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Opera Mini Is Fighting For Relevancy
March 26 2010
Will a mobile browser change the marketplace of wireless surfing? Didn't someone already ask that question three years ago? read moreFebruary 24 2010
About 2 weeks ago, I put in my notice at Internet Broadcasting, setting out for things bigger and better. In the meantime I've been reviewing projects, contacting vendors, and updating documentation. While I've been doing that other administrators are secretly... read moreDecember 16 2009
Monty Widenius wants his to have his cake, and dual license it, too. read moreManaged Services Means Never Having To Say You're Sorry
October 13 2009
Hopefully, you weren't stuck in a New Zealand airport with a T-Mobile Sidekick. read moreSongbird Should See a Pre Opportunity
July 24 2009
Palm needs software. Songbird needs mainstream music devices. What would you do? read moreIs Oracle Getting Ready To Kill Unbreakable Linux?
July 14 2009
Will Unbreakable Linux be pushed to the sidelines by another open source operating system? read moreThe Command That Humbles Us All
May 11 2009
There is one Unix command that most have yet to master. read moreXen: Scrambling For A Market Base?
February 25 2009
Citrix XenServer is now free. They were never winning over VMWare users on quality, so now they're shifting focus to price. That may not be a bad idea in this economy, but my suspicion is that Xen was more worried... read moreUnderstanding Snapshot Consumption
February 05 2009
Graphing snapshot usage on a Netapp volume. read moreJanuary 27 2009
Despite the Barracuda issues, Seagate is probably one of the better consumer drive vendors out there. I give them credit for offering recovery services to anyone that needs it; although I have the benefit of making that statement without... read moreJanuary 22 2009
I've been running OpenSolaris 2008.11 on a laptop, a virtual machine, and a test server configuration for about six weeks now. I promised earlier that I'd write a few articles on how well everything worked and on the differences in... read moreJanuary 05 2009
Can Digg increase your overall audience growth? It could, but it's usually a long and painful process. read moreDecember 02 2008
It looks like the 2008.11 release of OpenSolaris just hit their download page. My plan this week is to install the image on my primary laptop and gauge ease of installation, configuration, driver support, and performance. According to blog reports,... read moreWeb apps and password security
November 13 2008
Do you trust web based applications with your password? What about trusting a third party web application? Sometimes it's hard to avoid the temptation of using a third party application, and sometimes you may not even know you're using a third party application. read moreBeefy Storage Offering From Sun
November 11 2008
Sun Microsystems revealed their new enterprise storage solution today. The first enterprise product to market combining HDDs and SDDs. read moreNovember 06 2008
OpenSSH 5.1 includes a feature called visual fingerprints for host keys. Before this feature came out, keys were represented by a hexadecimal sequence that you would usually see the first time you log into a host. Now they're also represented... read moreNetapp Filers and Role Based Access Controls
October 21 2008
Most Netapp environments do not take advantage of multiple user accounts and passwords. On a Netapp filer, only one user at a time is allowed access to a command line prompt, and the number of administrators in the enterprise is... read moreAnd I Approve This Application
October 03 2008
If I had to describe my political leanings to a stranger, I'd say I'm a middle of the road guy. There may be one or two issues out there where I take a firm stance, but it's nothing earth shattering.... read moreSolaris Nowhere Close To Death
September 30 2008
If you wanted to obtain an unbiased viewpoint on Solaris, would your first choice be the Executive Director of the Linux Foundation? He does offer a viewpoint, but it's probably not unbiased. Let's get the obvious part out of the... read moreRecent Posts | All O'Reilly Posts
