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>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."
<b>Scott Adams blog:</b> "So here now, exclusively for you blog readers, the totally unfinished first drafts of those comics. You will never see these in newspapers."
<b>The Geek Stuff:</b> "In this article, let us review various tar examples including how to create tar archives (with gzip and bzip compression), extract a single file or directory, view tar archive contents, validate the integrity of tar archives, finding out the difference between tar archive and file system, estimate the size of the tar archives before creating it"
Following a high-profile security breach, search giant Google begins to phase out in-house use of Microsoft Windows operating systems, according to a report.
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?
<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'. "
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."
<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."
Learn how to deliver dynamic content by building a meaningful Business Intelligence Application, utilizing only what is available on the client's desktop, when a Data Warehouse BI Application, SQL Server and SSIS/SSRS aren't an option.
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.
<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..."
Our patent system is so under-funded, its mission, criteria and processes so broken and ill-suited to today's economy that the best solution is to just dismantled the patent office and start over.
Virtually Speaking: Following on its recent release of VirtualBox, Oracle is now refreshing the Sun Ray client and the Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.
<b>Linux Links:</b> "To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 8 top quality open source astrology applications. Hopefully, there will be something of interest for anyone interested in intuitive perception."
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.