Tiger Server Roars, Too
“While most of the attention Friday is on the client version of Apple’s latest release of its Mac OS X operating system, Tiger Server is a major event in itself. It bridges the worlds of open source, Unix and Windows, and may be the key to finally gaining Apple a foothold in the corporate data center.Integrated into Tiger Server are a secure instant messaging server, a mail gateway with spam and virus filtering, and a Weblog server—all of which can integrate directly with corporate directory services and access control systems, including LDAP and Microsoft’s Active Directory Service…
And since Apple doesn’t charge for CALs (client access licenses), an Apple box running Tiger Server could do the same job as a Windows 2003 system for hundreds or thousands of dollars less.“
Verizon To Drop NYC Hotspots
Verizon decommissions wireless LAN hot spots in N.Y. – Computerworld
“Citing low usage levels, Verizon Communications Inc. plans to decommission the 380 free Wi-Fi hot spots in New York City that it had turned on for its DSL customers two years ago.Fewer than half the hot spots were generating more than 80% of the traffic. “Usage didn’t live up to our expectations,” a Verizon spokeswoman said. “Customers didn’t take advantage of it.”“
I wonder if people really want o be online all the time anyway? I mean I certainly want access to information that is found on the net at any given moment, but I don’t want to be constantly followed around by email, IM, Skype, RSS, etc. I just want to know when the next boxing match is on TV or how much the doodad I just find at Goodwill is selling for on Ebay.
Build an IDS with Snort, Shadow, and ACID
NewsForge | Build an IDS with Snort, Shadow, and ACID
“Every organization understands the importance of using a firewall to protect its assets. But what happens if someone finds a hole in the wall? What if the infiltrator is actually someone from within your organization who wants to access information that he shouldn’t? To cover those contingencies, you need an intrusion detection system (IDS) to complement your firewall. Fortunately, with a minimum amount of time and money you can set up an IDS with open source tools such as Snort, Shadow, and ACID.“
Novell Hires Samba Co-Author
Novell Tightens Its Open-Source Embrace
“Novell is continuing its embrace of the open-source community with new hires and the promise of even greater integration with key open-source projects.Novell Inc. has just hired Jeremy Allison, co-author of the Samba open-source software suite, which delivers file and print services to SMB/CIFS (Server Message Block/Common Internet File System) clients.“
NoMachine NX
freshmeat.net: Project details for NoMachine NX
“This is the first source snapshot of the NX components that will power the upcoming 1.5.0 release of NX Client and NX Server. This version contains new features that include full support for rootless operation in the X11 agent, continuous operation while disconnected, dynamic handling of the geometry of the remote desktop, full support for 16-bit and 24-bit color modes in RDP sessions, and a new NX transport model that ensures easier integration, reduced overhead, and better performance.“
First Podcast Driven Radio Station
Infinity Set To Debut First Podcasting Radio Station
“Beginning today, users will be able to upload podcasts of varying lengths for free at www.kyouradio.com where it will be eligible to be selected for broadcast. Programming on the station will be determined by listener interests and feedback, and evaluated on a daily basis.“
Picked this up via Scripting News. Sounds like a neat idea, but it could get a little scary:) The site mentioned right now is a little bare, but it does invite you to upload your podcasts. I couldn’t find any public information about copyright, royalties to podcasters, etc. so there is no way of telling what happens when you upload your stuff. The general terms of use of site are pretty standard, but I wonder, if I upload something, do I lose control of it? Am I signing over copyright? Do I get royalties? Should I just be happy that I’m geting ‘air time’? I’m sure a big opreation like Infinity has thought these things out. It would be nice to share.
Yahoo! Launches MyWeb Personal Search
Yahoo! Search blog: Saving, Sharing, and Syndicating Search via My Web
“Today, we launched a ‘My Web’, a new personal search engine fully integrated with Yahoo! Search. My Web is based on a very simple principle – a search engine should enable you to define and use the information that’s important to you. Specifically, My Web enables you to find the information relevant to you, save it, share it, add your own notes to it, and easily find it again, whether it’s three days or three months later.“
I’ve been using the beta for several months and it is handy. I stick stuff on it that I need for later, replacing some of the function of my blog.
Floranta: Collaboration Spaces
freshmeat.net: Project details for Floranta
“Floranta provides tools to build collaborative real-time discussion boards, notice boards, and extended chat services that can be embedded in Web pages. It also includes extreme programming tools that allow users to create index cards, drop them on tables and move them, and conduct a distributed planning game collaboratively in real time.“
Professionals Prefer Firefox
Internet Week > News > Firefox Used By 1 In 10 Business Professionals > April 26, 2005
“Professionals are using Firefox over IE because they like the browser’s tabbed browsing feature and they see it as less of a security risk than the Microsoft browser,“
We’ve seen IE usage decline from 98.5% to 91.75% since August on the CALi website.
Using CSS to Create a Frames Layout
How to Create a Frames Layout with CSS – WebReference.com
“By far the most sought after use of CSS is to emulate the dated html ‘frame’ layout, whereby the header, navigation and footer stay on screen at all times and the content area will scroll. Since the adoption of the fixed position style by the latest browsers this is quite an easy task for CSS. Unfortunately, Internet Explorer hasn’t introduced this style into it’s repertoire (perhaps IE7 will correct this deficiency when it’s released later this year).Fortunately, there are ways around this and it’s possible to make Internet Explorer versions IE5.01, 5.5 and 6 fall into line with the rest.”