Yes, you heard that right. Ubuntu Linux is the best tool to resuscitate your Windows system. And you don’t even have to install it on your hard drive. Eric Geier shows you how.
Hackers and e-crooks have moved beyond the low-hanging fruit of online banks and eBay as primary targets for their elaborate phishing schemes, according to a new report.
<b>Oracle Press Release:</b> "Today, Oracle announced the latest release of Oracle Berkeley DB, the high-performance, small footprint open source embeddable database engine for mission-critical ‘edge’ applications."
You've decided to move some of your server room assets to a colo. Now you must decide what to move and how to do so with minimal impact on the business.
Many Oracle database administrators would not only like to report on (ORA-) errors but also manage the alert log itself--saving and/or trimming the alert log, aka alert log rotation. Oracle's new ADR with command interface can easily be used to help rotate Oracle's alert log.
<b>LWN:</b> "Today is the culmination of a huge effort by the worldwide Nokia and Intel teams to share the MeeGo operating system code with the open source community. This is the latest step in the full merger of Maemo and Moblin..."
<b>Scribbles and Snaps:</b> "Of course, renaming each and every photo by hand is not particularly practical, especially if you take dozens or even hundreds of photos each day. This is when digiKam's Rename feature can come in rather handy. You can use it to define rather advanced renaming rules and apply them to multiple photos in one fell swoop."
<b>CNet:</b> "At the Linux Foundation's annual collaboration summit in San Francisco on Wednesday, Executive Director Jim Zemlin kicked off the event with some interesting perspectives on the state of the Linux marketplace today."
New directive requires government agencies to get with the times and abandon paper-based reporting for real-time digital updates on all potential cybersecurity threats.
<b>Cyber Cynic: </b>"Much as I hate to admit it, Microsoft does some things better, much better, than Linux. Number one with a bullet is how Microsoft helps programmers and ISVs (independent software vendors). MSDN (Microsoft Software Developer Network) is a wonderful online developer resource. Linux has had nothing to compare."
Ponemon Institute and Compuware study finds porous data protection policies and technologies are putting millions of customers—and their assets—at risk.
Search giant details plans to begin trials of ultra-high-speed broadband networks in markets across United States, promising open access and net neutrality conditions.
Tukwila is formally dubbed Itanium 9300, and HP, Intel's partner in building the RISC processor, is first out of the gate with a series of systems. More will follow.
<b>Enterprise Networking Planet:</b> "Apple Macs are secure because they don't get computer viruses, and because OS X, the operating system they run, is based on the rock-solid and highly secure BSD UNIX."
<b>The Register:</b> "Open-source CRM developer SugarCRM has been snared by the dark, so-called brilliance of Apple's whip-tongued chief executive Steve Jobs."
<b>Enterprise Mobile Today:</b> "The Linux-based Android version 2.2, dubbed Froyo (frozen yogurt), isn't even officially out yet and the blogosphere is abuzz with reports that the follow-up, Gingerbread, is due in the fourth quarter of this year."
<b>LinuxLinks:</b> "Now, let's explore the 5 practice management applications at hand. For each title we have compiled its own portal page, a full description with an in-depth analysis of its features, a screenshot of the software in action, together with links to relevant resources and reviews."