Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads
Additional Resources
- Using open source smarts to pick change agents
- Using open source smarts to pick change agentsNetworksPeople are usually promoted one level at a time. If one of your potential allies has a reprimand in his file for rebellion, would you expect to find him in a more senior position? Would you want to endure the difficulties...
- Tags: open source, network, Murph, agent
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
- IBM, Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat gang up on Vista
- IBM, Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat gang up on VistaHoo that could be painful very painfulibm ,red hat, ubuntu working together..... ough Microshot may feel this a bitRE: IBM, Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat gang up on VistaUnless they make programs and hardware as easy to install &...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Driver Installation, Linux, IBM Corp., Ubuntu, Novell Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Red Hat Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- Wikipedia is the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Wikipedia is the Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyThe proper context for Wikipedia:[b][i]"Here's what the Encyclopedia Galactica has to say about alcohol. It says that alcohol is a colourless volatile liquid formed by the fermentation of sugars and also notes its intoxicating effect on certain carbon-based life forms. The Hitch Hiker's...
- Tags: Wiki, Lord, Hitch Hiker, Wikipedia, Independents Day, Galaxy
- Discussion threads 2008-07-29
- AOL acquires Bebo for $850 million; Social networking field narrows
- AOL has made its social networking move, acquiring Bebo and getting access to its membership of 40 million worldwide. In a statement Thursday, AOL said Bebo is a "perfect complement to AOL's personal communications network and puts us in a leading position in social media." ...
- Tags: Bebo, Network, America Online Inc., News Corp., Social Networking, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-13
- Insanity and the standards process
- Insanity and the standards processInteresting...Did they to your knowledge ever fix up the "man in the middle" flaw?Thanks Jeremey! Almost nobody saw the last minute MS dirty tricks comming,and hopefully, nobody will be fooled next February or whenever the last vote that would possibly allow OOXML be fast tracked.There have...
- Tags: Quality, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Servers, Microsoft Corp., ECMA, OOXML, standards, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2007-09-17
- New Microsoft-commissioned studies are busting out all over
- New Microsoft-commissioned studies are busting out all overMore Bloatsmoke from the BloatfarmWhile no one can criticize the right of a company to publish whatever it wants, this work is very likely just more Bloatfarm FUD.Does GM give "helpful hints" on Toyota?One should treat emanations from the Bloatfarm as that Bloat...
- Tags: Groupware, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft-commissioned study, Linux Developer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SharePoint, OOXML
- Discussion threads 2007-08-27
- Two very different VoIP platforms. One company (Microsoft). Will the two ever meet?
- Under the headline Microsoft unveils VoIP-enabled phone platform, WindowsForDevices.com has a story about the hardware coming to market thats uses Microsofts Windows XP Embedded-based "Response Point." According to the post:Microsoft last week unveiled a VoIP-enabled phone system software platform based on Windows XP Embedded. "Response Point," currently in beta,...
- Tags: Telephony, Software Infrastructure, IT Management, Hardware Infrastructure, General
- Blog posts 2007-04-02
- Microsoft makes copying Vista a monster task
- Microsoft makes copying Vista a monster taskEvery coin only spent once...One wonders if, in a country where the ingrained selling price of Windows is three to five US dollar equivalents; merchants will be able to convince purchasers to spend 45 US dollars for Microsoft's hobbled-by-design and sold-to-the-third-world version of Vista?...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., piracy
- Discussion threads 2007-03-30
- Judge to rule on 1998 Net porn law
- Judge to rule on 1998 Net porn lawWhatever happened to the .XXX domain?This is what's wrong with the world today... Thank you ACLU, for creating more perverts! Everytime someone says that we have to get rid of the smut on the web, the filth-mongers cry 'free-speech violation'. ...
- Tags: Vertical industries, government, Adult Verification System, Internet
- Discussion threads 2006-11-21
- Hackers claim zero-day flaw in Firefox
- Hackers claim zero-day flaw in Firefoxthe best solution......at least for now is to download the "no script" extention for Firefox. I use it and it's great!You decide on a site-by-site basis who you will allow to run javascript on your browser. So if you're on zdnet and things look funky,...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Outlook, Operating systems, Mozilla Firefox, NoScript, operating system, JavaScript, zero-day bug
- Discussion threads 2006-10-01
- Intel to extend x86 for new tasks
- Intel to extend x86 for new tasksAMD's got the integrated mem controller - so there.The integrated memory controller is the real breakthrough of the millenium. This AMD invention coupled with their other invention of 64bits rivals even Apple's supreme invention of the color white.just propoganda or beta me thisbla bla...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Processors, Network technology, 64-bit, Intel Corp., cyclical redundancy check, chip, integrated memory controller, memory controller, Intel x86, CPU, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-09-27
- Virginia court upholds antispam law
- Virginia court upholds antispam lawGood.NTMany times I like the ACLU, but sorry.... not this time..This dirtbag deserves every day in the slammer he gets. As far as I'm concerned spammers are pure scum and nothing more. Bravo to the appeals court.Awwww, ain't that a shame.I hope the scumbag's...
- Tags: Spam, SECURITY, anti-spam, Virginia Court, American Civil Liberties Union, spammer
- Discussion threads 2006-09-06
- Can a coupon save holiday PC sales?
- Can a coupon save holiday PC sales?He is just telling it like it is. Nothing more.If you want to tell us why he is wrong and how good Vista is, go ahead.He's jjust expressing his personal opinioneven if it's to influence others decisions. This is Zdnet, the posters already...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sales strategy, PC, MSFT, Microsoft Windows Vista, coupon, Microsoft Corp., sales
- Discussion threads 2006-08-24
- Patch Tuesday comes for Vista too
- Patch Tuesday comes for Vista tooCommendableWhat other companies create security updates for beta versions?Wow, beta code getting updatedthank goodness that quick drying cement is so quick to dry to stone, what would a beta do?whereasi have yet to see "arbitrary code execution in linux"!!!Missing the pointThe real point here isn't...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Patch Tuesday, security
- Discussion threads 2006-08-17
- Glitch continues to plague Washington Mutual
- Glitch continues to plague Washington MutualHoly lack of ITIL batman ntWhy am I not surprised they are using WindowsThe Site is running Active Server Pages and Windows 2003 server. Why are we not surprised by this. There is a reason the biggest sites run Linux, Unix and BSD.For Zdnet bashers,...
- Tags: Operating systems, Banking, Scripting languages, UNIX, ASP Web Server, WAMU, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft ASP, Linux, online banking, bank, Washington Mutual Inc., server
- Discussion threads 2006-07-28
- Red Hat sued over JBoss technology
- Red Hat sued over JBoss technologyThe only reason I see......for only going after Red Hat with this claim is that FireStar hoping for the case to get bungled in their favor. The sale of JBoss to Red at just completed, so there's opportunity of confusion from record transfers. ...
- Tags: Development tools, Middleware, Red Hat Inc., FireStar, open source, JBoss
- Discussion threads 2006-06-30
- Net neutrality and the political point of no return
- My fellow blogger George Ou has taken me to task for helping to politicize a subject matter which he feels is undeserving of any politicization. Commenting on a blog entry I wrote yesterday see Some must see Net neutrality videos which pointed to both MoveOn.org and SaveTheInternet.com, George wrote:...
- Tags: Net Neutrality
- Blog posts 2006-06-07
- The top ten most influential (Unix) technical strategies today
- The top ten most influential Unix technical strategies todayThin-client paradigm didn't make the top 10?Interesting . . . 1 million Chinese can't be wrong - or could they? ;)ZFS?Just why is ANOTHER journaling filesytem that much of a factor? Either you are as good as VERITAS, or you try to...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, IBM Corp., strategy, Unix
- Discussion threads 2006-05-11
- Microsoft aims to take the desktop 'Live'
- Microsoft aims to take the desktop 'Live'More, ahem, innovation from Microsoft...I have a .mac account. Since it's IMAP, I have access to my inbox, sent items, etc. from any connection anywhere. I also use mail2web.com for my other email accounts. Nothing new, exciting or innovative here. Microsoft would be better...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, E-mail providers, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., desktop, spam, e-mail, MSN Hotmail
- Discussion threads 2006-03-31
- << Previous
- page 1 of 1
- Next >>
White Papers and Webcasts