<b>Datamation:</b> "Social networking and voting site Digg is rewriting its underlying software infrastructure in an effort to improve performance and scalability. Part of that effort involves moving away from the MySQL database that has helped to power Digg since its creation."
<b>Datamation:</b> "It's going to be a very busy week in IBM's legal department. It has been accused of antitrust activities by a French software company and an executive caught in an insider trading scandal may be close to settling his case."
A U.K.-based company uses XML to replicate the advantages of a pipeline in handling complex datasets. It is a simple tool, useful for such tasks as Java regression testing and version control, but the few tricks it does, it does well, according to our columnist.
<b>Linux Magazine:</b> "Google Chrome has only had extensions available for a few months, but it already has a great collection of add-ons that will boost your browsing experience. We look at a handful of extensions that let you manage tabs effectively, learn more about the sites you browse, and read feeds with panache."
Web analysis firm Gomez ranks the big Super Bowl advertisers' post-game performance. The winner may be a sweet surprise, but GoDaddy and Hyundai can't be too happy.
64-bit systems have finally gone mainstream. As a .NET developer, you generally don't need to pay specific attention to the operating system's bitness. However, to fully utilize the benefits of 64-bit systems, you need to be aware of several different options.
In his latest article, Marcin Policht demonstrates a variety of tools that can be employed to execute SQL Server Integration Services packages, focusing in particular on the method leveraging functionality available within the Business Intelligence Development Studio.
<b>LWN.net:</b> "Element is a lightweight Linux distribution for use on a home theater PC (HTPC). It comes with most of the same video-playback applications one would find in a modern desktop distribution, but the development team has put considerable effort into wrapping the applications in an environment that is easy to navigate from across the room..."
It's not always the best tool for the job, but if you need to get a backup into the cloud quickly and easily, rsync might do the trick. Charlie Schluting steps you through how to build a script to do just that.
This article demonstrates how an enterprise can improve time to market without sacrificing quality when offering new services: by leveraging investments made in existing services, incorporating best practices, and adopting a level of standardization.
This article demonstrates how an enterprise can improve time to market without sacrificing quality when offering new services: by leveraging investments made in existing services, incorporating best practices, and adopting a level of standardization.
Learn how you can use Microsoft Access 2007 as a basic data mining tool for exploring your valuable data. This article illustrates how data filters, pivot graphs, queries in graphs and filters in reports can help this cause.
<b>Matthew Casperson's Hubfolio:</b> "Traditionally the solution is a common partition formatted with FAT32, but instead of making Linux do the hard work of interacting with Windows, I thought I would try it the other way around. This is how I found myself testing both Ext2Fsd and Ext IFS For Windows."
Plus, a resource to help you plan and track your goals, advice on choosing an e-commerce shopping cart and a tool to help you form new, presumably better, habits.
<b>TechDirt:</b> "This time, it's Facebook, which is apparently trying to bully the maker of a Greasemonkey script that cleans up your Facebook live feed by removing annoying app notices (such as all the crap your friends are doing in Farmville and Mafia Wars)."