items tagged with David M Williams
Microsoft quietly removes Ultimate Extras from Windows 7
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-08-25 15:02:19
One selling point of Windows Vista Ultimate Edition was its inclusion of Ultimate Extras, a special "members only" club of downloads incorporated into Windows Update. As of Windows 7 it's no more - and the club wants its goodies back.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-08-25 15:02:19
One selling point of Windows Vista Ultimate Edition was its inclusion of Ultimate Extras, a special "members only" club of downloads incorporated into Windows Update. As of Windows 7 it's no more - and the club wants its goodies back.
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Linux saves the day ... again
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-08-24 02:53:18
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-08-24 02:53:18
What do you do when Windows will not boot and cannot repair itself from the installation CD? You fire up a Linux Live CD!
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Gone but not forgotten part one - VAX/VMS
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-08-20 08:24:29
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-08-20 08:24:29
Like anyone who has been in IT for a reasonable length of time I've worked with technologies that have lapsed, been superseded, died off or just simply gone out of vogue. Yet there are some my heart yearns to see again.
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Which netbook OS is right for you?
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-08-18 19:54:46
Windows 7 is here, and unlike Windows Vista, it will probably run on your diminutive netbook PC. However, there is an alternative. Here is why you ought to give Linux a shot.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-08-18 19:54:46
Windows 7 is here, and unlike Windows Vista, it will probably run on your diminutive netbook PC. However, there is an alternative. Here is why you ought to give Linux a shot.
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Windows Server 2008 R2 released to MSDN and TechNet
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2009-08-17 03:01:10
Hot on the heels of last week’s Windows 7 release, Windows Server 2008 R2 has now been made available on Microsoft's technical subscription programmes.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2009-08-17 03:01:10
Hot on the heels of last week’s Windows 7 release, Windows Server 2008 R2 has now been made available on Microsoft's technical subscription programmes.
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Why Governments must make voting systems open source
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-08-13 09:33:43
Premier Election Solutions, formerly known as Diebold, patched a security weakness in its electronic vote tabulation software this week. Nice, but how many flaws are required before governments mandate open source solutions?
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-08-13 09:33:43
Premier Election Solutions, formerly known as Diebold, patched a security weakness in its electronic vote tabulation software this week. Nice, but how many flaws are required before governments mandate open source solutions?
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Remote code vulnerability in programs built with Visual Studio
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-08-11 23:26:10
This week Microsoft pushed out a regular assortment of Windows updates but one in particular caught my eye. It was an important security update for Visual Studio. The description said an attacker could compromise your Windows-based system – with Visual Studio? Actually, no; the truth is worse, when good programs go bad.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-08-11 23:26:10
This week Microsoft pushed out a regular assortment of Windows updates but one in particular caught my eye. It was an important security update for Visual Studio. The description said an attacker could compromise your Windows-based system – with Visual Studio? Actually, no; the truth is worse, when good programs go bad.
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Keep an eye on your own open source cloud environment
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-10 00:46:31
Want to live in the cloud but don’t quite trust it? SourceForge's open source project of the month for August may be for you! eyeos is a self-hosted cloud operating environment for business, schools and home built in PHP.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-10 00:46:31
Want to live in the cloud but don’t quite trust it? SourceForge's open source project of the month for August may be for you! eyeos is a self-hosted cloud operating environment for business, schools and home built in PHP.
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Windows 7 comes in 893 different flavours
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-06 23:10:08
This is it, Windows 7 is now final. Today the first public release of Windows 7 has been made available to subscribers of Microsoft’s TechNet and MSDN programs. An astounding 893 different images are being made available over three release waves from August 6th to 21st.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-06 23:10:08
This is it, Windows 7 is now final. Today the first public release of Windows 7 has been made available to subscribers of Microsoft’s TechNet and MSDN programs. An astounding 893 different images are being made available over three release waves from August 6th to 21st.
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Windows Server 2008 R2 forces Exchange 2010 upgrade
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-04 19:05:13
Server administrators be warned; if you’re looking at Windows Server 2008 R2 you need to be aware Microsoft is not supporting Microsoft Exchange 2007 on this platform. Instead, you must upgrade to Exchange 2010.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-04 19:05:13
Server administrators be warned; if you’re looking at Windows Server 2008 R2 you need to be aware Microsoft is not supporting Microsoft Exchange 2007 on this platform. Instead, you must upgrade to Exchange 2010.
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Why can't I just play DVDs in Linux?
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-02 06:12:03
One deterrent to switching operating systems is the inability to perform tasks with a minimum of fuss. Unfortunately, for Linux, doing something as natural as playing a movie on DVD doesn’t just work out-of-the-box. The reason why not is the same reason the Nintendo Wii doesn’t play DVDs either.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-02 06:12:03
One deterrent to switching operating systems is the inability to perform tasks with a minimum of fuss. Unfortunately, for Linux, doing something as natural as playing a movie on DVD doesn’t just work out-of-the-box. The reason why not is the same reason the Nintendo Wii doesn’t play DVDs either.
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Tough TTYs: Alan Cox leaves Linux
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-07-31 06:18:17
Hands up who loves Linus Torvalds? The count may be one down after Linux kernel hacker Alan Cox quit as TTY code base maintainer following stabbing public criticism from Torvalds.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-07-31 06:18:17
Hands up who loves Linus Torvalds? The count may be one down after Linux kernel hacker Alan Cox quit as TTY code base maintainer following stabbing public criticism from Torvalds.
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No Windows 7 for recession-struck business
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-07-30 23:09:21
Poor Microsoft; after Windows Vista's disastrous reception the software giant has been working to regain credibility and give companies a reason to upgrade. While Windows 7 may turn out to be "the best Windows yet" a major poll shows 60% of corporations have no plans to roll it out.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-07-30 23:09:21
Poor Microsoft; after Windows Vista's disastrous reception the software giant has been working to regain credibility and give companies a reason to upgrade. While Windows 7 may turn out to be "the best Windows yet" a major poll shows 60% of corporations have no plans to roll it out.
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Microsoft claims no GPL violation in Linux submission after all
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-07-28 07:30:43
Seattle software giant, Microsoft, has asserted despite press saying otherwise last week's 22,000 line submission to the Linux kernel was not motivated by any perceived GPL violation. Yet, do the facts bare out? Does the argument really stand to scrutiny?
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-07-28 07:30:43
Seattle software giant, Microsoft, has asserted despite press saying otherwise last week's 22,000 line submission to the Linux kernel was not motivated by any perceived GPL violation. Yet, do the facts bare out? Does the argument really stand to scrutiny?
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Microsoft wins patent for Lotus Notes emoticon idea
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-07-25 22:58:53
This week just past Microsoft was successfully granted a patent for "emotiflags" despite this idea being present in Lotus Notes years prior. Microsoft is even denying current Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie’s involvement.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-07-25 22:58:53
This week just past Microsoft was successfully granted a patent for "emotiflags" despite this idea being present in Lotus Notes years prior. Microsoft is even denying current Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie’s involvement.
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Microsoft contributes to Linux kernel
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-07-20 12:23:22
Even the most ardent open source advocate may find they have Microsoft code on their Linux box in the near future following a surprise kernel submission on Monday. No, it’s not April 1st.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-07-20 12:23:22
Even the most ardent open source advocate may find they have Microsoft code on their Linux box in the near future following a surprise kernel submission on Monday. No, it’s not April 1st.
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Software engineering is dead, long live engineering of software
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-07-19 09:03:45
Tom DeMarco is co-author of one of the most timeless and seminal works on creating software, Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams. Yet, this month DeMarco suggested to the IEEE Computer Society that maybe software engineering has had its day.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-07-19 09:03:45
Tom DeMarco is co-author of one of the most timeless and seminal works on creating software, Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams. Yet, this month DeMarco suggested to the IEEE Computer Society that maybe software engineering has had its day.
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How did Atul Dwivedi hack the RAAF web site this week?
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-07-16 09:09:58
Indian techie, Atul Dwivedi, defaced the Royal Australian Air Force website this week, posting a message on the front page as a warning to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. How did he do it?
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-07-16 09:09:58
Indian techie, Atul Dwivedi, defaced the Royal Australian Air Force website this week, posting a message on the front page as a warning to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. How did he do it?
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Linux, Mac users - your copy of Windows may be tax deductible
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-07-16 01:55:44
That’s right; the Australian Tax Office’s e-tax software is a Windows-only product. If you run it within a virtualised Microsoft Windows on your Linux or Mac computer you may be eligible to tack the Windows tax onto your tax return!
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-07-16 01:55:44
That’s right; the Australian Tax Office’s e-tax software is a Windows-only product. If you run it within a virtualised Microsoft Windows on your Linux or Mac computer you may be eligible to tack the Windows tax onto your tax return!
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Australian Linux users finally have tax return satisfaction
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-07-15 20:00:29
As much as Linux users might desire to live in a world without Windows plans can be thwarted by a necessary piece of Windows-only software. This year the Australian Tax Office e-tax tax return system is no longer one of these.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-07-15 20:00:29
As much as Linux users might desire to live in a world without Windows plans can be thwarted by a necessary piece of Windows-only software. This year the Australian Tax Office e-tax tax return system is no longer one of these.
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