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- Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 2)?
- At well over 300 talkbacks and counting, plenty of folks took my challenge (and my reader's challenge) to sort out just what it would take to switch from Windows to desktop Linux. Obviously, there was plenty of the standard Windows vs. Linux bickering, but there were also a lot...
- Tags: Desktop, Americans With Disabilities Act, Desktop Linux, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Remote Access, Software, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Google outlines plan for extensions in Chrome
- One of the features that is noticeably missing from the current version of Google Chrome is what Firefox calls "Add-ons". These programs are written by developers looking to add functionality to browsers -- which can be very useful things like Greasemonkey and NoScript. According to this...
- Tags: Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Extension, Web Browsers, Internet, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Can Linux and Solaris be married?
- Nexenta its symbol is a giraffe combines the OpenSolaris kernel with Userland, the open source filesystem. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: OpenSolaris, Nexenta, Linux, Sun Solaris, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- The widget conundrum
- There's a pretty good article in Advertising Age about the benefits of widgets and the fact that not a lot of people are using it. AdAge says that "entire segment" will amount to around $100 million. That sounds like a chunk of money, and especially one for an industry that...
- Tags: Advertisement, Microsoft Silverlight, Mobile, Rich Internet Application, AdAge, Widgets, Desktops, Hardware, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Is there no end to the AutoRun madness?
- * Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Roel Schouwenberg Let's skip any introduction and get straight to the point: We're currently facing a problem of epidemic proportions in malware that is spreading via removable devices. The U.S. army's recent...
- Tags: Floppy Disk, Malware, Microsoft Corp., USB, Virus, AutoRun, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Verari signs up partner for Forest data center container line
- I've poked around some during the past two months, trying to get a read on whether or not companies are actually buying the data center containers or "pods" that several of the larger high-tech systems vendors have been piloting this year. So far, the biggest evangelist on the customer side...
- Tags: Data Center, Verari Systems Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- I'm a PC and, yes, I love Vista
- * Ryan Naraine is on vacation. Guest editorial by Todd Hooper It's true - I'm a PC. Searching through my 2006 emails recently reminded me it was two years ago this month when I loaded a beta of Windows Vista on...
- Tags: Security, PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Laptop Computer, NAP Agent, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- 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
- Cassatt helps organizations implement in-house clouds
- A crew of folks from Cassatt presented Active Profiling Service, a new service offering, and Active Response 5.2, a product update for the company's orchestration and automation product. I was very interested in learning more because Cassatt has long been helping organizations discover and then make best use of their...
- Tags: Cassatt Corp., Data Center, Cassatt Active Profiling Service, Cassatt Active Response, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Microsoft Dynamics: solid customer stories, quietly confident
- Last week I attended Microsoft's Convergence conference in Copenhagen. This is where Microsoft's business application customers tip up to hear what's new and get their annual infusion of feel goodness. While there was little by way of hard news other than it putting NAV2009 into general availability, customers seem happy...
- Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Customer, Microsoft Corp., CRH, Corporate Communications, Retail, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Benchmarks: AMD's 45nm 'Shanghai' Opteron
- AMD's 'Shanghai' processors are the company's first chips to utilize the improved performance and efficiency of 45nm technology. ZDNet Germany tests show that they have made up important ground on Intel Xeon chips. AMD's 'Shanghai' processors are the company's first chips to utilize the improved performance and efficiency of...
- Tags: Performance, Level 3 Communications Inc., Shanghai, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Nehalem, Dunnington CPU, Processor Development, Performance Management, Servers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, AMD, Opteron, Intel, Xeon, benchmarks, processors, Shangahi, Christoph Hochstatter, ZDNet Germany, Christoph Hochstatter, ZDNet Germany
- News items 2008-11-24
- Going back to Windows Media Center
- I'd been using Media Center as my primary DVR since shortly after the release of Windows Vista several years ago. At the time, my intention was to learn more about the other TV-oriented technology at Microsoft, which was of particular interest to me as I worked, at the time, in...
- Tags: Channel, Windows Media, Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Media Center, Digital Video Recorder, CableCard, Media Center PCs, DVR, Digital Video, Cable, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- T-Mobile G1 Android gets Opera Mini and visual voicemail
- It seems like the gold rush of applications for the T-Mobile G1 see my review has slowed down considerably over the last couple of weeks with just a few apps trickling out here and there. I imagine most of this is because developers are waiting for the commercial functionality when...
- Tags: Opera Software, T-Mobile G1, T-Mobile, T-Mobile G1 Android, Fusion Voicemail, Web Browsers, Telecommunications, Internet, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Android netbooks? Wouldn't it be loverly?
- Once again, fellow blogger, Jason Perlow, has hit on a concept entirely useful to business users, but perhaps even more useful in education. The idea of an Android-based netbook isn't entirely new, Jason hits the nail on the head in his post: What we really should...
- Tags: Education, Developer, Google Inc., Novell OpenSuse, Jason Perlow, Android, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- IBM Acquires Transitive
- Last week, I received a notice from IBM's PR company that IBM was going to acquire Transitive, that clever supplier of operating system and hardware virtualization technology. It's clearly a move to strengthen IBM's claim on being the premier supplier of systems for the next generation datacenter. ...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Generation Datacenter, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Google launches SearchWiki
- I saw some hints of this new feature a few weeks ago, and it turns out that it was launched today. Google says SearchWiki lets users re-order, add and comment on search results as they see fit. To use it, click the up and...
- Tags: Google Inc., Search Result, Search, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- iPhone vs. Android development: Day 4
- It's day 4 of a 5-day course on iPhone programming. As before I'll be sharing my observations from the classroom on how development on the iPhone compares to Android development. The class is presented by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. [Read: Day 1, Day 2, Day...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Animation, Camera, View, View Transitions, Core Graphics, Android API, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- I really don't want to use Windows anymore
- Every week, more and more bits of malware seem to be making their way past commercial anti-virus, firewall anti-virus, and ISP anti-virus software. New patches and downloads abound, and I've still re-imaged 3 computers in the last 2 weeks due to massive infestations. This is to say nothing...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Antivirus, Malware, Computer, Microsoft Windows, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Productivity, Linux, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Desktops, Security, Software, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 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
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