<b>Gnuru:</b> "The IBM ThinkPad X40 was one of the greatest lightweight ultra-portables of the time. They're aging now, but that only adds to their coolness."
<b>Softpedia:</b> "Canonical, the company behind the very popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, recognizes the potential of the emerging market and has partnered with Intel and Eucalyptus to promote its Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) offering as part of Intel's Cloud Builder program."
<b>RWDub's Reviews:</b> "After installing Ubuntu 10.04, I realized that I was going to really miss my flying games. In an attempt to passify myself I downloaded and installed FlightGear, which is entirely free and I must admit it is pretty incredible."
In the coming months, the IBM Software Group plans to offer versions of its DB2 database and WebSphere application and portal servers for midsize businesses under the Express banner, said sources close to the company. DB2 Express is slated to be released early next year.
Marcin Policht delves deeper into the specifics of SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2's Integration Services by presenting the most straightforward method of creating SSIS packages using Import and Export Wizard.
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 made the life of a DBA easier by providing an enhanced auditing feature, "SQL Server Audit". The first article of this series illustrates the various components for auditing and the action groups provided by Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
<b>Oracle Press Release:</b> "Today, Oracle announced the latest release of Oracle Berkeley DB, the high-performance, small footprint open source embeddable database engine for mission-critical ‘edge’ applications."
<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>Standards Blog:</b> "While CIA Agent Carl Cummings was being taught to heel, Frank was sitting at his kitchen table, tapping away at the cramped keyboard of a cheap netbook connected to a neighbor’s unsecured WiFi network. Even this was risky, he reminded himself, so this brief session would have to be his last until he moved on."
This C++ tutorial demonstrates how MFC 10 delivers on it's promise by delivering the boiler-plate functionality required to build a professional Windows C++ application with minimal effort while allowing .NET developers to customize aspects of MFC behavior.
Setting up your own Asterisk installation isn't for the faint of heart, but the savings you can reap from combining the powerful, open source PBX with Linux are worth the effort. Here's a quick guide to getting your own Asterisk install up and running.
<b>WDVL:</b> "This article introduces the Cucumber framework, a tool for implementing the Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) methodology. The idea behind BDD is simple: everyone should understand the system features. Cucumber promotes this idea by enabling the features of a system to be written in the native language of the program as either specs or functional tests."
Maverick marketer and eBay expert Andrew Lock shares his favorite eBay marketing tool. Plus, time-saving tips and a CRM program to boost your business.
<b>PC Business: </b>"Even now there are few applications that take full advantage of multicore processers. For those that do the benefits are huge, but some applications just don't work well in a multithreaded environment."