Date: 12/01/05 (Open Source)    Keywords: software, java

Sun Microsystems says it will makes its Java Enterprise System, N1 Management software and developer tools free and, in time open source. It will also integrate the tools with the Solaris into something called the Solaris Enterprise System, which will also be free. The announcement came in a standard Sun press release. A check of COO [...]

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=511&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 12/01/05 (Security)    Keywords: software, security

Sunbelt Software will acquire the Kerio Personal Firewall, saving the popular consumer security product from the chop.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5978683.html

Date: 12/01/05 (Application Development)    Keywords: software

Watch out, Office. New tools and techniques are fueling a surge in hosted versions of traditional PC software.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9593_22-5977268.html

Date: 12/02/05 (Security)    Keywords: software

Two RealPlayer flaws could let attackers commandeer Windows PCs running the software, eEye Digital warns.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5980354.html

Date: 12/03/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: software, java

To shield itself from patent infringement liability, the software maker changes how IE handles ActiveX controls and Java applets.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5980658.html

Date: 12/04/05 (Web Hosts)    Keywords: php, blogging, software

I am trying to set-up my own guestbook and blogging software on my site (http://www.tavishmisra.com/) but it is not letting me run PHP or CGI scripts. How do I enable this on my server?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webhosts/32137.html

Date: 12/05/05 (Open Source)    Keywords: software

Open source isn't just about free software in this case. It's about getting value out of what you have, integrating software and hardware with the wetware of the human mind, and about having something that's effective even after the software is obsolete.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=514&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 12/06/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: software

Shutdown affects only the download site; users who already have the software can continue to share files on the network.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5983455.html

Date: 12/06/05 (WebDesign)    Keywords: software, database

How can I explain to a complete layman the difference between a database site - where she can upload her images and add text etc online - and her own brochure site, which has to be edited with software and then uploaded via FTP? She doesn't understand why she can't just 'go in and fiddle with her pages online'.

Does anyone have an amusing similie or metaphor I can utilise?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/1026862.html

Date: 12/07/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: software

Adware maker launches new software product software product that detects fraud more effectively than earlier offerings.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5985035.html

Date: 12/07/05 (Security)    Keywords: software, security

Record label fixes hole in copy-protection software exposed by digital rights group, security researchers.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5984764.html

Date: 12/08/05 (MySQL Communtiy)    Keywords: mysql, rss, software, database, sql, linux

Any ideas?

CREATE TABLE `LAD_RSSDB_FEEDSTER_CORE` (
`RSS_ID` int NOT NULL auto_increment,
`SITE` varchar(64) DEFAULT 'rssdb' NOT NULL,
`ACCOUNT_ID` int DEFAULT -2 NOT NULL,
`URL` varchar(900) NOT NULL,
`CHANGED` tinyint DEFAULT 1 NOT NULL,
`STATUS` tinyint DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,
`LAST_PINGED` datetime DEFAULT '1970-01-01 00:00:00' NOT NULL,
`LAST_DOWNLOADED` datetime DEFAULT '1970-01-01 00:00:00' NOT NULL,
`TIMESTAMP` timestamp NOT NULL,
`PING_INTERVAL` bigint DEFAULT 144000 NOT NULL,
`CRC32` int DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,
`STRIKES` int DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,
`FIRST_CREATED` datetime NOT NULL,
`CREATED_BY` varchar(50) DEFAULT 'unknown' NOT NULL,
`NM_PROCESSED` int DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,
`NM_CUMUL` int DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,
UNIQUE KEY `RSSDB_FEEDSTER_CORE_IND1` USING BTREE (`RSS_ID`),
KEY `RSSDB_FEEDSTER_CORE_IND2` USING BTREE (`URL`)
) ENGINE=INNODB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

and I got the following error message:

#HY000Can't create table './rss/LAD_RSSDB_FEEDSTER_CORE.frm' (errno: 139)

Machine is l00nix and build is:
root@mosdef [6:43pm]:86:/data# mysqladmin version -p
Enter password:
mysqladmin Ver 8.41 Distrib 5.0.16, for pc-linux-gnu on i686
Copyright (C) 2000 MySQL AB & MySQL Finland AB & TCX DataKonsult AB
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software,
and you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the GPL license

Server version 5.0.16-log
Protocol version 10
Connection Localhost via UNIX socket
UNIX socket /tmp/mysql.sock
Uptime: 5 days 1 hour 57 min 29 sec

Threads: 7 Questions: 11430901 Slow queries: 0 Opens: 0 Flush tables: 1 Open tables: 34 Queries per second avg: 26.036

The production version of this will be on FreeBSD - is this a locale issue? Do I need to recreate databases and/or recompile?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/mysql/75539.html

Date: 12/07/05 (Application Development)    Keywords: software, web

First it bought Plumtree; now the software infrastructure company fills out its portfolio of Web development and collaboration tools.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9593_22-5985841.html

Date: 12/08/05 (Security)    Keywords: software, security, virus, antivirus

Some 81 percent lack at least one of three critical types of security, but use of firewalls and antivirus software is improving.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5986344.html

Date: 12/08/05 (Application Development)    Keywords: software

Executives at the company provide a few details about online services to complement its server software.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9593_22-5986145.html

Date: 12/08/05 (Security)    Keywords: software

Princeton researchers warn against using Sony's latest copy protection software patch, leading the label to deliver a new fix.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5987776.html

Date: 12/09/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: software

Despite a media habit of referring to Wikipedia as an open-source project, it looks only a little like such software efforts.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5988267.html

Date: 12/09/05 (Security)    Keywords: software, security, microsoft

Bidding stopped on sale of information about software security hole, which Microsoft says it is investigating.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5989078.html

Date: 12/09/05 (Open Source)    Keywords: software

If you can't look at DRM software, and you can't use software without DRM, then essentially you can't have open source in France. Not legally, anyway.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=520&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 12/10/05 (Security)    Keywords: software

In a 3-year-old criminal case, guilty pleas by former software execs offer glimpse into world of corporate espionage.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5989750.html