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khess in a Nutshell
I am a techie, a Linux evangelist, and an activist of sorts. I am also a DaniWeb Staff Writer/Blogger, a Linux Feature Writer and Columnist. You can see my work in Systems Management News (www.sysmannews.com) or in Linux Magazine (www.linux-mag.com). Hit my website at www.kenhess.com to find out... (Read Blog)
Yesterday, NetGear released the long-awaited open source wireless router WGR614L--a high-performance, full-featured, wireless router with 4-port switch running, you guessed it, Linux. The router currently supports the free open source Linux-based Tomato and DD-WRT firmware and will soon support...
Read More | Jul 1st, 2008
Red Hat announced a new bare-metal hypervisor technology last week at the Red Hat Summit in Boston. It is based on KVM (Kernel-Based Virtual Machine) technology and actually has been included in Linux kernel version 2.6.20 and up. This announcement has some Red Hat and virtualization proponents...
Read More | Jun 26th, 2008 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: Jun 26th, 2008
Blog Stats: Entries: 65 | Views: 88,380 | Last Entry: 2 Days Ago | Overall Rating: Rating: 86 votes, 4.55 average
happygeek in a Nutshell
I am a freelance technology journalist from England, and have been for fast approaching 20 years now. For 14 of them I have enjoyed being Contributing Editor with PC Pro magazine, the biggest selling monthly IT publication in the UK. Currently, I hold the title of Information Security Journalist... (Read Blog)
According to AppleInsider Nicholas Woodhams, an Apple iPod repair shop owner from Michigan, has found himself at the wrong end of the Apple legal machine. Apple has apparently filed a lawsuit which claims misuse of the iPod trademark. Actually, that is not all Apple claims. The iPod owning giant...
Read More | Jun 28th, 2008 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: Jun 29th, 2008
It wasn't due for another six weeks or so, but today Microsoft surprised many folk by starting to sell its new Hyper-V server virtualisation software. Microsoft had repeatedly told anyone who asked, and anyone who was listening, that it would be released in August. However, Microsoft customers were...
Read More | Jun 26th, 2008
Remember the big fuss that spread all over the world when HM Revenue and Customs, the UK government department that deals with income tax and the like, managed to lose discs containing the financial details of 25 million people? amazingly, the official Independent Police Complaints Commission...
Read More | Jun 25th, 2008
Amazingly, according to The Inquirer, an Orange County hacker is facing an incredible 38 years in prison if found guilty of several counts relating to hacking into his school computer. It seems that Omar Khan, 18, of Coto de Caza, California hacked into computer in order to change his grades....
Read More | Jun 20th, 2008 | Comments: 2 | Last Comment: Jun 21st, 2008
File under strange but true: an IBM developed supercomputer based on the same processor technology that powers the Sony PlayStation 3 has just been officially ratified as the fastest computer on the planet. According to the Top 500 supercomputing rankings, published today at the International...
Read More | Jun 18th, 2008
Blog Stats: Entries: 512 | Views: 1,619,344 | Last Entry: 8 Hours Ago | Overall Rating: Rating: 768 votes, 4.78 average
newsguy in a Nutshell
I live and breathe technology news, it is what turns me on. Sad, but hey I am a news nerd, what can I say? (Read Blog)
Zotac has today announced the availability of what it claims is the fastest core clock speed for a graphics card straight out of the box. The GTX 280 AMP! Edition overclocks the NVIDIA GTX 280 card to top, are you ready for this, 700 MHz. OK, so it adds about £30 ($60) to the cost of a standard...
Read More | Jun 24th, 2008
Those clever boffins at the University of Bath, England have managed to develop a machine called RepRap which can, effectively, replicate itself. The boffins themselves describe it as being a 3D printer which can print, or rather produce, real mechanical parts. Perhaps most interesting is the claim...
Read More | Jun 20th, 2008
Sky News reports that there are less than 100 days to go before Europeans have to start disposing of their old batteries in a more environmentally friendly manner. It appears that there is a new European Union directive coming in to force which will set national targets for the recycling of...
Read More | Jun 19th, 2008 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: Jun 22nd, 2008
Blog Stats: Entries: 199 | Views: 411,549 | Last Entry: 2 Days Ago | Overall Rating: Rating: 373 votes, 4.83 average
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