Update CPU or the Microsoft "Patch Tuesday," rituals take place – some behind closed doors, others in the media. Web sites report of the...
- Tags: Risk, Oracle Corp., Patch Management, Storage, Strategy, Databases, Security, Hardware, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- 2008 Lexus RX 400h
- Photo gallery:2008 Lexus RX 400hAlthough the Toyota Prius popularized hybrids, the Lexus RX 400h was the first luxury hybrid on the market. Packaged as an SUV, it brings qualities you wouldn't expect from this type of car, such as good mileage, a finely appointed cabin, and a comfortable ride. It...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Lexus RX, Lexus
- Product reviews 2008-12-02
- Why Amazon needs Kindle 2.0
- Kindle-mania has arrived this holiday season -- but will it stay for good? In a recent article on Forbes.com, Andy Greenberg writes that Amazon's next e-reader won't be a game-changer, but it will keep killing the competition -- and that's why Amazon needn't upgrade its fabled gadget....
- Tags: Sony Corp., Apple iPod, Amazon.com Inc., Kindle-mania, Greenberg, Kindle, Digital Music, Digital Media, Wireless, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Whassup with Netbooks?
- Whassup with Netbooks?netbook problemI completely agree that netbooks would be better off being marketed as a phone, with the option of a significant discount with an ISP contract. The problem netbooks have is that they are almost a single commodity. All of the big name producers use the exact same...
- Tags: Engineering, Chipsets, Netbooks, Whassup, netbook, Intel Atom, battery
- Discussion threads 2008-12-02
- Talking with Likewise on GPLv3 and community management
- I've been watching Palamida's tracking of GPLv3 (and LGPLv3) adoption over the last year with interest. It looks like adoption is moving at a reasonable, if not super-speedy, pace. However, not everyone is moving from version 2 to version 3. One company, Likewise, actually decided to move backwards from GPLv3...
- Tags: Community, Likewise Software, GPLv3, Q, Open, Fall Edition, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- TeleNav Shotgun
- TeleNav is no stranger to the navigation market. The company has provided location-based services for GPS-enabled cell phones and smartphones for quite some time now. However, the company has never released a standalone portable navigation device PND, until now. The TeleNav Shotgun isn't just a regular PND, either. Similar to...
- Tags: GPS, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Monitors & displays, power button, TeleNav Shotgun, portable navigation device
- Product reviews 2008-11-25
- Move over, Ajax. Here comes Microsoft's 'Kojax'
- Move over, Ajax. Here comes Microsoft's 'Kojax'is that accurate?[i]using a combination of Visual Studio tools and JavaScript, on Java-based mobile phones.[/i].Is M$ embracing Java?...Or may be it is getting ready to buy Sun at a firesale price.Silverlight Lite ?Could it be Silverlight Lite ?Some possible connectionsLive Mesh / Live Framework,...
- Tags: Microsoft Just, Kojax, Microsoft Corp., AJAX, Microsoft Silverlight, Here Come
- Discussion threads 2008-11-25
- Will Apple launch a netbook? And other burning questions
- Will Apple launch a netbook? And other burning questionsApple's Proprietary Wayswill keep them in their ongoing 'elite' niche market unless they open up 'just a little' and OEM OS X.11" for $800?In a tough economic downturn? Heck, with huge spending deficits and bailout city happening, I can see a...
- Tags: Desktops, Apple Inc., netbook
- Discussion threads 2008-11-25
- How do I... Enable a 360 degree Windows desktop?
- The standard default desktop layout that ships with Microsoft Windows Vista is not the end of the story. With 360desktop you can customize Vista with a panoramic desktop configured just the way you like it. Jack Wallen shows you how it works.
- Tags: 360-degree, Microsoft Windows Vista, Jack Wallen, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Hardware, Operating Systems, Software
- Download resources 2008-11-25
- Samsung Saga (Verizon Wireless)
- As Verizon Wireless is wont to do, the carrier is unleashing all its goodies right before the holiday season, from the RIM BlackBerry Storm to the HTC Touch Pro to the subject of this review, the Samsung Saga. Like the Samsung Ace for Sprint, the Saga offers world-roaming capabilities but...
- Tags: Mice, Smart phones, Keyboards, Handhelds, Verizon Wireless, trackpad, Samsung Saga, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung Epix
- Product reviews 2008-11-24
- Text analytics helps find what you're searching for
- As search becomes more and more of a commodity, many people are beginning to ask “what’s next” for the enterprise search industry. The answer may lie with the fast-evolving area of text analytics, says Lexalytics' Jeff Catlin. Commentary--Enterprise search is still growing, evolving and improving....
- Tags: Enterprise Search, Financial Planning, Cloud Computing, Finance, search, analytics, Jeff Catlin, Lexalytics, Special to ZDNet, Jeff Catlin, Lexalytics, Special to ZDNet
- News items 2008-11-24
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Mid-range Apples that won't break the bank
- If you've got a couple extra bucks in your budget this year there are a couple of middle priced (US$100-300) gifts that up that I want to recommend. If this isn't quite your price range, feel free to check out my list of Mac-related gift ideas under $100...
- Tags: Bank, Apple iPhone, Battery, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Chumby, Novatel USB727, FastMac U-Charge Battery Charger, 3G, Engineering, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Shipping news: Globalization halted by credit crisis
- DK Matai, chairman of the ATCA Open has written a very interesting article about global shipping of bulk cargo and how it has come to a halt because of the lack of letters of credit. Just five months ago it cost about $234,000 to rent a 170,000 tonne Capesize...
- Tags: Cargo, Financial, Raw Material, Vessel, Globalization, Great Unwind, Reports, Financial Accounting, Finance, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-11-22
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Bargain Apples
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Bargain ApplesYawn!Don't worry! I'll eventually warm up to ???I bought a SATA dock....like the NewerTech Voyager at Microcenter for $29. Made by Inland. Piece of junk in terms of construction, but it works just fine.RE: Bargain? ApplesApple seems to be on...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Cellular phones, WIRELESS, Bargain Apples, Apple iPod Touch, Holiday Gift Guide 2008, Apple iPod
- Discussion threads 2008-11-20
- Multi-touch smart desks surface in the classroom (<b>Gallery:</b> Amazing technology)
- Multi-touch smart desks surface in the classroom (Gallery: Amazing technology)The "Mini-nuke" and ....Both the mini-nuclear power plant and the "salt spray" ships remind me of past hoaxes to try to get gullable politicians to pony up "research grants". Some of the others are interesting "out of the box" thinking...
- Tags: mini-nuke, AMAZING TECHNOLOGY, multi-touch, Gallery
- Discussion threads 2008-11-20
- Scosche TuneStream
- Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch include tons of desirable features, but they can't stream music over Bluetooth. To address this shortcoming, the folks at Scosche created TuneStream, a $79 stereo A2DP Bluetooth transmitter that plugs directly into the dock port of your iPod or first-generation iPhone.For better or worse, there's...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Scosche TuneStream, Apple iPod
- Product reviews 2008-11-19
- Hands On: The BlackBerry Storm
- First off, a warning: Be very skeptical of any review you read in the next 24 to 48 hours that proclaims to be the definitive word on the Blackberry Storm. While clearly I have my own early impressions, the Storm is so different than any other smartphone...
- Tags: Touch Screen, Apple iPhone, Phone, Screen, Network, Verizon Communications Inc., Customer, Video, RIM BlackBerry, Plan, Blackberry Storm, E-mail, Handhelds, Keyboards, Online Communications, Hardware, Peripherals, Josh Taylor
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Top 5 Netbooks
- The biggest surprise of 2008 was the arrival of netbooks. Asus was the first in the pool with its Eee PC, and after some initial hesitation, the big guys were forced to jump in as well. Acer, Dell, HP and Lenovo are all among a long...
- Tags: ASUS, Hard Drive, Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Battery, Memory, Acer Inc., Intel Atom, Intel Corp., Dell Inspiron, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Malware found in Lenovo software package
- Malware found in Lenovo software packageJust one more reason not to buy Lenovo.I have way too many of their computers in my shop, bought by my predecessor, and they are mostly junk. They are a far cry from the quality of IBM.RE: Malware found in Lenovo software packageThis could happen...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Tools & Techniques, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Notebooks, Lenovo Group Ltd., malware, software package, software
- Discussion threads 2008-11-19
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