Search giant details plans to begin trials of ultra-high-speed broadband networks in markets across United States, promising open access and net neutrality conditions.
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.
<b>Cyber Cynic: </b>"Much as I hate to admit it, Microsoft does some things better, much better, than Linux. Number one with a bullet is how Microsoft helps programmers and ISVs (independent software vendors). MSDN (Microsoft Software Developer Network) is a wonderful online developer resource. Linux has had nothing to compare."
As it plans to wind down the 3.0.x iterations of Firefox, open source browser backer Mozilla offers a wave of security patches to address a variety of threats.
As financial regulatory reform legislation works its way through Congress, marketers fret over a provision that they say could hurt advertisers online and in other emerging areas.
Oracle focuses on the default settings for just about all of the security setup in "The Oracle 2-Day Security Guide". As we draw near the close of the book, we'll examine a few guidelines for auditing.
<b>Linux Planet:</b> "Bash error messages, like so many error messages, can be more cryptic than helpful. But the good news is bash has a built-in mechanism for creating your own customized error messages, and you don't have to be an ace programmer to do it. Ubuntu and openSUSE already use this; Akkana Peck shows us how to do it ourselves."
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>CIO Update:</b> "Hewlett-Packard on Friday expanded its worldwide recall of notebook batteries for laptops sold between 2007 and 2008 in a variety of notebooks due to the risk of catching fire."
<b>CIO Update:</b> "Hewlett-Packard on Friday expanded its worldwide recall of notebook batteries for laptops sold between 2007 and 2008 in a variety of notebooks due to the risk of catching fire."
<b>Free Software Magazine: </b>"How do you get a flurry of images in your head into a concrete description of a film so that you can produce it? One important step is to create storyboards.This article is part of an on-going series on the challenges I've faced in producing two free-licensed movies."
<b>Linux Beacon:</b> "Although its name sounds like that of a bacterium, Coccinella is a nice cross-platform open source Jabber client. While Jabber, and IM clients in general, are a dime a dozen, Coccinella sports a few nifty features that make it worth considering if your are in the market for a Jabber client."
<b>Groklaw:</b> "The judge said what SCO told the jury was inappropriate, and he merely warned SCO not to go "close to the line again." I'm sure SCO will mend its ways immediately."
<b>Tech Comics:</b> "Social networking activities like Facebook and Twitter consumer so much attention that it may be hard to find a balance with life itself."
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>Ubuntu Geek:</b> "BAR is backup archiver program to create compressed and encrypted archives of files that can be stored on a hard disk, CD, DVD, or directly on a server via FTP, SCP, or SFTP. A server mode and a scheduler are integrated for making automated backups in the background. A graphical front end that can connect to the (remote) server is included."