Category: Technology

Premise
“Just because you’re big doesn’t mean you have to be dumb.”

First let me point out I’m one of those life-long students. Not because if love college, but because I can never make up my mind on what I want to …

ewuehler writes “I don’t think I’ve ever heard a security application, be it a consumer anti-virus application or an enterprise IPS application, described as “user-friendly” or “easy to use”. When I read the title of the …

TheRealSlimShady writes “According to a post by Ward Ralston on the Windows server team’s weblog, Vista server is to get symlinks as part of the SMB2 protocol.” From the post: “In Vista/Longhorn server, the file system …

WARNING
This can get complicated! Although a basic configuration using Asterisk is easy to copy, once you start developing your own PBX extensions you’ll find it can get tricky quick. I’d recommend everyone read: A guide to VoIP and Asterisk …

An Anonymous Reader wrote to mention an NSA site covering secure configuration guidelines for a number of operating systems. From the site: “NSA initiatives in enhancing software security cover both proprietary and open source software, and …

An anonymous reader writes “ZDNet News reports that Oracle is likely to announce a free version of its Oracle 10g Database. Oracle Database 10g Express Edition will be free for development and production use, and could …

jsuda writes “The Definitive Guide to MYSQL 3rd Edition certainly deserves its title. It is a large, dense, complete guide to MySQL and updates its predecessor edition by covering new MySQL5 and new auxiliary software including …

nanycow writes “The sudden appearance of a rootkit file in a spyware-laden IM worm attack has set off new fears that malicious hackers are sophisticated enough to launch a fully automated worm attack against instant messaging …

After evaluating a number of products I found NoCat to be the best open source solution for building hot spots. We aren’t an ISP, but we often host seminars where techie clients need Internet access. To effectively isolate …

After a horrible experience using Windows XP 64-bit, I decided to give Linux a chance to prove 64-bit technology is mature enough for production use. The server is going to be doing a “minimal” installation which should keep things …