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HeliOS Ken Starks apologises to Karen X

p2pnet news | Open Source:- “I observed one of my students with a group of other children gathered around his laptop,” says Karen X, ... and free as-in-license operating system. It was designed specifically for those purposes. Linux is used ... Software in a year’s time when that money could be better spent on educating our children [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 14:20:02

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Monday’s Musings: A Year of Extremes Brings Us Back Full Circle Back to the Dot.Com Bust

By R "Ray" Wang With a few days left in the year, it’s hard to believe that 2008 is almost over. Just like our paltry ... . For example in the topical areas I cover: Software vendor economics: Identifying recurring revenue ... rebellion and revolt Ignoring vendor financing options to embracing credit as a survival tool Driving [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 12:12:57

Are You Freelance Material?

I was able to get my hands on a brand new book 8 days before it hits the shelves. The Principles Of Successful Freelancing is written by Miles Burke ... , contact management and scheduling Grow profits through expense and cashflow management Fundamentals of project management, including reviews of commonly used software programs Winning new clients [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 02:57:35

Holy “change in the weather” Batman!

Get out of your feed reader and comment on this post- we PROMISE that the ShamWow guy won\'t pop out when you do.. ... t around for those days, but like anyone with a license, I’ve heard the stories. Agents, kicked back ... offers by sundown. How they couldn’t even use their transaction software to write up contracts, because [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 04:13:54

Making clouds a move forward

One of the big IT challenges of 2009 will have to be assuring that cloud computing really does ... is an outgrowth of virtualization, separating hardware identity from the software operating system. That’ ... . Announcements like Hyperic’s management system for Amazon’s cloud, or rPath’s extending its services [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 16:52:01

IP Video Surveillance Solutions For Gas Stations

By Wes Fernley Security is a major part of any gas station. In this day of self-service, the threat of drive-offs is unfortunately high ... in and out of your gas station. With digital imaging, video analysis software can also be used to do things such as pick out license plates, zoom in on them and take a high resolution still picture [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 05:01:57

I’m sticking with Windows XP

I’m sticking with Windows XP Posted by Jason Perlow @ 7:29 am Categories: Open Source, Software Infrastructure, Hardware Infrastructure, Linux, ... (Longhorn), Storage Management, Utility Computing You’ve heard it all before — the bell tolls ... has everything you need. Other than for software and integrated testing, there is absolutely no compelling [more...]

Date: 2008-06-25 14:29:39

Job Vacancy for PT Philips Indonesia

Job Vacancy for PT Philips Indonesia ouch lives every dayÂ· At Philips, we believe that technology should be advanced but simple at the same time ... , computer literate, expertise in specific electrical equipment tools/software (Program Logical Control). II.Officer Financial Analysis-Management Trainee (1 positions) Lighting Surabaya(Jawa Timur [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 17:32:00

Free McAfee VirusScan Plus License for 1 Year

McAfee is one of the leading security solution providers in the world that offers proactive PC security to prevent malicious attacks ... you from malicious software. Firewall blocks outsiders from hacking into your PC. SiteAdvisor rates web site safety before you click with red, yellow or green colors. Online account management lets [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 18:12:47

Reshaping America’s classrooms

p2pnet news Freedom | P2P:- Technology reshapes America’s classrooms, says the headline to a Reuters feature ... on animated education software that she likens to a video game.” ‘The consumer watchdog from hell’ “Welcome ... isn’t all snappy uniforms and code names. And Jennifer Government, a legendary agent with a barcode [more...]

Date: 2008-07-07 15:30:08

Design Patterns for Coworking

One of the great strengths of the global coworking community is the willingness to share knowledge and best practice without restriction and with ... users. Management &amp; Operations Figuring out how to book hot desks, handle childcare, selecting software, furniture and equipment. Goals Understanding the people your trying to serve and defining [more...]

Date: 2008-07-07 14:00:10

Seven Things

I’m getting in on this “Seven Things” deal by way of being “tagged” by Ben Ramsey ... the name Untitled Software. I received a handful of registrations for my “most popular” product, “ ... !). My most distant registration was from the Netherlands, so I just gave him a free license in order [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 06:06:24

Seven Things

Date: 2009-01-03 06:06:24

Safari 3.2 Fixes Security Flaws

Apple has released Safari 3.2, which addresses a host of vulnerabilities, mostly in the version for Windows XP and Vista ... can be automatically updated through Software Update under Mac OS X or Windows with Safari ... , or in modified form, it violates our Creative Commons License. ConceptDraw Office adds real business [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 23:19:22

CPA? EA? I Just Need Someone to Do My Taxes!

When it comes to doing your taxes, you may think that delivering a shoebox full of receipts to your tax preparer comprises the entirety of your ... or certification required to become a tax preparer. Anyone can purchase tax preparation software ... degree of financial literacy beyond just buying software and hanging up a sign. However, be sure to ask [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 11:36:32

BroadSign To Compete Directly With Neo?

As we are no longer on BroadSign’s press distribution list we obviously didn’t get sent this press release but anyway it’s worth taking a look at it in a little more detail (we expect every other online site to report that BroadSign had a good year just cos’ BroadSign says they did - that will be despite all their layoffs and their Petters [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 15:58:29

Submit Ideas for the 2008 TidBITS Gift Guide

It may be Thanksgiving this week in the United States, but that means more than just feasting on turkey and stuffing with friends and family ... in the appropriate thread. Hardware Gift Ideas Software Gift Ideas Game Gift Ideas Computer-Related Miscellaneous ... , or in modified form, it violates our Creative Commons License. ConceptDraw Office adds real [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 19:53:08

Oracle's new plan to save you money

There's something vaguely Orwellian, at times, about the language that turns up in quarterly and annual reports (the kind U.S ... software company's quarterly report dated April 1, 2008, wherein the following rather noble-sounding statements are made: "We have focused on lowering the total cost of ownership of our software products [more...]

Date: 2008-06-23 19:53:00

Acting Squirrelly

I have this theory about the behavior of squirrels and how they are like certain large software companies, especially SAP, the giant Enterprise Resource Management vendor headquartered in Germany. But obviously the most interesting part is the squirrels, so let's start there. You are driving down a street in your car [more...]

Date: 2008-07-11 19:26:45

Linux Hosting: A Fine Point Overview

In your mission to find a website provider, you will notice that many companies offer what is know as Linux-based hosting ... Public License, the source code of Linux is freely available. While the goal of the GNU Project was to develop and distribute free Unix compatible software, the Linux operating system itself is not free [more...]

Date: 2008-06-26 16:34:31

Everything Runs On Everything: End of the beginning

One of the great advantages of the absurdly high powered machines we’re all running these days is that virtualisation is more than viable even for ... applications. IBM is on a major tear around x86 consolidation- for better management, energy ... on the notion of data center consolidation. Over lunch yesterday IBM Software Group general manager [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 15:34:13

GMU sued for Zotero

Via David Levine, it appears that George Mason University is being sued for over 10 million dollars by the owner of EndNote ( ... Media, developed Zotero, which is a freely distributable, open-source software based research tool ... version of Zotero, however, is its ability to convert – in direct violation of the License Agreement [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 16:24:07

Rhapsody gets down with iTunes

p2pnet news Music:- RealNetworks is at it again, jousting with iTunes, Apple’s user-funded iPod load application. “Does this look familiar?” - p2pnet posted in 2004. “Apple won’t allow RealNetworks to license its seriously misnamed ... Networks and Verizon,” says Wired. “Real software engineer Rob Williams said the company [more...]

Date: 2008-07-02 10:07:59

Best books of 2008

You might remember my beloved mantras: learning a new programming language and reading at least 6 relevant books every year ... all of them! Winner: Geekonomics: The Real Cost of Insecure Software by David Rice Runner ... And 6 more: Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art by Steve McConnell Modern C++ Design [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 13:08:30

Useful Links: November 2008

A list of items I’ve come across recently that I found potentially useful, interesting, or just plain funny: ... (including minum/maximum volume/file sizes). Configure Hyper-V Remote Management in seconds - John ... management. Visual Studio 2010 Lab Management uses virtualization - Is this Microsoft's answer to VMware [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 23:59:41

Encryption for Lawyers

UPDATE: After I did the following post I received several e-mails from readers in Massachusetts noting that the effective date of the new regulation ... Management Assistance Program posted a primer written by one of his state's lawyers on how businesses ... information about a resident of the state that businesses 'own, license, store or maintain' [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 20:26:05

V1EWPOINT 1E Newsletter

Note from Sumir » I’m glad to be able to report that amidst a rather gloomy economic climate 1E remains strong and ... transmission tool available » Power &amp; Patch Management Pack – Save costs on energy bills &amp; software updating with enhanced power state control &amp; end-to-end availability management [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 16:22:55

FREE GiveAway - "The Quiet Millionaire" - We are doing a giveaway of Brett Wilder's fantastic book "The Quiet Millionaire." To have a go at winning it you've to leave a comment with 2 random digits. Yes, it's that simple, so check it out. $50 Off - Northwest Airlines Discount Coupon CarnivalsI'll Never Forget the Day I Read a Book hosted Book [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 04:28:03

6 Ways to Save Money Using Google Tools

The economy is bad and the stock market is hitting all-time lows. If there was any time to be a little more frugal, this would be it. Thankfully, Google Tools can easily substitute the other expensive software programs you might ... to charge us for using programs like Word and Excel. Even if you are a student, the license is still [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 12:27:01

SBS 2008 - Migrating Practice Creative Suite from SBS 2003

One project we are working on is the move of an existing SBS 2003 domain onto a totally new SBS 2008 setup ... routine, install the client software too as it may be required when testing database connectivity. Also ... in Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express. Once the database and log file are released, copy them [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:56:00

Avocent's Solutions Help Companies Save

Avocent headquarters in Huntsville, Al As budgets tighten, companies are looking for ways to do more with less ... collaboration tools. Today I would like to talk about data center management solutions, which can help ... where headcounts are shrinking at a greater rate than workloads. Avocent management team -- Ed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:53:11

VAT: some late nights ahead for software vendors

More Sage silliness I was persuing past presentations made by Sage and came across this technology presentation (PDF) from July. At the time, the company was banging on about Web 2.0 and software plus services. That’s interesting because as far as I can tell, it’s still not able to fix old bugs in its software while [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 01:31:35

Microsoft Licensing Revisions for Virtualization are Imminent

I wanted to take a moment to update everyone on some work I have been doing on behalf of multiple Burton Group clients ... ? A: No. Because the virtual instance of Windows Server 2003 runs on a Windows Server 2008 license, the user ... software… However, on page 30 of the January 2009 PUR there’s another catch: You must acquire and assign [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 03:04:11

Can adoption of GNU/Linux help recession?

Photo by Yankee6161 RecessionFor some, economics is still doing fine! ... content management system wherein he states Short terms — the next few weeks — everyone, whether ... Software-as-a-Service , hosted software . Hosted is a primary area open source should be investing [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 05:38:08

Seattle Xcoders Coverage: Golden % Braeburn

I had the opportunity to attend the July 10th meeting of Seattle Xcoders (a local group where Mac OS X Cocoa programmers can connect) ... % Braeburn is a company that has been setup to license the storefront used to sell Wil’s most excellent Delicious Library. He tried to find a usable storefront to license since there are many pitfalls [more...]

Date: 2008-07-22 14:00:48

CrossOver Mac and Linux Products Free Today Only [Featured Download]

Windows and Linux only: Money Manager Ex is a an open source, cross platform alternative to commercial software like Microsoft Money or Quicken. While it isn't as flashy as some of the commercial software on the market, it is robust ... in the budget, has dozens of existing entries which should cover most situations. For other money management [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 13:06:50

Get VMworld Into Your Budgets

It’s budget season where I work. We operate on a chargeback model, so this means that I get to guesstimate what I’m going to need to spend next year, ... s a training opportunity, with hands-on labs where you get to use the software, learning best ... and software vendors and the new technologies they are rolling out. It’s a way to get access [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 13:53:58

‘Reinventing the Wheel’ becomes world’s only growth industry ?

Hopefully the title of this post exaggerates the problem slightly, even in these recessionary times, ... management seeks to dramatically outperform all competitors within the domain of core. (Note this use ... market. Context management seeks to meet (but not exceed) appropriate accepted standards [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 14:23:02

Have companies started moving towards Linux?

Photo by Otacon_85 DLL HellHaven’t you been into this? As the organizations are hit badly by recession, they are looking towards their goal of high performance and delivery; while cutting down on costs. To secure a stable stand in a highly competitive environment they are required to enhance their [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 09:53:38

TECHNOLOGY

TECHNOLOGY Microsoft is releasing “Touchless,” multitouch software from Microsoft Office Labs that uses a regular Web camera and everyday objects ... more precise lasers to detect movement and objects. The software developer kit is available now under an open-source Microsoft Public License. The SDK only works on Windows. (http://www.techcrunch.com [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 00:10:45

What does $15 buy you?

The wires are abuzz with Steve Ballmer’s latest uttering- his insistence that the Windows Mobile OS is worth at least $8 per device ... or Symbian). Built-in Exchange push e-mail support. Support for remote device management, application deployment and device policy management. Support for full device encryption (including external memory [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 23:25:47

Nine Actionable Calls

The following is excerpted from a recent note that Singular Research sent to clients: Growth Play Ebix, Inc. (EBIX) ... as an application service provider ((ASP)), software license, maintenance and business process ... is an international provider of software and e-commerce solutions for the insurance industry [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 14:37:21

Ethical or Unethical?

I was recently approached by a web/graphic designer that is currently working full time for an agency. Business is currently a bit slow in the design area and someone within the company approached them about the possibility of using their personal online portfolio to show potential clients in hopes to attract design work [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 04:09:27

10 things Linux does better than Windows

If you tallied up the strengths and weaknesses of Linux and Windows, which OS would come out ahead? ... are no more. But let’s face it — the cost of a per-seat Windows license for a large company far outweighs having ... aside, Windows can’t compete with Linux in TCO. Add to that the cost of software prices (including [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 17:02:22

Daily Links 11/06/2008 (p.m.)

Change.gov “Office of the President-Elect” tags: OB, politics IBM, Sun Microsystems Launch ODF Toolkit Union to Grow Adoption, Community and Software Innovation - MarketWatch “The ODF Toolkit will use an initial software ... from content management, business workflows and activities to Web-based document solutions.” tags: OB [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 20:30:18

10 things you should know about Hyper-V

Hyper-V is getting good reviews, even from some Microsoft critics, and the release of the standalone version has made it even more attractive. Deb Shinder looks at the most important aspects of the Hyper-V platform. Hypervisor technology is software on which multiple virtual machines can run, with the hypervisor layer controlling [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 23:35:00

Remote Process Explorer Normally Cost $75 Now FREE for Personal Use

Checking the computer’s running process is the first thing that I’ll do whenever the computer has slowdown problems or infected by spyware/virus ... software or whether their computer is infected by virus, here is a task manager software that allows you to “remotely” access other computer’s running processes without installing any software [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 08:00:09

Choosing A Content Management System

I’ve shied away from tech blogging. Even though its how I make ends meet, it isn’t really my passion in life ... a brief primer, a Content Management System can be thought of as a way to help people in creative ... and perform better. WordPress is a content management system. WordPress.com developers and designers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 14:00:24

Silverlight 2.0 Appears on Tuesday

Microsoft will release the second version of Silverlight, its answer to Adobe's Flash technology, on Tuesday, ... out at me was the addition of Silverlight DRM, powered by Microsoft's own PlayReady digital-rights-management software, which offers "robust content protection for connected Silverlight experiences". [more...]

Date: 2008-10-13 19:15:10

New Microsoft program to make volume licenses ‘evergreen’

Microsoft took the wraps off a new licensing program — Select Plus — which company officials said is aimed at simplifying software and services ... license, announced July 1, until October 1; Microsoft is announcing it this week to give customers ... Microsoft’s current Select volume-license agreement, said company officials. “We needed to be a little [more...]

Date: 2008-07-01 12:03:03

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