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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)
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and many other financial institutions run their most critical services and applications on Linux. The NYSE specifically uses RedHat Enterprise Linux because of its stability and support.
Linux is the most-chosen operating system in the U.K, France, Germany, and...
Read More | May 16th, 2008 | Comments: 3 | Last Comment: May 18th, 2008
Welcome back to Crystal Ball Sunday. This week in the Crystal Ball are my predictions for OpenSolaris vs. Linux. The release of OpenSolaris on May 5th has caused quite a stir. Many say that it will replace Linux on the Desktop and in the Data Center.
My first prediction is that there will be...
Read More | May 10th, 2008 | Comments: 3 | Last Comment: May 11th, 2008
Blog Stats: Entries: 37 | Views: 27,861 | Last Entry: 4 Days Ago | Overall Rating: 
I've been following the career arch of corporate raider Carl Icahn for years. The billionaire investor specializes in buying up huge chunks of stocks of volatile companies, then going after the company's board of directors to get the deals he wants.
It's worked pretty well with Icahn's investments...
Read More | May 14th, 2008
Blog Stats: Entries: 182 | Views: 154,325 | Last Entry: 1 Day Ago | Overall Rating:
Techwriter10 in a Nutshell
I've been writing about technology since 1988. I divide my time between technical writing and technology journalism.
I am Contributing Editor at EContent Magazine and Contributing Writer at InsideCRM. I have written for a variety of other publications including Streaming Media Magazine, CIO.com,... (Read Blog)
Everyone in Boston and New York is aware of the sports rivalry that exists between the two cities. Now comes news that Apple has built its largest retail store in North America on Boylston Street in Boston, beating out the current front-runner...you guessed it: Apple's outlet on West 14th Street in...
Read More | May 15th, 2008 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: May 15th, 2008
Well there’s nothing to lose
And there’s nothing to prove
I’ll be dancing with myself
~Billy Idol, Dancing with Myself.
Microsoft is 30-something and that’s an elder statesman in personal computing terms, and maybe it’s feeling a bit old. The desktop is so yesterday. The future is on...
Read More | May 8th, 2008 | Comments: 3 | Last Comment: May 9th, 2008
Blog Stats: Entries: 41 | Views: 42,133 | Last Entry: 15 Hours Ago | Overall Rating:
EddieC in a Nutshell
My first computer was an Atari 800, with which I played Zork and other adventure/fantasy games and dabbled with BASIC programs; circa 1980. After 1984, I moved on to PCs, clones and NetWare, and then to Apple IIs and Macs until 1990. In July of that year I got my first job at a publishing company,... (Read Blog)
Before I tell you about Bill Gates’ speech at CEO Summit 2008 today, I’d like to share one more story from my trip to Orlando for STAREAST last week. And then I’ll tie the two together.
In my May 10 post from the conference, I mentioned “Testing Dialogues—In the Executive Suite,” an...
Read More | May 14th, 2008 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: May 15th, 2008
Microsoft continues to reach out and touch mobile device makers and their carriers. The company today announced a deal with Research in Motion that will enhance integration between Microsoft’s Windows Live services and Blackberry 7000 and 8000 series devices as well as the BlackBerry Bold, a...
Read More | May 13th, 2008
Research in Motion has thrown its BlackBerry hat into the iPhone ring with BlackBerry Bold, the latest version of the company’s line of sleek, multimedia savvy smartphones.
According to a RIM press release, the new unit is “crafted from premium materials inside and out, that radiate elegance...
Read More | May 12th, 2008
Blog Stats: Entries: 89 | Views: 49,556 | Last Entry: 7 Hours Ago | Overall Rating: 
I'm going on the radio (BBC London) in a few days because in the UK we have a 'National Work from Home Day' this coming Thursday (be sure and quote that to anyone who ever tells you Americans are perceived as vulgar and ostentatious over here). One of the things I'm being sent to look at is one of...
Read More | May 12th, 2008
Blog Stats: Entries: 38 | Views: 20,747 | Last Entry: 18 Hours Ago | Overall Rating:
cscgal in a Nutshell
Hi everyone. For those of you who don't know me, I'm Dani. I live on Long Island, about 20 minutes outside Manhattan, have my B.S. in Computer Science, and currently run DaniWeb fulltime. (Read Blog)
This is rather local news for us New Yorkers, but it has just been announced that Cablevision beat out Rupert Murdoch and Mortimer Zuckerman to buy Newsday for $650 million.
Cablevision provides cable television, cable Internet, and voip service to the tri-state area (the areas of New York, New...
Read More | May 12th, 2008
Blog Stats: Entries: 77 | Views: 117,289 | Last Entry: May 12th, 2008 | Overall Rating:
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