Vector Linux SOHO Is Free Again
O'Reilly: "We are confident that after trying the free version you will want to come back and purchase the DELUXE version."
Thomson Reuters Takes Virginia to Court over Zotero
OStatic: "A lawsuit over a file format conversion?"
A New Event for the Community
Linux Developer Network: "So who will benefit from LinuxCon? A group that, in my opinion, has been a bit underserved by the "big" conferences: the Linux community itself."
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DNS Hijacking, ISP Packet Modification, Morals and Privacy
Adam's Tech Talk: "Now personally I think it's a pretty cheap thing to do, and it's also quite frustrating to those users that have to suffer this 'feature'. A number of ISPs use such methods to 'improve' the quality of your service and I think it's all pretty bad."
The Linux Safety Net: Living Fast and Dangerous
Raiden's Realm: "Are we living the fast and dangerous life in Linux just because it's so bullet proof and safe? I ask that question because I have honestly found myself in recent months openly ignoring, not consciously mind you, but unconsciously, long held safety and security practices whenever I'm on a Linux or BSD machine."
Linux Foundation's Zemlin Calls NYT Claims About Solaris 'Sensational'
IT Wire: "A few days back, the New York Times online ran what was, for many, a sensational headline about Sun's Solaris: "Is Sun's Solaris on its deathbed?" While the piece was not written by its own staff, the fact that what many still consider to be a newspaper with some credibility ran with such a story did evoke plenty of reaction."
Microsoft Finally Acknowledges That Open Source is Mainstream
The Open Road: "Microsoft just announced the obvious: open source is an increasingly critical (and common) component of software today, including proprietary software. The open-source software in question is jQuery, an excellent open-source javascript library that Microsoft will be including in its Visual Studio application development platform."
Seven Habits For Writing Secure PHP Applications
IBM Developerworks: "Validating data is the most important habit you can possibly adopt when it comes to security. And when it comes to input, it's simple: Don't trust users. Your users are probably good people, and most are likely to use your application exactly as you intended. However, whenever there is chance for input, there is also chance for really, really bad input."
Front Page Customization in Moodle
Packt: "In this article by Alex Buchner, you would learn how to customize the front page of your Moodle site. Before taking an insight into this, let's first take a general overview of Moodle's look and feel elements."
x2x is a Software Alternative to a KVM Switch
Linux.com: "Simply put, x2x takes advantage of the X Window System's ability to run a display over a TCP/IP network. In this case, you are not running a display as much as you are taking charge of another display's mouse and keyboard."
Gmail+Weather+Beauty Right on Your Ubuntu Desktop
Quick Tweaks: "Ever wished your desktop was productive and beautiful at the same time? Ever wished you didn't have to use Mac4Lin theme to hide the 'ugliness' of Ubuntu's native appearance? Ever wished you had a desktop that looked as beautiful as mine? Let's fulfil your wish..."
Keep Tabs on Your Finances With HomeBank
Linux.com: ""Where does all my money go?" If you want to know the exact answer to that question, you need HomeBank, a personal finance manager that can help you keep track of your income and expenses with consummate ease."
"Geen Stijl" is a Communist Website!
The Beez' speaks: "Later on it states that "Everyone who uses Linux supports terrorism, atomic weapons, high oil prices and the destruction of the earth"."
Top 5 Least Popular Linux Distributions That Could
Tech Source From Bohol: "Let's focus on the following Linux distributions that some of us may consider least popular, but are highly capable of becoming way bigger than what they are today"
Linux for Older PCs : From Ubuntu to Vector Linux
My Take on Technology: "This week, I tried Vector Linux, a slackware based distro, known to be fast and stable, ideal for older machines like mine and yet never compromising on the features. Read on, to see if it delivered what it promised."
Microsoft Begins to Reveal Visual Studio 2010
Yesterday Microsoft started introducing Visual Studio 2010 to Windows developers with a press release and a MSDN website. Introductions to the next Visual Studio also popped up on various technology news sites; InformationWeek, ChannelWeb, Microsoft Watch, BetaNews, and Ars Technica each have brief summary and explaination of the information Microsoft has released so far. Only NetworkWorld digs into the subject by asking various developers to give their impressions of the new Visual Studio features.
Nokia Launches Linux Based Qt Extended Mobile Platform
"Nokia announced today the launch of Qt Extended 4.4, a complete mobile and embedded development platform based on the open source Qt toolkit. It is designed with a modular architecture that provides building blocks for assembling a Linux-based software stack for various embedded devices ranging from phones to set-top boxes." ArsTechnica showcases the various features and enhancements of the platform. There are some impressive screenshots of the Qt widgets as well.
Opinion: iPhone Trumps Android
Macworld: "That's why most people use Windows or Mac OS X as their desktop operating systems, and not Linux. Linux has only begun to see desktop use after it included the pretty icons."
Show Me the Code
Linux Magazine: "I was probably always subtly aware of the abilities of some free software programmers, so I should not continue to be amazed by what they can do. But I must admit they do continue to astonish me."
Ubuntu Server: Canonical's Third Way to the Enterprise
Enterprise Networking Planet: "But Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, also offers a server version of the software, and this raises an obvious question: Do you really want to be running cheap and cheerful server software at the heart of your enterprise?"
Does Using GMail Mean You're Stupid?
Tech Treasures: "I was surprised by this response because as the economy worsens, it seems to me the Cloud is actually a safe haven where you can continue to operate without worrying about expensive infrastructure investments. On a consumer level it gives you access to free web-based apps like GMail..."
ODF-- Our Work Here is Done?
There Is No End, But Addition: "One view was that ODF had served its purpose (to get MS formats out into the open) and should now declare victory before fading away gracefully; another was that OOXML would surely become the default format of the OpenOffice.org suite..."
Ubuntu: Not A Small Business Server Replacement (Yet)
Works With U: "One market that Ubuntu has yet to crack is that of the SoHo server. Millions of office workers all over the world send email via, print through and save documents to a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server. But is Ubuntu ready to compete head-on against SBS? The current answer may not thrill Ubuntu fans."
Five Programs You Can Afford in a Financial Meltdown
Cyber Cynic: "Like what you ask? Like these five prime examples of open-source software that's every bit as good, if not better, than their proprietary equivalents."
Apple Removes NDA on iPhone Software
Who said community pressure doesn't work with big companies? Apple has announced in a note titled "To Our Developers" that it has removed the non-disclosure agreement for iPhone developers, stating it placed "too much of a burden" on iPhone developers. The NDA was one of the two major problem points among iPhone developers, so the community has responded in a way that can only be described as rejoicing.
The A-Z of Programming Languages: C#
Microsoft's leader of C# development, writer of the Turbo Pascal system, and lead architect on the Delphi language, Anders Hejlsberg, reveals all there is to know on the history, inspiration, uses and future direction of one of computer programming's most widely used languages - C#. Hejlsberg also offers some insight into the upcoming version of C# (C#4) and the new language F#, as well as what lies ahead in the world of functional programming.
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