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Flash Player 9 Update Release Candidate availableFlash Player 9 Update Release Candidate available
Adobe has released an updated release candidate of their proprietary software flash player. It has some new features such as support for H.264 video, but it really does not matter as the license remains totally unacceptable.
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KDE 4.0 Alpha 2 ReleasedKDE 4.0 Alpha 2 Released
KDE Community are now immensely proud to have put the second Alpha version of what will probably be the worlds most popular desktop environment in a few years.
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Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.12 marks the ned of Firefox v1.5Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.12 marks the ned of Firefox v1.5
Firefox 1.5.0.12 is now rolled out and it is the last security update which will be made for Firefox 1.5.x. Linux distributions will probably update their packages with security patches, but there will be no more official 1.5.x releases. Mozilla Corporation attitude is update to 2.x or switch browser.
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SpamAssassin 3.2.1 and 3.1.9 releasedSpamAssassin 3.2.1 and 3.1.9 released
These new versions fix a local user symlink-attack denial of service vulnerability which is possible under extremely rare configurations.
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  • Android: Mobile Industry at a Crossroads
    Google showed off its new brainchild last week:a smartphone design in collaboration with its Android partners, Taiwan's handset maker HTC, and the wireless carrier T-Mobile USA. The phone specs are all over the place on the Internet. It looks quite attractive, but perhaps because of the Apple iPhone's lasting impression, many tech pundits gave only a"pass" grade on its appearance.
  • Push and pull network filesystems with ccgfs
    The CC Network Filesystem (ccgfs) lets you mount filesystems over the network using either the push or pull model for connections. Most network filesystems use the pull model, where the client mounts a network share and all connections originate from the client. Using the push model for network shares means that all connections originate from the server. The push model has advantages when you want a machine on your network demilitarized zone (DMZ) to access a file server through a firewall.
  • Konqueror, The Powerful KDE Browser
    So far, all of the browsers that I reviewed for this book have been Gnome-based browsers. Epiphany is a Gnome-sponsored project, and Firefox is rapidly moving towards Gnomeization (though at the time of this writing, a Qt port of Firefox is under heavy development). What’s a good KDE user to do? Simple: use the conqueror of the browser market, Konqueror. Andrew Min is your guide to the all singing, all dancing, resident KDE browser Konqueror. Read the full article at Freesoftware Magazine.
  • Apple’s Darwin Streaming Server On Centos 5.2
    This tutorial will run you through the installation, configuration and preparation of media for Apple’s Darwin QuickTime Streaming Server on Centos/RHEL 5.2. Darwin QuickTime Streaming Server is capable of serving H.264 and mpeg4 file formats via the RTP/RTSP streaming protocols.
  • How To Easily Find The WWN's Of A QLogic HBA On RedHat Linux
    The simple way to find your Fibre WWN's On RedHat Linux. Today's post should be nice and simple. Maybe even short... yeah ;) This is a bit of a follow-up on a post we did a long long time ago regarding Linux networking tips. It's quite a bit more specific, but remains true to the spirit of that post (from December 2007, which, still, seems like it was just last year ;)
  • Fedora 10 Cambridge Beta
    It is coming out a bit late, but the beta release for the upcoming Fedora 10 release (codenamed Cambridge) is now available. It has been almost two months since the last test release and a lot of work has been accomplished when it comes to the new and exciting innovations found within this Red Hat distribution.
  • Google's Knol: it's a Wikipedia Jim but not as we know it
    The launch of Google’s Chrome has created a frenzy of online activity (just Google it and it will return in excess of fifty one million results), including mine. and already the world and his wife has been busy publicising tips, tricks and hacks. There is absolutely no doubt that Google is very serious about its new baby. They hired no less than four Firefox developers—Ben Goodger, Pam Greene, Darin Fisher and Brian Ryner. Enough said. It wasn’t dreamed up on the spur of the moment as another speculative product of the Summer of Code. Can the same be said of Knol? What is it, how does it work and more importantly, does it conform with the principles of free software and is it a serious challenger to Wikipedia? Find out why Gary Richmond thinks Google's knol is a stinker and not the remotest threat to Wikipedia by reading the full article at Freesoftware Magazine.
  • Linux - Is It For You?
    Do any of you use Linux as your primary operating system? I have been dual-booting Linux and Windows for about five years now, though it’s a rare thing, indeed, for me to use the latter for anything. I know whatever you decide to use is entirely up to you, unless you are stuck using someone else’s computer.
  • Million Laptop Movements by OLPC and Intel
    Both One Laptop Per Child and Intel are now moving into million-unit sales numbers for their respective 4P Computers, the XO laptop and the Classmate PC. Last week, the Economic Times reported that OLPC is looking to sell 1 million XO laptops in India for $300 each. But this would not be to the Indian government, which alternates between calling the XO "pedagogically suspect" and attempting its own "$10 laptop". OLPC is looking to India's wealthily elite to fund educational empowerment through an Indian Give Many + Give One Get One:
  • Openness is the Solution to the (Double) Subprime Crisis
    As I listen to all this talk of lack of trust in the banking system, of inflated values ungrounded in any reality, of “opacity”, and of “contaminated” financial instruments, I realise I have heard all this before. In the world of software, as in the world of finance, there is contamination by overvalued, ungrounded offerings that have led to systemic mistrust, sapped the ability of the computer industry to create real value, and led it to squander vast amounts of time and money on the pursuit of the illusory, insubstantial wealth that is known as “intellectual property”.
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  • GIMP 2.6.0 Released
    The GIMP Project has released GIMP 2.6.0. Among some UI-based changes and additional fixes, it comes the long promised integration of the GEGL library. The promise of 16 bit per-pixel non-destructive editing goes back to 2002, but it's at last here. This means that GIMP is now ready for prosumer (and in some cases even professional) photographer's usage, and this can only be big news and a big win for the F/OSS movement. GEGL will also help in future releases with proper support of CMYK.
  • Microsoft Unveils 'Windows Cloud', Confirms Midori
    Even though I'm still not quite sure what "the cloud" actually is (it's the internet, right?), Microsoft has just announced that it will be releasing 'Windows Cloud' at its Professional Developers Conference later this month. Windows Cloud (a temporary codename) will apparently be based on Windows Server, but with new features and characteristics. Steve Ballmer made the announcement at a Microsoft-sponsored conference for IT managers in London.
  • *The State of Bluetooth Headsets*
    The Bluetooth headset has gone from nifty novelty to ubiquitous accessory. They've become better and better with each generation, so now that they've matured, just how good are they? And what use are they for something other than making you look like you're talking to yourself? Read more on this exclusive OSNews article...
  • Apple Removes NDA on iPhone Software
    Who said community pressure doesn't work with big companies? Apple has announced in a note titled "To Our Developers" that it has removed the non-disclosure agreement for iPhone developers, stating it placed "too much of a burden" on iPhone developers. The NDA was one of the two major problem points among iPhone developers, so the community has responded in a way that can only be described as rejoicing.
  • The A-Z of Programming Languages: C#
    Microsoft's leader of C# development, writer of the Turbo Pascal system, and lead architect on the Delphi language, Anders Hejlsberg, reveals all there is to know on the history, inspiration, uses and future direction of one of computer programming's most widely used languages - C#. Hejlsberg also offers some insight into the upcoming version of C# (C#4) and the new language F#, as well as what lies ahead in the world of functional programming.
  • Microsoft Begins to Reveal Visual Studio 2010
    Yesterday Microsoft started introducing Visual Studio 2010 to Windows developers with a press release and a MSDN website. Introductions to the next Visual Studio also popped up on various technology news sites; InformationWeek, ChannelWeb, Microsoft Watch, BetaNews, and Ars Technica each have brief summary and explaination of the information Microsoft has released so far. Only NetworkWorld digs into the subject by asking various developers to give their impressions of the new Visual Studio.
  • Nokia Launches Linux Based Qt Extended Mobile Platform
    "Nokia announced today the launch of Qt Extended 4.4, a complete mobile and embedded development platform based on the open source Qt toolkit. It is designed with a modular architecture that provides building blocks for assembling a Linux-based software stack for various embedded devices ranging from phones to set-top boxes." ArsTechnica showcases the various features and enhancements of the platform. There are some impressive screenshots of the Qt widgets as well.
  • RMS: Cloud Computing Is Bad, Blogosphere Responds
    A very interesting "Blogwatch" posting at Computerworld links out to an interview with Richard Stallman wherein he posits that Cloud Computing is a trap to entice users to give up control and privacy and become subject to closed, proprietary platforms. Since RMS is a professional provocateur, I wouldn't consider all of his pronouncements newsworthy. But the thoughtful responses linked in this blog roundup were interesting, and I believe the issue of convenience vs control vis a vis Cloud Computing is a very timely and important debate to be having at this point in IT history.
  • Omega 10 Desktop Linux
    The Red Hat community engineer behind the Fedora Games and Fedora Xfce media spins, Rahul Sundaram, announced the release of Omega 10 Beta, a remix of Fedora this past weekend. Omega is a desktop/mobile Linux distribution that is based upon Fedora but includes packages from the Livna RPM repository. The Omega 10 Beta release is roughly equivalent to the Fedora 10 Beta to be released tomorrow, but integrates multimedia support not found in Fedora.
  • Motorola Building 350 Person Android Team
    No, Motorola isn't building an army of humanoid robots. The fading mobile phone powerhouse already has 50 developers on its android-based mobile phone OS team, and it intends to expand to 350, according to TechCrunch. Other major handset vendors seem to be expressing interest in the new Google OS as well. Will intense pressure from competitors backing an open OS be just what iPhone fans have been praying for, forcing Apple to loosen the screws a bit?
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  • Oracle buys retail designer AVT
    Happy CAD.

    Oracle has bought Advanced Visual Technology, a maker of space-planning software for retailers, for an undisclosed sum, the company has announced.



  • Big names flock to mobile broadband
    No more hotspot 'tyranny'.

    Sixteen big name mobile operators and PC makers have publicly backed the use of HSPA embedded in notebooks, after promising to deliver devices containing the mobile broadband technology.



  • Big names flock to LTE mobile broadband
    No more hotspot 'tyranny'.

    Sixteen big name mobile operators and PC makers have publicly backed the wireless mobile standard Long Term Evolution (LTE), after promising to deliver devices containing the mobile broadband technology.



  • Risky staff behaviour noted in new study
    IT managers must 'educate' staff.

    With more and more reports emerging regarding the loss of sensitive data, a security study has identified the most common mistakes made by staff which can lead to data leaks.



  • Researchers uncover major IP flaw
    Low-packet attack bites servers.

    Researchers at Finnish security firm Outpost 24 claim to have discovered a flaw in the Internet Protocol that can disrupt any computer or server.



  • UK government coughs up for new e-crime unit
    London, we have a problem.

    The UK government has finally committed funding to a specialist national e-crime unit, a year after a proposal was submitted by the Metropolitan Police.



  • IronKey fires silver bullet at USB sticks
    Wipe 'em out.

    A new service called 'Silver Bullet' from encrypted thumb-drive vendor IronKey will let administrators wipe out or lock the data on USB sticks in the field.



  • Top websites hit by hijack flaw
    ING Direct, NY Times, YouTube...

    Two Princeton University academics have found a type of coding flaw on several prominent Websites that could jeopardise personal data and in one alarming case, drain a bank account.



  • Companies own up to virtual security blind spot
    Virtual machines left to fend for selves.

    The vast majority of companies have little or no security in place for their virtual systems. That is a scary statistic revealed in a survey of attendees at the recent VMWorld 2008 conference in Las Vegas.

  • Pirated software disaster in making, warns survey
    Shiver me timbers.

    Companies that rely on unlicensed copies of Windows are more likely to experience system failures and lose customer data Microsoft has claimed, citing a company-sponsored report.

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  • Security updates for Wednesday
    Fedora has updated emacspeak (F8, F9: temporary file vulnerability).

    SUSE has updated the kernel (SLES 9 and variants, SLES 10: multiple vulnerabilities).

    Ubuntu has updated nasm (off by one error - though one has to wonder why being able to execute code by getting somebody to assemble a specially-crafted file is seen as surprising).

  • GIMP 2.6 released
    Version 2.6 of the GIMP is out. "GIMP 2.6 is an important release from a development point of view. It features changes to the user interface addressing some often received complaints, and a tentative integration of GEGL, the graph based image processing library that will eventually bring high bit-depth and non-destructive editing to GIMP." See the release notes for details.
  • The Fedora 10 beta is out
    The Fedora 10 beta release is available. "There is also a Beta contest! Test five things in the Beta that are important to you as a user. If you find a bug *and* report it, you get the free attention of a package maintainer on a problem personally important to you!" See the announcement for a list of interesting new features in Fedora 10.
  • Ubuntu debuts its Upstream Report
    [upstream report screenshot] Ubuntu has taken some heat over the years for its relationship with upstream projects, but the distribution seems determined to change that impression. One of the efforts in that direction is the Ubuntu Upstream Report, which was recently released in beta form. Click below, subscribers only, for a look at this new tool.
  • GNU Toolchain Update: September 2008
    Nick Clifton, a Red Hat employee, has started a series of blogs describing monthly changes in the GNU Toolchain. "This is the first in what I hope will be a continuing series of blogs describing monthly changes in the GNU Toolchain (gcc, binutils, newlib and possibly gdb as well). One of my jobs at Red Hat is to take the changes in the public versions of the toolchain sources and copy them into our internal repository. I do this on a monthly basis and I produce a short report each time detailing what has happened. One of my friends here suggested that people outside of Red Hat might be interested in these monthly reports and so that is why I have started this blog." (Thanks to Mark Wielaard)
  • LinuxCon to be held in Portland, September, 2009
    The Linux Foundation has announced that it will be organizing the new "LinuxCon" conference in Portland, Oregon in September, 2009; it will be co-located with the Linux Plumbers Conference. "LinuxCon will include paper-based technical conference sessions, tutorials, keynotes, a technology showcase and targeted mini-summits on topics such as mobile, desktop and embedded, and much more. The Linux Foundation will work with community and industry groups to provide a place for mini-summits and other collaboration vehicles." The release also notes that the Foundation has hired Ottawa Linux Symposium co-founder Craig Ross to work on events like LinuxCon.
  • CeBIT Open Source: Linux Magazine and Linux Foundation Announce Call for Projects
    Linux Magazine has the call for projects for CeBIT 2009. "Open Source is emerging for the first time as a central theme at the CeBIT 2009 conference. Linux Magazine, together with the conference organizers and the Linux Foundation, is now encouraging Open Source projects to bid for free booths at the conference. CeBIT 2009, the largest global IT trade show opens March 3-8 in Hannover, Germany."
  • Tuesday's security updates
    Mandriva has updated openafs (denial of service), pam_mount (restriction bypass).

    rPath has updated mono (CRLF injection).

  • Qt Software Introduces a New Release of Qt Extended
    Qt Software has announced that Qtopia, a platform for creating user interfaces and applications for advanced consumer electronics based on Linux, has been renamed and launched as Qt Extended 4.4. ""Qt Extended is designed to accelerate software development for a wide range of consumer devices, such as video IP phones, media players and other advanced devices," said Sebastian Nystrom, Vice President of Qt Software, Nokia. "With the new release of Qt Extended, we are making it easier to differentiate the user experience and the feature set.""
  • Zen and the Art of the Six-Figure Linux Job (IT Management)
    James Maguire covers an open source recruiting firm called Hot Linux Jobs. ""Most of the positions that we work on are going to [pay] at least high five-figure and up to the $150k base type area, Marinaccio [director of Hot Linux Jobs] says. Companies pay Hot Linux Jobs a fee to find open source experts, so the openings tend to be mid- and senior-level posts. (Of course most entry-level open source jobs pay nowhere near these salaries. Companies often recruit at universities for their lower paying jobs, he says.)"
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  • Bash Parameter Expansion

    If you use bash you already know what Parameter Expansion is, although you may have used it without knowing its name. Anytime you use a dollar sign followed by a variable name you're doing what bash calls Parameter expansion, eg echo $a or a=$b. But parameter expansion has numerous other forms which allow you to expand a parameter and modify the value or substitute other values in the expansion process.

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  • Load Me Up, Load Me Down

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  • Stay of execution for Internet radio

    Says here that Internet radio is about to get a reprieve. We've been covering the fight between the RIAA and webcasters for many years, going back to the DMCA, which left working out webcasting royalties pretty much unfinished.

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  • Openness is the Solution to the (Double) Subprime Crisis

    As I listen to all this talk of lack of trust in the banking system, of inflated values ungrounded in any reality, of “opacity”, and of “contaminated” financial instruments, I realise I have heard all this before. In the world of software, as in the world of finance, there is contamination by overvalued, ungrounded offerings that have led to systemic mistrust, sapped the ability of the computer industry to create real value, and led it to squander vast amounts of time and money on the pursuit of the illusory, insubstantial wealth that is known as “intellectual property”.

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  • So how do you REALLY feel about DRM?
    * There is greater evil than DRM, and I have mostly tolerated it up to this point * I am very opposed to DRM, but I have been known to purchase some "locked" material * I am vehemently opposed to DRM, and have never bought a single piece of DRM-controlled material * Who cares anyway, DRM's days are numbered.

  • Java Sound & Music Software for Linux, Part 3

    With this installment I complete my survey of Java-based sound and music applications that run under Linux. Again I've focused mainly on production software.

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  • Linux and FOSS in a Slowing Economy

    In case anyone hasn't been paying attention, apparently the US economy isn't doing too well these days. There is a lot of news lately about banks failing, government bail-outs, and natural disasters that will cost us all a lot of money (thanks, Ike).

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  • Linux Journal Live - Sept 25, 2008

    The September 25, 2008 edition of Linux Journal Live!. Associate Editor, Shawn Powers, and "Hack and /" columnist, Kyle Rankin, talk Google, Android, GACL, and the Large Hadron Collider.

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  • Adios Windows 9x

    The upcoming release of Cygwin version 1.7 will be dropping support for Windows 9x (Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows Me). If you're lucky enough never to have to use Windows, Cygwin probably seems like a waste of effort. But, if you're not so lucky, Cygwin is what keeps you sane.

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  • Join us for Linux Journal Live! Thursday Evening

    Join Editor Shawn Powers and columnist Kyle "Hack and /" Rankin this Thursday evening -- live! Ask questions, listen in... whatever you do just make sure to come join in the fun.

    Where: http://www.linuxjournal.com/live

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The Register
  • WebKit passes third Acid test

    Recovers from trip

    WebKit - the framework that underpins Apple's Safari, Google's Chrome browser, and its Android phone platform - has become the first browser to pass the full Acid 3 test.…

  • French boffin: Mac Pros emit toxic fumes

    Hi, I'm vaporize benzine

    A French newspaper is claiming some Mac Pro owners are at risk of developing leukemia and other ills from breathing in toxic materials emitted from Apple's top-of-the-line PCs.…

  • DoS attack reveals (yet another) crack in net's core

    Self-trashing TCP exploit

    Security experts say they have discovered a flaw in a core internet protocol that can be exploited to disrupt just about any device with a broadband connection, a finding that could have profound consequences for millions of people who depend on websites, mail servers, and network infrastructure.…

  • TSMC, IBM gang trumpet 28nm chip recipes

    Will AMD throw in the fab?

    Chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company said this week that it will be rolling out two different 28 nanometer chip making processes in 2010. At the same time, IBM and its chip partners outlined their plans for competing 32 nanometer and 28 nanometer circuits. Transistor geeks are wallowing in the details of the TSMC and IBM announcements, and some are complaining there aren't more.…

  • Emails show journalist rigged Wikipedia's naked shorts

    Overstock's Byrne vindicated amidst economic meltdown

    Two and a half years ago, Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne penned an editorial for The Wall Street Journal, warning that widespread stock manipulation schemes - including abusive naked short selling - were threatening the health of America's financial markets. But it wasn't published.…

  • Amazon turns Windows against Ballmer's cloud

    Unix not the only fruit

    Amazon's Elastic Computer Cloud (EC2) will let you run applications on Microsoft's Windows Server and SQL Server database from this autumn.…

  • Amazon plugs video leak flaw

    Adobe handkerchief solves streaming snafu

    Amazon has plugged a potentially revenue-draining flaw in its video streaming service by incorporating content encryption.…

  • Blizzard awarded $6m in WoW bot case

    Glider crash and burn

    World of Warcraft creator Blizzard Entertainment won a $6m judgement from the maker of a software bot that allows users to play the wildly popular game while away from their computers.…

  • IBM blades and racks get all-you-can-eat VMs

    Yes, you do need Datacenter Edition

    IBM is now offering customers who buy its System x rack servers and BladeCenter blade servers the option of bundling Microsoft's Windows Datacenter Edition. This may seem like hitting a gnat with a cinder block, but it makes sense: Datacenter Edition allows for unlimited virtualization.…

  • Apple scraps iPhone NDA

    Jobsian reality check

    Apple is scrapping its controversial and unpopular "fucking" iPhone non-disclosure agreement (NDA).…

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  • IBM Adds Data Storage Capacity to BladeCenter S
    IBM is looking to increase the appeal of its BladeCenter S by adding a shared-storage option and will integrate a SAN (storage area network) into the blade chassis. With this shared data storage option, IBM is looking to offer a competitive product to take on HPs c3000 blade enclosure offering. Both the IBM and HP blade enclosures are designed for small and midsized businesses (SMBs) and remote offices.
    - IBM is now offering a shared-storage option with its BladeCenter S that will allow small and midsized businesses (SMBs) to take advantage of up to 12TB of data storage within a blade enclosure. On a day when Hewlett-Packard acquired LeftHand Networks to boost its own storage and virtualization...

  • Fans to Build Own Radio Stations as Slacker Takes On iPod
    Web radio-enabled MP3 player Slacker challenges the Apple iPod by allowing users to acquire new music for free. The $200 Slacker G2 music player comes in 4GB and 8GB versions and refreshes its music stations automatically.
    - NEW YORK (Reuters) Is it an iPod? Is it an old-fashioned transistor radio? These are the questions the Slacker portable digital music player will have to answer when it hits U.S. stores this month in time for the lucrative holiday season. Owners of the more than 160 million iPods out there no ...

  • Web 2.0: Business Process Enabler
    Web 2.0 is starting to get the respect it deserves. Increasingly, organizations are using Web 2.0 applications and technology to help aggregate corporate knowledge, simplify the building of repositories of best practices, and enable new levels of collaboration. Whats more, managers and workers alike can use Web 2.0 technology to quickly create dashboard-like mashups to assimilate decision-making data from different sources. Ashley Daley explores a few of these technologies and how they can work for your company.
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  • Desktops, Laptops, Servers and Networks Are First to Go in Tight Budget Years
    IT hardware expenses such as desktops, notebooks, severs and networking gear, are among the budget items to be slashed in tough times. As the ongoing problems with the U.S. credit market and Wall Streets crisis of confidence continue, IT managers might have to start making cuts in their budgets by the end of the year. History tells us that means cutting hardware expenses such as desktops, notebooks, severs and networking gear. While cutting hardware and infrastructure costs remains a possibility, a lot hinges on the companys overall financial health and its priorities.
    - When economic times got tough in the past, IT departments usually turned to PCs and other hardware servers, network equipment and storage arrays to make the budget cuts that management demands to pare operating expenses. With the current U.S. credit crisis and the uncertainty of Wall Stree...

  • MTV Sees More Ads with Social Nets, Video Metrics
    MTV will provide advertiser partners with data on how the videos and ads on its site are watched by users online. MTV will also measure video usage of MTV-owned videos that have been shared or embedded on other social networks such as MySpace. Advertisers will be able to use personal data of visitors to MTV's Web sites for anonymous user tracking and ad campaign targeting.
    - NEW YORK (Reuters) MTV Networks will track second-by-second viewing of Web commercials and videos, and link viewer online communities built around its TV programs, the network's digital chief said in an interview focused on the company's new advertising strategy. Viacom Inc's 26-year old cable ...

  • Senate Bailout Bill Includes Tech Tax Credit Extension
    The popular, but expired, tax credit now finds itself attached to the controversial Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, otherwise known as the Wall Street bailout bill. Since the December expiration of the R D tax credit, U.S. businesses have been unable to assume the credit in their 2008 financial reporting results or to forecast project costs.
    - The renewal of the lapsed R amp;D (research and development) tax credit now finds its fate tied to the U.S. Senate Wall Street bailout bill currently scheduled for a vote after the market closes on Oct. 1. Senate and House negotiators hope the addition of a two-year renewal of the R ...

  • Third Parties Weigh In on Microsoft`s 'Dublin' App Server
    Microsofts new application server technology draws attention from its partner and analyst ranks. Experts say the new technology, part of .NET 4.0, will help developers more easily build, deploy and manage composite applications.
    - With Microsoft announcing new application server technology and enhancements to its Windows Communication Foundation and Windows Workflow Foundation, observers including partners and analysts say the move is positive for Microsoft and its developer ecosystem, but not everybody will be ready for the ...

  • Zoho Apes Salesforce.com with Apps Marketplace
    Zoho, increasingly a thorn in the sides of Google and Salesforce.com, launches Zoho Marketplace, a market for enterprise applications. Developers get to keep the fees for the fruits of their labor. Zoho also launches Zoho Creator 3.0, the latest iteration of its application development platform to help programmers build tools for users.
    - Zoho continues to shadow rivals Google and Salesforce.com, Sept. 30 announcing Zoho Marketplace, a place where programmers can buy and sell applications created with Zoho Creator. Users can also post their application requirements in the Zoho Marketplace, letting developers bid to develop tha...

  • Broadband Mapping Bill Leads to White House
    Lawmakers send the Broadband Data Improvement Act to the White House for President Bush's signature. Broadband mapping bill would require the Federal Communications Commission to change the way it counts deployment of high-speed Internet services and calls for ambitious plan to measure the gaps in U.S. broadband coverage. Legislation also calls for matching funds for public-private partnerships working on broadband deployment projects.
    - Democrats finally got a plank of their quot;innovation agenda quot; through Congress and Sept. 30 sent the Broadband Data Improvement Act (S. 1492) to the White House for President Bush's signature. The bill requires the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) to revise its method for counting U.S....

  • Skype 4.0 for Windows Goes Back to Basics
    After Skype launched the first beta of Skype 4.0 for Windows June 18, several users complained about the default full-screen view, lost instant messages and the loss of group contacts capabilities. Skype listened to feedback from 50,000 users and made some changes to improve the popular VOIP platform for customers. The changes roll out Oct. 1 for users; eWEEK has a preview of some screenshots ahead of the launch.
    - For users who like the larger video screen, Skype salutes them. Some users were irked by the bigger screen, which they deemed cumbersome, so Skype now offers a compact view for calls. System tray (right) and animated icon alerts in Skype 4.0 for Windows make it ha...

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  • Stop VIM Autocommenting (29 May 2008)
    Has anyone else noticed how the newer versions of VIM attempt to be smart? Yeah, they think that just because you typed a comment on one line that you want to comment the next line, and the next, and the next. I don't know about you, but I'll tell the program which lines I want to comment, not the other way around. Link
  • Redundant Array Of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) (29 May 2008)
    The storage capacity and data retrieval speeds of Hard Disks have increased multiple folds in last few years. However for large business organizations, which not only need to store terabytes of invaluable data but access them frequently as well. These organizations cannot afford to let their systems go offline even for a short duration of time. Moreover they cannot even think of losing even small amount of data due to disk failure or for that matter any other reason.
  • Picking the right Eclipse distribution for you (29 May 2008)
    Which Eclipse distribution is right for you? Compare the CodeGear JBuilder 28 Turbo trial version, nexB EasyEclipse, Europa bundles, and Innoopract's Yoxo On Demand distros. Many of these Eclipse distributions already contain the plug-ins and tools you need to start working right away.
  • Watching Live-TV On Your Ubuntu Desktop With Zatto (28 May 2008)
    Zattoo has developed a software program that allows you to watch TV on your computer. All you need is a broadband connection and a current operating system (Windows XP or Vista, Mac OS X, or Linux). The service is legal and free of charge. Full Story
  • Manage Widget Geometry in PyGTK (28 May 2008)
    Several container widgets exist in GTK+, and with the toolkit's API, you can create user-defined containers. This API is also exposed to PyGTK. In this article, learn how to create a "weighted-table" container in PyGTK. The implementation introduces you to the basic model of GTK+ geometry management and gives you a feel for what to consider and expect when implementing container widgets.
  • How To Install A TeamSpeak Server (28 May 2008)
    This tutorial describes how to set up a TeamSpeak server on an Ubuntu Server system. Teamspeak has the ability to make more than one server by setting different ports for each server. The user that controls all these servers is called the SuperAdmin, he has the ability to make more servers and users with or without their rights.
  • Changing The Language & Keyboard Layout (13 May 2008)
    This document describes how to reconfigure the default language and the keyboard layout on various distributions so that they suit your location. I made this howto for our VMware images where the keyboard layout is always set to German and a few users have problems to configure the language and keyboard layout on these images.
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