<b>MakeTechEasier:</b> "To many people, application launchers are not really worth much attention. After all, it's just a box to type in a command, right? Perhaps that used to be it, but these days there are some tiny programs that can make a huge difference in productivity."
We've looked at the basic principles behind Windows Server 2008 Directory Services and explained its categorization, which divides preferences into Windows Settings and Control Panel Settings. Now it's time to check out the common options that provide additional functionality and impact settings in both categories.
<b>Softpedia:</b> "While Canonical failed once again to deliver that "professional-looking theme" everyone was expecting (promised since the time when Ubuntu 9.10 was still under development), it introduced some nice themes created by various users of the community for the upcoming release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx): Ambiance and Radiance. Today, we announce the new wallpapers added by Canonical in Lucid Lynx."
Oracle's ADRCI extended commands provide valuable scripting and file viewing options, with about two dozen commands that you can use to look at and manage diagnostic information.. ADR is the future of Oracle diagnostics and it's essential that database administrators understand it.
<b>Enterprise Mobile Today:</b> "Handsets powered by Google's Android are becoming increasingly popular, but the open source smartphone platform is facing a threat that could cause it to self-destruct."
OS Roundup: Will the open source server OS from what was once Sun Microsystems soon be known as the project formerly known as OpenSolaris? It's beginning to seem like it.
XML is, it seems, everywhere. SQL Server has ever-improving functionality that helps us peek into, shred, store, manipulate and otherwise utilize XML. This article covers XML variables, XML columns, typed vs. untyped XML, and the xml data type methods.
<b>Tech Drive-in: </b>"It goes something like this 'Installing Google Chrome will add the Google repository so your system will automatically keep Google Chrome up to date'."
<b>Linux Magazine:</b> "Metadata performance is perhaps the most neglected facet of storage performance. In previous articles we’ve looked into how best to improve metadata performance without too much luck. Could that be a function of the benchmark? Hmmm..."
Sitting at the heart of every Linux OS distribution is a Linux kernel. When it comes to the upcoming Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 release, the issue of which kernel is being used is not a cut and dried answer, however.
As enterprises begin to understand and exploit the business value of social networking applications, they are increasingly relying on a cloud computing model to make it work.
<b>Linux Devices:</b> "The displays work in both color and monochrome e-paper modes, and are said to require less than half the power of an ordinary display."
<b>MakeTechEasier:</b> "KDE has an advanced clipboard system, largely due to a small program called Klipper, which can store more than one piece of data. KDE also has the ability to copy and move files with copying and pasting, and automatic creation of files using clipboard data."
Governments around the world told Microsoft they need more information sooner regarding patches and other security-related incidents, and the company complies.
<b>Linux.com:</b> "There's no question about whether to deploy virtualization; the real question is what virtualization solutions to look at and what workloads to virtualize. We'll help cut through the complexity and help set the options straight."
Sun traditionally offered both AMD and Intel processors in its x86 server lineup. Now, it's looking like AMD's Opteron won't make the cut under Oracle's ownership.
Learn how to combine text and images on the fly as a single output image. The example scenario is a website that offers printing services with specific fonts and colors.