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Here's why VoIP videophones haven't caught on yet

Here's why VoIP videophones haven't caught on yetWhere is the videophone?Very interesting commentary. Videophone technology is here, right now. You can get TV quality video communications across the Net. Soon we will see full video conferencing capability for remote, virtual, and mobile comunications as well as ...

Tags: Corporate communications, Cellular phones, Telephony, VideoPhone technology, IM, videophone, video, V-Conf, VoIP videophone, VoIP

Discussion threads 2006-01-08

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Print Therapy (zip)

Print Therapy, previously known as Printer Setup Repair, is the only utility in the world designed to diagnose and repair problems that can occur with the Mac OS X printing system. These problems include, but are not limited to, the inability to open the Print & Fax System Preference pane,...

Tags: Therapy, Printing, Fixamac Software, Printing System, Document Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting

Software downloads 2008-08-14

Oracle ships emergency workaround for zero-day flaw

Oracle ships emergency workaround for zero-day flawDoes anybody know?Where the exploit runs? On the Apache web tier where mod_wl sits OR on the app server WebLogic tier? Does mod_wl just package up the exploit and let WL run it? Or does this just allow for RCE with...

Tags: Application servers, Middleware, emergency workaround, zero-day bug, Oracle Corp., exploit, Apache Software Foundation

Discussion threads 2008-07-30

Microsoft finalizes Windows XP for OLPC laptops

Microsoft finalizes Windows XP for OLPC laptopsjust thinknow instead of being stuck in a little puddle they can go out there and swim in the ocean of windows applications like the rest of us - a zillion kids just smiledlinuxhelp.net:~# apt-get install mozilla-firefoxReading Package Lists... DoneBuilding Dependency Tree... DoneThe following...

Tags: Operating systems, Vista-64, Microsoft Windows XP, One Laptop Per Child project, Microsoft Corp., OLPC Laptop, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-07-25

OpenSUSE 11 RC1: The Mercedes-Benz to Ubuntu's Volkswagen

OpenSUSE 11 RC1: The Mercedes-Benz to Ubuntu's VolkswagenSuSE is the best distro going.Especially if your a Windows person looking for a place to start in Open Source. YAST is the very best configuration interface in the Linux world today. No other distro has anything close.If you want to make the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, KDE 4, YaST, SuSE, Ubuntu, distro, Novell OpenSuse, OpenSUSE 11 RC1, OpenSUSE 11, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen AG

Discussion threads 2008-06-03

Paglo launch talks SaaS and an open source process

Paglo launch talks SaaS and an open source processWindows Only?I watched the demo and thought that the software looked nice. The video even had monitoring of a server that looked Unixy ("/etc/foo.conf"), but when I went to read more, the crawler appears to be an MSI.That's treir choice, but it...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Paglo, open source process, software-as-a-service, open source

Discussion threads 2008-05-29

Bapuli Online messaging (zip)

This easy to use free IRC server software allows instant messaging within a home network using instant messaging clients like Pidgin and Miranda IM and others. The software does not require configuring .conf files and other such settings. Best suited for wireless networks within a home. This version is the...

Tags: Software, IM, Messaging, Instant Messaging, Software Development, Tools & Techniques, Internet, Online Communications, Software/Web Development, Management

Software downloads 2008-05-14

OpenSolaris: What Ubuntu wants to be when it grows up

What would Ubuntu be like if it were an OS for grown-ups? This week at its CommunityOne event in San Francisco, Sun will release its May 2008 build of OpenSolaris (2008.05) the Open Source operating system based on the source code of the...

Tags: Ubuntu, OpenSolaris, Sun Solaris 10, Operating System, Sun Microsystems Inc., BSD, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-05-05

The one thing Asterisk has been missing

The one thing Asterisk has been missingAll well and good......if you don't mind living with potential GUI limitations and the vendor's restriction on access to *.conf and other Linux configuration settings for a 'turn-key' system.If you want the flexibility to configure any way you want (e.g., your hardware, your Linux...

Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Asterisk

Discussion threads 2008-04-11

Ubuntu Mobile: who cares? Sorry, mostly coders and open source reality distortionists for now

Ubuntu Mobile: who cares? Sorry, mostly coders and open source reality distortionists for nowIronicIronic that ubuntu is "going mobile" yet they can't seem to make some basic changes to their install-screens to allow for a better installation experience of their desktop OS on devices with less than 800 x 600...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Mobile, mobile, open source reality, coder, Skype Technologies S.A., open source

Discussion threads 2008-02-26

Horrors! Linus Torvalds calls HFS+ 'utter crap'

In an interview at Melbourne's linux.conf.au conference, Linus Torvalds called the standard file system of Mac OS X "complete and utter crap." Mac fans are only slightly outraged, pointing out that HFS+ isn't really "complete and utter crap," rather, it's just slightly crap-ish. In the Sidney Morning...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, File System, Apple Inc., Linus Torvalds, Leopard, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-02-05

I didn't have Internet access all weekend!

I didn't have Internet access all weekend!Switching woesThat kind of experiences has kept me from switching my ISP. I sympathize.Greetz, Pjotr.You want to rely on the internet...... after a weekend without the internet. If you had been cut off for a month, would you be recommending a cheap internet...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Internet access, Internet, Internet Service Provider, phone

Discussion threads 2008-01-28

Friday Fun - OK, so who owns a Tux Droid?

Friday Fun - OK, so who owns a Tux Droid?Very Cool!My Linux-using daughter would love it. She's just made the switch from PCLinuxOS to Debian herself and she's only 11. She even manually edited xorg.conf.with a little help from dad Definitely the future *nix guru of the family.Thinkgeek has it...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Tux Droid, Friday Fun, ThinkGeek

Discussion threads 2008-01-25

Intel: Fourth quarter worries were well founded

Intel: Fourth quarter worries were well foundedWell-founded???You people are totally overstating the "bear case" on Intel!! Gross margins continue to improve...how does that happen unless the company continues to make money more and more efficiently? Mark my words - Intel will blow away these new lowball estimates and...

Tags: Intel Corp., One Laptop Per Child project, Classmate, Core2 Quad

Discussion threads 2008-01-15

Reader question: Edubuntu on the Eee?

Reader question: Edubuntu on the Eee?Before you go pulling your hair out......try the latest NX Thin Client 3. There is no better Linux Thin Client out there--the best.I've been using it for about three years now to reach my home gateway system.Often I am in a rural area where...

Tags: Thin clients, Network technology, Broadband Internet, Desktops, Edubuntu, thin client, Eee, Edubuntu 7.10

Discussion threads 2008-01-07

Dell adds Ubuntu 7.10 to its lineup

Dell adds Ubuntu 7.10 to its lineupOne error in your statement...."- Turbo-Tax. Still stubbornly requiring IE and Windows for the online version."I used Turbo Tax last year - with FireFox on Windows XP. :)I don't have a problem?[B]"- Turbo-Tax. Still stubbornly requiring IE and Windows for the online version."[/B]...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Web browsers, DVD, Linux, Dell Computer Corp., Ubuntu, DVD Playback, Ubuntu 7.10, Turbo-Tax, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-12-19

The balance sheet on Windows Vista

The balance sheet on Windows VistaThat which sits on a store shelf is entirely differentthan sitting in a consumers home (MS just ask Sony on the PS3 up until recently). For the way users use the Windows OS, the perception of good enough is a stalling factor to migration....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Balance sheets, MSFT, Microsoft Windows Vista, balance sheet, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-10-29

LifeSize rocks the HD conferencing world with affordable 720p solutions

LifeSize rocks the HD conferencing world with affordable 720p solutionsLIFESIZE VIDEO CONFWe currently use LifeSize (720p camera) here in our Hospital Nursery. It works great conferencing from one hospital to another. Giving very clear images for the doctors to see and help diagnose cases. We had a polycom system...

Tags: LIFESIZE VIDEO CONF, LifeSize HD, affordable 720p solution

Discussion threads 2007-10-23

Leftovers: Solaris workaround, Patch Tuesday

Just a few quick updates to news stories from last week: In response to public disclosure of a code execution hole affecting default installations of Sun Solaris, the company is recommending users turn off the X font server until a patch is ready. ...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Font, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-10-08

Is Linux still too geeky?

Is Linux still too geeky?Linux has become less geekyMy neighbor just got a new "Vista" laptop and couldn't get his printer to work.I popped in an Ubuntu CD. Everything worked, one less Windows user.Companies are selling pre-installed Linux now.http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/23168/http://lxer.com/module/db/index.php?dbn=14Some Linux users too geeky, even scare off other geeks.I am a...

Tags: Operating systems, Corporate communications, PRODUCTIVITY, Video cards, UNIX, Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu, Linux

Discussion threads 2007-09-17