<b>Linux Magazine: </b>"Red Hat is the king of commercial Linux support, no doubt about it. Canonical has entered the market and with some refined support products could present a very compelling alternative."
<b>Free Software Magazine:</b> "When we think of free operating systems we tend to think overwhelmingly of the big hitters (all GNU/Linux) like Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora and Mandriva and then of those niche distros that have been designed for low end systems or for specialist purposes like security and forensics. But Oranges are not the only fruit"
Three major browsers and the most popular smartphone in America were put to the test at the Pwn2Own hacker conference, and all four failed to make the grade.
<b>Computerworld AU:</b> "The Australian Taxation Office is pushing the AUSkey public key infrastructure (PKI) for secure data exchange when submitting tax returns, but Linux users say they have again been left out in the cold."
<b>Delimiter:</b> "Telstra today revealed it would launch its Linux-based T-Box integrated media centre set-top box from mid-June at a stand-alone price point of $299, with a sledload of free and pay-per-view content available and an associated revamp of its broadband plans in the works."
<b>Enterprise Mobile Today:</b> "If you have the audacity to name your new smartphone Incredible, it had darn well better live up to its name. Based on the reviews from CNET, LAPTOP magazine, PC Magazine, and PC World, the new HTC Droid Incredible does just that."
<b>Linux Planet:</b> "In a keynote address, Jim Whitehurst explains why open source has become more valuable as an enabler of innovation in the enterprise than a means to cheaper software."
CrazyEgg handles Web analytics colorfully, plus a site for downloading free books and a way to time presentations -- and anything else -- down to the second.
<b>Systhread:</b> "System Administrators who remember the day when they did not have a graphics display rarely think about wanting to time travel for the pure joy of using a terminal. It is possible, however, to virtually do so by using either all or mostly text only utilities and perhaps a retro looking X windows desktop. In this text a look at a small experiment to see how well that went in one particular instance."
The real test of how heavily an Oracle database will tax its underlying I/O subsystem and related infrastructure is to actually tax that infrastructure using representative database application workloads. Jim Czuprynski tells you how to choose appropriate database schema(s) for realistic testing, how to create example TPC-E and TPC-H database schemas and how to perform initial loading of these schemas using Quest Benchmark Factory.
<b>Standards Blog:</b> "Frank was leaning back in his cubicle chair, feet up on his desktop. That way he could keep an eye on Carl Cumming’s office down the corridor. The guy must have the bladder of a camel, he thought. Wouldn’t he ever need to relieve himself?"
If your business computers are running on versions of Windows XP or Vista without the latest service packs, it’s time to update, upgrade or go it alone as Microsoft withdraws software support.
<b>Phoronix:</b> "The AMD FirePro V8800 features 2GB of GDDR5 video memory with 147.2 GB/s of bandwidth, 1600 Stream processors, four DisplayPort outputs, ATI Eyefinity support, DirectX 11.0 / OpenGL 4.0 support, OpenCL 1.0 capable, a full 30-bit display pipeline, Multi-View display support..."
Dell has launched a new PowerVault solution to help simplify data backup and recovery for IT-challenged companies. It also rolled out the Vostro 3000 series -- a thin-and-light laptop designed specifically for small businesses.
Dell has launched a new PowerVault solution to help simplify data backup and recovery for IT-challenged companies. It also rolled out the Vostro 3000 series -- a thin-and-light laptop designed specifically for small businesses.