Everyone use umbrella so frequently these days now, it is almost each one has a umbrella in home. Indeed, in ancient Egypt, there was not much rain, so women used umbrella to protect their skin from sunbeams. Nowdays, the ozone […]
Intel’s Sandy Bridge issue could affect Apple the most
A design flaw within the chipset supporting its new line of Sandy Bridge processors may delay the launch of next-generation computers, and Apple could find itself affected the most. Intel’s latest chip is the first from the company to include […]
Microsoft, Juniper urged to patch dangerous IPv6 DoS hole
Security experts are urging Microsoft and Juniper to patch a year-old IPv6 vulnerability so dangerous it can freeze any Windows machine on a LAN in a matter of minutes. Microsoft has downplayed the risk because the hole requires a physical […]
Facebook open sources the data center
To figure out how to most efficiently handle the massive amount of traffic to Facebook and its related pages, a team of just three engineers working for the popular social network designed a new style of servers and power management […]
Can Microsoft Truly Issue ‘Open Source’ Licenses?
Yesterday, publisher Tim O’Reilly broke the news that at his company’s own open source convention in Portland, Oregon, Microsoft General Manager of Platform Strategy Bill Hilf is planning to — if it hasn’t already — submit its existing Shared Source […]
Kindle users get Amazon offer for returned deleted books, gift certificates
While the distributor of several e-books was wrong to assume that the “classic” nature of certain titles allowed them to be sold under the public domain license, there’s been considerable concern over Amazon’s right to “undo” the sale of those […]
Google says it did not lie about government certification for Apps
Google found itself fending off criticisms from competitor Microsoft on Monday over whether or not its Google Apps product truly had an important government security clearance. Called the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) standard, the Mountain View, Calif. company […]
Lab to Live: Smooth Virtualization Transitions
Server virtualization is now within the grasp of any business and when properly implemented and managed, can help you save some serious money by reducing maintenance costs and minimizing the burden on your staff. But flipping the switch from your […]
Fast-Track Architecture Program Prepares You In Just Four Semesters
Recognized companies such as Cassidy & Company, Architectural Technologists; Hunt Design Associates Inc., Viljoen Architect Inc., Romanov Romanov, Architects; and LaPointe, Architects, have all hired graduates of Centennial College’s Fast-Track Architecture program. In their roles, architecture technology professionals use state-of-the-art […]
Microsoft Office 2010 Puts Word, Excel and PowerPoint on the Web
In an expected and inevitable move, Microsoft has announced that the next version of Office will include Web-based versions of Word, Excel, Powerpoint and OneNote. Not to be confused with Microsoft Live Office Workspaces, which lets users of the desktop […]