<b>Linux Journal:</b> "After a recent O/S version upgrade (to openSUSE 11.2) I noticed that bash started being a bit more intelligent when I did something stupid: it started giving me a useful error message..."
Marcin Policht examines SQL Server Integration Services' component, Derived Column Transformation,and how its usefulness is enhanced by its ability to implement fairly elaborate mathematical, logical, and string operations.
<b>Groklaw:</b> "GPL enforcement is successful in Europe. In several court decisions and out of court settlements the license conditions of the GPL have been successfully enforced. In particular, embedded systems are the main focus of such compliance activities. The article describes the practice of enforcement activities and the legal prerequisites under the application of German law."
<b>Wild Webmink:</b> "Today is my last day of employment at Sun (well, it became Oracle on March 1st in the UK but you know what I mean). I am a few months short of my 10th anniversary there..."
<b>Desktop Linux Reviews:</b> "The .iso file of Puppy Linux 5.0 weighs in at an incredibly petite 128 MB. It's much, much smaller than all of the usual desktop heavyweight distros. But don't let its small size fool you, Puppy Linux 5.0 is anything but an also-ran in terms of functionality and usability."
<b>The Register:</b> "Dell has told a Linux-loving Reg reader that he can't receive a refund on the copy of Windows 7 that shipped with his new Dell netbook because it was bundled with the machine for "free""
Remember when every business needed a web site, but few knew why? Those days are back, only this time it's all about mobile apps. Here are some tips to get you started, particularly if resources are scarce.
The Anti-Phishing Working Group says one highly sophisticated and well-organized group of cyber thieves was responsible for a huge spike in phishing attacks late last year.
Software giant rushes out Security Advisory to warn customers about code for a zero-day vulnerability in SharePoint collaboration server that's making the rounds on the Web.
<b>Database Journal:</b> "One of the key elements that helps to enable open source software applications to gain broader enterprise usage is the availability of commercial support options. In the case of the open source MongoDB NoSQL database, that commercial support is now coming from project backer 10gen."
<b>Opensource.com:</b> "Plaintiffs attempted to exploit this inexperience by arguing that open source software involved behavior that was, if not downright illegal, at least ethically dubious. They promoted the fallacy that open source distributors unfairly take the property of others and thereby unfairly profit."
<b>Free Software Magazine:</b> "There seems to be no respite from the predations of Microsoft FUD and the machinations of Big Business. Just when it seemed safe to come out of the closet and admit to being a user of free and open source software without being accused of being a Communist, it appears that we are now criminals too"
As we come to the end of Akkana Peck's excellent series on mastering GRUB2, it's not clear what advantages it has over legacy GRUB, or even good old LILO. It seems it's gone backwards. In today's installment we learn how to translate some common and mysterious error messages, and how to manage a multi-boot system with GRUB2.
New design guides and services are being aimed at service providers looking for faster and less-expensive ways to help enterprise customers build and manage both private and public cloud computing environments.
New cloud-based payments platform provides payments processing environment that allows SMBs to accept payments from Web, phone, terminal, mobile and scanner.