Date: 11/14/07 (Data Management)    Keywords: software, web

Oracle showed how it is bringing a social dimension into its software and offered a peek at Fusion applications this afternoon at Oracle OpenWorld. It demonstrated that Oracle has fully grokked the concepts and technologies of Web 2.0 and that Fusion apps, built on the evolving Fusion Middleware stack,...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6997

Date: 11/14/07 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: software, virus, antivirus

I'm trying to uninstall Windows XP from my sister in law's computer because she got a virus on it.  It keeps saying that I have no adminstrative authority, and won't let me into control panel, or add remove programs.

I need directions on how to uninstall everything on the hard drive before Windows starts so that I can reinstall XP (using disk) and some antivirus software.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1126312.html

Date: 11/14/07 (Data Management)    Keywords: software

It came to my attention that HP has announced its Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager software. This appears to be software to manage its own Virtual Connect hardware that was announced in 2006. What does this announcement mean to most organizations? What's HP Virtual Connect? Here are HP's words...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/virtualization/?p=279

Date: 11/14/07 (Computer Help)    Keywords: software

Does anyone on here watch TV on their PC? I want to get a card for my PC with software that can record, but Im not sure what to get and the resources on the net just confuse me.
Id also like to plug the Playstation into the PC monitor so I can get rid of the TV altogether.

Thanks

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computer_help/840005.html

Date: 11/14/07 (Data Management)    Keywords: software, database, sql, security, microsoft

A survey by renowned database hacker David Litchfield has found a whopping 492,000 Microsoft SQL and Oracle database servers directly accessible to the Internet without firewall protection. Litchfield (right), co-founder of Next Generation Security Software, ran port scans against 1,160,000 random IP addresses -- TCP port 1433...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=663

Date: 11/17/07 (Computer Help)    Keywords: software

Ok, so I got an email about updating to the new and improved Zune software... so I did... and now it's screwed.

I just updated my software, everything is current windows wise, and when I run the software it's a bunch of lines and pink and grey fuzz, the page won't load and it doesn't work.

you can view it here to see what it's doing -

http://images32.fotki.com/v1048/photos/8/896632/4987028/ewzune-vi.jpg


How do I fix this?

Someone on the zune message board suggested updating my driver.. but I seem to have the most recent one for the VIA/S3G UniChrome IGP driver already. :( there seems to be a lot of problems with the new zune software but only one other person has had it do this so far and they haven't figured it out either.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computer_help/841917.html

Date: 11/17/07 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: software

Hi all, Are there programs or software for companies' management to monitor employee computer activity real-time? What percentage of companies do you really think are randomly monitoring employees' computer activity? Thanks for any info.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1127669.html

Date: 11/18/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: software

Ethan Galstad has a dream, to turn Nagios.Org, the open source network monitoring project he runs in St. Paul, Minn., into Nagios Enterprises, a profitable open source software company.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/186679256/

Date: 11/19/07 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: php, software, html, asp, web

When quad-cores collide: AMD Phenom vs Intel Core 2 Quad
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=10427

"We can debate all day whether the majority of consumer software is threaded enough to take advantage of four execution cores, but the immutable fact remains that AMD's fastest quad-core offering is slower than Intel's slowest..."

"...AMD's nascent Phenom also suffers under the considerable yoke of Intel's Core 2 Quad 6600 pricing, which at £165 for a hugely-overclockable 2.4GHz part is something of a bargain. AMD, though, is pitching its slightly underperforming quad-core part at roughly the same price."

The problem is, and I hate to ruin the surprise here, Phenom isn't faster than Intel's Core 2 Quad clock for clock. In other words, a 2.3GHz Phenom 9600 will set you back at least $283 and it's slower than a 2.4Ghz Core 2 Quad Q6600, which will only cost you $269.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1127705.html

Date: 11/19/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: software

You are supposed to have the same freedoms with SaaS as you do with client software. The GPV Affero V.3 license is designed to do this. Does it?

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/187246689/

Date: 11/20/07 (IT Professionals)    Keywords: software, web, microsoft

Hello,
I work for a fairly large university, and we're in the market for some new
help desk software. We're currently using a free(?) software package called
SomeHelp based on Microsoft Access. We local IT grunts like it for what it
is, but the big man upstairs does not and our users can't access it.

Here's what we need:
-An interface, preferably web-based, where users can submit support tickets.
Brownie points for user-friendliness.
-An inventory system, where we can track our assets and their maintenance
history, and perhaps some kind of report on them (the boss wasn't specific)
-A product where reliable and dedicated support is available if necessary
-LDAP connectivity is a plus but not a requirement

The product does not necessarily have to be free, though it can't be too
costly. We were recently eyeballing Track-It, but the manager did not like
the $8000 a year price-tag. He does not like Remedy for some reason (didn't
ask why). I got a copy of Bugzilla running locally, but getting it to
behave like helpdesk software is tricky; I might understand it, but our
users definitely will not. Any suggestions? Thank you all.

~Elliot

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/itprofessionals/71273.html

Date: 11/20/07 (Data Management)    Keywords: software

ISVs that want to deliver software-as-a-service have to learn a lot of new skills, not least how to build and operate a high-availability, shared-services data center infrastructure. Anyone who heard this month's keynote presentation at SIIA's OnDemand Summit by Amazon.com CTO Dr Werner Vogels will have a keen appreciation of...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=415

Date: 11/21/07 (WebDesign)    Keywords: software, html

Has anyone had experience with sending out HTML emails on Thunderbird for Mac?

I downloaded Thunderbird specifically so I would be able to do this. I have yet to successfully do it. I see some simple buttons to insert pictures, change font, etc., but what I actually want to do is insert my own code -- I've already designed the email itself as a separate HTML page.

When I do that, it just sends the whole thing as plain text. Tags and all.

It seems like it may be a Thunderbird-for-Mac thing -- my boyfriend just downloaded Thunderbird onto his windows machine and said that it looks completely different. He is trying to send my HTML email to me now, as a test.

Please don't respond just to tell me why I shouldn't be sending HTML anyway. This is for a client who specifically wants a HTML email blast. They have their own software, but I'd like to be able to send myself a test email in Thunderbird. I really just need to know how to do it, not to be scolded for doing it.

Thanks.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1333262.html

Date: 11/22/07 (Computer Help)    Keywords: software

I have 3 full 500GB hard drives that I would like to backup. What is the best compression ratio that I can get with disk imaging backup software? If possible, I would like to avoid having to buy 1500GB of storage to back the drives up, so I do not want to make clones. What I would like to do is make a disk image of each drive and compress the image so I can store it in a smaller space and then unzip it if the need ever arises. If I could get say a 1-to-5 compression ration, I could make a 100GB disk image of each of the 500GB hard drives, and store the 3 100GB disk images on just one 320GB hard drive. Is this possible? What type of compression can you expect using disk imaging to backup a hard drive? Are there any other space-saving alternatives for backing up data?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computer_help/844054.html

Date: 11/26/07 (Data Management)    Keywords: software

I just heard the news that HPis going to offer Scalent Systems' V/OE as part of the HP BladeSystem c-Class Solution Builder Program. This is obviously good news for Scalent. Here's how Scalent would describe V/OE: Scalent V/OE infrastructure virtualization software enables data center managers to...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/virtualization/?p=286

Date: 11/26/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: software, web, apache

JBoss founder Marc Fluery lashed out Sunday at a blog written by an Apache chief claiming he did not pay proper homage to the Apache Software Foundation after making his fortune. In Maison Fleury’s latest blog, entitled, “The Brotherhood is Displeased,” Fleury takes issue with a web post authored by Apache Software Foundation co-founder and [...]

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/190851750/

Date: 11/26/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: software

Right now this seems like the biggest untold software story of 2007, one that has been unfolding for several years, as open source has grown and the proprietary world has consolidated.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/190839658/

Date: 11/27/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: software

From above, the copyright police are forcing commercial users to recognize the costs of proprietary software. From below, hobbyists and entrepreneurs are building open source communities.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/191303772/

Date: 11/28/07 (WebDesign)    Keywords: cms, blogging, software, web

I know some of you are fabulous bloggers.  Have any of you found blogging software that allows threads (ie instead of just comments to the original post, they can or I can respond to them directly)?  What about blogging software that automatically updates the blog, like for example, a mirror like if I post in livejournal for example, the post would also automatically be made in a seperate blog outside of livejournal.  Frankly, I wanted to use livejournal for my blog, but they don't allow non-members to comment except anonymously and I don't want my friends outside of livejournal to have to make anonymous comments. 

This is what I've got so far! 
http://www.misspick.com

That's using http://www.nucleuscms.org

I'm not married to it.  If there is anything better, I wanna know!

cross posted to webdesign

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1335301.html

Date: 11/29/07 (Security)    Keywords: software, security, microsoft

The number of security holes found in Microsoft software between 2006 and 2007 has risen threefold, says vulnerability-scanning company Qualys. The past year has seen a massive increase in the number of flaws found in Microsoft software, according to vulnerability-scanning company Qualys. Between 2006 and...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-178018.html