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An iPad on your belt?

sjvn — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:54:04 +0000

If the reaction to my Linux alternatives to the Apple iPad story is any indicator there are a lot of people who want an iPad. People also have some concerns about the iPad, such as how easy, or not, will it be to use this large hardbound sized tablet. I don’t see that as a [...]

Who’s really to blame for the Windows XP Patch BSOD?

sjvn — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:56:13 +0000

More than a week after Microsoft released an XP patch that seemed to cause BSODs (Blue Screen of Death), Microsoft announced that the immediate cause was the Alureon rootkit. Fair enough, but what about the 17-year old Windows security hole that the rootkit was exploiting?

I mean, come on. This bug dates back to 1993 when [...]

It’s not just Twitter

sjvn — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:43:25 +0000

A recent Washington Post story observed that Twitter loves open source. Twitter’s not the only ones. Most, if not all, social networks are built on top of Linux and open-source software.

When the writer wrote that Twitter loves open source he wasn’t exaggerating. He was quoting from Twitter’s About Open-Source page. There, Twitter states that, “Twitter [...]