Following months of testing and a long history of security vulnerabilities with its popular Reader and Acrobat products, Adobe is planning to debut its new software update system next week.
<b>Cyber Cynic:</b> "What I didn't know was that, old as it is, C has actually maintained more of its popularity than I had thought and that it's now once more the number-one programming language in the world."
Toshiba's 15.6-inch business notebook doesn't skimp on features, with everything from an old-fashioned RS-232 port to facial recognition software, not to mention a fast Core i7 CPU and Nvidia graphics. Does this $1,349 laptop PC have the right stuff to serve as a desktop replacement?
<b>The Register:</b> "While Lucid Lynx still has some rough edges, this release is a huge leap for UI design in Linux and puts Ubuntu well on its way to Shuttleworth's goal."
Have you ever wanted to use the profile object in ASP.NET to store the user's profile information for later retrieval and usage? Joydip Kanjilal shows you how to work with the authentication and profile services using Ajax.
IBM has taken to the road with the message that Intel's Nehalem EX processors coupled with Big Blue's system engineering talents has resulted in a platform well-suited for virtualization, consolidation and mission-critical applications. Does the server hardware live up to the praise?
IBM has taken to the road with the message that Intel's Nehalem EX processors coupled with Big Blue's system engineering talents has resulted in a platform well-suited for virtualization, consolidation and mission-critical applications. Does the server hardware live up to the praise?
Tip of the Trade: There are three major ways of invoking bash, all of which behave differently when reading in settings files. The one to pick depends on the scope and implementation of the settings being changed.
<b>Netstat -vat:</b> "A year and a half ago, I was among those that celebrated the release of Songbird 1.0 -- a Mozilla based open source music challenger to iTunes."
<b>LinuxDevices:</b> "Android has overtaken Windows Mobile and Linux for fourth place in smartphone OS market share with 9.6 percent, says Gartner. The worldwide study of first quarter smartphone sales showed a 707 per cent year-on-year increase in Android sales..."
<b>Tip of the Trade:</b> "While investigating its use to sys admins, I came across this photo of someone using it to read shared docs from a server room."
Security-software vendors say hackers for months have been repeatedly targeting top-tier executives and government officials using the World Cup soccer tournament as a lure.
<b>The H Open:</b> "The DebConf organisers have announced they are now accepting proposals for contributions to this year's Debian conference. The organisers ask attendees to contribute to the annual Debian developers meeting by submitting presentations on a variety of topics."
SQL Server Service Broker (SSBS), introduced with SQL Server 2005 and enhanced in SQL Server 2008, allows you to write queuing/message based applications within the database itself. This article discusses SSBS' important features and how to use it in different scenarios.
<b>The H Open: </b>"The Linux Mint development team have announced a release candidate for what will become Linux Mint version 9, code named 'Isadora'. "