<b>CIO Update:</b> "The Red Hat-sponsored Fedora Project today officially released the Fedora 13 Linux distribution, codenamed "Goddard," with improvements aimed at both new and experienced Linux users."
Cheap laptops are easy to find, but an affordable notebook computer with both style and substance is a terrific find for any small business owner. The ThinkPad Edge does not disappoint.
<b>Howtoforge:</b> "This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu Studio 10.04 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge."
After a security researcher demonstrated a security flaw in Apple's Safari browser running on its Snow Leopard operating system, the company has issued a fix, providing clues as to the nature of the threat.
WildPackets offers portable network analysis products which are designed for use on enterprise networks and in test and measurement labs, plus distributed network analysis solutions for enterprise-wide applications.
<b>Netstat -vat:</b> "Can Firefox's innovation and growth curve continue? In a comment attributed to former Firefox developer Blake Ross, apparently not."
New directive requires government agencies to get with the times and abandon paper-based reporting for real-time digital updates on all potential cybersecurity threats.
<b>Fogo na Caixa:</b> "A mighty System-/Config-management frontend using LDAP as a backend. It is able to manage POSIX, Samba, Mail, Kolab, FAX, Asterisk and many more services."
EBay has rolled out intelligent customer support on its eBay.com site. We tell you how the VirtuOz virtual agent works to resolve problems for ecommerce buyers and sellers.
<b>Howtoforge:</b> "This article shows how you can build your own video community using lighttpd with its mod_flv_streaming module (for streaming .flv videos, the format used by most major video communities such as YouTube) and its mod_secdownload module (for preventing hotlinking of the videos) on Ubuntu 9.10."
<b>RWDub's Reviews:</b> "After installing Ubuntu 10.04, I realized that I was going to really miss my flying games. In an attempt to passify myself I downloaded and installed FlightGear, which is entirely free and I must admit it is pretty incredible."
<b>Datamation:</b> "A thin client is a computer system used to run applications where most of the actual processing is done on a remote server linked over a network."
<b>Handle With Linux: </b>"This network camera runs uClinux the smallest Linux distribution in the world. The network cameras build by Axis are intelligent and even have a shell scripting environment on board."
Many Oracle database administrators would not only like to report on (ORA-) errors but also manage the alert log itself--saving and/or trimming the alert log, aka alert log rotation. Oracle's new ADR with command interface can easily be used to help rotate Oracle's alert log.
For secure, portable external storage needs, the Apricorn Aegis Padlock combines hardware encryption with a built-in numeric keypad and PIN that stop unauthorized data access.