Brion Vibber, the Wikimedia Foundation’s lead developer, is the guiding hand behind the ongoing improvement of MediaWiki. MediaWiki is one of the most widely-used Web applications in the world, and is the software basis for Wikipedia. On the Wikitech mailing list, he offered some insight into how he…
Archive for April, 2008
Apr30
Office streaming: What Microsoft will and won’t say
On April 30, Microsoft shared a bit more about its future plans for streaming, using its SoftGrid technology. But officials wouldn’t talk — except in the most general terms — about how and when the company is planning to expand its use of streaming technologies around Office and other Microsoft apps.
Filed in: Microsoft
Apr29
New test releases out of Microsoft virtualization, mid-size Windows wares
Microsoft is rolling out new beta builds of various virtualization, management and mid-size server wares.
Filed in: Microsoft
Apr29
Rogers to Bring iPhone to Canada
Rogers Communications Inc announced that they have come to a deal with Apple to finally offer the iPhone in Canada later this year. Ted Rogers, President and CEO of Rogers issued the following brief statement:
We’re thrilled to annou…
Filed in: Apple/Mac
Apr29
‘GTA IV’ and ‘Mario’ will have a lock on video-game sales (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - With the arrival in stores this week of long-awaited titles Grand Theft Auto IV and Mario Kart Wii, the already hot video game industry is headed for the stratosphere.
Filed in: Internet
Apr29
The Art of Cyber Warfare, Part 1: The Digital Battlefield
New-age warfare is here. Governments and Internet security firms are quietly gearing up for the potential onslaught. Don’t think that cyber warfare is merely fuel for novel writers. Cyber attacks are being waged in increasing numbers. Computer network attacks are often perpetrated by gangs of criminal hackers attempting to break into a system for financial gain.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Apr29
Product review: Critical Links EdgeBox Business (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Critical Links’ EdgeBox line includes three Asterisk-based appliances: Office (40 users), Business (100 users), and Enterprise (300 users). The 2U rack-mount servers vary in disk space (80GB to 250GB), connectivity (such as integrated Wi-Fi), and redundancy options.
Filed in: Mobile & Wireless
Apr28
Another reason Microsoft should give up on Yahoo: Morale
Companies (at least publicly traded ones) are beholden to shareholders. But they also are beholden to their employees. And while most Softies are afraid to state for the record that they think Microsoft should abandon its takeover of Yahoo, that opinion is a real and prevailing sentiment among many in the Microsoft ranks.
Filed in: Microsoft
Apr28
Google Product Search gets a bit smarter
Google Product Search — the latest name for the Google service that was originally called “Froogle” — recently received another update that makes the service a lot more useful.
Instead of simply indexing individual product listings from online stores, Google has now started grouping similar products together. When you search, Google tries to show group […]
Filed in: Google
Apr28
Develop secure software using the Microsoft SDL process
Microsoft has put its first-hand knowledge of dealing with buggy software to very good use by releasing the Trustworthy Computing Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) to the general public. The document is based on the same process used internally at Microsoft. The Microsoft SDL documents a process for…
Filed in: Software
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