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OpenOffice.org To Focus On Stability And Feature Upgrades
[2009-06-30] Sun's Thorsten Ziehm of the OpenOffice.org engineering team wrote a post titled: "Does OpenOffice.org 3.x have a general quality issue?" Unless my mind is playing tricks on me, and I'm 98.2% sure it isn't, Thorsten's post was edited between when I first read it in the morning and when I decided to blog this afternoon.
Taking Full Advantage Of Database Development Tools
[2009-06-15] The cloud has opened up enhanced opportunities to store and access data. However, for enterprises to take full advantage of this new power, database development tools need to be accessible to self-service by the typical business user without limiting any of the database's flexibility or scalability.
Understanding How A Hacker Thinks
[2009-06-03] Wonder how a hacker thinks? Take a look at a three year old discovering their world and you have a very good idea on how a hacker thinks, no boundaries, no layers, and the whole world is wide open for discovery.
Before Adopting New Technology Fix Your Current IT Issues
[2009-05-19] Here are several excerpts from a very informative blog post by Phil Wainewright, How to Fail with Cloud, SaaS and Enterprise 2.0 :Gartner analyst Michael Maoz blogged yesterday Why your Twitter and Social CRM efforts will fail. It's an insightful post and one that, by coincidence, shares a theme with something I posted yesterday, Hybrid cloud or half-hearted kludge?
Is Facebook Business 2.0 Killing IT Business 1.0?
[2009-05-05] Most social networking sites with a zillion users don't come close to making money. Eventually, even dinosaurs such as myself succumb to the inevitable old school question - "how long can it continue?" The answer, it appears, is not much longer.
How do you feel about the Pirate Bay verdict?
[2009-04-21] Reaction to the news Friday that the Pirate Bay Four had been convicted came from every corner of the web over the weekend:
Focus On Architecture To Succeed In The Cloud
[2009-04-07] A small number of bloggers keep reminding the industry of the lessons learned from SOA. We keep reminding people that to succeed in the cloud there must be a focus on architecture. Well it doesn't sound like many people are listening.
The BBC Controls A BotNet For Viewer Benefit
[2009-03-24] This is what happens when television people get their hands on 22,000 compromised computers and think it would be fun to play around with a Botnet.
Google's Website Optimizer Techie Guide
[2009-03-10] Google Website Optimizer is in news again. Recently it had launched its new channel on You Tube and just before that a Google Website Optimizer forum for its puzzled users.
Red Hat and Microsoft Work In Concert Towards Virtualization
[2009-02-17] Peter Galli over at Port25 is reporting: "Microsoft and Red Hat announced this morning that they have recently signed agreements to test and validate their server operating systems running on one another's hypervisors."
IT Departments Making Better Use Of Resources
[2009-01-27] Here are a few excerpts from an article by Tom Kaneshige, IT Learns To Do Less With Less:
Positive Changes in The Open Source Model
[2009-01-06] I was thinking about how much the open source movement has progressed in the past year. More specifically, I am pleased with how the typical stance of open source proponents has shifted during 2008.
Use Google Hacks Once a Month to Seal Content Leaks
[2008-12-15] As I play around with a number of newer Google Hacks, the more I realize people have to find out what is in Google about their company and their systems.
Are The Days of A Dishonest Internet Over?
[2008-12-02] Are the days of lying on the internet over with? If you take a close look at the results from the Lori Drew Cyber Bullying case, this might just be the case.
The OS Race: Who's burning out next?
[2008-11-17] If you belong to the "Linux Community" bandwagon, you may just have a different opinion on the fact that there are lessons to be learned from Windows and Mac! Linux community does enjoys some real good evangelism despite having a minuscule user base. Just to prove the support statement, statistics by Marketshare show that Windows enjoys a guerrilla sized market share of 90%, followed by Mac 8% and Linux users together mount less than 1%.
Don't Be So Quick To Jump The IT Ship For Good
[2008-11-11] One of the negative aspects of the current economic troubles is that there are a lot of folks dropping out of IT, and many of them plan on staying away from corporate IT forever.
Twitter Tech is Handy for Terrorists
[2008-10-28] In addition, we are not just talking about threatening people over twitter either. A draft US Army report thinks that Twitter could become a terrorist's best friend.
2009 Global IT Budget Growth Forecast
[2008-10-15] Not unexpectedly, Gartner has trimmed its 2009 Global IT budget forecast from 5.8% growth to 2.3% growth.
Google Maps Gets Myth Busted
[2008-09-29] Maybe you can see those 51 areas in Google maps, maybe you can't, but researchers are trying to debunk the original idea of censorship and Google maps.
Open Source Could Have Helped Lehman’s Customers
[2008-09-16] ComputerWorld has a very interesting article that even as Lehman Brothers was heading towards bankruptcy it invested $309M on technology and communications in the quarter ended August 31. This figure represents a 9.5% year to year increase, which is down form the 18% increase, to $1.145 billion, in IT costs for the fully year 2007 vs. 2006.
Should You Upgrade To Firefox 3?
[2008-09-02] A new update for the Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.16 browser has come out, Firefox 3, which promises several enhancements.
MySpace and Facebook Hit With New Social Malware
[2008-08-18] Both MySpace and Facebook are being used to target botnet malware using MySpace and Facebook friend links.
Protecting Your Laptop When Traveling
[2008-08-05] The rules have finally been released about what can be sized at the US Border, and it is not pretty this morning.
Problems Ahead for IT Jobs
[2008-07-22] In the never ending need to meet ROI and keep economizing while people spend less, IT jobs are looking increasingly insecure, but like all things there is a silver lining to all the generically bad news that has been increasingly making the headlines.
Rouge Employee Selling Company Exploits
[2008-07-08] Fast company has a stunning article on a HP employee who is developing Zero Day exploits for HP products, and then selling them on the open market. Do we really know what are developers are doing in their off hours, and what should we do when they impact the security of our products?
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