Microsoft continues to support its aging Windows Mobile phone operating system even as the company hopes to take the market by storm with Windows Mobile 7 which isn't ready yet.
<b>Daniweb:</b> "A new version (9.0) of PostgreSQL is in beta and ready for public testing. If version 9.0 lives up to its proposed feature list, then it is serious competition for MySQL"
<b>The Register:</b> "Google is "very confident" that the newly open-sourced VP8 video codec will stand up to the sort of patent attack Steve Jobs warned of when he defended Apple's decision to shun VP8's predecessor, the open-source Ogg Theora."
Rebecca Bond returns from an IDUG Conference with some short, compact knowledge bits that return big results. These quick tips and fixes make great additions to any database administrator's toolbox.
<b>LWN.net:</b> "Konstatin Dmitriev's Morevna Project is to 2-D animation what the Blender Foundation's Open movie projects have been for 3-D. The goal is to produce a production-quality, full-length animated feature, using only open source software, and license the source content and final product under free, re-use-friendly terms."
A new World Cup-themed malware campaign is incorporating a two-pronged strategy to target and infect large Brazilian finance, chemical and manufacturing firms.
<b>Groklaw:</b> "When IBM said that TurboHercules was a member of organizations Microsoft is a member of, it was particularly talking about OpenMainframe.org. It's an organization that seems dedicated to attacking IBM's mainframe business. It describes its purpose like this:"
<b>Linux Planet:</b> "In a keynote address, Jim Whitehurst explains why open source has become more valuable as an enabler of innovation in the enterprise than a means to cheaper software."
<b>Free Software Magazine:</b> "Nina Paley is a cartoonist and animator who in recent years discovered the serious faults of our long-standing copyright and licensing system through her experiences in making and releasing “Sita Sings the Blues.” After considerable trouble involved in fulfilling all of the licensing obligations for the film, she became a serious advocate for both free culture and copyright..."
JavaScript's error-capturing mechanisms not advanced enough for your web applications? Here's a novel way to log JavaScript errors using an AJAX-driven web service.
Among the big news this week for those looking to make their data center more environmentally friendly: Two IBM POWER7-based servers become the first four-processor systems in the industry to qualify for Energy Star status; NetApp announces plans to have execs, and other on hand to discuss green computing at SNW Spring 2010; and the feds are examining how cloud will save money and energy.
<b>Howtoforge:</b> "Apache can be a big offender when it comes to resource usage, so a nice alternative is nginx, a fast, light-weight and efficient http server that supports PHP via PHP-FastCGI."
Virtually Speaking: With an acquisition, a maintenance release and a significant upgrade planned for later this year, VMware is gunning full throttle for the desktop virtualization market. But it's not the only vendor with desktop virtualization in its cross-hairs.