Date: 06/08/05 (Web Development)    Keywords: software, web, hosting

Our next adventure for our site is to produce a live (or pre-recorded) streaming radio show from our site. I'm looking into what the most reasonable (free/cheap) solution would be. The broadcast point would be in a remote location which has only satellite internet connection (Direcway.com - 100kbs up & 1Mbs down), so hosting directly is not much of an option. We would max out at four or five listeners. Real Audio offered a solution for carrying hundreds of simultaneous listeners, but they charge an insane amount of money for their service.

I'm looking for somewhere in between.

We have our site hosted professionally on a Unix server. Is there perhaps a way to use the web server as a broadcast point? Is there some sort of program that we could use to hop our signal from there? Isn't there a way I could just write it into some sort of server-side scripting rather than buying a chunk of software? Help!!

Thanks a million!!

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdev/208193.html

Date: 06/08/05 (Application Development)    Keywords: software, microsoft

News Focus: At Microsoft's TechEd Conference, CEO Steve Ballmer leads the charge--promising new software tools to make IT more productive.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Microsoft+sets+route+for+Longhorn%2C+delivers+patch+tools/2100-9593_22-5737054.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 06/09/05 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: software, security

I uninstalled WinXP Service Pack 2 yesterday, because it was cheaper than buying more RAM (256MB seems to be too little?), and now the whole system runs much faster (ie I no longer have to log on and then go and put the kettle on while I wait for everything to boot up), which was the desired effect.
But am I missing anything MAJOR by not having SP2? The only noticeable differences were the Security Centre (but I use Norton anyway) and the Bluetooth software (but I already had Bluetooth software installed). Oh and the 'Set Program Access Defaults' option has disappeared from the Star Menu, but I can live without that

Any thoughts?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/703708.html

Date: 06/09/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: software

Weeks after it promised tabs in IE 7, the software giant releases a toolbar update that offers tabs in IE 6.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Microsoft+offers+tabbed+browsing--in+IE+6/2100-9588_22-5738037.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 06/09/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: software

A long-awaited proposal in Congress to overhaul the patent system finally surfaces, and large software companies like it.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/A+fix+for+a+broken+patent+system%3F/2100-9588_22-5737961.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 06/09/05 (Java Web)    Keywords: software

Understanding the Role of Manuals in Software development; Debunking the XP Myth of Code is Documentation; Additional value of Good Documentation; Role of Technical Writers in XP project; Summary

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/understanding-the-role-of-manuals-in-software-development/

Date: 06/09/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: software

Feeling Apple's sting, software giant looks to diminish iTunes' influence with new "rental" plan.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Microsoft+planning+music+subscription+service/2100-9588_22-5739458.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 06/10/05 (Computer Help)    Keywords: software

The First Thing -

Er. I became really anoyed with Norton recently (it is a very long story, and I think it really makes me look like an idiot, so I won't recount it completely), and tried to delete it. I really tried.

It won't go away. Now everytime I turn on my computer, it asks me to uninstall then install Norton.
As always, I went to the control panel / remove software place to try delete it, but this has clearly not worked, as only half of ol' Norton seems to have dissapeared. The other half won't go away. What can I do to get rid of this second and unwanted half of Norton? Will this place help me at all?

The Second Thing -

My computer is new, possibly a month or so old. It's windows XP, has lots of shiny programs, and came completely installed with all programs from somewhere. It has recently started working very very slowly. (Before the Norton problem, if you're wondering). I casually mentioned once that I'll have to get extra memory space, because 'my millions of photographs and music files are obviously slowing it down completely'.

'Hm'. Said a person overhearing, 'that shouldn't be your problem. Find your startup menu and...'

There followwed some advice about deleting unopened or unused programs. Some mention was also made about having too many taskbar icons.

What the hell was this person talking about? Is this the right sort of advice? What could be causing my computer slowness?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computer_help/414370.html

Date: 06/10/05 (Open Source)    Keywords: software, asp

Sourcelabs is 100% behind the "political" aspect of Perens' life, his work against software patents and the DRM shut-out of Open Source from content players. You might say they like him, they really like him.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=328&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 06/10/05 (Java Web)    Keywords: software

Scott Adams (via Dilbert) made an interesting comment - "Maybe I could save time by realizing that they aren't raging morons who enjoy working for free". This reply was made when when his pointy haired boss told Dilbert to ask a prospective software seller to include a new feature for free. Is that what [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/will-the-raging-morons-who-enjoy-working-for-free-please-stand-up/

Date: 06/11/05 (Computer Help)    Keywords: software, asp, security

I just updated to the newest version of Zone Alarm Security Suite. I've been having issues with it since. I've been trying to uninstall the program but that's been a bust so far as I keep getting this error message:

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computer_help/414490.html

Date: 06/10/05 (Security)    Keywords: software, security

New variant of the cell phone pest attempts to fool victims by disguising itself as pirated security software.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Skulls+Trojan+puts+on+antivirus+mask/2100-1009_22-5741033.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 06/10/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: software, browser

Employees at Mozilla Foundation and Opera Software wrangle over who won a magazine's best-browser award.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Opera%2C+Firefox+squabble+over+best-browser+claim/2100-9588_22-5740879.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 06/11/05 (Security)    Keywords: software, linux

Symantec gets set to launch new intrusion detection software, as rival McAfee adds Linux support to its own corporate product.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Software+makers+to+send+out+network+patrols/2100-1009_22-5741333.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 06/12/05 (Java Web)    Keywords: blogging, software, java

Most Blog software provides an option to use a sanitized version of the post title as part of permalink url. Thingamablog, a Java based offline blogging software, doesn't do it. So I decided to create one for myself in Java. To see an example of what I am talking about, see the permalink (permanent link) of [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-sanitize-blog-title-to-use-as-permalink-in-java/

Date: 06/13/05 (WebDesign)    Keywords: software

I'd like to share a couple of forum structure ideas that have made managing the Gearbox Software Forums a little easier.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/903088.html

Date: 06/13/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: software

Software giant is reportedly excluding controversial phrases like "democracy" and "freedom" on Chinese version of MSN.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Microsoft+blocking+words+on+China%27s+Web%3F/2100-9588_22-5744347.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 06/11/05 (Security)    Keywords: software, linux

Symantec launches new intrusion prevention software, as rival McAfee adds Linux support to its own corporate product.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Software+makers+send+out+network+patrols/2100-1009_22-5741333.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 06/14/05 (SQL Server)    Keywords: software, technology, database, sql

I have a standalone system (WinXPPro) which has MSDE. This system will never have full-blown SQL Server, and will probably never have SQL Server 2005 Express edition (at least not until the other software running on it is certified for SQL2k5 Express)

I'm interested in having some simple tool to serve the same role as Enterprise Manager and Query Analyser do in SQL2k (queries, backups, database mods, etc). I'm thinking of downloading the SQL Server 2005 Express Manager, and using it for some simple database management tasks.

Has anyone downloaded the April CTP (Community Technology Preview) version of this tool? If so, how do you like it? Does it work well with MSDE? If I want to avoid mixing versions and avoid using unreleased and unsupported tools, is there an equivalent tool for MSDE 2000?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/sqlserver/28608.html

Date: 06/14/05 (Security)    Keywords: software, browser, spyware, microsoft

Next version of Microsoft's browser is being built to derail hijacking attempts by spyware and other malicious software.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/IE7+being+developed+to+resist+spyware/2100-1009_22-5745044.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn