<b>Stop:</b> "The project to deliver One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) for educational purpose in developing countries is doing great in Paraguay. According to developer Bernie Innocenti, this success comes from a way to manage the development of the Sugar educational software that other countries (or any other similar projects, see for example the Teachermate or the italian JumpPC) could and should imitate."
<b>The H Open:</b> "Lightweight desktops have a multitude of uses, on netbooks, for mobile devices, for older hardware, for users with limited requirements of their systems, for connecting to applications in the cloud, and for bare knuckled programmers who prefer to work closer to the metal."
Tens of thousands of Arkansas National Guard soldiers became the latest victims of a security breach at a military base after an unencrypted external hard drive was discovered missing last month.
<b>ServerWatch:</b> "The desktop form will be supported for three years and the server version five years, making the OS an appealing option for enterprise users. I looked at the server edition for ServerWatch."
<b>The H Open:</b> "Almost two months after the technical preview was released, the development of version 4.7 of the cross-platform Qt C++ framework for GUI applications is beginning to take shape, as Nokia has now presented a beta version."
<b>Netstat -vat:</b> "With VP8, the promise from Google is a video codec on par with H.264 that will be available royalty-free. It's a good idea, but there might be a problem."
<b>LinuxLinks:</b> " Now, let's scrutinize the 8 games at hand. For each game we have compiled its own portal page, providing screenshots of the game in action, a full description of the game, with an in-depth analysis of the features of the game, together with links to relevant resources and reviews."
As rumors swirl of a big announcement with Intel, Google gets ready for its annual Google developers conference this week that will showcase a number of mobile advances for Android and other technologies the search giant is working on.
<b>Groklaw:</b> "Here's something interesting, a Santa Cruz 8K from October 26, 1998, which consists mostly of two press releases announcing the IBM-SCO joint partnership to do Project Monterey. Guess who would be providing the bulk of the high-end enterprise capabilities and contributing them to UnixWare? Hint: Not SCO"
<b>Tech Broiler:</b> "It was simply a matter of time before Linux became my primary operating system. My most recent malware incident was the final straw that sent me into welcoming and safe haven of Ubuntu"
Microsoft's WebsiteSpark program helps small Web development and design shops with no more than 10 employees succeed by providing the tools and expertise they need to create Web sites and applications for their clients.
<b>Wired: </b>"Open source hardware hobbyists now have a chipset to play with that's comparable to the powerful processors found in smartphones such as the Nexus One or HTC Incredible."
In this economy, IT professionals have to make smart choices when it comes to spending money on developer tools. Does the new Intellisense feature of SQL Server 2008 Management Studio make third party intelligent code completion tools like Red Gate SQL Prompt obsolete?