More bad news - Qimonda

According to this report at Reuters, Qimonda had to go to the bankruptcy judge today as the company has become insolvent after the saxonian state government denied a second 300...

Intel+Opensolaris

Two years ago, Intel announced to support Opensolaris. Dave Steward summarizes the developments and help from Intel in an interesting blog article: Sun + Intel + OpenSolaris + 2 Years...

Massive - literally

I´ve got this link from a colleague this morning: Sun Microsystems to lay off 1300 Indians, other software companies panning massive job reduction – no new hiring in 2009-10. And...

links for 2009-01-22

Flight Level 390: Dual Engine Flame Out, continued... (tags: aviation)

History repeats itself

Bryan points out to an interesting fact. The business plan of NetApp at it´s start was clearly targeted agains Sun. Even more interesting: The competitors of the ending 00 decade...

Finale Agenda für das erste Treffen der HHOSUG

Hmmm … bei Xing habe ich gerade mal wieder ein klassisches “Wrong button - send too early” gebracht … peinlich. Aber ich möchte auch hier die finale Agenda für das...

LKSF live bei den Frühjahrsfachgesprächen 2009 der GUUG

So, das Programm ist nun veröffentlich, somit kann ich hier noch eine Ankündigung machen. Auf den Frühjahrsfachgesprächen der GUUG wird es dieses Jahr ein zweitägiges Tutorial “Less known Solaris Features...

c0t0d0s0.org at CeBIT

I´m at the CeBIT in Hannover this year. I don´t have a working place. As i´m halfway fluent in all areas, my job is being a jumper. So if you...

The new US government, McNealy and open source

Scotty was asked by the new administration to help on a strategy to use open source for government purposes. The BBC reports in Calls for open source government: The secret...

Change - from a different perspective

Just minutes after his inauguration, the website of the website was changed. Besides all the obvious changes there is a not so obvious change: Despite of having a more than...

links for 2009-01-20

Pairing your Apple Remote with your computer (tags: Security remotecontrol remote tips pairing) Orbicule | TheftSensor (tags: tools software Security privacy mac MacBook protection theft sensor)

Alarm

Just thought of an alarm screensaver. In normal mode the screensaver just display “ANTI THEFT ALARM” in various languages. Obviously the screensaver must deactivate the sleep mode. When the screensaver...

Introduction to "IPMP re-architected"

Steffen Weiberle wrote a great introduction to the rearchitected IPMP: IPMP Re-architecture is delivered. Worth a read, as it covers the old configuration style as well as the new one....

Thoughts about the Turbo Boost feature in Intel Nehalem

While sitting in a workshop meeting, my thoughts went away from the meeting and circled around the Turbo Boost feature of the Nehalem processor. Too make it clear at the...

Fassade

Es ist alles nur Fassade. Staffage. Einfach nur ein äusserer Schein. Jene höchstens wenige Milimeter dicke Schicht verschiedener Gewebe, die wir auf unserer Haut tragen. Darunter sind wir alle nackt....

The ditch switch

When an A320 wants to take a bath in a river, you have to prepare the plane for it, as there are many inlets for air. An article in a...

16,1 Prozent

16,1 Prozent?Für die FDP ? Sagt mal, kann man ein Bundesland eigentlich auch irgendwie loswerden?

Landing on Hudson Airport - Video

A camera of the Coast Guard was able to film the landing. The aircraft is really small, but later on they zoom onto the plane. </param></param></embed> I assume, those people...

links for 2009-01-17

DATA ACCESS CHARACTERISTICS AND OPTIMIZATIONS FOR SUN ULTRASPARC T2 AND T2+ SYSTEMS (application/pdf-Objekt) Notes on Web Server Open Sourcing : Jyri Virkki Some facts about the released code (tags: sun...

www.iknowwhereyourcarparks.com

When you look at the Web 2.0 ecosphere, you will recognize, that the most unlikely services wins. Or did you really expected that one of the most used services allows...