The cloud, the smartphone, the tablet, the Web itself as a big giant operating system-- what's the fatal flaw in all of these? It's all about feeding content to passive "consumers". Plug me in, baby, I'm not lifting a finger ever again.
Sometimes an ounce of prevention isn’t enough. Tuck a few of these handy tools in your arsenal in case someone steals your laptop — and you suddenly need a pound of cure.
<b>VirtualBoxImages.com:</b> When I first found VirtualBox and created my first Virtual Machine VirtualBox was still owned by a small company in Germany. Few people know of the project and fewer thought it was a good idea to build and distribute pre-installed virtual machines.
<b>OSNews:</b> "Other codecs often come up in these discussions. The distinction between the availability of source code and the ownership of the intellectual property in that available source code is critical."
White House cyber coordinator Howard Schmidt makes news at the RSA show, announcing the declassification of the cybersecurity plan developed two years ago.
<b>Federal Computer Week: </b>"The challenges to government's adoption and participation in open-source communities is often thought to be a simpe culture clash, but in reality it goes deeper than that, accordning to NASA's newly-appointed chief technology officer."
<b>Kristanix Games press release:</b> "Kristanix Games announces the release of Linux versions of its most popular games. The Linux Games project now includes such high quality casual games as Sudoku Epic, Solitaire Epic, Mahjong Epic, Jewel Twist, Fantastic Farm, Crossword Twist and many more."
What does an eye doctor with a penchant for inventions have to do with Microsoft's Zune, and will the company ante up with him in a patent dispute or fight to the finish?
With an upgrade to its flagship Amanda Enterprise Edition data backup and disaster recovery software, Zmanda brings enterprise-grade capabilities to SMB.
<b>Computerworld UK:</b> "Both Google and the Chinese government appear to be leaking word that the search firm may soon shutter its operations there as negotiations between the two break down."
<b>Tech Republic:</b> "Vincent Danen has some tips for using the smartmontools package to obtain important information about the health of your hard drives that could provide early warning signs of problems."