Archive for the 'Computing' Category

Fedora 11 Leonidas Release Today

Well, at least the schedule says that:
2009-05-26
2009-06-02
2009-06-09 Fedora 11 Final Release
I am running the release candidate and have no issues – Linux just keeps getting better and easier.

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Rogue Wave Software Acquires Visual Numerics

I thought this was interesting – Rogue Wave has bought Visual Numerics. I have used products from both companies and it seems to me that it is a decent match. I used Rogue Wave C++ libraries back in the 1990’s and they were pretty high quality. Visual Numerics has the JMSL Numerical [...]

Free Computer Magazines

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gOS – Cloud operating system

Do all your computing in your browser:

Cloud is a browser operating system that combines beautiful design with sophisticated technologies to make the PC faster, safer, and easier.
Wow – welcome to the 1960s. Not that I think it is a bad thing – there is a lot of good reasons to centralize compute resources. [...]

Exabyte Database Server from Oracle

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Well, I had been waiting to watch (via the web) Larry Ellison’s big keynote speech at Oracle’s Open World this week, then promptly forgot all about it as it was happening. The had been a lot of speculation about what the big X announcement was going to be. [...]

Secure Client for your Handheld Devices

Image from WikipediaAny system administrator will tell you that they are entirely dependent on the tools that allow them to securely interact with the systems that they are supporting. A secure connection generally means using SSH to connect to a remote system. Telnet does not cut it – your passwords are transmitted in [...]

Real Estate Investment Software

Are you interested in buying and selling real estate but you aren’t sure how to predict profit forecasts on your properties? With Real Estate Genius, you can get the numbers you need to see if you’re going to make a profit or not. If you are serious about making a profit in the real estate [...]

iContact Enterprise Email Marketing

Does your company send between one hundred thousand and ten million emails a month? If so, you may need a more efficient solution. With an easy to use interface, industry leading inbox service, and advanced features including an autoresponder tool, RSS feeds, blogging capabilities, list segmentation, and design templates, Enterprise Email Marketing service is a [...]

Accessing Your Home PC-From Work?

Have you ever been at work, only to realize that the work you did last night on your home PC is still there? Or realized you needed work documents as soon as you got home? Or maybe you just need to show a family member some of your pictures while logged onto their computer. But [...]

Tools for School

The tools needed for reading, writing and arithmetic have changed over the decades. The basics are still necessary – a student needs pen, paper and a willingness to learn – but, the present day student will also be required to have access to a computer. To enhance the learning experience and to prepare [...]

Goobuntu – Google’s Linux Distro?

Word on the street is that Google may have a Linux distribution for the general public in the offing soon. Curious, as when they have been directly questioned about a release of a Google Linux distro in the past, they have answered in the negative. However:

Google has confirmed it is working on a [...]

Intel’s Quad Core for $266 – Q6600

Talk about a major cut in price – Intel is dropping the price of the Q6600 – a QUAD core processor – from $530 to $266. This is great for everyone except: AMD and anyone who bought a computer in the last couple of weeks. A quad core processor for $266? Is [...]

Fortress Reference Implementation

On occasion I check over at the minimal website about the Fortress programming language, but I noticed that a reference implementation of Fortress is now available. What is really interesting is that it is implemented in Java and the source code is available under the BSD license. That certainly makes it easy for [...]

First Real Application

Careers today are in a constant state of flux – no more obvious ladder to climb from promotion to the promotion. I was thinking about this the other day, as I am working on an evolutionary change in career goals – yet again obfuscating any predictability about my career path. Something that came [...]