<b>Webreference:</b> "Following up on "Implementing One-way Encryption in PHP," my previous tutorial about using one-way encryption to build a secure online diary application, this article explores using PHP encryption for login authentication."
Jim Czuprynski demonstrates how to install and configure a new Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11gR2) Grid Infrastructure home as the basis for the majority of the grid computing features that were only available in a Real Application Clusters (RAC) clustered database environment in previous releases.
<b>Desktop Linux:</b> "Shuttle announced a compact, all-in-one PC featuring a 15.6-inch touchscreen and a dual-core Intel Atom D510 available with SUSE Linux. The X50V2 includes a 1366 x 768 display, webcam, 4-in-1 card reader, a 2.5-inch hard drive bay, and up to 4GB of RAM, says the company."
IBM announced Thursday that the price of its new version of DB2 would be $7,500 per processor, nearly half the current cost of $14,000 per processor. The new software is expected to be available November 21.
<b>The VAR Guy:</b> "Novell’s board has considered and rejected an unsolicited $2 billion takeover bid from Elliott Associates, a hedge fund that wants to swallow SUSE Linux and Novell’s other core products."
<b>Ian's Thoughts:</b> "You can search the Android Market for the following keywords and see quite a bit of content that I feel shouldn't be available to customers, and definitely not to children: nude, sex, porn, 18+, adults only, boobs, the android market seems to be turning into a porn hub."
<b>Desktop Linux Reviews:</b> "I’ve been somewhat tardy in getting to the KDE version of Linux Mint 8. But I’ve finally been able to sit down with it and thus couldn’t resist writing a review."
<b>Groklaw:</b> "SCO's attorney Stuart Singer may have gotten carried away with his theatrical indignation. And when a party slips like this, what lawyers call opening the door, it can indeed have consequences. Novell was just waiting for a moment like this."
<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 Debian Lenny."
<b>Datamation:</b> "When we talk about virtualization solutions, we tend to talk about specific products offered by specific companies. But when we talk about virtualization solutions with Linux, we instead talk about a rich and diverse open source ecosystem."
Super Apps are the mobile applications that people love and use every day because they offer a seamless, integrated, contextualized, and efficient experience. Research In Motion has the resources to help you create Super Apps for the BlackBerry platform.
Having dodged a widespread backdoor that shut down the protection provided by a number of secure USB drives, SafeStick is establishing itself as an alternative for enterprise security.