The city of Munich generated excitement when it announced plans to convert 14,000 municipal desktops from Windows to Linux. Those plans have since been delayed due to legal issues, but many saw this as a start of a trend. And so when Paris, France, announced that it too was looking at converting...
Not familiar with the OQO? You should be, here is a blurb from the website at http://www.oqo.com/: "The OQO model 01 ultra personal computer (uPC) is a fully-functional Windows XP computer. The OQO has a 1GHz processor, a 20GB hard drive, 256MB of RAM, a color transflective display, and integrated...
If you are headed to MAX in New Orleans (you are, right?) then you'll want to print out session handouts and notes ahead of time, and bring them with you. To do so, go to http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/events/max/register/, and click on the "Log in now" link.
The 3rd edition of my "Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes" has just been released in French by Campus Press / Pearson Education. Information on this book, and a link to the new French edition, are at http://forta.com/books/0672325675/. The full list of non-English editions of my books is at...
Knowledge@Wharton, the Wharton School's online publication of business insight and commentary, recently spoke to Macromedia CEO Rob Burgess and CFO Betsey Nelson in Macromedia's San Francisco headquarters to explore where the company sees its opportunities and threats. The interview is now online...
China Mobile and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) have launched a mobile phone banking SMS service across China. China Mobile customers can send a SMS message to 777795588 to obtain bank account information detailing fund transfers, donations, and expenditures. Blurb at...
A couple of days ago I mentioned the new Google SMS service, well, here is another SMS application for you to consider. The next time you are in Europe, and need help with translations, simply send your text to LingoPhone via SMS, and you'll get back a translated response. LingoPhone between...
Shelley Bard is a security expert, or at least that is what her bio suggests. But, well, you decide. Her new article on SearchSecurity.com recommends "Check for Web server vulnerabilities no less than monthly; update your Web server security policy annually or each time you upgrade or patch." Ok,...
Lots of attention is on the upcoming US elections. But, and this may come as a surprise to some Americans, there are lots of other countries out there, and many hold elections too! Australia is in the midst of election season, and the Australian Electoral Commission web site at...
Others have blogged this already, but it is important enough that I'll risk being repetitious. Google has created an SMS interface to its namesake search engine and information front end. Simply send a text SMS message to GOOGL (46645) and you'll get a return message with a response. Send "coffee...