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Google Code hosting: More than meets the eye: Google Code hosting: More than meets the eyegoogle code hostinghi there, I'm thinking that the reason that google entered this area is (apart from the fact that they will benefit from Open source and want to give somthing back to keep it thriving, etc)1) MS has entered the field...; Tags: Processors, Source Forge, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2006-07-28
Google steps into the Source Forge arena: Just as I thought, Google today launched a service that is built on SVN and can be looked at as a stripped down version of Source Forge. They call the service "Google Code Project Hosting" and it can be found here. Currently, there is no way to search...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Google Inc., Source Forge, SVN; Blog posts 2006-07-27

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2011, A News Odyssey: Digg-ing Meets Up With Digging: The crossover is close. The Internet is poised to overtake the newspaper industry in total size as an advertising medium. And the question is whether it can also overtake it as a news medium. Says here, the year will...; Tags: Revenue, Advertisement, Internet Advertising, News, Governor, Internet, Operational Accounting, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-09-05
The Importance of Dissent: Word is going around that Monty Widenius, founder of MySQL, is parting ways with Sun. Matt Asay blogs about it and says it's a good thing Widenius is taking his dissent on the road: At this point, however, Monty has done the right thing with his dissent. He has...; Tags: MySQL, Arjen, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Joe Brockmeier; Blog posts 2008-09-05
Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile up: [ UPDATE: See below for Google's official response to these issues ] Security vulnerabilities in the new Google Chrome browser is beginning to pile up. Following our coverage of the carpet bombing combo threat and denial-of-service crashes, several readers have sent pointers to...; Tags: Google Inc., Vulnerability, Web Browser, Google Chrome, ModSecurity, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-09-05

What the fight against cancer really needs: What the fight against cancer really needs isn't another feel-good telethon but an open source process. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Cancer, Biotechnology, Construction, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-09-05
Demo Facebook app creates DoS botnet: Do you know what that innocent-looking Facebook app is really doing? Researchers at the Institute of Computer Science ICS have created a proof-of-concept Facebook application capable of covertly herding users of the popular social network into a powerful -- and malicious -- botnet. The...; Tags: Denial Of Service, Facebook, Application, Network, DOS, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-09-05
An open source rootkit kit: I'm not ready to throw a security guru under the bus simply because he believes that an open source process can do what the older proprietary and highly secretive processes have not, namely deliver real security. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Register, Honeypot, Rootkits, Security, Open Source, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-09-05
Red Hat draws its line in the virtual sand with Qumranet: The caves of Qumran, located in in the highly disputed region of the West Bank that sits between Israel and Jordan and is populated by both Palestinians and Jews, is where the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. The scrolls are said by many Judaic scholars...; Tags: Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Virtual Desktop, Qumranet, Open Source KVM, Virtualization, Hardware, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-09-04
Microsoft finally earns a passing grade (barely) for WGA: Microsoft launched its Windows Genuine Advantage WGA anti-piracy program in early summer 2006. Its first year was, to put it charitably, a disaster. An epic fail. A big fat F on the year's report card. Things didn't get much better in 2007, either, as a server failure and other outages...; Tags: Report, Activation, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows Vista, Product Key, Microsoft Corp., Forum, Product ID Number, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2008-09-04
Red Hat acquires Qumranet: I just received a press release telling me that one of my clients, Qumranet, has been acquired by Red Hat.This was not entirely unexpected. Here's what the release said Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced...; Tags: Red Hat Inc., Qumranet Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-09-04
Ten key differences between Linux and Windows: Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Here are the key differences distilled into one list....; Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Jack Wallen. TechRepublic, Jack Wallen. ZDNet.co.uk, Windows, Microsoft, GNU Public License; News items 2008-09-04
News to know: Oracle's Fusion guru quits; Dell; Windows 7 boot times: Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Dennis Howlett: Breaking: Oracle's Andersen gone, where now for Fusion and vertical plays? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: New dual/quad core CPUs enter Intel price list, AMD drops prices ...; Tags: Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Portals, Operating Systems, Cellular Phones, Software, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-09-04
S-Record File Compare (exe): S-Record File Compare is a utility that loads two separate files sector by sector into memory and then compares the two sectors. A sector being a 64k-byte block. It will then either display the differences as a memory view highlighting the differences in red or find the lines from the...; Tags: Sector, Eolis Software, S-Record File Compare, Flash Memory; Software downloads 2008-09-04
On stupid mascots and closed source browser plugins: On stupid mascots and closed source browser pluginsRE: On stupid mascots and closed source browser pluginsI agree, Adobe has done some great things. Can't wait to see how they integrate Adobe Share into their Reader. Hopefully it will make Reader more socially driven and less walled off.; Tags: Web browsers, stupid mascot, mascot, Web browser plug-in, plug-in, Web browser; Discussion threads 2008-09-03
Hybrids v. Pickensplan? You do the pickin': Hybrids v. Pickensplan? You do the pickin'How about a plug in hybrid that uses CNG and electric?How about a plug in hybrid that uses CNG and electric instead of gasoline/electric? The other thing to consider is that trucks, construction equipment, and farm equipment could be converted to CNG....; Tags: CNG, car; Discussion threads 2008-09-03
On stupid mascots and closed source browser plugins: Everyone's been harping on Google this week with the release of Chrome, so I thought I would be different -- today I'm going to give Adobe some love. Because I bet they feel left out. Adobe's Flash and Acrobat Reader plugins are some...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Web Browser Plug-in, Adobe Acrobat, Web Browser, Plug-in, Flash, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-09-03
E-commerce growth, Q2 2008: Product Category Growth, YTY Total Retail Category 13% Video Games, Consoles & Accessories 73% Furniture, Appliances & Equipment 65% Home & Garden 23% Event Tickets 22% Sport & Fitness 21% Consumer Electronics 5% Apparel...; Tags: Accessory, Video, E-business, Corporate Communications, Games, Marketing, Personal Technology, NB; Blog posts 2008-09-03
Who wins with Google Chrome: Who wins with Google ChromeChrome adds a lot. By about any measure, Chrome will be way ahead of IE8.If there was nothing new here, there would be no excitement.Chrome Adds Nothing NewAt this point in time, Chrome adds effectively nothing new. It's little more than a late attempt to...; Tags: Web browsers, WebKit, FF 3.1, Chrome, Google Inc., Google Chrome; Discussion threads 2008-09-03
Who wins with Google Chrome: The winners and losers in Google Chrome are technologies. Not companies. Not sites. Technologies. And those which are open source are naturally advantaged. It's the open source process itself that is the biggest winner with Google Chrome. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Google Inc., Malware Writer, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-09-03