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Daily links for 05/30/2012
Technology Leaders Support OASIS Standards for Open Data Protocol – MarketWatch “Based on that demand, Citrix Systems Inc., IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Progress Software, SAP AG and WSO2 are proposing an Open Data Protocol (OData) Technical Committee (TC) in the … Continue reading
Daily links for 03/08/2012 – Apple (new) iPad (3) Edition
iPad | TechCrunch “This was surprising because our expectations were set for a new name. But it really shouldn’t be all that surprising. My iMac is not the “iMac 11″. My MacBook Air is not the “MacBook Air 4″. The … Continue reading
Mobile BYOD is not unbounded
BYOD, or “bring your own device,” is an important topic in today’s discussion of mobile in the enterprise. Employees buy their own smartphones or tablets, love them, then bring them to work and want to use them to access company … Continue reading
10 predictions for enterprise mobile for 2012
Yes, it’s that time of year of for predictions for what we might see in the next twelve months. Being in the IT business and in a company like IBM, I’m somewhat hamstrung in what I can say regarding the … Continue reading
Daily links for 05/08/2011
Steve Jobs On The Difference Between A Vice President And A Janitor “In other words, you have no excuse for failure. You are now responsible for any mistakes that happen, and it doesn’t matter what you say.” tags: jobs Swollen … Continue reading
Daily links for 05/06/2011
Apple dumping Intel for ARM? Pros, cons and a lot of questions | ZDNet “The rumor of the day is that Apple is dumping Intel and its x86 architecture for ARM—at least on laptops.” tags: apple intel arm Back to … Continue reading
Daily links for 03/11/2011
iPad Market Share Stabilizes as Post-PC Apple Products Surge: Apple News, Tips and Reviews « “PC sales are expected to be around 350 million in 2011. Apple will sell over 100 million post-PC devices. Apple isn’t just winning tablets; it’s … Continue reading
Daily links for 03/04/2011
iPad 2 has Samsung fixated on “inadequate” aspects of new Galaxy Tab “The iPad 2 that Apple announced this week is already making competing manufacturers second-guess themselves. Samsung in particular is feeling pressure to step up to the iPad 2′s … Continue reading
So you’re thinking of buying an iPad 2
With Apple’s announcement yesterday of the availability of the new iPad 2 in the US on March 11, a lot of people are probably wondering if they should buy an iPad for the first time or get a new one. … Continue reading
Daily links for 03/01/2011
GPL and the Apple App Store [vlc-devel] FSF position on GPLv2 & current App Store terms “There have been changes to the terms since our original blog post on the topic. I confirmed that the changes did not affect the … Continue reading
Daily links for 02/28/2011
Open Source iPad Apps Baker Ebook Framework “Baker is an HTML5 ebook framework to publish on the iPad using open web standards.” Licensed under the BSD open source license. tags: HTML5 ebook ipad framework Other news What would you do … Continue reading
Daily links for 02/25/2011
Five things we want from the new iPad, and why – CNN.com “Apart from the new iPad, that means one thing: speculation. I’m not immune, so here’s my list of things I think will make it into an already capable … Continue reading
Daily links for 02/23/2011
Apple to Unveil IPad 2 on March 2 in San Francisco | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD “Analysts expect the iPad 2 to be thinner than its predecessor and feature an improved display, as well as front-facing camera and … Continue reading
Daily links for 01/15/2011
What Factors Justify the Use of Apache Hadoop? – tecosystems “When is Hadoop justified? For a petabyte workloads, certainly. But the versatility of tool makes it appropriate for a variety of workloads beyond quote unquote big data. It’s not going … Continue reading
Daily links for 01/05/2011
Google Wins One Against Microsoft – WSJ.com “Google Inc. has won a key ruling in its lawsuit against the U.S. Interior Department, two months after the Web giant accused the agency of improperly favoring rival Microsoft Corp. in a contract … Continue reading
End of year update on math software for the iPad
As we reach the end of 2010 and so the end of the first calendar year for Apple’s iPad, I decided to look around one more time at the math software available for that tablet. I’ve previously done this in … Continue reading
Daily links for 11/12/2010
Oracle and Apple Announce OpenJDK Project for Mac OS X “Oracle and Apple® today announced the OpenJDK project for Mac OS® X. Apple will contribute most of the key components, tools and technology required for a Java SE 7 implementation on … Continue reading
Daily links for 10/22/2010
Statement by the ASF Board on recent Java-related events : The Apache Software Foundation Blog “As reported recently in the news and elsewhere, there are two issues currently facing the Foundation that merit a response from the ASF.” tags: apache … Continue reading
Daily links for 10/21/2010
Alfresco drops LGPL’d Hibernate for iBatis – The H Open Source: News and Features “At the Alfresco Developer Conference, currently being held in Paris, The H took the opportunity to ask John Newton, CTO of Alfresco, why the change had … Continue reading
Daily links for 09/09/2010
Statement by Apple on App Store Review Guidelines “We are continually trying to make the App Store even better. We have listened to our developers and taken much of their feedback to heart. Based on their input, today we are … Continue reading
Math apps and the updated iOS Developer Program License Agreement
Apple’s changes to the iOS Developer Program License Agreement resolve some issues but still contain confusing elements for those who might want to develop sophisticated apps such as those for mathematical computation. As I first discovered this morning in a … Continue reading
Daily links for 07/08/2010
ISO/IEC JTC1 Revises Directives, Addresses OOXML Abuses “On July 1st, 2010 a new set of rules (directives) took effect in ISO/IEC JTC1 including new processing and voting rules for JTC1 Fast Track submissions. If these rules had been in effect … Continue reading
Daily links for 06/25/2010
Linux as a Catalyst for a Smarter Planet | A Smarter Planet Blog “Editor’s Note: Following is an essay co-authored by Bob Sutor, vice president of open source and Linux for IBM, and Jean Staten Healy, director of cross-IBM Linux … Continue reading
A day with iOS 4
Yesterday around 1 PM ET, Apple released their latest operating system for the iPhone, iOS 4. Though I was about to head out to the Red Hat Summit, I decided to go ahead and install the new operating system, thinking … Continue reading
Daily links for 06/16/2010
I was wrong about Apple iPad | Betanews “The world does need an Apple tablet — and perhaps others — contrary to what I asserted in late January. Gloaters will circle my admission like vultures pecking a carcass, but that’s … Continue reading
A month with an iPad
I’ve now had my Apple iPad for a bit more than a month, so I thought I would share some of my thoughts on what I think of it and how my perception of it has changed during that time. … Continue reading
Daily links for 06/04/2010
Ballmer says Windows will shame iPad • The Register “It was a standard Ballmer-and-Microsoft defensive play on the PC’s place in the future of technology, a defense that conflates the idea of the computer with machines that run Windows. And … Continue reading
Daily links for 05/29/2010
MeeGo 1.0 Arrives for Linux Netbooks – www.enterprisemobiletoday.com “After three months of development, the 1.0 release of the MeeGo open source Linux mobile operating system is now available. MeeGo is joint effort led by Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and Nokia (NYSE: … Continue reading
Daily links for 05/28/2010
The Spring 2010 Linux Distro Scorecard | Linux.com “Which Linux distro should I use? It’s one of the most common questions for new and aspiring Linux users. There’s so many to choose from, how can you pick the right one? … Continue reading
Daily links for 05/20/2010
iPad apps: Get ready for the second wave – Computerworld “My mandate to most iPad developers — at least those who are working on productivity apps, such as word processors — is simple: Pack me a lunch. I’m brown-bagging it … Continue reading
Daily links for 05/16/2010
Adobe, You Brought An Advertisement To A Gun Fight Interesting because of the range of opinions expressed in the comments. “Adobe, no one seems to want to say this to you, but I will. Stop it, you’re embarrassing yourself.” tags: … Continue reading
Daily links for 05/09/2010, Rogue Edition
Facebook’s Gone Rogue; It’s Time for an Open Alternative | Epicenter | Wired.com “Facebook has gone rogue, drunk on founder Mark Zuckerberg’s dreams of world domination. It’s time the rest of the web ecosystem recognizes this and works to replace it with … Continue reading
Daily links for 05/05/2010
iPad Templates and Stencils – Emily Chang – Designer “While consumers await the arrival of the first generation iPad on April 3, designers and developers have been working on apps in anticipation. Here’s a list of free iPad templates and … Continue reading
Getting started with e-books on the Apple iPad
Can the iPad work for me as a viable device for reading certain kinds of books? What are the characteristics of such books? I sat out the first wave of iPad shipments in order to get an early birthday present … Continue reading
Daily links for 04/30/2010
“Experiences with Keynote and the iPad VGA connector: not so good” from The Business Blog at Intuitive.com “Not that great, and certainly Keynote worked, but it was surprisingly crude and simplistic compared to the great experience of a two-monitor setup … Continue reading
Daily links for 04/26/2010
How Apple chic whips rivals | Nanotech – The Circuits Blog – CNET News “The answer is–at this juncture–HP doesn’t compete on chic. HP laptops, despite some decent designs, invariably get lost among the Windows 7 hordes, while Apple continues … Continue reading
Daily links for 04/24/2010
Sos open source “What is SOS Open Source? SOS Open Source is an automated methodology to to qualify and select open source software. What is SOS Open Source aimed for? SOS Open Source returns a score for each open source … Continue reading
Daily links for 04/16/2010
10 Simple Google Search Tricks – NYTimes.com “I’m always amazed that more people don’t know the little tricks you can use to get more out of a simple Google search. Here are 10 of my favorites.” tags: google, search, tricks, … Continue reading
Math software, dynamic languages, and the iPad
Will issues around multitasking and the new restrictions on the use of dynamic languages stop the Apple iPad from being used as a serious device for mathematical and scientific software? Several days ago I did a blog post about how … Continue reading
Daily links for 04/14/2010
How to switch your small or home office to Linux | News | TechRadar UK “With Linux and free software making a name for itself in the world of big business, many people are testing the feasibility of switching small … Continue reading
Daily links for 04/13/2010
The Associated Press: Icon Hank Williams receives Pulitzer citation “Hank Williams, the country pioneer who is among the most influential singer-songwriters in music, was given a special Pulitzer Prize citation. The Pulitzer board awarded the late singer for his lifetime … Continue reading
Daily links for 04/10/2010
From Arial to Century Gothic: A font switch be a moneysaver | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com “Does anyone ever really give much thought to the font that’s being used on the screen? Oh sure, some fonts are more visually … Continue reading
Daily links for 04/01/2010
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 Expands Technology Innovation Spanning Physical, Virtual and Cloud Environments – MarketWatch “Red Hat, Inc. (RHT 29.27, +0.34, +1.18%) , the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the availability of the fifth update … Continue reading
Daily links for 03/14/2010
[Phoronix] Steam, Source Engine Get First-Rate Love On Mac OS X “Valve, the makers of the popular Half-Life and Counter-Strike franchises (along with numerous other titles) and the company behind the Steam software delivery system, have announced today that they … Continue reading
Daily links for 03/05/2010
Apple iPad coming April 3: Will anyone wait for Wi-Fi and 3G version? | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com “Apple’s iPad will be available April 3 in the U.S. for the Wi-Fi model with Wi-Fi and 3G versions coming later … Continue reading
Daily links for 02/10/2010
LinuxQuestions.org Announces 2009 Members Choice Awards “LinuxQuestions.org, one of the most active and popular forums for Linux users on the Net, just released the results of its annual Member’s Choice Awards. Readers chose their favorites from text editor to distro, … Continue reading
Daily links for 02/07/2010
How to Become a Certified BBQ Judge – Associated Content – associatedcontent.com “Have you ever watched a BBQ cook-off on television, or gone to one of these live events and thought that judges at these events had the best job … Continue reading
