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Is Bill Gates’ New Website Really Running On Linux? TechCrunch: "Sometimes tips come in that seem too good to be true. Take today, for example. I got a tip that Bill Gates’ new site, The Gates Notes, was running on a Linux-powered server." Feb 1, 2010
Patent nonsense (Feb 8, 2010, 17:03 UTC) (932 reads)
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(feedback) The Economist: "Or what about those ludicrous business-process patents, like Amazon.com’s “one-click” patent or the “name-your-price” auction patent assigned to Priceline.com? Instead of stimulating innovation, such patents seem more about extracting “rents” from innocent bystanders going about their business."
5 open source office suites to watch (Feb 8, 2010, 15:03 UTC) (2349 reads)
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(feedback) CIO: "As the name indicates, Simple Groupware was developed as an open source groupware suite, but we've included it here because of the increasing amount of office suite-like applications it contains, including an online spreadsheet."
Traffic Analysis Using Debian Lenny (Feb 6, 2010, 18:02 UTC) (1954 reads)
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(feedback) Howtoforge: "By using my Network Monitoring Appliance we noticed a link in MRTG always under heavy load. On this link a lot of different traffic aggregates, so we decided to analyze of what quantities of protocols and therefore applications the cumulative traffic consists."
Canonical picks open-source leader for COO (Feb 6, 2010, 12:02 UTC) (2342 reads)
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(feedback) Cyber Cynic: "When Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, stepped down and former COO (chief operating officer) Jane Silber moved up, there was concern that the popular Linux company might suffer from a lack of corporate leadership. Worry no more. Open-source industry veteran and leader Matt Asay has joined Canonical as its new COO."
What Happened to Red Hat Exchange? (Feb 5, 2010, 23:27 UTC) (1716 reads)
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(feedback) Linux Planet: "Three years ago Red Hat launched an effort to sell partners open source solutions -- it didn't work out as well as they had originally planned, proof that an open source app store doesn't actually work."
SECURITY: Buying Guide: Anti-Virus Software (Feb 5, 2010, 18:47 UTC) (2513 reads)
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(feedback) eSecurityPlanet: "If you’re reading this article, chances are you don’t need to be convinced about the importance of anti-virus software. But since the “Do I really need it?” question does frequently come up, let’s address it right off the bat."
MySQL Founder Monty Widenius On What to Expect Next (Feb 5, 2010, 14:17 UTC) (1987 reads)
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(feedback) OStatic: "With the Sun acquisition going forward, we reached out to Monty for an interview and he was kind enough to share his thoughts with us. In this two-part interview he speaks candidly about MySQL and Sun..."
Slight Increase in IT Salaries a Ray of Hope (Feb 5, 2010, 09:02 UTC) (1189 reads)
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(feedback) Datamation: "IT salaries appear to be on the rise, but don't get too excited. According to the just-released Computer Economics 2010 IT Salary Report, IT organizations are budgeting to give the typical IT worker a 1.8 percent pay boost."
Phase Change Memory: The Next Big Thing in Data Storage? (Feb 4, 2010, 17:33 UTC) (1720 reads)
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(feedback) EnterpriseStorageForum: "Phase change memory (PCM) — an emerging non-volatile technology pioneered by Intel, Numonyx, Samsung and others — could turn out to be a low-cost, more reliable, faster, and just plain better alternative to flash memory"
Sun CEO Schwartz resigns on Twitter (Feb 4, 2010, 16:03 UTC) (2112 reads)
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(feedback) Computerworld UK: "Jonathan Schwartz announced his resignation as CEO of Sun Microsystems in a message sent via Twitter early Thursday."
Automating ssh logins (without keys) with 'expect' (Feb 4, 2010, 01:33 UTC) (2861 reads)
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(feedback) Solar 1: "You need to automate a task across many machines...Well, not to give up hope just yet, because there is a nice little tool that is extremely powerful, yet not widely utilized. it's called 'expect'."
Jane Silber Interview (Feb 3, 2010, 21:02 UTC) (965 reads)
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(feedback) The Fridge: "This Ubuntu Women interview in the Women of Ubuntu Series is with Jane Silber, the current Canonical COO, but as of March 1st, 2010, she will be taking the reins of Canonical as the CEO."
Resolving the /etc/hosts localhost Issue in Apache (Feb 3, 2010, 12:32 UTC) (1731 reads)
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(feedback) Serverwatch: "This week I once again ran into a problem I've encountered before: issues caused by the default values in /etc/hosts used in several Linux distributions, including older versions of Debian and Ubuntu."
Open source route frees the mind (Feb 3, 2010, 09:02 UTC) (1734 reads)
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(feedback) New Zealand Herald: "One thing holding back the greater adoption of free software in this country is free software."
How to make Your Ubuntu Linux Enegy Efficient using PowerTop (Feb 3, 2010, 06:02 UTC) (2714 reads)
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(feedback) Linux and Microcontroller Tips: "Since version 2.6.21, the Linux kernel has introduced a feature called tickless. the kernel no longer has a fixed 1000Hz timer tick. This will give a dramatic power savings..."
The Great Oracle Experiment (Feb 2, 2010, 19:33 UTC) (1607 reads)
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(feedback) Open Enterprise: "For the first time, we get to see what happens when a company that has built up an immense global business empire on the basis of its proprietary software takes over some of the most important open source projects around."
Study: > 21% of German PCs run OpenOffice (Feb 2, 2010, 16:33 UTC) (2163 reads)
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(feedback) The H Open: "According to Webmasterpro.de, a German IT service provider, the open source OpenOffice suite and its derivatives, such as StarOffice or IBM's Lotus Symphony, are installed on more than 21% of German PCs."
Microsoft/Novell: Breaking Down the Coupon Numbers (Feb 2, 2010, 14:33 UTC) (1795 reads)
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(feedback) IT World: "This struck me as a very interesting figure, because after firing up XCalc, I figured out that if indeed just 475 customers have received these coupons, then Microsoft has essentially subsidized SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) deployments an average tune of US$505,263.16 per customer."
Oracle Begins Picking Its Sun A-Team (Feb 1, 2010, 20:33 UTC) (2194 reads)
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(feedback) Serverwatch: "Now that the Sun acquisition is a done deal, Oracle has begun picking and choosing the products that will live on and which will fade out. While CEO Larry Ellison was adamant that there would be no wholesale slaughter of products or staffing cuts, the reality is that not everything can survive or receive full Oracle investment."
Microsoft on HP and Linux, 2002: oh, noes (Feb 1, 2010, 14:33 UTC) (1993 reads)
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(feedback) Groklaw: "One thing is clear. Microsoft was seriously concerned about Linux. And HP? Somewhat flexible, I'd say. Note the part about "the HP plan of record" to "bring a new Linux powered device into the mid-range marketplace" regarding NAS devices (network attached storage devices) and how Microsoft was able to convince them not to do that."
Wanted: Community Manager (Jan 31, 2010, 20:03 UTC) (1451 reads)
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(feedback) IT World: "Today marks the end of the Era of Zonker at Novell, as Joe Brockmeier ends his tenure as Community Manager of openSUSE."
Solid State Drives in Enterprise Applications (Jan 31, 2010, 12:03 UTC) (2582 reads)
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(feedback) Enterprise Storage Forum: "Flashed-based solid-state drives (SSDs) are becoming a big issue for enterprise storage users; a number of customers I work with are planning for this new "tier 0" data storage for a number of reasons. It could be as simple as IOPS per watt, IOPS per dollar, or for some applications, bandwidth per GB/sec of storage."
Graphical User Interfaces for OpenSIPS 1.6 (Jan 31, 2010, 08:03 UTC) (2156 reads)
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(feedback) Packt: "It is very hard to manage thousands of users manually, so a user-provisioning tool becomes very important in our process. In this article by Flavio E.Goncalves, we are going to see two of these tools--SerMyAdmin and OpenSIPS Control Panel (OpenSIPS-CP)."
SECURITY: Attacks Against SSL (Jan 31, 2010, 04:03 UTC) (2597 reads)
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(feedback) Linux Pro Magazine: "The year 2009 has been very interesting for SSL security. Several new and practical attacks were publicized, and fortunately, most were fixed within a relatively short period of time. The year began with an effective attack against MD5-based SSL certificate..."
Ubuntu Server Evaluation (Jan 30, 2010, 12:02 UTC) (2879 reads)
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(feedback) Spidertools: "The Ubuntu server is the most innovative distribution for servers. It enables administrators to gain access to cutting edge technology and implement that with new ideas. If you are looking for the latest and greatest, this is the server option for you."
Computing, Even in Linux, is All About Failure (Jan 29, 2010, 20:33 UTC) (2029 reads)
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(feedback) Linux Planet: "Hardware failures, power failures, and most of all, storage media failures. Ever notice how fragile digital storage media are? Are we ever going to get digital storage media that can match plain old paper, and other analog media, for reliability and longevity?"
Another Small Victory for Ubuntu Server Edition (Jan 29, 2010, 15:33 UTC) (2256 reads)
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(feedback) The VAR Guy: "Each day, the drumbeat for Ubuntu Server Edition is getting slightly louder. In recent weeks, a growing list of ISVs (independent software vendors) has vowed to support Canonical’s Linux server operating system"
iPad Brings Mobile Computing to Enterprise (Jan 29, 2010, 12:03 UTC) (1855 reads)
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(feedback) Enterprise Mobile Today: "But analysts say a closer evaluation shows that we'll be seeing the iPad in the enterprise as part of the emerging mobile office."
Apple iPad Has a Little Trademark iProblem (Jan 28, 2010, 23:34 UTC) (2579 reads)
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(feedback) Hardware Central: "Though Apple has finally unveiled its widely rumored, long-expected iPad tablet PC, it's not out of the woods yet: Other companies are claiming ownership of the iPad name."
Create Your Own Local Ubuntu Repository (Jan 28, 2010, 23:04 UTC) (1743 reads)
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(feedback) BeginLinux: "There are several reasons you may want to create a local repository. The first is that you want to save on bandwidth if you have multiple Ubuntu machines to update."
Zap Provides Open Source Wireless Testing (Jan 28, 2010, 13:04 UTC) (1215 reads)
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(feedback) EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet: "Ruckus has released the Zap source code under a modified BSD license to provide the tool to the world, and hopefully spur development of this and other related analysis tools. Zap measures performance, statistically, to provide insight into the true nature of how a network can perform."
