Longer passwords with numbers and capitalizations may make life a bit more difficult for identity thieves, but the truth is the relative strength or weakness of users' passwords should be beside the point.
<b>Serverwatch:</b> "Linux servers now represent 18.4 percent of all server revenue, up 4.3 points over the same quarter last year. Unix server revenue declined 29 percent from a year earlier."
<b>The H Open:</b> "The VideoLAN Project developers have announced the availability of a release candidate for version 1.1, the next major release, of their popular VLC Media Player."
<b>SourceForge.net: </b>"PLplot is a cross-platform software package for creating scientific plots. This is a development release of PLplot. It represents the ongoing efforts of the community to improve the PLplot plotting package."
In the face of rising and increasingly sophisticated threats, software giant offers up a framework for classifying and responding to incidents of cybercrime.
Microsoft's big mobile announcement was all about 7 Series, but the company hasn't said what's going to happen longer term with Windows Mobile 6.5, which just debuted in October.
<b>The Register: </b>"Two years ago, cosmonaut and Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth challenged open sourcers to turn the Linux desktop into a piece of art. Shuttleworth's Canonical has now launched Ubuntu 10.04, which goes a long way towards that Mactastic vision."
<b>Groklaw:</b> "I'm starting to get the impression that they don't want us to have time to actually read and think about this super-fast proposed deal."
Java SE has integrated internationalization support that provides language- or culture-dependent functionality. Explore some classes that work with locales and learn how to create your own.
<b>Linux Planet:</b> "OpenOffice.org isn't the only game in town for open source word processing. One of the best, and underexposed, open word processors is AbiWord."
What is fueling the advance of high tech? Not the old, closed, restrictive proprietary tech companies. The growth, progress and excitement are coming from the FOSS world.
This article contains common different methods of functional partitioning and common considerations for database setup and capacity. Company DBAs, database developers, engineers and architects should consider the pros and cons of any method of sharding or partitioning since compromises will have to be made given the pros and cons of a system setup.
This article contains common different methods of functional partitioning and common considerations for database setup and capacity. Company DBAs, database developers, engineers and architects should consider the pros and cons of any method of sharding or partitioning since compromises will have to be made given the pros and cons of a system setup.
<b>Daniweb:</b> "Google does a lot of things well, maybe too well, and it's adding to its portfolio of tools on a weekly basis. At some point you have to look at the number of pies in which Google has its fingers and start to get a little frightened of this company."
<b>OStatic:</b> "...exploring the fertile territory that surrounds a good idea can lead to other good ideas on a quick basis. If you think about it, that last concept is very central to how the best aspects of open source work."
<b>Linux Journal:</b> "Part 1 of this series introduced arpeggiators in general and profiled the QMidiArp application. This week we conclude our survey with a look at two more arpeggiators for Linux musicians: Hypercyclic and Arpage."
<b>Packt:</b> "We will begin by creating the terrain for the underwater environment. In the sequel of the article, we will learn how to add vegetation, pebbles and corals. After which we will discuss how to add distant terrains, lighting effects and finally composition."