Virtually Speaking: VMware is taking its virtualization message to the streets with its partners, while Red Hat is taking a quieter and more traditional approach.
<b>Phoronix:</b> "Older ATI Catalyst drivers will not work on newer Linux distributions due to the proprietary driver not supporting a more recent Linux kernel or X Server version."
<b>Linux Devices:</b> "Solid state disks (SSDs) moved closer to commodity status, with the announcement of a 40GB model from Intel for $125, and a sub-$100, 32GB version from OCZ Technology."
<b>Opensource.com:</b> "Interest in iPad app development is waning, and the device just got here. Maybe that means it's time to explore more open options. Here are five."
Legal fees are the main reason the average cost of a data breach costs American companies more than their counterparts in Australia and Europe, says Ponemon Institute.
The requirements for setting up Oracle as a data source for SQL Server include some obstacles and one major showstopper. Read on to learn a work-a-round that allows you to continue the setup.
Last month we talked about some things to set and tune in a new MySQL database installation. We touched on connections, query cache, temp tables, session memory, and the slow query log. This second part in the series hits on some other very important things to tune in a new MySQL database.
<b>Handle With Linux:</b> "available from chinagrabber.com this is the Bphone, a hybrid netbook/cellphone which features a rotating touch screen and a keyboard, beat that apple:"
<b>the linux experience:</b> "So I recently decided I wanted to find out more about Windows 7, have the opportunity to form an opinion about it. Having mostly heard good things, I wanted to give it a try and find out if the guys at Redmond finally got it right."
<b>Flameeyes:</b> "I don’t try to hide the fact that I think that FSF’s continuous stress over “GNU/Linux” is a huge ego stroke toward GNU that tries to deny that there is other Free Software beside GNU."
<b>OMG! Ubuntu!: </b>"Whether you intend to download and install Ubuntu 10.10 Alpha 1 or not the following meerkat-themed wallpapers will certainly get you in the Maverick-y mood."
<b>eCRM Guide: </b>"CRM solutions are just as reliable and can provide more bang for the buck than traditional proprietary CRM applications. So why should you consider open source CRM for your business? We found 10 good reasons."
<b>Chao-Kuei's Notes:</b> "If a self-proclaimed cloud computing provider tries to sell you some expensive and fancy new technology that requires a lot of training on your employees, then be alerted that this may just be a hoax."
Fedora Beta 13 continues the Fedora tradition of innovation and improvement; in this release they are not readily apparent, so Bruce Byfield does a little digging to see what goodies lie under the hood.
<b>StreamingMedia:</b> "VP8 is now free, but if the quality is substandard, who cares? Well, it turns out that the quality isn't substandard, so that's not an issue, but neither is it twice the quality of H.264 at half the bandwidth. See for yourself."