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- Surviving the recession with Free Linux distributions (Part 1)
- Times are tough. You're a computer geek and you need to feed your PC with the latest and greatest applications. What's a frugal nerd to do? A group of industry peers was recently asked by a colleague the following question: "If an SMB...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Linux Distribution, Recession, Fedora Project, Novell OpenSuse, Debian, Times, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Debian Support Cycle, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
- Tim Bray on surviving the tough times
- Image via WikipediaTim Bray, director of web technologies at Sun Microsystems gave what I believe to be the most practical advice I've heard so far for those in startups looking forward. Speaking at FOWA, Tim's blunt view is that we are headed for tough times but that should not blind...
- Tags: Personal Technology, Tim Bray, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-10-11
- Purported aluminum MacBook leak video
- Unlike previous blurry pictures of the new MacBooks, there's a new video of Tuesday's upcoming MacBook revision. It's very clear in spots and, if real, provides new angles at the unannounced machine. The video ("New Aluminum MacBook Ver. 1") clocks in at about 2 minutes and takes...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Video, Aluminum, Power Button, Corporate Communications, Notebooks, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-10-11
- Print this: Actually, please don't, but DO think about why printers should get more airtime in green tech discussions
- Print this: Actually, please don't, but DO think about why printers should get more airtime in green tech discussionsPrintingHeather, great topic...many businesses still today rely on printing to get through their day. I am not sure if any can really go paperless. I just think it is next...
- Tags: Printers, Document management, green tech discussion, printer, airtime, green technology
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- Microsoft's 'conceptual touch designs'
- I've written from time to time about Apple and their rumoured tablet devices, applications for tablet PC's, multi-touch and Surface, and all those touchy-feely concepts we've been hearing about, but when do we get to actually see them? Microsoft has recently kicked forward their Software+Services, which for...
- Tags: Tablet PC, Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- The elephant in the room: SOA and the economy
- We've all been distracted by events in the economy over the past few weeks, and let's face it, it makes for a very large elephant in the room when we talk about SOA. All debates about REST, SOAP, Java, .NET, JSON, ESBs, WOA won't mean a thing...
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Is Google working on the synchronization problem?
- Is Google working on the synchronization problem?Very good insights. The synchronization problem is VERY important. It iskey for offline access and also just to speed up the applications when online.But, we still need an efficient high level language with special sandboxing. Or can JavaScript get good enough? Though, we do...
- Tags: Java, synchronization problem, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- Open source is about belief in code
- Open source is about belief in codeAnd there is the power that cannot be overcome ]:)[B][/B]wow you hit it just where it neededyou so right when you explain that even of a open source company goes belly-up its code will survive .......that so true with this code will...
- Tags: open source
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- An interview with Scott Brinker
- It's clearly a week for publishing podcasts. As well as David Provost, whom I mentioned yesterday, I've also just released a podcast with ion interactive's Scott Brinker. Scott has been blogging for a while about the impact that semantic technologies might have upon his area of interest,...
- Tags: Scott Brinker, Podcasts, Internet, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Is Google working on the synchronization problem?
- ReadWriteWeb has a post up about the fact that Zoho has added offline access to Zoho Mail using Gears. Zoho continues to do a really good job of innovating when it comes to Ajax-based RIAs. They were very early to the game in creating offline support for Zoho Docs before...
- Tags: Google Inc., Rich Internet Application, Microsoft Corp., ReadWriteWeb, Zoho Mail, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Will you forget about Android?
- Will you forget about Android?RE: Will you forget about Android?The only thing Android is really up against is Apple. Apple's penchant for keeping their boxes and software closed will impact it's flexibility.Android as I understand it, is open source. If that is true, applications for it should explode....
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Operating systems, iPhone comparison
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- Open source is about belief in code
- The code will make you free. It's free code. Build something with it. Add to it and (if it's GPL code) bring those enhancements back so can build the stack higher. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'
- Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'Where are these returned MachinesI keep looking online for refurbished Linux Netbooks and canīt find any. Are they being resold as new?'teething problems'well written but i would like the know the return rate for Linux not compared XP or vista, is it...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'
- Higher return rates for Linux-based netbooks don't necessarily reflect badly on the open-source operating system, according to Ubuntu backer Canonical. The return rate on Linux-powered netbooks may be higher than that for Windows netbooks, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing for Linux, according to Canonical. ...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Software, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk, netbook, Windows XP, MSI Wind, Asus Eeee
- News items 2008-10-10
- Is OpenOffice good enough?
- Is OpenOffice good enough?For the vast majority of users, it works fine.For the vast majority of users, it works fine. There are occasional features that it doesn't do so well at, but it has all of the standard word processing features that most people need.If you need to use some...
- Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, OPEN SOURCE, object-oriented, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- News to know: Apple's $800 laptop; MS and Mac Patch Days; Vista Home for business
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Mac OS X Patch Day: 40 security flaws fixed MS Patch Tuesday heads-up: 11 bulletins, 4 critical Ed Bott: Look who's buying...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, H-1B, Notebooks, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Grober
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Pheedstorm (zip)
- An open-source Delphi program that monitors web sites and RSS or Atom feeds for keywords and pops up alerts when match is found. It also learns over time about the kind of content that interests you and will alert you when it sees an article you may find interesting. This...
- Tags: Web Site, Wuul, Web Site Development, Web Technology, RSS, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Internet, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2008-10-10
- PHP Source Encoder (zip)
- PHP Source Encoder is to protect your PHP or HTML source codes. Obfuscated and encrypted sources run under all platforms. It supports domain name, IP address, and script timeout locks. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: PHP, PHPSourceEncoder, PHP Source Encoder, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- Software downloads 2008-10-10
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