<b>BBC News:</b> "Researchers have produced a mobile phone that could be a boon for prying bosses wanting to keep tabs on the movements of their staff."
<b>Linux Planet:</b> "Does using a lightweight Linux desktop always mean trading lower resource usage for usability and features? Juliet Kemp reviews LXDE, one of the newest lightweight Linux desktops."
<b>Wired:</b> "More than 100 drivers in Austin, Texas found their cars disabled or the horns honking out of control, after an intruder ran amok in a web-based vehicle-immobilization system normally used to get the attention of consumers delinquent in their auto payments."
Finding the best smartphones for your business doesn’t have to be a chore. Our handy guide gives you all the information you need to cut through the multitude of models and conquer carrier confusion.
Recent studies may have you thinking that it’s time to give up the blog and focus on Twitter or Facebook. But don’t be rash. Search engine optimization is a major benefit of keeping a business blog.
The final day of PASS offered insights into configuration management, how it helps with Disaster Recovery and Consolidation, and a glimpse in the direction that Microsoft is heading with SQL Server 10.5.
Expansion of a technology agreement between CA and Cisco may benefit Cisco UCS users with better data center management for both applications and networks.
Buzzwords, inflated job descriptions and over-complex tools cause administrators to shy away from project management, but that's the last thing they need to be doing.
EasyPeasy is a simple interface intended for light use, and includes several pieces of proprietary software for convenience. Bruce Byfield takes an in-depth look at this Ubuntu Linux-based netbook operating system.
The arrival of Intel's Nehalem-EX has pretty much signaled the end of Microsoft's support. High-end x86 servers now sport many features previously available only in Itanium.
<b>Tech Source:</b> "With less than a few days to go before the Philippines will hold its first ever fully automated national elections, it seems like we're in for a really bumpy ride. Serious, embarrassing, and idiotic technical glitches were discovered while testing the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines that will be used to count votes for the polls."
If you run a Windows shop, you may think Apache, FreeRADIUS and FreeNAS are off limits. Think again. With a few simple choices, any of these popular open source servers can be deployed in a snap.
<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."
While February saw one of the largest patch batches ever from Microsoft, the forecast for March looks much better, with only two bug fixes on the agenda.
<b>Linux Planet:</b> "Bash error messages, like so many error messages, can be more cryptic than helpful. But the good news is bash has a built-in mechanism for creating your own customized error messages, and you don't have to be an ace programmer to do it. Ubuntu and openSUSE already use this; Akkana Peck shows us how to do it ourselves."
<b>Linux User and Developer:</b> "Like some of the alternative nettop computers we've reviewed over the past new months, the Zotac MAG can also attach to the VESA mount on the back of most monitors, meaning it takes up literally zero desk space."
You don’t have to pay a fortune or anything at all, to find and use stock video footage. Check out SpinXpress. Plus a how-to marketing resource and a way to make Flash-based e-learning tools.
<b>Linux Journal:</b> "I hate having to change. I do not know a lot of people that really enjoy it, but there are just certain aspects to change that bug me"