1. People, Personalities, and Planners: Who's behind your FOSS events?  permalink

People, Personalities, and Planners: Who's behind your FOSS events?
Linuxtoday.com

"This week I am kicking off the People, Personalities, and Planner's: Who's behind your FOSS events? "This week I am kicking off the People, Personalities, and Planner's: Who's behind your FOSS events? One way of getting involved in the Ubuntu Community is by attending events. Most of the events throughout 2010 will have some ...

2. The Apple exception: where open innovation theory breaks down  permalink

The Apple exception: where open innovation theory breaks down
Opensource.com

Over the last few weeks, I've noticed more folks pointing out a paradox that has been driving me nuts. As many companies embrace open innovation and culture, there is one incredibly successful holdout: Apple. Three articles on the subject here, here, and here.

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Admin / Infoworld News
The Apple exception: where open innovation theory breaks down Apple patches critical flaws in iPhone, iPod Touch   —  Apple today patched five vulnerabilities in the iPhone's operating system, including one in a password-locking feature that's required attention before. iPhone OS 3.1.3 , the first update since September 2009, addressed five bugs, three of which were tagged with the phrase "arbitrary code execution," Apple-speak for a critical vulnerability. ...

Mike Schramm / The Unofficial Apple (TUAW)
The Apple exception: where open innovation theory breaks down Dick Durbin presses Apple on human rights in China   —  Filed under: Apple Corporate , Apple Technology relations with China and their human rights situation is turning into a hot-button issue lately, especially given Google's recent troubles with that country . Now, my old senator from Illinois, Dick Durbin, has decided to raise the level of scrutiny, calling for a list of 30 companies, including ...

3. Nexus One gets a software update, enables multitouch  permalink

Nexus One gets a software update, enables multitouch
Chris Ziegler / Engadget

The iPhone isn't the only handset getting bumped today -- Google's just outed a very, very significant update to the Nexus One that includes Google Goggles on board and a re-upped version of Google Maps that includes suggestions and a dedicated night mode. Much more significantly, though, they've capitulated and enabled multitouch in Browser, ...

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Editor / Neowin.net
Google releases significant Nexus One software update   —  Earlier today, Google released a firmware update for its Nexus One phone, which fixes a few bugs whilst also bringing some pretty major features.� The first change is that Google Goggles will now be available directly from your Nexus One, under the All Apps menu, with Google saying, "Just use your...

Admin / Infoworld News
Nexus One update fixes 3G problem, adds limited multitouch   —  Google has started pushing out an update for the Nexus One that will fix a 3G connectivity problem that has plagued some users and adds limited support for multitouch. After receiving over 1,500 messages in a support forum from people complaining about trouble connecting to 3G, Google said last week that it had identified the problem and would ...

4. Windows Azure Commercially Available along with new SDK  permalink

Bartvagh / MSDN

As of today Windows Azure is commercially available in Europe and the United States. Coinciding with this commercial launch of Windows Azure, a new version 1.1 of the Windows Azure Tools and SDK has been released. This release supports VS 2008 and the upcoming VS 2010 RC. For VS 2010 Beta 2 please use the November 2009 release. This release ...

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Valter Minute / Geekswithblogs.net
Windows Azure Commercially Available along with new SDK Windows Embedded in Venice   —  Venerdì 5 Febbraio 2010 presso il Novotel Castellana di Mestre sarò ospite della community Xe.net (una delle più attive community di sviluppatori italiane e, secondo me, quella con il nome più azzeccato) per una sessione su "WINDOWS EMBEDDED, SEGRETI E MISTERI DELLE PIATTAFORME MICROSOFT PER I DEVICES". Avrò davanti una platea di valenti ...

Liam Westley / Geekswithblogs.net
Windows Azure Commercially Available along with new SDK Step by step: Trac on Windows – restoring a Linux backup of Trac onto a Windows system   —  Introduction In September 2006 I made a major decision on my company Source Code Management (SCM) strategy and signed up with , which provide a hosted solution for SubVersion, Trac and Bugzilla.  A few years earlier, I’d already moved my SCM from SourceSafe to SubVersion hosted on my own server on a local network.

5. SQL Server edition sprawl  permalink

Andrew_Fryer / TechNet Blogs

One of the confusing things about SQL Server is all the editions it comes in and one of the great things about SQL Server is er… all the editions it comes in. Recent additions to this edition sprawl are the SQL Server DataCenter edition, the SQL Server Parallel data warehouse and SQL Azure. Why is this annoying and why is this good for you? ...

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Kevin Shyr / Geekswithblogs.net
SQL Server edition sprawl Stop a SQL job in the first 5 days of the month, but report success   —  It is actually quite simple when I think this through: Make the first job step with this T-SQL query: IF (( SELECT DAY ( GETDATE ())) < 6) BEGIN   SELECT 1/0 END   Go to the Advanced Tab of the Job Step property page.  Select "Quit the job reporting sucess" on the "On Failure Action" drop down.   Note:  You can use RAISERROR, but the ...

Codekiwi / Geekswithblogs.net
This version of SQL Server in use does not support datatype datetime2 EF problem.   —  Had a strange error come up today when I tried to use my home PC to run an Entity Framework project, the EDMX schema (is it a schema) was generated in SQL Server 2008 and my home dev machine has SQL Server 2005. I wouldn't have thought this would be a problem as I don't use any 2008 specific features (except the intellisense ;P), but alas I was ...

6. Oracle and Sun  permalink

Oracle and Sun
Www.oracle.com

This combination transforms the IT industry. With the addition of servers, storage, SPARC processors, the Solaris operating system, Java, and the MySQL database to Oracle's portfolio of database, middleware, and business applications, we plan to engineer and deliver open and integrated systems—from applications to disk—where all the ...

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Hinkmond / Sun Bloggers
新しいオラクルとの連携と変化の概要 New Oracle look to my blog   —  Hey, if you haven't been watching the news, Java ME technology is now part of Oracle! Hence, the outrageous new look and feel of my blog. Go, Oracle! What is important is that Oracle has pledged continued development of the Java ME platform. Expect good things... See: Java ME is part of Oracle Here's a quote: Kurian said Oracle will seek to ...

Jorge Sanchez Coloma / Sun Bloggers
新しいオラクルとの連携と変化の概要 Customers Oracle Welcome Tour   —  Hi folks ! as you can read in this web page . Oracle is already working on a Welcome Tour for customers where they will share the strategy in depth... In our case we will have one event in Lisbon (16th of March) and another in Madrid (17th of March). More info in coming days. Have fun & Enjoy !!!

7. Hasselblad creates 40 megapixel H4D-40 medium format camera, wants $20k for it  permalink

Hasselblad creates 40 megapixel H4D-40 medium format camera, wants $20k for it
Darren Murph / Engadget

Tough though it may be to believe, Hasselblad's 39 megapixel H3D II actually came out in 2007. Yeah, last decade. In other words, it's about time we saw a true successor hit the market, and with PMA just about ready to get going in Anaheim, the bold and beautiful H4D-40 is making its grand entrance. Boasting a 40 megapixel sensor, this medium ...

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Hasselblad creates 40 megapixel H4D-40 medium format camera, wants $20k for it Hasselblad releases H4D-40 medium format camera   —  Hasselblad has launched the H4D-40, 40 megapixel medium format camera. It incorporates a 33 x 44mm CCD sensor (almost twice the size of a full-frame 35mm DSLR sensor) and includes the 'True Focus' AF system introduced in the H4D-50 and 60. The H4D-40 kit, including camera body, 80mm lens and viewfinder is available at a retail price of US $19,955 (

Joanna Stern / Engadget
Hasselblad creates 40 megapixel H4D-40 medium format camera, wants $20k for it Olympus intros $600 12.3 megapixel PEN E-PL1 Micro Four Thirds camera   —  It certainly took them long enough, but Olympus has finally (finally!) introduced a Micro Four Thirds camera with a price tag that's a little closer to earth. If you'll recall, both of the previous PENs cost upwards of $750, but the E-PL1 touts a much more reasonable MSRP of $599.99. And that doesn't mean Olympus has been stingy on features. Nope,

8. Interviste su Channel 9: da RafStorm a ASP.NET MVC  permalink

Interviste su Channel 9: da RafStorm a ASP.NET MVC
Pietrobr / MSDN

Forse non tutti sanno che ogni tanto mi diletto a fare delle interviste che pubblico su Channel 9. Ieri ho incontrato Raffaele Rialdi e abbiamo discusso della Sensor and Location Platform di Windows 7 , partendo da un device “costruito in casa”, passando alla realizzazione del firmware, il driver in kernel-mode già presente in Windows, fino ...

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BelugaNeil / Geekswithblogs.net
Interviste su Channel 9: da RafStorm a ASP.NET MVC CSS Stylesheets in ASP.Net   —  I've not done a great deal in ASP.Net and I've never done anything with Style Sheets. They are however really simple as long as you remember a couple of things. Create the css file and add it to your project in Visual Studio. Then drag it to the aspx page (in design view). This will add the lines to the aspx page <head runat="server">    

Meagon-marshall / Pluralsight Blogs
Interviste su Channel 9: da RafStorm a ASP.NET MVC Pluralsight announces free on-demand! training for all microsoft mvps   —  Pluralsight will provide each Microsoft® MVP with a complimentary 1-Year Standard subscription to the entire Pluralsight On-Demand! training library. We are rolling this campaign out at the upcoming 2010 Microsoft MVP Global Summit in Bellevue on Monday, February 15. MVPs can get hooked up with the 1-Year Standard subscription at the Party with ...

9. Windows Server Performance Team: Increase VMBus buffer sizes to increase network throughput to guest VMs  permalink

Windows Server Performance Team: Increase VMBus buffer sizes to increase network throughput to guest VMs
Virtual PC Guy / MSDN

The Windows Server Performance team have done a really interesting post on how to optimize network performance inside of virtual machines by increasing the size of the VMBus buffers used by our network adapters. They also do a very good job of explaining the causes and implications of performance issues around virtual networking – so go check ...

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Sarang / Geekswithblogs.net
Windows Azure Drive   —  The Azure team today released a few goodies. One of them is the OS release 1.1 and the other key release is the Azure Drive. This is brilliant implementation and will pave ways for some new patterns in designing apps for Azure. Here is a summary straigh from the horses mouth. Windows Azure Drive provide Windows Azure applications the ability to ...

10. Web Server 7 Update 8 addresses critical Security Issues  permalink

Natarajan / Sun Bloggers

Recently, Sun published Sun Alert for recently discovered security vulnerability within Sun Web Server and immediately released updates to Web Server 7 and Web Server 6.1 release train to address these discovered vulnerabilities. Web Server 7.0 update 8 Web Server 6.1sp12 If you are running Sun Java System / iPlanet / Sun ONE Web Server, we ...

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Hinkmond / Sun Bloggers
Web Server 7 Update 8 addresses critical Security Issues Sweet irony: ex-Sun employee's iShoot iPhone game now on Java ME   —  How ironic. The engineer at Sun Microsystems (Ethan Nicholas) who quit his job last year because the iPhone game he developed on the side earned him short-term success, recently discovered that in order to make a full time career out of mobile game development (and make steady money instead of a temporary blip), you must port your game to Java ...

Gridbag / Sun Bloggers
Moving my blog...   —  Opening a blog was one of the first few things I did, sitting on my temporary cubicle on the 2nd Floor of Sun Microsystems, India Engineering Center, Divyasree Chambers, Bangalore on that morning of September 05, 2005. I wasn't assigned any work, having joined Sun on August 31 2005. It took about a week to get my Sun Badge (those days they used ...

11. Hey, Scripting Guy! How Do I Search Active Directory?  permalink

ScriptingGuy / TechNet Blogs

Hey, Scripting Guy! Why does today's article title sound so familiar? I do want to know how to search Active Directory, but I'm experiencing some deja vu here. - RR Hi RR, Scripting Guy Craig Liebendorfer here. The rough part about getting older is that part about getting older. Ed Wilson and I are working through some "age-induced health ' ...

12. Twits du Jour  permalink

Twits du Jour
Erik / Erik

Erik's Tumbles - How the Volt Works bit.ly/au3Ach # Erik's Tumbles - Safety Rope Fail bit.ly/bU1MnQ #

13. 1+1=1.5: How estimating coding time breaks math  permalink

Chris Becker / MSDN

I always hate providing a SWAG [guess] on how long something will take. Predicting how much time I will work on something is never a good indicator on when the item will be finished. A talent a good dev will have is to take two 1 week features and finish them in 1.5 weeks. It may seem like black magic, but most people don't work on everything ...

14. IIS7의 SEO Toolkit – 검색 엔진 최적화기  permalink

IIS7의 SEO Toolkit – 검색 엔진 최적화기
Daewoo.kim / MSDN

안녕하세요. 김대우 입니다. 오래간만에 포스트를 적어 보네요. 이번에 소개해 드리고 싶은 내용은 IIS7의 확장 기능인 SEO(Search Engine Optimizer) Toolkit 입니다. 소개 링크 : 상세한 기술 정보 : 다운

15. 코비젼  permalink

코비젼
Microsoft Korea Solution Partner Team / TechNet Blogs

"Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007의 든든한 동반자" Covision Extension Pack for SharePoint Covision Extension Pack for SharePoint 는 MOSS 2007에 추가적으로 설치되어 MOSS 의 기본 기능을 확장시켜 주는 확장팩 개념의 제품입니다. 힌극적인 상황에 꼭 맞는 기능들을 모아서 제공하기 때문�

16. Screencasts currently down...  permalink

Jason Lewis / TechNet Blogs

The hosting services I was using to host my screencast has been closed. I will work to get this back up as soon as possible.

17. Less known Solaris features - Persistant routes  permalink

Less known Solaris features - Persistant routes
Www.c0t0d0s0.org

The individual owning this blog works at Sun Microsystems GmbH in Germany, a subsidiary of Oracle. The opinions expressed here are his own, are not necessarily reviewed in advance by anyone but the individual author, and neither Oracle nor any other party necessarily agrees with them.

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OPEN LETTER TO ORACLE: Solaris Roadmap   —  Dear Oracle, Congratulations on the EU approval of your acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Many of us in the various Sun communities spent years working closely with Oracle products on Sun technology and feel right at home being part to the Oracle family. The business savvy and dedication to customer success will be a welcome change in the ...

18. CSV와 Migration 과 관련된 문서 모음  permalink

CSV와 Migration 과 관련된 문서 모음
DebugMachine / MSDN

New Cluster Docs for Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) & Migration 위의 포스트 에서는 아래에 있는 여러 문서들의 링크를 담고 있습니다. CSV 나 Migration 과 관련된 작업을 하실 때 도움이 될것 입니다. Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) · Using ...

19. Extracting DDL Statements from a PeopleSoft Data Mover exported DAT file  permalink

Giri Mandalika / Sun Bloggers

Case in hand: Given a PeopleSoft Data Mover exported data file ( db or dat file), how to extract the DDL statements [from that data file] which gets executed as part of the Data Mover's data import process? Here is a quick way to do it: Insert the SET EXTRACT statements in the Data Mover script (DMS) before the IMPORT .. statement. eg., % cat / ...

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XiaoyingGuo / MSDN
Extracting DDL Statements from a PeopleSoft Data Mover exported DAT file Building Look-Up Binding with the VS Data Source Window   —  About six months ago, Milind wrote a post about how to leverage the Data Source Window to build look-up binding. In that article, Milind briefly described one way to do that through drag-and-drop. In this post, I’ll show you different ways to use the Data Source Window and build look-up binding through easy drag-and-drop gesture. I’ll also ...

20. Senior IT Pro evangelist sökes!  permalink

Svitpro / TechNet Blogs

Nu utlyser vi en tjänst som senior IT Pro evangelist. Primära områden för just den här rollen är Windows-plattformen; både klienten, servern och molnet, och även vara införstådd i de omkringliggande tjänsterna och produkterna för hantering och administration av denna plattform. Det handlar också om att vare förespråkare av TechNet, ...