Virtualization is hot. Over the past few months, it would be difficult to pick an IT magazine out of my stack that does not have an article on Virtualization. Even in our small company, we have two VMware servers. This allowed us to reduce 9 underutilized servers down to two physical machines. Because the original [...]
Dell confirmed on Wednesday plans to offer Linux pre-installed on select desktop and notebook systems, beyond its current Linux-based servers and Precision workstations. The decision comes after feedback on its IdeaStorm site and a survey that garnered over 100,000 responses.
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Apple has release a new beta version of ‘Boot Camp’
Boot Camp 1.2 beta contains several updates and is intended for all new and previous Boot Camp beta users.
Boot Camp 1.2 beta includes:
Support for Windows Vista (32-bit)
Updated drivers, including but not limited to trackpad, AppleTime (synch), audio, graphics, modem, iSight camera
Support the Apple Remote (works with [...]
A hacker called Cpasjuste claims to have managed to get his Xbox 360 to run unsigned code in the form of the Ubuntu OS
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…apparently.
Symantec’s 11th Internet Security Threat Report says that Microsoft’s Windows is currently the most secure operating system
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John W. Backus, who assembled and led the I.B.M. team that created Fortran, the first widely used programming language, which helped open the door to modern computing, died on Saturday at his home in Ashland, Ore. He was 82.
Fortran, released in 1957, was “the turning point†in computer software, much as the microprocessor was a [...]
The BBC Trust has announced it is to suspend the online education service, BBC Jam, pending a review.
It follows complaints from commercial online companies to the European Commission about the £150m project.
They say the service, designed as a learning resource for children aged five to 16 in support of the national curriculums, damages their businesses.
Acting [...]
“If one believed that the universe had a beginning, the obvious question was, what happened before the beginning,†Hawking said. “What was God doing before He made the world? Was He preparing hell for people who asked such questions?â€
According to Hawking, the origin of the universe can be depicted as bubbles in a steam in [...]
Pi Day and Pi Approximation Day are two unofficial holidays held to celebrate the mathematical constant Ï€ (Pi). Pi Day is observed on March 14 (3/14 in American date format), sometimes at 1:59pm; Pi Approximation Day may be observed on any of several dates, most often July 22 (22/7 – in European date format – [...]
“An academic at the British Computing Society asks, Is computer science dead? Citing falling student enrollments and improved technology, British academic Neil McBride claims that off-the-shelf solutions are removing much of the demand for high-level development skills: ‘As commercial software products have matured, it no longer makes sense for organizations to develop software from scratch. [...]
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