Will we see any more Linux System Administration books in the future?
A reliable source says the days of Linux sysadmin books have ended. If you can barely sell 5,000 copies, then why bother? Programming books continue to sell at a fast pace, so you can guess where job demand in IT has gone.
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Almost Here: The Open Source Desktop
Is 2008 the year of the open source desktop? Red Hat Linux is now widely deployed on the servers in my data center. Users have no idea what operating system underlies our Web applications and databases, nor do they care, as long as those tools are highly available. However, the desktop is uncharted territory.
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U.S. stocks fall on subprime, Bernanke
U.S. stock indexes fell more than 1 percent Tuesday after Standard & Poor's threatened to downgrade debt securities backed by subprime mortgages.
LGBT Debate: In the Moment, Kucinich, But Obama Over Long Haul
[Commentary] Not since Robin Williams' winning turn as a South Beach drag club owner in "The Birdcage" has a straight man seemed so comfortable in a place so gay. Tonight is without question the pinnacle of Dennis Kucinich's wild pitch of a presidential campaign. He owned the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) ... (Read on Source)
Direct TV deals, are they beneficial?
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Judas Was a "Demon" After All, New Gospel Reading Says
 | A new translation of the recently revealed Gospel of Judas contradicts the original interpretation, which depicted a Judas who did not betray Jesus. |
India Expects Software and Services Revenue Growth to Fall
India's revenue from software and services is expected to be slower this year, according to an industry body.
Former JPMorgan executive accused of embezzlement
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former JPMorgan Chase & Co private banking executive has been indicted on charges of embezzling about $5.4 million, according to federal court papers.
Karaoke Gets the Internet Radio Treatment
Internet radio sites aren't the only ones facing recording industry woes. Even Karaoke performances are coming under fire. Users of "The Sims On Stage" (a site owned by Electronic Arts) were recently greeted with the following message:
Prevention of progression of arterial disease and diabetes trial
The prevention of progression of arterial disease and diabetes (POPADAD) trial: factorial randomised placebo controlled trial of aspirin and antioxidants in patients with diabetes and asymptomatic peripheral arterial disease (Read on Source)
Intel plans Montevina CPU update in spring
Intel will release a significant update to its current Montevina-era Core 2 mobile processors in the spring as a final push before the switch to Core i7 technology, according to a leaked roadmap. The chipmaker is expected to launch a 3.06GHz, regular power Core 2 Duo known as the T9900 and give users an alternative to the same-speed but more power hungry Core 2 Extreme; a 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo P8800...
Personalized Medicine For Monogenic Diabetes
In the last two years a team at the University of Chicago Medical Center has been able to wean more than 30 children who appeared to have type-1 diabetes off of insulin. This is not a miracle cure but a clever application of modern genetics and the tweaking of ion channels. All these children suffered from permanent neonatal diabetes. They had a ... (Read on Source)
HP Mini 1000 is a Sleek, Svelte 10.2-inch Netbook With a Custom OS
... competition is the custom HP "Mobile Internet Experience" OS that's built on top of Ubuntu Linux. Taking design cues from the custom Touchsmart interface, MIE streamlines the netbook experience ...
Should enterprises reconsider the cloud?
With support for three of the major pillars of application development and deployment -- Oracle 11g, Microsoft SQL, and open source MySQL -- under its belt, Amazon.com appears to be anticipating a major move by the enterprise into the cloud.
Plus, Amazon.com provisions Microsoft Windows Server, Oracle Fusion middleware, three Oracle backup and data recovery tools, and the open source LAMP stack.
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When announcing Microsoft's own cloud platform, Azure, this week at the Professional Developer Conference, Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie tipped his hat to CEO Jeff Bezos and crew at Amazon for leading the charge into the cloud. And both IBM and Oracle have announced their versions of a cloud computing center. Oracle will use Amazon's EC2 (Elastic Cloud Computing) infrastructure, while IBM will deploy based on its own in-house development.
Why IT is wary of the cloud: Mission-critical fears
Yet CIOs and CTOs that InfoWorld has spoken to typically describe the cloud as not ready for enterprise-class applications. So why are Oracle and Microsoft putting enterprise platforms and apps on Amazon.com's cloud?
David Mitchell, senior vice president for IT research at Ovum, says enterprises are simply not ready to deploy mission-critical apps in the cloud. "Would you be comfortable having taxation records online in the cloud? I wouldn't," he says.
When it comes to security, "with the cloud model the bar goes up dramatically," says Vince Biddlecombe, CTO of Transplace, a logistics provider for the transportation industry. "Everybody's concerned that their data gets protected."
Transplace does use cloud-based applications from Salesforce.com as well as HR on-demand and hosted expense management, but that's because these apps aren't mission-critical operational systems and don't hold sensitive data, Biddlecombe says.
"It's all about protecting the data. We want to hold onto it. It's proprietary and we want to maintain control over it," says Glenn Trommer, director of e-commerce and implementation services for Office Depot. "I wouldn't feel comfortable with cloud computing on a large scale at this point in time."
Just what is cloud computing's role?
Cloud computing is usually sold as a way to dramatically reduce costs by outsourcing both the infrastructure and the management of that infrastructure. And it's true that the average IT department has a great deal of wasted equipment. For example, the load of doing the books in the fourth quarter requires a certain capacity that will largely sit idle the rest of the year.
But are the savings of shifting to cloud computing big enough for the enterprise to risk relying on an external provider, especially when deploying complex business processes that require data to go in and out of the cloud, back behind the firewall, and back again to the cloud?
For some applications, this would require a lot of reengineering, says Ovum analyst Mitchell. "If you have a custom-built CRM application in the cloud and an in-house ERP application, it may require some expensive integration that would be more than the cost savings," he says.
Many enterprise adopters of cloud computing thus use it either for fairly separate, low-risk applications such as expense reporting and contact management, or for trial and peripheral projects where it makes more sense to rent someone else's infrastructure than to stand up and maintain your own. The New York Times and Nasdaq OMX have both experimented with Amazon.com's cloud services this way.
Adam Selipsky, vice president of product management and developer relations for Amazon Web Services, acknowledges that most cloud users today are startups and small businesses looking for a quick, easy way to ramp up infrastructure, or experimental, non-mission-critical projects at larger companies. "We provide a customer with a base-level infrastructure."
But Selipsky says enterprises are moving, albeit slowly, to doing more with the cloud. He cites Eli Lilly, which uses EC2 to process research data. That's why Amazon.com will continue to ramp up its cloud services, Selipsky says. In the coming months, Selipsky predicts, customers can expect the release of applications for load balancing, EC2 environment monitoring, and automatic scaling.
Over time, as Amazon.com, Google, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Microsoft all have cloud offerings, they may become commodities with enterprise-level security, service levels, and compliance requirements baked in and proven. That appears to be the bet the major enterprise providers are taking by making their technology available over Amazon.com.
EPA Updates EnergyStar Server Specs
November 6, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- The US Environmental Protection Agency has finished the third draft of the Energy Star specification for servers, making it one step closer to creating a finalized Energy Star efficiency rating for servers.
Talking to Walt 1.7
After the Jerry Hariston teleconference I saw Walt Jocketty had returned my call while I was on the line, called him back afterward and here's a bit of what he said: (Read on Source)
University of Missouri basketball player claims to be Chris Paul's cousin
Chris Paul denies any relation (Read on Source)
Monetizing Communities
So I’m headed to Podcamp Toronto 2009 to talk about whether online communities can be monetized in an ethical, but strategic way. Personally, I think it can be done. But what do I know? I’m just a douceh-bag video blogger… iPhone Version (Read on Source)
Marvell Introduces Plug Computing - High-Performance, Low-Power, Exceptionally Small Computer for Ma
... as direct attached storage can be connected using a USB 2.0 port. Multiple standard Linux 2.6 kernel distributions are supported on the SheevaPlug development platform enabling rapid application development. The enclosure ...
AIM Paid Hits the App Store
AIM Free, AOL's chat service application for the iPhone, was released in late February with the promise of a paid version to...
Microsoft has more to fear than a $1,000 Mac
Microsoft and Apple have more to worry about than price competition: the browser threatens to dismantle their desktop market share.
Arsenal's Injury worries: Ahead of the clash with Villareal
RVP is out and so is Eduardo and Abou Diaby. A number of attacking players have match fitness concerns. Walcott will play but his knee is still tender and a cause for concern . There is worry that the speedster's knee could be susceptible to some of those crunching tackles. Fabregas got back after 4 months from knee ligament injuries. Adebayor ... (Read on Source)
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China defends net filtering software amid outcry (AP)
AP - Chinese state media on Thursday issued an unprecedented defense of newly required Internet filtering software that must be packaged with every computer sold in China starting next month, after a public outcry at home and abroad.
A User?s On and Offline Experience Must be Consistent
Don?t know about you, but I?m a big fan of Futurama ? far superior to the Simpsons. Although they are both second string to Family Guy. A show where the best characters are an alcoholic talking dog and an evil megalomaniac baby with a rugby ball for a head. Genius! Anyhow, I digress. In one of [...] Post from: Fresh Egg Internet ... (Read on Source)
Climate bill clears House in close vote
WASHINGTON — The highly publicized Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill (H.R. 2454) cleared the House Friday afternoon by a roll call vote of 219 to 212. (Read on Source)
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