Practical Technology

There’s a new virtual machine monitor (VMM) in town: OpenVMM. This new open source, cross-platform, modular VMM represents a step forward in Microsoft’s commitment to open source technologies and secure, efficient virtualization solutions. Of course,…Read More

Well, that was fast. It was only back in early September that Red Hat released Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 1.0. Now, Red Hat has followed up by announcing the general availability of RHEL AI 1.2. This latest release introduces several key…Read More

2004 was a heck of a year for Linux. SCO was still suing IBM and was sure it owned the copyrights to Unix’s code and would control Linux’s fate. In the meantime, Red Hat switched from consumer Linux, Red Hat Linux, to business Linux, Red Hat…Read More

Back in the 70s, if you wanted to be online, you had to be a college student, researcher, or in the military to be on the internet. That was it. Joe or Jane User? Forget about it. Then, during a Chicago blizzard, a young computer scientist, Ward…Read More

Opinion I live in Asheville, North Carolina. You may have seen my hometown in the news over the last few weeks after Hurricane Helene wrecked the place. Many nearby smaller Blue Ridge Mountain communities, such as Swannanoa, Marshall, and Chimney…Read More

When I was a kid living near Grantsville, West Virginia, a few neighbors were into amateur ham radio. I found their analog electronics and antennas and their mastery of Morse code fascinating. They were into it because they talked with people…Read More