Linux at retail has been a hit-and-miss proposition for more than a decade. Canonical's new CEO explains her company's strategy for getting desktop Linux into more customers' hands.
<b>The H Open:</b> "Moodle , the E-learning platform, is one of the most significant and successful projects in open source. Despite its success, with hundreds of thousands of people being taught by courses written in Moodle, as a product it is not well known."
You can find a color laser printer priced below Samsung's 25-ppm duplex model ($599), but good luck finding a workgroup workhorse with sharper resolution, a higher monthly duty cycle, or more convenient features.
You can find a color laser printer priced below Samsung's 25-ppm duplex model ($599), but good luck finding a workgroup workhorse with sharper resolution, a higher monthly duty cycle, or more convenient features.
Having a good set of indexes on your SQL Server database is critical to performance. Efficient indexes don't happen by accident; they are designed to be efficient. Greg Larsen discusses whether primary keys should be clustered, when to use filtered indexes and what to consider when using the Fill Factor.
<b>ZDNet:</b> "The search for the next-generation video codec for the open web has reached an impasse. Few of the options are truly open or free, and those that are free are not being pushed by the major forces."
<b>Intellectual Property Watch:</b> "“Apple is selling directly to consumers, who aren’t the best guardians of their own self-interest. The open PC model works for knowledgeable users who know what they are doing and how to protect themselves, but not so for 15-year-old fashionistas and techno-phobic geriatrics,” Kahney said."
Your notebook computer budget's tight, but that doesn't mean you want a piece of…well, you know. Critics across the Web weigh in to help you buy the best notebook PC for less than $800.
<b>fsckin w/ linux:</b> " Awhile back I read the small print about Microsoft’s Moonlight software distribution. It specifically mentions the stuff they don’t like about the GPLv3. Interesting. Let’s see what they are worried about."
From usual suspects like Apache, Google and Sun and some lesser-known players, January 2010 brought a steady stream of code releases for Java and open source developers' toolboxes.
From usual suspects like Apache, Google and Sun and some lesser-known players, January 2010 brought a steady stream of code releases for Java and open source developers' toolboxes.
A new report suggests that Windows security is far easier than many IT managers realize: simply remove admin control while waiting for monthly patches.
A new report suggests that Windows security is far easier than many IT managers realize: simply remove admin control while waiting for monthly patches.
<b>The H Open:</b> "In versions 4.3.0, 4.3.1 and 4.3.2 of Typo3 (as well as previous versions of the 4.4 development branch), attackers can inject PHP code from an external server and execute it within the Typo3 context."
If your notebook PC runs Ultimate or Enterprise editions of Windows 7 or Windows Vista, you can increase security by encrypting the hard drive with BitLocker. We'll show you how.