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- Citrix's XenApp 6 debuts
- Citrix -- a leading virtualization vendor -- has announced a major upgrade of its flagship product, XenApp, formerly known as Citrix MetaFrame and also Presentation Server. XenApp 6, which will be available for download on March 24, offers simplifed centralized management, expanded scalability, enhanced integration with Microsoft...
- Blog posts 2010-03-10
- Red Hat Cloud Business Unit
- Rumination triggered by Red Hat launching a cloud business unit. by Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2010-03-08
- Google open source guru says Android code will be in Linux kernel in time
- Google's Android code will assume its rightful place in the Linux kernel -- in good time, the company's top open source guru says. The Android code was stripped out of the last kernel release, version 2.6.33, after Google reportedly failed to provide necessary changes and subsystem code...
- Blog posts 2010-03-05
- SAP - The Message Back on Target
- (Just a brief note. I'm writing this with a TERRIBLE cold and I don't feel particularly sharp. In fact I feel about as sharp as a bar of soap - proof positive is this awful analogy). I'm not a Kremlin watcher when it comes to most large...
- Blog posts 2010-03-03
- Novell would be wise to support Xen and KVM
- Novell would be wise to embrace Xen and KVM -- but only if the company has adequate resources to support both sets of customers. The Waltham, Mass. company is the second biggest Linux distributor and supporting both open source hypervisors would give it a significant differentiator...
- Blog posts 2010-02-25
- Open source "weakens the software industry and undermines its long-term competitiveness" says lobby group
- must be a memo from ballmerI can't see a sane person claiming that OSS undermines IP.While I think[i]Most[/i] OSS software is a wanna be also-ran product for people looking for a cheap product that will at least get them by, some of it is very useful. But seeing as how...
- Discussion threads 2010-02-24
- How to stop the 'Chuck Norris' botnet roundhouse-kicking your router
- Can't POSSIBLY be Linux on those routers......because as we all know...Linux is impervious to attack. Right?Not LinuxThis isn't a weakness in Linux.This is about idiot users with weak passwords. Anysystem can be compromised with the username andpassword.A&F JACKET, DUNK SHOES, OBAMA AF1 SHOES, DUNK SHOES,...Welcome to our website: http://www.wowhotsale.comThe website...
- Discussion threads 2010-02-24
- A Link Building Primer: A Filetonic.com White Paper Exploring White Hat Link Building Techniques
- Search Engine Optimization SEO techniques such as constantly adding fresh, unique content to sites, incorporating keyword phrases, making good use of each page element's metadata fields, and link building work together to match a Web site's content with a Internet user's search terms. Even when properly optimized, the site will...
- White papers 2010-02-24
- 10 things you didn't know about the Koobface gang
- Set your firewalls to stun.. block executable downloadsDoesnt matter how they attack your PC, if they cannot download the executable, they are dead in their tracks.Cheaper solution; unplug the Cat5.Or switch to Linux.Damn right!!Linux CAN'T EVER be infected because Linux users are smarter then Windoze users.We don't click on neferious...
- Discussion threads 2010-02-23
- BCC introduces Alex laptop with $15 monthly fee
- Linux-Like OS: FAILJust like all the other that came before it: FAILStupid Post: FAIL ntntWhy? Do you have examples of Linux/"Linux Like" successes for similar uses?Any examples of success stories for desktop/laptop uses?Thanks!RE: BCC introduces Alex laptop with $15 monthly feeSorry I can't see where the market will be at...
- Discussion threads 2010-02-23
- Microsoft puts an end to "free" Linux
- Sweet deal? If they own the patent then they own it.No big deal, business as usual.It would be hard to imagine that the various Linux ....... distros do not violate multiple Microsoft patents considering the number of patents they hold and the Linux communities total disregard of IP. ...
- Discussion threads 2010-02-23
- Torvalds vents about religious extremism
- Most of the 'extremism' comes from the Windows Folkwho depart from 'civility' at the drop of a hat when Linux is mentioned in any context.It's a red flag.And they are intimidated when they cannot rebutt an argument.So they are extremist in the sense that they drop down to name calling...
- Discussion threads 2010-02-22
- Microsoft releases updated Windows 7 deployment tools
- That cinches it! Don't delay your deployment of Windows 7!Hurry!Or, you could take your time, be more pragmatic and say, "what's the rush?".I need to find a way to save money, not spend more of it on upgrades that I may really not need.That's it. Do I really need...
- Discussion threads 2010-02-22
- Risks in Google killing Adobe Flash
- There are separate Flashes for Firefox/Opera/etc & Internet Explorer. Also,I think the latest fuss about a dangerous bug in Flash led to instructions being re-published to remove it from the PC and then re-install it. Try that.Also, you may have some kind of virus on the PC.there is no...
- Discussion threads 2010-02-22
- FBI joins Pennsylvania webcam school spying investigation
- might be no case after all[i]but only to locate missing computers and never to spy on students.[/i]If they were looking for lost/stolen laptops I don't see the issue.Criminals don't enjoy privacy laws.If something is stolen, why randomly look?Usually the S/N would be associated to a user, and more so the...
- Discussion threads 2010-02-19
- Google pulls plug on Google Gears, leaves developers stranded
- Question...If Google Gears plugin was intended to allow working offline why does the compliance with HTML5 render that possibility useless?RE: Google pulls plug on Google Gears, leaves developers strandedI guess Google Gears is no longer in "beta"!
- Discussion threads 2010-02-19
- Skeletons in Adobe's security closet
- Disgustingly arrogant response.:-(All too commonThe larger the company, the more generic and useless the response when asking for help or pointing out problems. One would like to think that a larger company would have the resources to direct your inquiry to a person involved in fixing it vs. parroting legal...
- Discussion threads 2010-02-18
- Zeus Trojan infects 74,000 PCs in global botnet
- Not MY PCMine runs a Unix-based operating system.You run PC-BSD too?That is great to hear.RE: Zeus Trojan infects 74,000 PCs in global botnetOnly 74,000 out of millions if not billions of computers. That is not too bad, looks like the PC world is winning this war.Whoopy Doo!Hmmm, do you know...
- Discussion threads 2010-02-18
- Pwn2Own 2010 - Who will fall first?
- If history serves, it will always be OS XApple has lost this contest every year so far and based on their attitude towards security this year, I see no reason why that streak would come to an end now.It would change the outcome if Linux were in the lineupBut that's...
- Discussion threads 2010-02-17
- A difficult future for Firefox
- FirefoxWill always be my #1. :)They didn't need to complain to the Government just to get people to use it. Chrome on the other hand, scares me to use. Dawning my tin foil hat, the nature of Google's business, makes me weary of using their software.Chrome might be Firefox only...
- Discussion threads 2010-02-16
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