Much has been said about why Oracle acquired Sun, how it will be the demise of the free world and produce a one-world database monopoly. While there is probably a little truth in the statement, we should keep in mind that much of what is happening can be beneficial for the end customer.
MySQL's unique architecture allows for plugin storage engines. There is the MyISAM storage engine, the ARCHIVE storage engine and the InnoDB storage engine; so it makes sense then that MySQL's clustering solution involves a storage engine as well, namely the NDB (Network DataBase) storage engine.
The creation of database indexes is the last thing developers and database designers think about--almost an afterthought. Greg Larsen shows you some of the dos and don'ts of indexing to help you pick reasonable indexes at design time.
This article guides you through setting up and using IBM DB2 7.2 with the Command Line Processor. You'll also learn to use the graphical Control Center, which helps you explore and control your databases, and the graphical Command Center, which helps you generate SQL queries. Other topics covered include Java runtime environment setup, useful Linux utility functions, and bash profile customization.
<b>Phoronix:</b> "...each Fedora release always pulls in the very latest Linux graphics code. Fedora was the first distribution shipping with the Nouveau driver, then its KMS driver, and now with Fedora 13 it's the first OS deploying Nouveau's Gallium3D driver..."
<b>ars Technica:</b> "Did you know that blocking ads truly hurts the websites you visit? We recently learned that many of our readers did not know this, so I'm going to explain why."
<b>Ubuntu Geek:</b> "Buck-Security is a security scanner for Debian and Ubuntu Linux. It helps you to harden your system by running some important security checks."
Walk through all the necessary steps for implementing the OAuth token-based authorization systema perfect security solution for the social networking ageon both the consumer and provider sides.
Walk through all the necessary steps for implementing the OAuth token-based authorization systema perfect security solution for the social networking ageon both the consumer and provider sides.
<b>ZDNet Australia: </b>"Every couple of years, Microsoft and its partners get to show off what the technology is capable of and push the limits of live video coverage. This year, the plethora of Canadian channels covering the Olympics were all available live from one website, and the experience was terrific."
<b>ZDNet:</b> "The idea is that you make the center of your product open source, but put the rest under a paid license. This is supposed to make your venture capital backers happy. You gain the benefits of open source but customers aren’t “stealing” the software."
<b>Jamie's Random Musings:</b> "It is pretty common these days for laptops, and even desktops, to be able to boot from a USB flash memory drive. So you can save a little time and a little money by converting various Linux distributions ISO images to bootable USB devices, rather than burning them to CD/DVD."
Think you can't afford a small business server? Think again. Windows Home Server offers enough power to earn a position in the workplace -- and enough simplicity to be a welcome addition.
Think you can't afford a small business server? Think again. Windows Home Server offers enough power to earn a position in the workplace -- and enough simplicity to be a welcome addition.
Think you can't afford a small business server? Think again. Windows Home Server offers enough power to earn a position in the workplace -- and enough simplicity to be a welcome addition.
Confusion continues to muddle the Google/China saga, with Chinese officials saying they aren't -- and are -- in talks with Google about hacking and censorship allegations.