My NAS Research (D-link, Netgear and Synology)
Last week I decided to buy a NAS. Every time I buy some new geek stuff, I spend many hours on research to select the optimal model. I usually start out with a price comparison site like pricerunner or prisjakt (in Swedish only). Of course I set up some requirements as well. My initial requirements [...]
Oracle and Sun: What Are My Next Server Options?
Directional guidance from Oracle and Sun executives raised the confidence of some users, but others in our client discussions continue to voice doubts. Here’s what you need to do.
24Quintana Capital Group Invests in Web Presence With Solution From IBM and Ixion
The equity fund group needed a tool to build a Web site with an extranet portal for ongoing communication with investors. The solution, designed and implemented by Ixion, uses the IBM WebSphere Portal Express platform, IBM System i and the Linux operating system. With an updated communication infrastructure in place, the fund is able to [...]
BIDS Trading Cuts Latency and Costs With IBM System x
BIDS Trading, L.P. is a registered broker-dealer and the operator of the BIDS Alternative Trading System (ATS), designed to bring counterparties together to anonymously trade large blocks of shares. To handle a projected quadrupling of business volumes, BIDS Trading needed to move to a more scalable and manageable infrastructure. The aim was to shrink the [...]
Why Linux Data Centers Choose Emulex
Linux users look to Emulex, a leading provider of Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs), for high performance, scalable, reliable connectivity solutions. With converged networking, Linux users now have a greater choice when deploying a Storage Area Network (SAN) with iSCSI and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) protocols. The Emulex OneConnect Universal Converged Network Adapter [...]
David Siegel – The Semantic Web
Author David Siegel discusses his book Pull: The Power of the Semantic Web to Transform Your Business, in which he reviews the concepts for a future version of the web. He defines the idea of the semantic web and how Pull is a model for it. Siegel reviews how businesses in the future can take [...]
HTML5 Performance Tested Against Flash
ReadWriteWeb distills some results from a Streaming Media post about performance between Flash Player 10 and 10.1 and HTML5.
In analyzing the results of the tests, Ozer determined that the key to better Flash performance was dependent upon whether or not it could access hardware acceleration. This feature, launched in Flash 10.1, allows the plugin to [...]
Action 3
Action 3 is a nice Photoshop action that allows you to easily give a fresh look to your pictures by quickly adjusting the color settings.
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SIW – System Information for Windows 2010 Build 0310 (Freeware)
SIW – System Information for Windows ist ein Analyse-Tool für den PC. Es zeigt alle inneren Werte Ihres Systems an, vom Mainboard über geschützte Dateien bis zu geöffneten Ports.
10? Last Day At Sun
Today is my last day of employment at Sun (well, it became Oracle on March 1st in the UK but you know what I mean).
Wear Your Linux Pride on Your Sleeve, Linux.com Launches New Store
If you’ve been longing to wrap your baby, significant other, or even your coffee in Linux-y goodness, now you can — while supporting a valuable FOSS community resource at the same time. Linux.
Happiness is a Warm Cloud
Although a few folks knew about where I and many of the Sun Drizzle team had ended up, we’ve waited until today to “officially” tell folks what’s up.
reMail E-mail Search Tool Is Going Open Source
Popular iPhone email search app reMail was recently purchased by Google. As a result of the purchase, reMail has no longer been available in the App Store.
Flash and Windows Phone 7
From Mike Chambers:
There has been a lot of buzz in the mobile space lately, and I suspect there will be even more around Windows Phone 7 at next week’s Microsoft Mix conference. One thing I wanted to clarify as it may have been lost in some of the other news is that Adobe and Microsoft [...]
Flash and Standards Cold War
Very good perspective on Flash and standards.
Both the standards community and the Flash community are extremely good at sharing knowledge and supporting the people within their respective groups. The relationship across communities, however, isn’t nearly as cordial. Two things are happening: either the people within each camp stay to themselves, or one ignorantly hurls insults [...]
Apocalypso, descubre una ciudad invadida por robots
Sencillo pero con una gran jugabilidad, esas palabras son suficientes para definir a un juego como Apocalypso. Sin pretender deslumbrarnos con jugueteos visuales, alucinantes gráficos o efectos 3D, Apocalypso es un juego que todo jugón que gusta del estilo retro debe animarse a probar.
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Allan Holmes – .Gov Websites That Work
The Government is no longer a secluded center of power that rules the citizenry. Government agencies now try to actively connect with the public and interact with them. Allan Holmes, Executive Editor at Government Executive, talks about how some of the well-made government websites are not only successful at what they set out to do, [...]
intranet-extranet > Information Builders / WebFOCUS Rstat 1.2 : les réseaux neuronaux au service de la BI
Information Builders a lancé la nouvelle version de sa plate-forme de data mining et d’analyse statistique WebFOCUS Rstat 1….
10The Smurfs
The Smurfs is a Leopard ready and high quality glossy themed icon collection for all Mac users with a sweet tooth for icon customization.
The Smurfs collection contains icons featuring some of main characters in The Smurfs cartoon series: the really clumsy guy Gargamel, trying to catch Papa Smurf and his entire village.
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CC BY-SA by Film Annex
Last October, Film Annex, “an online film distribution platform and Web Television Network,” launched CC license support, enabling filmmakers to release their films under one of our licenses.
Since then, the number of CC-licensed films on the site has grown, with each license having its own Web TV channel (CC BY [...]Avast! Home Edition 5.0.462 (Freeware)
Avast! Home Edition ist ein kostenfreier Virenscanner für Heimanwender.
Das Antivirus-Programm deckt alle Gefahren ab, die Ihnen durch Internet-Surfen und E-Mail-Lesen auflauern können.
10Backuplist+
backuplist+ is a simple Applescript studio application for creating a list of your important files for backup.
Can add files by “open dialog” or drag and drop. It will create a folder on any mounted disk, your home folder, or any other location and copy files there that have been modified since the last backup.
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µTorrent oder auch uTorrent ist ein Bittorrent Client, welcher auf extrem geringen Verbrauch von Systemressourcen ausgelegt ist. Jetzt wurde endlich die finale Version 2 veröffentlicht.
10Wise Registry Cleaner 5.12 (Freeware)
Der Wise Registry Cleaner ist ein kleines Tool zum Aufräumen der Windows Registry.
10XFire 1.122 (Freeware)
XFire ist ein Chat-Client, der speziell auf Gamer zugeschnitten ist.
10MediaInfo 0.7.29 (Freeware)
Dieses Tool zeigt Ihnen Tag-Informationen von Audio- und Video-Dateien an.
10Windows 7 Codecs 2.4.2 (Freeware)
Endlich können Windows 7 Nutzer alle gängigen Audio- und Video-Formate auf ihrem Win7-Rechner abspielen.
10Vista Codecs Package 5.6.3 (Freeware)
Mit dem Vista Codecs Package installieren Sie alle gängigen Video- und Audio-Codecs auf Ihrem Vista-PC mit einem Schlag. Dieses “All-in-one”-Paket erleichtert Ihnen die multimediale Inbetriebnahme des neuen Betriebssystems aus Redmond wesentlich.
10uTorrent (µTorrent) Portable 2.0 (Freeware)
µTorrent oder auch uTorrent ist ein Bittorrent Client, welcher auf extrem geringen Verbrauch von Systemressourcen ausgelegt ist.
10Skype Portable 4.2 (Freeware)
Skype ist ein Instant Messaging System, mit dem man nicht nur Textnachrichten senden, sondern vornehmlich mit dem Gegenüber “telefonieren” kann. Dazu benötigt man natürlich ein Mikrofon und Freunde, die das System benutzen.
10reMail E-mail Search Tool Is Going Open Source [OStatic]
Popular iPhone email search app reMail was recently purchased by Google. As a result of the purchase, reMail has no longer been available in the App Store.
Towards a Beautiful WordPress Future: Automattic Hires Theme Wizard Ian Stewart
Gearing up for WordPress 3.0, Automattic has hired Ian Stewart as a Theme Wrangler to help an assembling “Theme Team” for Automattic.
The Flash Mobile Advantage
A post up about Jeff Smith from Smule and why he won’t ever target Android.
Smith is part of a small but vocal chorus of app developers who say they don’t want to move to Android, even though it is growing quickly. His complaints: He doesn’t like the way the store merchandises its wares, and he [...]
HP’s Flash-enabled Tablet
Some very cool video of Flash Player and AIR running on HP’s Slate tablet computer.
It’s great to see Flash Player running on a tablet. One of the nice things about the tablet versus the mobile device is that because of the larger screen size, more content will work out of the box. Flash on mobile [...]
Creative Commons at CiviCon 2010
Creative Commons depends on a lot of free software to scale our activities on the web. One of the most important pieces is CiviCRM which we use to manage our contributions and contacts. CiviCRM has been on an amazing trajectory since we first started using it in 2006: new releases continue to bring [...]
IPON, awards en TeachMeet
Nog twee dagen en dan is het zover: IPON, IPON Awards én alweer een TeachMeet!
De presentatie die ik ga geven over hoe je Powerpoint interactief kunt maken is zo goed als klaar.
Het was een ware wirwar hier in huis met al die muizen en usb hubs, maar dat heeft ook wel iets lekkers van: back [...]My delicious bookmarks for 2010-03-05
New York Times – Linked Open DataFor the last 150 years, The New York Times has maintained one of the most authoritative news vocabularies ever developed. In 2009, we began to publish this vocabulary as linked open data.
Scribble MapsDraw on google maps with scribbles, squares, circles, and more!More of my links
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Paragon Backup & Recovery 10.0 Free Edition (Freeware)
Mit Paragon Backup & Recovery sichern Sie Ihr System und stellen es gegebenenfalls wieder her.
10UltraDefrag 4.1.0 (Open Source)
UltraDefrag ist ein weiteres Defragmentierungs- programm. Die Software kommt ohne große Features daher und bietet eine einfache Defragmentierung Ihrer Festplatte.
10foobar2000 1.0.1 (Freeware)
Den Minimalismus auf die Spitze treibt der Audioplayer foobar 2000 des ehemaligen Winamp-Entwicklers Peter Pawlowski.
10Zattoo 4.0.4 (Freeware)
Zattoo ist eine P2P-TV-Software, welche momentan 22 europäische Sender aus unterschiedlichen Sparten anbietet.
10Fraps 3.1.2 (Demo)
Mit Fraps können Sie per Framecapture Videos von jedem Spiel erstellen, das Sie gerade spielen.
10An Ad-less Internet
A fascinating experiment and follow-up by Ars Techinca on ad blockers.
If you read a site and care about its well being, then you should not block ads (or you subscribe to sites like Ars that offer ads-free versions of the site). If a site has advertising you don’t agree with, don’t go there. I think [...]
Autopackage
A multi-distribution binary packaging framework for Linux systems. Latest stable release is 1.4.2, 2009-05-24.
2ISO Master
A CD/DVD image editor. This application can be used for creating or customising CD/DVD images and making bootable CDs/DVDs. Latest release is 1.37, 2010-01-04. N.B.: The Linux version is available free and is GPLed; the Windows version costs $20.
2IBM developerWorks Articles – "Packaging software with RPM"
This is a 3-part series on packaging software with RPM. Part 1 deals with building and distributing packages; Part 2 looks at upgrading and uninstalling software; and Part 3 discusses accommodating software dependencies. All three articles are also available in Japanese and Spanish. (2010)
2Flex Saving Flash
Interesting writeup over on PHPArchitect.
That is the most important thing that Flex brings to Flash: professional grade tooling. The Flex framework, which Adobe has open sourced, makes application development quick and painless for programmers familiar with event driven programming.
One of the things that fascinates me about the Flash Platform is the number of different types [...]
Icon Fight
I thought the new Techmeme share icon was a bit strange but after reading Gabe’s comment, I discovered that there’s a bit of a dust-up over what icon people are using to indicate sharing.
But what I didn’t realize until now is that part of the Open Icon set includes a Geotag Icon which I will [...]
The Scoop on LibrePlanet: Interview with Deborah Nicholson of the FSF
The Free Software Foundation is gearing up for a big event March 19th through 21st to be held in Cambridge, Mass. at Harvard’s University Science Center.
How Linux Can Achieve Faster World Domination
Today we have Keith Curtis returning for a new discussion on Linux.