http://blog.internetnews.com/blog/ en-us Copyright 2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:56:21 -0500Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:18:38 -0500Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:28:53 -0500Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:06:22 -0500Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:57:18 -0500Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:58:28 -0500Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:15:55 -0500Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:55:18 -0500Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:09:14 -0500Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:35:53 -0500Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:00:45 -0500Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:18:03 -0500Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:07:28 -0500Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:47:37 -0500Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:21:47 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification I’m guessing not many folks at Google are old enough to remember Adam Osborne (though CEO Eric Schmidt is one). Back in the ’80s Osborne’s namesake Osborne Computer Corp. introduced the first popular portable computer. In those days, a 25-pound... http://blog.internetnews.com/dneedle/2009/11/google-laughs-off-osborne-effe.html http://blog.internetnews.com/dneedle/2009/11/google-laughs-off-osborne-effe.html Chrome OS Google Osborne iPhone netbooks Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:56:21 -0500 From the 'Faster' files:A big emerging trend in enterprise IT this year has been the move to the Cloud, for almost everything. One particular area where I'm seeing a strong use of a hybrid cloud/on-premise model is for security... http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/11/blue-coat-securing-local-netwo.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/11/blue-coat-securing-local-netwo.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:18:38 -0500 From the 'Yum/Apt-Get Update' files:The first update to PHP 5.3 is now available providing 5 security fixes in addition a long list of bug fixes to the popular open source dynamic language.PHP 5.3 was released at the end of... http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/11/php-531-released-for-5-securit.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/11/php-531-released-for-5-securit.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:28:53 -0500 From the 'Error Correction' files:The public milestone release of Fedora 12 this week had one big flaw in it that is now set to be corrected.One key standard practice on nearly every Linux system I have ever seen or... http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/11/fedora-12-updates-package-inst.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/11/fedora-12-updates-package-inst.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:06:22 -0500 From the 'Free Software Making $$' files:Mozilla gives its software away for free, yet year after year they keep making money. For the 2008 year, Mozilla is just now disclosing how much revenue it generated and it was another... http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/11/mozilla-earned-786-million-in.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/11/mozilla-earned-786-million-in.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:57:18 -0500 From the 'Browser Operating System' files:Google today has officially open sourced its under-development Chrome OS operating system under the Chromium OS project.The code is available now at: http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/building-chromium-os - I'm currently in the process of trying to build a... http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/11/google-chrome-goes-open-source.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/11/google-chrome-goes-open-source.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:58:28 -0500 The chief executives of Google and Intel have joined the executive committee of TechNet, a lobbying group representing the technology industry. TechNet announced the appointments of Google's Eric Schmidt and Intel's Paul Otellini along with word that Rey Ramsey would... http://blog.internetnews.com/kcorbin/2009/11/schmidt-otellini-join-tech-lob.html http://blog.internetnews.com/kcorbin/2009/11/schmidt-otellini-join-tech-lob.html Eric Schidt Google Intel lobbying One Economy Paul Otellini Rey Ramsey TechNet Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:15:55 -0500 From the 'I Told You So' files:Back in September, Google launched Chrome Frame which embeds a Chrome-type browser inside of a Microsoft Internet Explorer(IE) browser. At the time, Microsoft claimed that Chrome Frame could make IE less secure.Guess what?... http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/11/google-chrome-frame-security-f.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/11/google-chrome-frame-security-f.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:55:18 -0500 From the 'Coming Soon, Very Soon' files:The third beta of Mozilla's open source Firefox 3.6 browser is now adding fixing 83 bugs and adding several new features.Of the 83 bugs fixed, 13 have been tagged as being critical. It... http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/11/mozilla-firefox-36-beta-3-rele.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/11/mozilla-firefox-36-beta-3-rele.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:09:14 -0500 From the 'It's Not Vaporware' files:Google is holding an event on Thursday to discuss its Chrome OS open source operating system. Details are sparse at this point, though the official media invitation gives us some clues that we'll get... http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/11/google-chrome-os-what-to-look.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/11/google-chrome-os-what-to-look.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:35:53 -0500 From the 'Open Source Sync' files:Mozilla this week released the first beta for its browser data synchronization service, Weave 1.0.I've been tracking Weave for nearly two years now and it sure has been a long and winding road for... http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/11/mozilla-weave-nears-release.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/11/mozilla-weave-nears-release.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:00:45 -0500 From the 'Not a Hoax' files:SSL is of critical importance to all web users as the most commonly used method for securing websites. There is now a new publicly posted exploit technique available for SSL that takes advantage of... http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/11/ssl-at-risk-again-this-time-tw.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/11/ssl-at-risk-again-this-time-tw.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:18:03 -0500 In a town hall meeting with university students in Shanghai Monday morning, President Obama tried to strike a diplomatic tone when asked about his views on China's less-than-stellar record on Internet censorship. "I've always been a strong supporter of open... http://blog.internetnews.com/kcorbin/2009/11/obama-takes-internet-freedom-m.html http://blog.internetnews.com/kcorbin/2009/11/obama-takes-internet-freedom-m.html censorship China Great Firewall of China Obama Twitter Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:07:28 -0500 From the 'Beefy Penguin' files:The latest Top 500 Supercomputer list is now out (see my colleague Andy Patrizio's story on InternetNews.com), with the top rig doubling its performance to 1.75 petaflops.Of particular interest to me is the fact that... http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/11/linux-dominates-top-500-superc.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/11/linux-dominates-top-500-superc.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:47:37 -0500 From the 'Kroner, Corona' files:Over the last several weeks, Cisco executives have publicly said on a number of occasions that their offer $3 billion for Tandberg was a fair and that they'd walk if they didn't get it. To... http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/11/cisco-blinks-increases-tandber.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/11/cisco-blinks-increases-tandber.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:21:47 -0500