Take Chrome OS for what it is, a niche starting point But follow the niche alpha geek adoption carefully.
As with anything Google does, opinion ranges from revolutionary to lackluster. Personally, I think it’s too early to tell. More importantly, I think the success of Chrome OS won’t be based on the success of version 1.0. Google has the uncanny ability to generate and maintain interest even [...]
Microsoft Azure to capture open source revenue streams Three weeks ago I wrote that Amazon RDS was going to eat into MySQL’s revenue potential. I also pointed out that Amazon’s RDS was but a precursor to future Amazon cloud service offerings for other popular open source products. While that post was centered on Amazon, it wasn’t a stretch to predict that any of [...]
What does Google gPhone mean to Android phone vendors? Reports suggest that Google will partner with phone maker HTC to deliver the much hyped and awaited Google phone; the gPhone as some like to call it. The Google branded phone is rumored to be out in early 2010 with advertising starting in January.
As PC World’s Ian Paul suggests, the driver behind a Google branded [...]
Microsoft highlights the importance of open source policy and vigilance I don’t want to get into whether or not Microsoft violated the GPL with their Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool. That’s already been covered in depth. I do however want to ask how a situation like this could have even happened, and how it could be prevented. Not just at Microsoft, but at a typical [...]
Choosing between Apple Time Capsule and Western Digital MyBook World Edition My wife recently replaced her Thinkpad T40 with a MacBook Pro (MBP). To save me time in the future, when a crash or data loss occurs, I decided to get Time Machine and SuperDuper! set up on a Western Digital Passport USB drive (I love those passport drives!). The problem with this setup was that [...]
Set up a Public Key Encryption: Learn the basics of setting up a public key infrastructure in general, and specifically how it can be achieved using IBM® WebSphere® Application Serve
Developing JPA Applications with WASCE: This tutorial shows you how to use JPA in Java EE 5 applications targeted to run on Community Edition. Eclipse-based tutorial.
Integrating WebSphere MQ with WASCE: Learn how to use IBM® WebSphere® MQ as the JMS provider in WASCE with the instructions, code examples, and sample application provided.
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Developing Rich Internet Applications for WASCE: This article briefly lists some of the Ajax functionality and frameworks included in WASCE 2.1, and walks you through developing a sample Web 2.0 app.