<b>ZDNet Blogs: </b>"We use the phrase Tower of Babel a lot in the technology world, often badly. But evidence is mounting that Google's Android project is becoming just that, a failed attempt to unify."
As MySQL has evolved and added sophisticated and newer features, there are some areas that remain a bit rough around the edges. Maatkit offers a whole slew of tools for doing backup and restore, finding tables, monitoring your database server and many other database administration tasks you may not have even thought of.
As MySQL has evolved and added sophisticated and newer features, there are some areas that remain a bit rough around the edges. Maatkit offers a whole slew of tools for doing backup and restore, finding tables, monitoring your database server and many other database administration tasks you may not have even thought of.
<b>Linux Foundation:</b> "The Linux Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of LinuxCon Brazil taking place this fall in SãPaulo. LinuxCon is already the premiere Linux conference in both North America and Asia, providing an unmatched collaboration and education space for all matters Linux, and we are pleased to be able to extend this event into South America."
Having already sold an astounding million units domestically, analysts estimate that Apple will sell a 8.13 million iPads worldwide by the end of this year.
<b>Linuxconfig:</b> "Therefore, there is currently no storage solution that manages heterogeneous storage devices efficiently. In this article, we propose such a solution and we call it PROUHD (Pool of RAID Over User Heterogeneous Devices)."
The glass-topped desk -- which has stymied optical and laser mice for years -- has been conquered at last by Logitech's ultimate tracking technology. The annoyance of needing separate USB receivers for your cordless mouse and keyboard is history, too.
Database administrators are often faced with the need to learn where features of his/her system live or reside on a less familiar system. Steve Callan approaches this need by mapping SQL Server features back into Oracle Database.
Whether or not corporate policy allows it, workers still bring smartphones to the office. Here, seven steps for managing personal mobile devices in an enterprise environment.
The Simplest Linux Netbook Interface (LXDE) offers a smaller, faster alternative to leading desktops like GNOME or KDE –- especially for netbooks.
Latest security vendor study finds that do-it-yourself malware kits are popping up everywhere online and bringing even more amateur hackers into the fold.
Laurie McCabe offers up strategies and tips and resources — suitable for any small business — that are good for the environment and good for the bottom line, too.
At Mobile World Congress, Verizon Wireless and mobile VoIP leader Skype announce they've teamed up on a mobile application for smartphones that will be available in March.
Server Snapshot: In the past year, Lenovo launched its second generation of ThinkServers, equipped with more memory and storage capacity, the latest Intel processors, and virtualization capabilities. Yet the company remains in the "other" category in the various server measurement surveys.
<b>Phoronix:</b> "The RadeonHD Linux driver that came about in 2007 following the announcement of AMD's open-source driver strategy has had an interesting history. This driver was developed by Novell's developers, but now they are even dropping it from their openSUSE distribution."
International group of privacy authorities blasts Google for the recent launch of Buzz and other privacy missteps, and urges the company to get serious.
International group of privacy authorities blasts Google for the recent launch of Buzz and other privacy missteps, and urges the company to get serious.