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News to know: x86 rules; Vista meets Linux; Google TV; Oracle Linux 'idiots': Notable headlines: Despite its aging design, the x86 still rules.Ed Botts Vista Hands On: Part 1: Access shared folders from a Linux machine. Part 2. George Ou: Firefox ANI exploit on the way - no protected mode. Why is Microsoft hell-bent on ruining their reputation?Donna Bogatin: Google TV ads debut....; Tags: General; Blog posts 2007-04-03
Red Hat shouldn't write off Oracle just yet: Red Hat shouldn't write off Oracle just yetJust numbers!We are an Oracle shop with a few other Redmond Servers. Oracle is a good product but their support sucks. They themselves don;t know how it works. I wouldn;t bet on their Linux support. Redhat is doing a good job with a...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Oracle-Linux, Red Hat Linux, writeoff, Red Hat Inc., Oracle Corp., Linux; Discussion threads 2007-03-16
Ubuntu chief: Oracle Linux has 'tactical value': Ubuntu chief: Oracle Linux has 'tactical value'Intel Linuxwhy not Intel Linux? Intel is the largest contributor to the Linux open source project. They know the most about multi core multi processor Intel computers. Microsoft must be sweating peanuts that Intel could do so. Oracle has its own oracle file system....; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Oracle Corp., Ubuntu Chief, Intel-Linux, Oracle-Linux, Intel Corp., Linux, Ubuntu; Discussion threads 2006-10-23

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Can Icahn bring Microsoft's Yahoo bid back?: Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is about to announce an alternate board of directors for Yahoo in a move that could revive a Microsoft bid. Will Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer bite? Despite all the chatter about Icahn and how Microsoft needs Yahoo it's possible that Ballmer may have...; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-15
News to know: Comcast-Plaxo; Icahn-Yahoo; Linux; Microsoft: Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly? Dennis Howlett: Comcast scoops up Plaxo: good move Dan Farber: Comcast goes social with Plaxo acquisition Techmeme EIC podcast: HP-EDS; Google; SaaS Adrian...; Tags: Plaxo Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Comcast Corp., Workday, Microsoft Corp., Zoho, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Rootkits, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Hardware, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware; Blog posts 2008-05-15

What's wrong at OpenSolaris: The OpenSolaris community just released the first complete "Project Indiana" edition of the OS - and in that process demonstrated why community enthusiasm for the product seems to have weakened recently. It's a great product -everything from ZFS to a new package management system...; Tags: OpenSolaris, Intel X86, Developer Argument, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-05-15
With the Quickness: HD Moore sets new land speed record with exploitation of Debian/Ubuntu OpenSSL flaw: So, for those who haven't heard, a Debian packager modified the source used for OpenSSL on Debian based systems (Debian and the whole of the Ubuntu family) to remove the seed used for PRNG (Pseudo Random Number Generator) used when creating SSL keys. Well, HD Moore set a new record...; Tags: OpenSSL, SSH, Debian, Key, Flaw, HD, ID, Ssl/Tls, Operating Systems, Open Source, Security, Software, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-05-14
EIC podcast: HP-EDS; Google; SaaS: On this week's EIC squared podcast Dan and I talk about HP's purchase of EDS, Google's Friend Connect and the latest happenings in SaaS. First up, HP's big purchase of EDS has brought along a lot of Carly 2.0 analogies, but the argument doesn't hold up too...; Tags: Google Inc., Software-as-a-service, Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Podcasts, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Workday: a tipping point?: Larry Dignan is enthusiastic about Workday's 200,000 person deal it won to supply Flextronics with HR functionality, adding in the Chiquita 26,000 person deal as validation for what he suggests is a 'tipping point' for Workday. I'm a little more cautious. Next week, Workday will release update...; Tags: Workday, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Putting Workday on SAP's radar: Now that SAP's SaaS project Business ByDesign has gone on the back burner, I've been wondering how I'm going to pass the time next week at SAPPHIRE Berlin. One thing I'll be asking the enterprise software giant is how it feels about losing out to SaaS startup Workday for a...; Tags: Software-as-a-service, SAP AG, Radar, Workday, Flextronics International Ltd., Software As A Service (SaaS), Human Capital, Emerging Technologies, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Linux's biggest victory so far - Splashtop to ship on ASUS motherboards: In what I think is the biggest victory for Linux so far, DeviceVM's Splashtop Linux desktop will ship across the entire P5Q range of motherboards, with more to follow by the end of the year. DeviceVM, the award-winning developer of Splashtop™, today announced the proliferation of their innovative software...; Tags: ASUS, Motherboard, Model, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-14
First public release of Silverlight for Linux is out: The first public release of Moonlight -- the Silverlight on Linux project from open-source leader Miguel de Icaza and his band of coders -- is out. De Icaza, Novell Vice President for Developer Technologies, noted the release in a blog post dated May 13. De Icaza noted...; Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Does Microsoft really need to diversify into consumer products?: Watching Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates go through the paces during his last Microsoft CEO Summit keynote on May 14, I couldn't help but ponder again why Microsoft thinks it needs to be both a business and a consumer software vendor. From May 13 to 15, Microsoft officials...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Tech Innovation, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Workday lands big Flextronics deal: Flextronics will install Workday's on-demand human capital management software for 200,000 employees. According to InformationWeek, Workday beat out SAP and Oracle for Flextronics business in what Mary Hayes Weier described as tipping point deal for SaaS. Workday also won a 26,000 employee deal with Chiquita. ...; Tags: Software-as-a-service, Workday, Flextronics International Ltd., Software As A Service (SaaS), Human Capital, Emerging Technologies, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Fedora 9 ships, openSuse 11 due June 19: Red Hat's Fedora project yesterday quietly released version 9, an upgrade of its open source Linux operating system with support for live USB bootup, OpenJDK6 , KDE 4 and the ext4 file system. Fedora 9, code-named Sulphur, was developed by more than 2,000 volunteer developers, said Paul...; Tags: Fedora Project, KDE, Fedora 9, KDE 4, Open Source, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Can you see yourself running Windows Vista in 2014?: Time for a quick poll … Can you see yourself running Windows Vista in 2014? Or will you have moved on to Windows 7 (or whatever follows), Linux, Mac ... ? Oddly enough, after I asked the same question about Windows XP, this poll...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Poll, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Limo adds Mozilla, Verizon to its bandwagon: The LiMo Foundation, a consortium that is building an open software platform for handsets based on Linux, has added Mozilla and Verizon to its roster The full roster of partners added today includes: Infineon Technologies; Kvaleberg AS; Mozilla Corporation; Red...; Tags: LiMo Foundation, Verizon Communications Inc., Mozilla Corp., Limo, UI, Linux, Advertising & Promotion, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Frequent open source miles: Matt Asay's piece on "open source free- riders" got my goat this morning because we're on opposite sides of the market. Matt's a vendor, a high-ranking executive with Alfresco who by his own testimony spends a heavy chunk of his life in hotels and airports. ...; Tags: Matt, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Business PCs are going nowhere fast: "Everything that can be invented has been invented." If Charles Duell, in 1888 the Commissioner for the U.S. patent office, actually said that, then he would, of course, have been wrong; but I think the claim may have some applicability to the business PC in 2008....; Tags: PC, Business PC, Unix, Desktops, Hardware, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-05-14
News to know: Zoho; HP; Windows 7; Patch day: Notable headlines: Dennis Howlett: Zoho's Googley login raises interesting questions Ed Bott: The key to Windows success? It's all about the drivers News.com: Facebook pulls ‘stalker list' tool after Gawker exposes it Mary Jo Foley: Gates emphasizes PC-phone...; Tags: Google Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-14