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LINUX:
Universal Studios’ new studio re-do: Harrison console powered by linux. Wow….
Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) Alpha 5
Video: Ted Ts’o on Ext4, BtrFS, First Steps with Linux
Thunderbird 3, Beta 2 available.
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Dog, missing 9 years, returned …continue reading
While I’m a big fan of rechargeable NiMH AA batteries, I’ve noticed something odd (and quite honestly, disappointing) in the last few months. A bunch of the NiMH AA batteries here at ranchero indebto are draining awfully quickly. This problem cropped up with the NiMHs …continue reading
Poor speech has become something that is on the mind of many. Perhaps it is because we just finished eight years of having a president that couldn’t string five coherent sentences together at one time to save his life. Perhaps it is because we have …continue reading
The other day I was trying to obtain connection information from master.dbo.sysprocesses via a linked server call using SQL Server 2005. So the statement I was running looked like this: INSERT INTO connection SELECT DISTINCT [name], hostname, program_name, loginame, nt_username, net_address, last_batch, getdate() FROM OPENQUERY(“SQL1V01″, ‘SELECT d.[name], p.hostname, p.program_name, p.loginame, p.nt_username, p.net_address, …continue reading
We have all read recently of some of this countries largest and most famous newspapers going under. Lack of revenues have forced some of the oldest, Colorado Rockies since the 1860′s, to close shop. The Heart publishing giant has also come under the gun and …continue reading
Microsoft must be very proud. Its Vista operating system is winning international awards now. Who would have thought that this scrappy little operating system that gets no respect in the United States would rise to be honored in the international arena?
from Scientific American
It’s …continue reading
Most newer vehicles now come with key less remotes that at a click of a button open up your vehicle. So I found it interesting over the weekend when someone asked whether another remote could open their car? You see, once you have been labeled …continue reading
LINUX DEPARTMENT:
New XFCE release is out (4.6.0)
updated desktop, panel, rewritten multiple display+clock setup, kill unresponsive windows, faster session manager – take the tour….
Making NetworkManager work with suspend/resume
VMware, Novell hatch virtual appliance scheme
From the perspective of available applications and abilities, the iPhone is impressive to be sure. But as it turns out, rumor has it that collectively speaking, the Japanese are less than impressed with the famed Apple Mobile phone. So unimpressed in fact, that …continue reading
Both companies, Microsoft and Apple, have announced their new operating systems: Windows 7 and Mac OS X Snow Leopard. With both companies competing for sales, Apple has proved to be a clear winner with OS X Leapord over Microsoft’s disappointing Windows Vista. With the release …continue reading
I never thought I would type those words. I’m sure the thought has run through many guys’ heads, being one of their secret fantasies. But usually it just stays that that: a fantasy. People usually think about strippers as good-looking girls who don’t have the brains …continue reading
Limbaugh doesn’t want President Obama to succeed. For me, I think that President Obama is a breath of fresh air, and wish him every success. On the other hand, I fervently hope that Windows 7 fails miserably. Not because I have that many problems with …continue reading
After seeing the features included with the Pomegranite smart phone, I think so:
But it’s a very clever promotion.
Got an extra Mac laying around? Set up an awesome media center with Boxee… and I mean awesome.
We all have too much stuff on our drives. We all want bigger drives. Find out what the largest files taking up space on your Mac …continue reading
Welcome to the Chris Pirillo TD visitor survey. Please help us to make our site even better by answering some questions about your technology needs. As a thank you for participating in the survey, you can enter a drawing for a chance to win …continue reading
Welcome to the Chris Pirillo TD visitor survey. Please help us to make our site even better by answering some questions about your technology needs. As a thank you for participating in the survey, you can enter a drawing for a chance to win …continue reading
Four tons of seeds — almost 90,000 samples of hundreds of crop species — from food crop collections maintained by Canada, Ireland, Switzerland, USA, and three international agricultural research centers in Syria, Mexico and Colombia, were delivered today to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault as …continue reading
Global climate rapidly shifted from a relatively ice-free world to one with massive ice sheets on Antarctica about 34 million years ago. What happened? What changed? A team of scientists led by Yale geologists offers a new perspective on the nature of changing climatic conditions …continue reading
Even as debate rages over the safety of Australia’s “Prepare, stay and defend, or leave early” policy of wildfire defense, fire researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and in Australia say that the strategy is worth consideration in California and other regions in the …continue reading
Remember Yahoo? They are the original company that started the entire search thing on the Internet. They are also the company that Microsoft threatens to buy weekly. Now with a new CEO at the helm they are now getting serious and have decided to become …continue reading
After the shake ups and changes at Yahoo, the new CEO, Carol Bartz, is talking tough about the future at her new company. The talk about brand identification is rather odd, considering how little the name Yahoo means to most these days. Most people seem …continue reading
There are a lot of tools that make the skill of programming desktop software accessible to many people, but developing Web applications is still intimidating in a lot of ways. Plenty of options exist, but newcomers need something that is easy and produces immediate results. …continue reading
Q: Dear Ken,
I heard you discussing Twitter on your radio show and I am hearing lots of people talk about it but I still have one problem: I don’t get it!
Can you please explain what all the hoopla is about to a …continue reading
Users can launch programs, run commands, open folders, etc. from the Run dialog box. Knowing this, you can probably see how it could be used to make unwanted changes to your computer. Although it is useful to have the Run dialog box on the Start …continue reading
In a speech to the UN Security Council during a session on Iraq, Susan Rice said once the US withdraws its troops from Iraq, it would ‘seek an end to Iran’s ambitions to acquire an illicit nuclear capacity, and its support for terrorism’.
Apparently, there is some joy to destruction. It is purposive. And it is malicious. The assumption has been that hackers are motivated by financial incentives. A recent study shows that simply causing havoc remains the end goal of some hackers:
“A study of 57 …continue reading
With full time jobs (sometimes more than one), families, and other activities, how do people find the time to consistently blog without having to do so at 3 a.m.? It took me a long time to start my own blog for the simple fact that …continue reading
Continue the epic story of the castaways of Isola in Virtual Villagers 2: The Lost Children!
Guide your tribe as they rescue a group of lost children and help them survive new adventures. Lead your villagers as they solve all new puzzles and …continue reading
