<b>CNet:</b> "IBM is embarking on a research project to design mobile gadgets that are easier to use for people who have disabilities or aren't fully literate."
<b>Technology & Life Integration:</b> "One thing I have noticed on just about all windows installed computers outside of my strict control is that they are full of viruses, spyware and there are more programs installed than they know what to do with."
<b>Linux Magazine: </b>"Email was the killer mobile application for a decade or so. But not any longer. Today's mobile user still uses email of course, but there is so much more that defines today's mobile experience."
<b>Tech Source:</b> "Pandora, the Linux-based handheld game console that is aimed to take advantage of free and open source software is finally shipping."
With most top netbooks now offering similar specs, choosing the best netbook is a matter of selecting which features -- like keyboard design or battery life -- matter most to you.
The latest smartphone sales figures from NPD Group show Google's Linux-based Android OS blowing the iPhone and Windows Mobile clean out of the water. Where is Microsoft in the booming mobile market?
<b>Linux Magazine:</b> "Metadata performance is perhaps the most neglected facet of storage performance. In previous articles we’ve looked into how best to improve metadata performance without too much luck. Could that be a function of the benchmark? Hmmm..."
<b>TechRadar:</b> "Since the arrival of consumer digital cameras, hard drives have been filling up with images of every social occasion, no matter how boring."
<b>Around the Web:</b> "After considerable searching, head-scratching and digging, I finally found that it is accessible via a Gnome configuration setting."
<b>Wired: </b>"TechRestore, an electronics repair shop, has taken apart the Incredible and then it put all back together. What's fascinating to watch in the video is how small and compact the components are and how well they pack into the circuit board."
Relational databases are designed for multiple simultaneous users, and Microsoft SQL Server is no different. However, supporting multiple users requires some form of concurrency control, which in SQL Server's case means transaction isolation and locking. Read on to learn how SQL Server 2008 implements locking.
Relational databases are designed for multiple simultaneous users, and Microsoft SQL Server is no different. However, supporting multiple users requires some form of concurrency control, which in SQL Server's case means transaction isolation and locking. Read on to learn how SQL Server 2008 implements locking.
Your small business software toolbox should include at last one graphics software app. Here’s what you need to know to pick the right graphics package -- plus a selection of software for every budget.
<b>LWN.net:</b> "Trademarks and free software can make a volatile mix. It is understandable that a project would want to ensure that code shipping under its name is "the real McCoy", but modifying the source and distributing the result is a hallmark of free software."
<b>Blog of Helios:</b> "A dry spell, whether it's a true lack of rain or more metaphorically, a slowdown in business, can be a reason for concern. We've pretty much exhausted our computer stock and there hasn't been much to do lately for The HeliOS Project."
<b>Handle With Linux:</b> "This is the 1D/2D scanner imager available as an extension to the wearable w200 rugged Linux computer. Finally the Linux equivalent of the cap'n crunch secret decoder ring."