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Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6 and VMWare 2.0 Server

The two latest and greatest free commercial host-based virtualization products from Sun and VMWare by Jason Perlow

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, VMware Inc., Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Jason Perlow, vmware, xvm, virtualbox, virtualization, linux, windows, macintosh, solaris

Image galleries 2008-05-16

Robotic car preps for DARPA Challenge

Paul Perrone, CEO of Perrone Robotics, introduces Tommy Jr., a driverless car powered by Solaris and Java, created for the DARPA Urban Challenge. The vehicle made an appearance on stage at the JavaOne conference last week in San Francisco. Tommy Jr. will navigate using laser "eyes" mounted on the body...

Tags: Car, DARPA, Sun Solaris, GPS, UNIX, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, JavaOne, robot, Solaris, Servers

Videos 2008-05-15

OpenSolaris 2008.05 Release

Installation and UI Gallery for OpensSolaris 2008.05 Distribution by Jason Perlow

Tags: solaris, gnome, open source, OpenSolaris, Jason Perlow

Image galleries 2008-05-04

Additional Resources

Chrome, IE8, and longer term thinking

Chrome, IE8, and longer term thinkingI wonder -- would others please weigh inOk, your stats here are out to lunch but I wonder about your basic point.I think it's wrong - that almost any non OS specific programming language can be used to produce a standard code base from...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Programming languages, operating system, Linux, Google Inc., IE8, Chrome, longer-term, COBOL, window

Discussion threads 2008-09-04

Parts of a system: beyond the e-voting case

Parts of a system: beyond the e-voting caseGreater than what...."Server virtualization (in the PC/IBM sense of hosting multiple equivalent OS instances on one machine), for example, is extraordinarily popular right now and can definitely reduce data center cost - but almost always does so at greater cost to the business...

Tags: Data centers, Virtualization, Murph, Sun Ray, Sun Microsystems Inc., IT IS, e-voting

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Can Google not do evil?

Can Google not do evil?So happy"We are so, so happy with Google Chrome," mumbled Mozilla CEO John Lilly through gritted teeth. "That most of our income is from Google has no bearing on this statement." - http://notnews.today.com/?p=57RE: Can Google not do evil?Your vision of Microsoft being the dark side and...

Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Free trade, Google Inc., Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Data center energy use

Data center energy useHmmmm....1. It's still a positive contribution, even if it is a small one. 2. And I think real enterprises are seriously eying desktops a real money sinks when it comes to power.3. The same argument could be applied to oil. We shouldn't...

Tags: Data centers, Operating systems, Servers, hardware, Data Center Energy, Sun Microsystems Inc., data center, Process Protection

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Partnoy's Complaint

Partnoy's ComplaintI don't think Wall Street will take that bet....Wall Street bets on financial performance, not processor performance. A bet on pure processor performance, assuming we can agree on a measure for that, would ignore all kinds of financial issues with the companies involved.Why is performance significant?Are sales determined by...

Tags: Performance management, Financial accounting, financial, performance, Sun Microsystems Inc., Partnoy

Discussion threads 2008-08-30

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Speed up Vista installation via thumb drive

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Speed up Vista installation via thumb driveHate to say this...I never have to do a periodic re-install of the OS on my Mac. OK, let the games begin...My speedy install method is ...1. Reformat the hard disk with lots of partitions for different OS's, one for...

Tags: Operating systems, operating system, Speed-up Vista installation, backup, USB flash drive

Discussion threads 2008-08-29

Psystar files answer to Apple complaint

Psystar files answer to Apple complaintBut they don'tYou have to modify Leopard to get it to run on non-Apple hardware.Case closed, Psystar loses.Especially the asinine argument that OS X is not a copyrightable work.Except....I would imagine Psystar is well backed in its endeavor. Or would be. There is...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Operating systems, Psystar, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-29

"Why do you hate Vista so much?"

"Why do you hate Vista so much?"Reasons that Vista bothers me...1) I have now spent over 4 hours trying to get SP1 installed on a new box.... the BSOD's are blurry (kind of funny huh?) The same box, XP installed with less heart ache and fewer issues... while I am...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, SP1, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

Opera patches 7 vulnerabilities but keeps one a secret

Opera Software has shipped a new version of its flagship Web browser with fixes for at least seven documented security problems but details on one vulnerability -- a cross-site scripting issue reported by Chris Weber-- is being kept under wraps. Opera warned that one of the seven...

Tags: Opera Software, Vulnerability, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-20

Development environments: Microsoft vs. Open Source

Development environments: Microsoft vs. Open SourcePerhaps if you read what you wroteYou say regarding Wintel:"you’ll find 2o FTEs an extremely conservative minimum just to keep the lights on."and then regarding Solaris:"you’re going to be paying about ten people, four of whom you don’t actually need every day"Your statement about doubling...

Tags: Servers, Operating systems, UNIX, environment, Microsoft Corp., development environment, server, Sun Solaris, Solaris Servers, Wintel, open source

Discussion threads 2008-08-14

The Unix sysadmin salary premium

The Unix sysadmin salary premiumThe non-obviously conclusions I draw...The non-obviously conclusions I draw from this is that organisations looking fron Windows admins could do well by bring in guys with Unix experience.(I can hear someone say "No self respecting unix guy would take the job", to which the answer is...

Tags: Operating systems, Unix skill, Unix, salary, Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-13

Do it Yourself Mojave

Do it Yourself MojaveVista security broken - Black Hathttp://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/08/vista-security-rendered-uslessI really don't understandI have a cheap white box machine with a Q6600 processor, 8600GT, 4 Gig Ram, single hard drive, Vista Busines 32 bit. The machine is an absolute dream. Everything is fast. Its the best machine I...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, GPU

Discussion threads 2008-08-08

ClearCube VDI Suite

ClearCube recently announced its Virtual Desktop Infrastructure VDI Suite. The goal is to increase the power of previous ClearCube offerings and intice others to join the party. Here's how ClearCube describes its new offering: ClearCube Technology, the market leader in centralized desktop computing...

Tags: blade, clearcube technology, virtual desktop, desktop virtualization, blade servers, desktops, utility computing, servers, hardware, dan kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-08-08

The Microsoft middle ground

The Microsoft middle groundYes, but the current perceived credit crunchshould get rid of a lot of the "me-too" fat from the system.Only the genuine knowledgeable IT lovers will be left ....Price vs TCOYour piece fails to mention the well-documented costs of owning MS-based desktops and servers. The delta in...

Tags: Printers, Operating systems, PRODUCTIVITY, lock-in, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-08-07

Development environments: Microsoft vs. Open Source

Development environments: Microsoft vs. Open SourceA little simple reasoning... is enough to reveal what's going on. Let's try.Quote: "Anything you can do with Microsoft servers, clients, Office, and dot.net technologies I can do better [i.e. at some combination of greater functionality, lower risk, and lower cost] using the standard LAMP/SAMP...

Tags: Development tools, Scripting languages, Programming languages, Microsoft Corp., open source, development environment, PHP, environment, Cocoon

Discussion threads 2008-08-07

Sony's Photo Frame

Sony's Photo FrameSony's reputation was marred enough by the Rootkit fiascoAnd what in the world does Microsoft have to do with this?Are lawyers responsible for poor product design?It sounds similar to blaming the messenger for the bad news. And it's typically the Mac users who are reputed to be arrogant.Limited...

Tags: Linux, Flash memory, UNIX, Operating systems, Sony Corp., Microsoft Corp., photograph, photo frame

Discussion threads 2008-08-02

Source code and managed runtimes

Source code and managed runtimesObvuscation? *giggles*To paraphrase a monarch: "Let them write perl."FYIBack in the day, before Linux design automation became readily available, I went around DAC asking vendors whether they had Linux versions working in the back rooms even though they didn't have them in the official product list.The...

Tags: Sales strategy, UNIX, Sun Solaris, Operating systems, Servers, Linux, Microsoft Corp., sales

Discussion threads 2008-07-31