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- Virtualization smackdown: Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6 vs. VMWare Server 2.0 Beta 2
- Once strictly the domain of software developers and QA engineers, personal and small-business virtualization products are now becoming an attractive solution for entry-level systems consolidation and foreign OS compatibility applications. These solutions run on host operating systems which do not require the overhead or usual high entry cost of professional...
- Tags: Innotek VirtualBox, Version, Operating System, Sun Microsystems Inc., VMware Inc., Beta, Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6 xVM VirtualBox, Linux Setup, VMWare Server 2.0 Beta 2 VMWare Server 2.0, VMWare 2.0, Linux, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Storage, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
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- iPhone gas application roundup
- On 18 June 2008 I published my iPhone app wishlist and I'm happy that most of my most requested applications have been released (Thank you Texas Hold'Em!). Two my most request applications dealt with fuel, specifically a fuel economy tracker and a cheap gas finder. Several iterations...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Vehicle, MPG, AccuFuel, Gas Finder, Roi/Tco, GPS, 3G, Handhelds, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Cellular Phones, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Microsoft joins 'patch DNS now' chant; Apple patch missing
- On the heels of the release of weaponized exploit code for the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability, Microsoft has joined the chorus of security pros pleading with DNS server providers to immediately apply patches to protect users from malicious attacks. The Redmond, Wash. security...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, DNS, Vulnerability, Apple Inc., Exploit Code, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Dan Kaminsky, Domain Names, Apple Mac OS X, Networking, Security, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Rumor Mill: iPhone to get copy, paste and better navi in firmware 2.1
- The most exciting thing around the watercooler today is the rumor that Apple has seeded iPhone firmware 2.1 to developers. MacNN sources tell them that they've found references to cut, copy and paste in the Localizable.strings entry under English.lproj. Woot!According to the story the 2.1 firmware also contains...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Radio, Apple Inc., Firmware, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- A Friday Active Directory puzzler
- We just purchased a new server for our district's central office. Nothing super-special, just a Windows Server 2003 for compatibility with a payroll and HRM application install with lots of storage and a moderately speedy quad-core Xeon. The existing server is out of space, out of resources, recently...
- Tags: Domain, User Profile, Servers, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- How OpenDNS, PowerDNS and MaraDNS remained unaffected by the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability
- The short answer is being paranoid about tackling a known vulnerability. It's 2001, and Daniel J. Bernstein DJB, author of the then popular djbdns security-aware DNS implementation, is applying basic math principles to raise awareness on what's to turn into the "sky is falling" critical Internet vulnerability in 2008, in...
- Tags: DNS, Vulnerability, Anomaly, Attack, OpenDNS, MaraDNS, NSS, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Microsoft may need an IBM moment of clarity
- Microsoft's financial analyst meeting was a tale of a technology conglomerate: You heard a lot about search, a decent bit about the enterprise and all sorts of projects in between. But amid all the coverage--see Mary Jo's laundry list of stories--I can't help but wonder if Microsoft's...
- Tags: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Enterprise, IBM Corp., Game Players, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Management, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Click fraud in 2nd quarter of 2008 more sophisticated, botnets to blame
- Whereas the overall click fraud rate isn't increasing, it's not decreasing either, remaining flat for the first two quarters of 2008, according to data gathered from the Click Fraud Network, consisting of more than 4,000 online advertisers and agencies. Click Forensics report for the second quarter of 2008, indicates that...
- Tags: Click Fraud, RK West, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- If Xen and KVM are free, why do VMware and Microsoft get all of the press?
- Xen and KVM, like other virtualization tools, can be used as part of a comprehensive datacenter architecture. One of the most important value propositions offered by both of these tools is low initial cost (read "free"). Depending upon the implementation (Citrix, Red Hat, SUSE, Virtual Iron, Oracle, Sun, Qumranet, etc.)...
- Tags: Red Hat Inc., Xen, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tool, Comprehension, Productivity, Data Centers, Open Source, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Dell opts for performance with R5400 data center-hosted desktop
- Dell unveiled its data center-hosted desktop product line on Tuesday. Unlike rivals Hewlett-Packard and IBM, Dell didn't build its solution on blade servers but instead opted for a high performance system using a 2U box called the Dell Precision R5400 Rack Workstation. "By not putting the solution...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Performance, R5400, Workstations, Desktops, Servers, Hardware, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soon
- Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soonTTLSomething I wish I'd asked during the webcast and which I can't quite get my head around:It was said that setting a long TTL doesn't help because of the way delegation works - has to...
- Tags: Domain names, DNS server, TTL, server, Kaminsky
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?
- Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?Microsoft Search sucks.Now they are hijacking your PC to gain search share. Vista, XP, and anything else Microsoft is leaving this organization at every chance.RE: Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?This studies almost alway fail to note that XP's business penetration was no better after...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Forrest
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- We wanna be more like Apple - Microsoft and Ubuntu get ready to fire up the photocopiers!
- We wanna be more like Apple - Microsoft and Ubuntu get ready to fire up the photocopiers!Linux has no marketing.Market share is directly related to marketing. When is the last time anyone saw a Linux commercial?Isn't that the point?You say that Canonical needs to listen more to the "customers" but...
- Tags: Copiers, Operating systems, Desktops, Notebooks, Market-Share, Apple Inc., Ubuntu, wanna-be, Microsoft Corp., photocopier, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Microsoft buys DATAllegro
- Microsoft on Thursday said that it will acquire DATAllegro, which makes data warehouse appliances. The purchase is expected to "extend the capabilities of Microsoft's mission critical platform," according to a statement. DATAllegro will ride shotgun with other software to manage data and give the software giant one...
- Tags: Data Warehouse, Server, Microsoft Corp., DATAllegro, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Is open source hurt by piracy?
- Is open source hurt by piracy?Only hurts Open Source if proprietary is seen as "better"Sounds like what you are saying is for example, that the competition in the office suite space is Open Office Vs MS Office Vs pirated MS Office. Those willing to pirate see both Open Office...
- Tags: Operating systems, open source, piracy, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Linux, software
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a little
- Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a littleNew Coke?Actually, given the way it has been and is being sold, is it not the New Kool-Aid?With Vista selling so well already ...... as shown in revenues from the previous quarter, Microsoft can expect to gain substantially...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Mozilla Firefox, Forrester Research Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Mac OS X, Mendel, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Mossberg: MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be Reliable
- Mossberg: MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be ReliableWow, you know it is bad when...You know it is bad when one of your most fervent fanboys tells you to stay away from an Apple service![i]The planned iDisk File Sharing featured was delayed[/i]More vaporware from Apple. Sounds like once again, they've...
- Tags: Desktops, Groupware, MobileMe, Mossberg
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Mossberg: MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be Reliable
- In a scathing indictment of Apple's MobileMe service, the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg calls the service "far too flawed to be reliable." The US$99 per year service – which is supposed to push contacts, calendars and email from iPhone to computer – has been hobbling along...
- Tags: Apple Inc., MobileMe, E-mail, Online Communications, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."
- 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."My ViewFirst, no one hates Microsoft more than I do - for both practical and ethical reasons. After dealing with Microshaft's endless parade of crap for nearly two decades, I finally abandoned my PC for a Mac. It was one of the best moves of...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."
- July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an aggressive personal trainer session from the...
- Tags: PC, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
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