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Jump-Start Your Java Development on Linux

In this paper, the author takes the reader step-by-step through the processes of creating, versioning, testing, and packaging a Java client application on Linux. This paper covers the installation. Linux is portable to most hardware platforms; however, the author focuses on the most common one: X86. For this platform, there...

Tags: oracle corp., java development, sun microsystems inc., jvm, sun java vm, linux, java, unix, programming languages, operating systems, open source, software, software development, software/web development

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The shine is off another apple

Techies to Apple: You treat us like indentured servants.In a lawsuit filed Monday that the plaintiff hopes to turn into class-action that could include all staff at retail stores, an Apple employee alleges that the company denied technical staffers overtime pay and other compensations required by state law. The network...

Tags: job, overtime, apple inc., recruitment & selection, human resources, workforce management, deb perelman

Blog posts 2008-08-07

Mozilla taps crowd for concepts: Will the browser usurp the OS?

Mozilla taps crowd for concepts: Will the browser usurp the OS?1997 called. It wants its article backAs a reader of News.com and ZDNet for years and years, I had to laugh when I saw the headline for this one. Sounds familiar, except it would have been about Netscape.Next maybe you...

Tags: operating systems, web browsers, desktops, operating system, web browser, desktop, mozilla corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

Oracle: Gimme an L. Gimme an I. Gimme an N-U-X

Oracle: Gimme an L. Gimme an I. Gimme an N-U-XWidespread adoption in what arena?Everytime someone says this I can't help but wonder what they mean. Linux is quite common in the server room which appears to be the arena Oracle is talking about.Because "Unbreakable" went so well last time they...

Tags: unix, operating systems, open source, i. gimme, linux, oracle corp., gimme, n-u-x

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

The social media corporate identity crisis

The recent "hijacking" of the ExxonMobil brand for Twitter use made a whoosh as the news traveled around the socialsphere. It also brought into view a lot of questions around brand validity and responsibility in terms of social networking. Joel Postman, principal of Socialized, authored this guest piece on the...

Tags: brand, social media, twitter, joel postman, popeyes chicken, q., branding, social networking, marketing, online communications, advertising & promotion, jennifer leggio

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Oracle: Gimme an L. Gimme an I. Gimme an N-U-X

Enterprise software giant Oracle is at LinuxWorld this week, positioning itself as head cheerleader for widespread adoption in the Enterprise. In addition to a keynote speech that discussed Oracle's position around Linux, as well as details of its own deployment, there were two announcements issued today. The...

Tags: data center, oracle corp., linux, data centers, unix, operating systems, open source, software, storage, hardware, data management, sam diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-06

IBM should spend another $1B to drive consumer adoption of its Symphony OpenOffice-Linux desktop

IBM should spend another $1B to drive consumer adoption of its Symphony OpenOffice-Linux desktopIbm should spend 1% of its revenueeach years to help , expend and monitor/sponsored open sourceUp to a certain point IBM OS/3 "pay back" linux or bsd flavor since we are into the "if/why not"...

Tags: unix, operating systems, open source, servers, desktop, ibm corp., linux, microsoft corp., symphony, server

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

IBM should spend another $1B to sell its Symphony OpenOffice-Linux desktop to the masses

IBM is enlisting the help of the top three Linux distributors to help its desktop Office and messaging software gain ground. It's a small step forward but Big Blue must reach out to the masses to win this game. At LinuxWorld, IBM announced that Canonical/Ubuntu, Novell and Red...

Tags: microsoft office, ibm corp., linux, open source, unix, operating systems, desktops, software, hardware, paula rooney

Blog posts 2008-08-06

It's not good for everything, therefore it's not good for anything

It's not good for everything, therefore it's not good for anythingScientific vs. Data Processing: Did you just switch sides?Even in a research institute, most of the people will use boring finance and word processing applications that are well supported on all the major computing platforms. On the other hand, niches...

Tags: internet, desktops, operating systems, nich, sun ray, mission critical, institute, pc, sun microsystems inc., research institute

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

MIT team working on $12 'Apple II' desktop

MIT team working on $12 'Apple II' desktopAwesome, butThe Apple ][ was based on the 6502 processor, which I'm not even sure is even produced today. They'd probably have better success with a Zilog Z-80 derivative or even a Motorola Dragonball which powered the Palm Pilots. At least the 68000-derived...

Tags: team management, desktops, apple ii, mit team, massachusetts institute of technology, apple inc., team, desktop

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Why x86 is perfectly fine for now

Why x86 is perfectly fine for nowAgreed - But demand drives progressEverything you say is true, but the more people who say I want 64bit and I want it now, the more progress you will see in 64bit apps and drivers. If 64bit demand is low, companies will turn...

Tags: intel x86, x64, x86 is, vista x64

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Who's responsible?

Who's responsible?Murph finds a kindred spiritCongratulations. You found a quote with a Murph-style error in logic.Here's the situation: People eat enough bread to satisfy their need for calories, then use their remaining food money on meat. Less effective, more enjoyable.The price of bread goes up. The...

Tags: anton, bread, murph, meat

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Everywhere I look, I see Clouds

No, not a comment on the weather in East Yorkshire this 'summer,' but rather a reflection on the recent eruption of content related to Cloud computing. Having taken a long weekend away from the computer, punctuated by occasional iPhone-powered checking of my feeds to sate the addiction, it really did...

Tags: software, web, cloud computing, web 3.0, cloud, linked data movement, channel management, marketing, paul miller

Blog posts 2008-08-05

Are lower oil prices the death knell for cleantech energy?

We've been watching oil prices drops during recent weeks. You and I and our fellow Americans are drivng fewer miles. And then the Chinese shut down many of the Beijing-area industries to keep from choking Olympic athletes on particulates. They are even rationing auto driving: odd license plates...

Tags: clean technology, natural gas, energy, natural gas production, telecom & utilities, harry fuller

Blog posts 2008-08-04

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Windows Vista

The Mother-in-law versus Vista battle cold war never ends. Every week, it's something different that goes wrong that brings us to the brink of annihilation, and I have to swoop in on the weekends to fix the inevitable new problem that comes up. Fortunately, I have the system more or...

Tags: mozilla firefox, microsoft windows xp, microsoft windows vista, rachel, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), web browsers, operating systems, microsoft windows, software, internet, jason perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-04

The astounding $14million Ethernet extender

I was helping a friend find a good price on a powerline Ethernet extender like the one I bought a few months ago, and stumbled upon this bargain: Luckily I found one cheaper here: When I...

Tags: ed burnette

Blog posts 2008-08-04

NetCommunicator (zip)

It's a system that let's you chat over Internet and LAN. It's a Java platform software so you can use it also in Machintosh and Linux system with a java virtual machine installed. It uses two Jar files: TCPServer.jar and TCPClient.jar. The first one must be running and wait the...

Tags: connection, andrea pierluconi, java, programming languages, linux, internet, open source, networking, software development, software/web development, operating systems, software

Software downloads 2008-08-04

FileDivide (zip)

This software allows you to divide and merge every type of file like mp3 and mpg; so you can send it by mail. FileDivide is a Java platform software that you can use also in Machintosh, Linux, and other system and it's composed of two Java executable: FileDivide.jar that with...

Tags: file, andrea pierluconi, filedivide, java, programming languages, linux, tools & techniques, software development, software/web development, operating systems, software, management

Software downloads 2008-08-04

Morz Text to Source Code Converter (exe)

Morz Text to Source Code Converter is an automatic tool to convert source code from plain text into another like C, C++,JAVA and other format. If you make some changes in the revised string,Morz Text to Source Code will do the job for you automatically in real time. This version...

Tags: converter, morz software, c/c++, productivity, programming languages, recruitment & selection, software development, software/web development, human resources, workforce management

Software downloads 2008-08-04

Plat'Home OpenBlockS: Made in Japan

Embedded Linux devices have always fascinated me, because besides on the server, it's where I think the Open Source OS is going to make the most impact. From 2002 to 2004, I worked for SHARP as a developer liaison consultant on the very much before its time ZAURUS Linux/Java PDA,...

Tags: developer, device, storage, debian, openblocks, openblocks266, cf, plat'home linux, theopenblocks, linux, embedded linux, operating systems, open source, unix, software, jason perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-03