Bruce Byfield is already grumpy from the Olympics invasion of his hometown, and now KDE and GNOME are causing vexation. They both have many wonderful abilities, but some things leave users scratching their heads and wondering "why."
Microsoft says it's working on a patch for a security vulnerability discovered in some 64-bit versions of Windows and Windows Server, but downplays the risk of system takeovers.
<b>LWN.net:</b> "Mark Shuttleworth posts his thoughts about Linaro. Canonical will be working closely with the project, which has plans for six-month release cycles like Ubuntu. Linaro will also be using some Ubuntu infrastructure such as LaunchPad"
<b>LinuxLinks:</b> "The amount of software that is available for Linux is truly mind-boggling with tens of thousands of applications available to download, including an impressive arsenal of open source games. However, it is fair to say that the amount of commercial games released for Linux continues to be in short supply in comparison with the number of titles released under Windows."
Think multifunction devices have killed off the color scanner market? Think again. Epson's latest offering proves there's still room on the desktop for a standalone scanner.
When a SQL Server object is created that references another SQL Server object, such as a stored procedure called from a trigger, that dependency is recorded by the database engine. This article details how to get at that dependency information.
<b>Bright Hub: </b>"If you are looking to create a GUI application that can be easily ported to all major operating systems, wxWidgets is a great choice. It has a graphical tool for designing the forms, has bindings for many languages, and is an established, robust library."
A beta release for the new edition of Windows Live Hotmail debuts with support for Office Web Apps, "sweep" functionality, and various other new features and enhancements.
<b>DaniWeb: </b>"I know it sounds crazy but the Linux Desktop isn't dead, it's just pining. It's pining for the correct platform--a tablet computer. And, I'm not referring to some cheap imitation tablet that will merely satisfy a few observers and nerdlets who use Linux. I'm thinking of a tablet computer for hardcore Linux moguls."
MySQL Reporting requirements sometimes require both unknown column and row values, necessitating a more powerful means of generating crosstabs. Today's article presents Prepared Statements, which dynamically generate the SQL and assign it to a variable so that we can tailor the output based on the number of data values.
MySQL Reporting requirements sometimes require both unknown column and row values, necessitating a more powerful means of generating crosstabs. Today's article presents Prepared Statements, which dynamically generate the SQL and assign it to a variable so that we can tailor the output based on the number of data values.
<b>Database Journal:</b> "MySQL Reporting requirements sometimes require both unknown column and row values, necessitating a more powerful means of generating crosstabs. Today's article presents Prepared Statements, which dynamically generate the SQL and assign it to a variable so that we can tailor the output based on the number of data values."
Microsoft's decision to issue free versions of its products at number of levels suggests that it's well aware of the competitive threat posed by free open source software.
Red Hat's community Linux has undergone a major development change, with the bleeding edge Rawhide splitting off to become its own branch. A look at what this means, and why it matters.