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Microsoft: Windows 7 tool used GPL code
News Microsoft confirms tool intended to allow netbooks to more easily move to new operating system was based in part, and unintentionally, on open source code.
Tags: Open source, Windows 7, Software licensing, Open Source, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., software, Windows 7, GPL, Tool
HP t5730w Thin Client
Reviews Designed for use with server-based desktops such as Terminal Services, Citrix and VMware View, HP's t5730w is an excellent mid-range device suitable for most office applications.
Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., USB, remote desktop, Environment, Server, Thin Client, Microsoft Windows
'I haven't changed my mind on SaaS': Debes
News Lawson's CEO says company will not provide software-as-a-service, but that it intends to open up more of its applications to the cloud over next year.
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing, Positioning and segmentation, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Lawson Software Inc., ERP, financing, Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Amazon.com Inc.
Cisco: Smart grid will eclipse size of Internet
News Cisco, whose hardware is at the core of the Internet, is readying communications gear for utilities, businesses, and consumers to modernize the electricity grid.
Tags: Green IT, Security, Utility, Cisco Systems Inc., IP, Grid, electricity grid, network, Internet, industry
Cisco, Silver Spring Networks land smart-grid deals
News Duke Energy picks Cisco to supply networking gear and home energy management systems, while Chicago-based utility ComEd picks Silverspring Networks and GE.
Tags: grid computing, Utility, Cisco Systems Inc., General Electric Co., networking hardware, Chicago, energy efficiency, network, senior vice president, North Carolina
Google crashes the smart-grid party
News Company introduces PowerMeter software for tracking home energy use, part of smart-grid plan to make energy data available on the Web in real time in standard formats.
Tags: Green IT, Web sites, Google Inc., Utility, General Electric Co., Renewable Energy, Hardware, software, energy efficiency, industry
Utility energy storage no longer just giant batteries
News Latest smart-grid programs give alternative storage tech, from compressed air to flywheels, a shot at proving themselves at utility scale.
Tags: Green IT, Battery, turbine, Duke Energy Corp., natural gas, California, Green IT, Storage, car battery, lithium-ion
Microsoft pulls Windows 7 download tool
News Software giant takes down tool aimed at making it easier to put Windows 7 on Netbooks after blogger raises question about whether the software improperly uses open source code.
Tags: Open source, Open Source, Microsoft Corp., software, GPL, Tool, USB, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Linux
Windows 7 works great on the MacBook Pro
Blogs As a registered Microsoft developer, I had early access to the final release version of Windows 7, which I installed on ...
Yahoo updates YUI tool for slick Web interfaces
News Yahoo's User Interface library, used by the Internet pioneer and many others for interactive Web site design, just turned 3.0.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Open source, Yahoo! Inc., Web Site, Web Page, software, Web server, Web Interface, Web sites
Use SCP for quick, secure file transfers
Techguide When you need to securely transfer a single file, SCP may be the ideal tool.
Tags: Data security, Security applications/tools, Security Management, Directory, SCP, User@, Computer, network, File, OpenSSH
Hands-on programming: Working with Windows Event Log in .NET
Techguide Justin James walks you through the basics of using Windows Event Log in .NET, from the terminology to working with event sources and logs.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Log, Event Log, Application, Event ID, installation package, Event, LINQ, Levit & James Inc.
IBM's North Carolina smart-grid trial shaves power
News Electricity use drops by an average of 15 percent in a pilot test of a smart-grid system among 100 commercial and business customers.
Tags: Green IT, Verizon Communications Inc., IBM Corp., Conference, Wireless, HVAC, 3G, adjustment, Washington D.C., PC
Asean CIOs list biz intelligence top priority
News Some 87 percent of CIOs in region see business intelligence and analytics as top priority, finds IBM study.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Business applications, Business, Business development/management, IBM Corp., Virtualization, Survey, Business applications, Business Strategies & Functions, Asean
Intel grid-computing app helps scientific research
News Progress Thru Processors application from Facebook site lets people donate their unused processor time to research into climate change, cancer and malaria.
Tags: Components, Intel Corp., Chip, Chip Company, grid computing, processor, Facebook, marketing, general manager, Components
