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Linux grabs its single biggest win

June 18, 2012 7:48am PDT

The U.S. Navy and Dept. of Defense have learned valuable lessons that translate to huge contracts for the Linux OS. What does this mean for open source and the community that drives it? Jack...

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TechEd 2012: Microsoft's new flexible and open strategy

June 13, 2012 12:02pm PDT

Tony Patton's TechEd 2012 overview covers Microsoft's support for open source projects and tech, Windows Azure, Linux, Hadoop, disparaging remarks about IE, and more.

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Microsoft now offering Linux on Azure: What does this mean?

June 11, 2012 8:29am PDT

What does it mean now that Microsoft is supporting and offering Linux on the Azure cloud platform? Has the operating system giant finally accepted the underdog as a colleague and partner? Jack...

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Red Hat Linux paying to get past UEFI restrictions on Windows 8

June 4, 2012 8:03am PDT

Red Hat Linux has decided it will pay to get around the UEFI. Jack Wallen thinks Microsoft has pushed other operating system developers and distributions into a tough situation that could have...

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Developed Java Software for Switching Secured Short Message Service (SMS)

June 1, 2012 12:00am PDT

In this paper, the authors implement a software based SMS switching system using GLOBACOM and MTN as network carriers. JAVA programming language with focus on socket programming will be used for...

Provided by: IOSR Journal of Engineering

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Five Webmin modules to expand your admin reach

May 24, 2012 2:36pm PDT

Five Webmin modules to expand your admin reach article root For Unix Why did you not say in the lead-in text this is for Unix? I wasted time clicking through links only to find that out. Yes for...

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IBM PureFlex Systems running Red Hat Enterprise Solutions

May 21, 2012 12:00am PDT

The IBM PureFlex System - a completely integrated hardware and software solution - optimized with Red Hat Enterprise Linux can improve business responsiveness, making it easier to take advantage...

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10 command-line tools that refuse to die

May 20, 2012 10:50am PDT

Despite the abundance of GUIs, the command line still offers more power, flexibility, and control for certain tasks.

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Five admin tools that bridge the platform gap

May 14, 2012 8:02am PDT

Cross-platform tools make life easier for admins who have to deal with mixed environments. Here are a few tools to help out with a variety of tasks.

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Makeflow: A Portable Abstraction for Data Intensive Computing on Clusters, Clouds, and Grids

May 11, 2012 12:00am PDT

In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in languages and systems for large scale distributed computing. Unfortunately, most systems available to the end user use a custom description...

Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery

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A look at Linux Mint Debian Edition

May 4, 2012 12:04am PDT

If you are more of the Debian persuasion, there's still a Linux Mint distribution for you.

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Raspberry Pi review

May 2, 2012 4:08am PDT

TechRepublic has been playing with a Raspberry Pi for the best part of a week. Here's everything you need to know about the $40 Linux computer.

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Automatically analyze text with these simple, command line tools

May 1, 2012 6:00am PDT

Marco Fioretti suggests some free tools you can use to check and improve your own writing style as well as analyze other types of text. Here are some tips on how to use them.

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Oracle Solaris 11 Overview

May 1, 2012 12:00am PDT

Oracle Solaris 11 builds on the proven technologies of the industry's #1 UNIX, and adds new technologies designed to accelerate adoption of enterprise scale workloads in public, private and hybrid...

Provided by: Oracle

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AtG: Conroy launches tech pricing probe, Linux Australia name debate continues

April 29, 2012 8:53pm PDT

A parliamentary inquiry will look into the higher prices paid by Australians for technology, and the Linux Australia debates rolls on and on.

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Could Linux still usurp Windows Phone as Nokia's saviour?

April 25, 2012 6:19am PDT

Once-dominant Nokia faces an uphill slog to win back ground from the iPhone and Android, yet hope for a change of fortune may lie in an unexpected quarter.

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Linux Australia considers name change

April 22, 2012 7:05pm PDT

Australia's leading Linux organisation is mulling over a name that encompasses the broader open-source community.

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DIY: How to resolve LibreOffice 3.5 profile issues

April 11, 2012 9:19am PDT

In this installment of Ask Jack, a TechRepublic reader finds out how to fix the problems of LibreOffice 3.5 not displaying recent files and showing errors with some wizards.

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With Enhanced POWER7 Systems, IBM Raises the Ceiling, Again

April 10, 2012 12:00am PDT

As vendors abandon the UNIX market, IBM continues its commitment to AIX and POWER7 components on Power Systems. And with its recent architectural upgrades, its even redefining performance. Read...

Provided by: IBM

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Optimize Your Data Center with SPARC and Solaris 11

April 1, 2012 12:00am PDT

More capacity, higher availability, greater security, lower costs - the demands being placed on IT are growing every day. Can your servers and operating systems keep up with these demands? Or do...

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