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Important PHP 5.3 Changes for those of you Running Microsoft Windows
August 27 2008
PHP 5.3.0 is only in its first alpha release. But, if you run PHP in Microsoft Windows, you should talk a look at... Release Notes for Windows Binaries (for PHP 5.3.0) Here are the important changes: - Support for Windows versions prior... read moreAugust 27 2008
I sorted through the various versions of the GIMP bitmap editor available for the Mac last week. This week, I report on what I found after playing with GIMP on my slightly underpowered Macbook. The results were good. In fact, very good IMHO. read moreFedora Authentication Server Breached: Do People Run Production Servers Using Fedora???
August 25 2008
Most so-called Linux security issues turn out to be some insecurely coded PHP/Perl/Python/Ruby/fill_in_the_blank app that is simply another application and not a core part of Linux at all. So, I wasn't alarmed when I read this in Information Week. Red Hat Confirms... read moreHas the Microsoft-Novell SUSE Certificates Affected Linux Virtualization Support?
August 22 2008
Microsoft paid Novell $240 million in 2006 in what they call subscription fees as part of an agreement for technology sharing and to not sue each others customers for alleged intellectual property (IP) infringements. The payment was not made in total, however.... read moreAugust 20 2008
I vaguely remember hearing/reading something about the MySQL Drizzle project among the news emerging from OSCON last month. But, it didn't grab my attention enough at the time (I thought it was just something compete with SQLite), so I didn't follow up... read moreAugust 20 2008
I wanted to install a free (Open Source if possible) image editor on my MacBook. After looking around, I returned to look at GIMP whose multi-window interface always bothered me. Here's what I found about GIMP for Mac OS X 10.5. read moreCodePlex vs. SourceForge Most Downloaded Apps
August 18 2008
I visit SourceForge.net and Microsoft's CodePlex.com once or twice a month to see what's new and the most downloaded projects lists. The different natures of the top 10 most downloaded projects on each site always struck me as interesting. Let's take a... read moreAugust 14 2008
Governments should focus on making public data accessible in web-friendly formats. Here are links to an article about a study from the Princeton's Information Technology Policy Center as well as a presentation I gave at a Digital Government Summit last December. read moreSilverlight Flickr Client Written in IronRuby
August 13 2008
Just read about the Silverlight Flickr client (see above) that Microsoft's Jimmy Schementi build for a talk to .NET developers there. The interesting thing is that he used IronRuby (his language of choice) instead of the C# or VB that we... read moreWatch the Summer Olympics on your Mac or iPhone
August 13 2008
Watch NBCOlympics.com video from the 2008 Summer Olympics on your Mac or iPhone. You will need Microsoft Silverlight on your Mac. But, your iPhone (or iPod touch) is ready to roll as-is without any changes. read moreMicrosoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.2 Critical Update
August 13 2008
Microsoft patched an Excel 2008 remote execution problem. So, you might want to go get the Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.2 update. read moreMicrosoft Open Source Labs in the Philippines
August 11 2008
I caught this on Slashdot over the weekend... Microsoft Investing In "Open Source" Lab In Philippines ...and followed the link to the original article on GMANews.tv: Microsoft launches open source lab in RP According to GMA News article, the lab opens in... read moreLicensing Gives Linux the Edge over Windows in the Virtualization Battle
August 08 2008
There's been a lot of interesting product wars over the years: WordPerfect vs. Word, 1-2-3 vs. Excel, Harvard Presentation Manager vs. PowerPoint, Novell vs. Windows NT, Netscape vs. Internet Explorer, Palm OS vs. Windows Mobile, and the list goes on and on.... read moreSamba 3.2.1 Released with Enhanced Windows Server 2003/2008 Support
August 06 2008
The Samba Team released version 3.2.1 on August 5. It includes a bunch of bug patches for the version 3.2 released on July 1. In addition to IPv6 support (has anyone deployed IPv6 seriously and widely???), the release notes indicates a couple... read moreVMware Fusion 2 Beta 2: Almost There But Not Quite
August 06 2008
VMware Fusion 2 Beta 2 looks good when used with Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008. I ran into problems when testing it with Fedora 8 though. It is a Beta release, however. So, I'm not passing judgement on it until I see the Release Candidate and production release. read moreAlso find Todd on:
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