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  • Curtis Franklin, SMB IT 
  • Secure small business storage on the Web?
  • Posted: Jul 19, 2008 6:12 a.m.

  • Live Mesh and SpiderOak offer two different takes on secure Web-based file storage that can work for small business more

  • Latest Emerging Enterprise Podcast
  • 07/19/08
  • Live Mesh and SpiderOak offer two different takes on secure Web-based file storage that can work for small business
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  • Tom Sullivan, InfoWorld Daily 
  • Of Apple, Psystar users, and copyright
  • Posted: Jul 18, 2008 10:41 a.m.

  • According to Apple, clone-maker Psystar users who obtained legal copies of Mac OS X are guilty of copyright infringement, and Apple wants them deprived not only of the software but the computer system as well, Ed Foster reports. "Many of Apple's charges... more

  • Latest InfoWorld Daily Podcast
  • 07/18/08
  • According to Apple, clone-maker Psystar users who obtained legal copies of Mac OS X are guilty of copyright infringement, and Apple wants them deprived not only of the software but the computer system...
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  • Ed Foster, The Gripe Line 
  • Of Apple, Psystar users, and copyright
  • Posted: Jul 18, 2008 8:44 a.m.

  • I don't know whether or not Psystar is guilty of the many charges Apple makes in the lawsuit it recently filed against the Mac clone maker. But in looking over Apple's filing, there is one particularly dubious argument that I think should concern us ... more

  • Latest Ed Foster's Gripeline Podcast
  • 07/18/08
  • I don't know whether or not Psystar is guilty of the many charges Apple makes in the lawsuit it recently filed against the Mac clone maker. But in looking over Apple's filing, there is one particularly...
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  • Robert X. Cringely®, Notes from the Field 
  • Microsoft + AOL: Let no man tear them asunder
  • Posted: Jul 18, 2008 6:48 a.m.

  • Is Microsoft about to swallow AOL, or is this just another feint in the endless struggle to conquer Yahoo and achieve mediocrity in the search marketplace? Cringely has a few ideas, as well as some key questions for all you Microsoft fans out there. more
  • Bob Lewis, Advice Line 
  • The limits to foreign country-ness
  • Posted: Jul 18, 2008 5:35 a.m.

  • I am, I have to say, appalled.In a recent post ("A hostile work environment in a foreign country," Advice Line, 7/14/2008) a correspondent describes her experience in an Asian organization. Her colleagues and boss are Western, not Asian, and make frequent... more
  • Roger A. Grimes, Security Adviser 
  • Can obscurity make cryptography better?
  • Posted: Jul 18, 2008 3:00 a.m.

  • I often disagree when the so-called experts talk about security in terms of binary decisions. Managing security risk is always a cost/benefit trade-off compared to the value of the thing being protected. I have always been particularly bothered by ... more
  • Martin Heller, Strategic Developer 
  • Buffer overruns and the C run-time library
  • Posted: Jul 17, 2008 12:24 p.m.

  • Buffer overrun exploits are bad, but having your program abort when it sees a long string isn't much better. There's a magic word you need to know to use the security-enhanced Microsoft C string functions effectively. more
  • David Linthicum, Real World SOA 
  • Are ESBs hurting SOA? Or is it just bad architecture?
  • Posted: Jul 17, 2008 11:52 a.m.

  • I came across this article on TechTarget.com by Rich Seeley, outlining issues around ESB integration. "Enterprise service bus (ESB) intermediation remains an issue despite the adoption of WS-* standards, argues John Michelsen, chief architect at iTKO... more

  • Latest THE SOA REPORT Podcast
  • 07/17/08
  • I came across this article on TechTarget.com by Rich Seeley, outlining issues around ESB integration. "Enterprise service bus (ESB) intermediation remains an issue despite the adoption of WS-* standards...
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  • Neil McAllister, Fatal Exception 
  • A biological approach to security
  • Posted: Jul 17, 2008 3:00 a.m.

  • Nervous marmots and masturbating monkeys: We can learn a lot about how to address software vulnerabilities by studying how animals react to threats in the wild. more
  • Randall C. Kennedy, Enterprise Desktop 
  • "Workstation" 2008 - four months later
  • Posted: Jul 15, 2008 3:00 a.m.

  • It's been a little over four months since I made the switch to Windows "Workstation" 2008 as my primary OS environment. Previously, I had struggled to make the generally sluggish and disappointing Windows Vista perform adequately as a Visual Studio development... more
  • InfoWorld Staff, Test Center Daily 
  • Ruby on Rails IDEs and editors compared
  • Posted: Jul 7, 2008 3:00 a.m.

  • Martin Heller left no stone unturned in today's examination of Ruby on Rails IDEs and text editors (see "Lab test: Climb aboard Ruby on Rails". The nine tools for Windows, Mac, and Linux include both free and commercial products. Follow the link above... more
  • Randall C. Kennedy, Windows Sentinel 
  • Windows 7 compatibility test now available
  • Posted: Jun 30, 2008 3:00 a.m.

  • Windows 7 is coming. Will your PC be ready? It seems like a straightforward question. However, in the aftermath of the Vista debacle, where many systems that were certified as “Vista Ready” proved to be anything but, the process of vetting... more
  • Brian Chee, Geeks in Paradise 
  • My New Mac
  • Posted: Jun 24, 2008 5:22 p.m.

  • My New Mac 52 Simple Projects to Get You Started by Wallace Wang April 2008, 480 pp. $29.95 ISBN-13 978-1-59327-164-0 No Starch Press Oh I soooo wish this book had arrived just a few weeks earlier! There are somethings that just require unlearning... more
  • Jon Williams, New York CTO 
  • East coast vs. West Coast
  • Posted: Jun 16, 2008 5:39 a.m.

  • There is no getting away from it in the US, there is the East coast and the West coast, and they are quite different when it comes to CTOs (in my opinion). This gross generalization can be easily shot down, but let me move ahead anyway. West coast CTO... more
  • InfoWorld Staff, Tech Watch 
  • Perceptive Pixel
  • Posted: May 19, 2008 3:00 a.m.

  • Perceptive Pixel is one of our 2008 top 10 technology startups. The video below shows this remarkable company's technology in action, but you can also read about it here. " base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="322"... more
  • Lena West, Social Tech 
  • Without the tech, Web 2.0 sucks
  • Posted: Apr 19, 2008 1:52 p.m.

  • It's really easy to fall in love with a Web app. The slick design. The fancy logos. But ultimately, it's all about the technology and being able to deliver what you say you can. Just ask HP. more

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