January 17th, 2008
In a (very) surprising move, this morning it was reported that Sun acquires MySQL!
MySQL is the most popular Open-Source database, running among other things most of the Web sites on the Internet (Including AviDardik.com!) and most popular Open-Source projects that require a database.
Read the MySQL Blog post about the acquisition.
Read the official Sun announcement.
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January 17th, 2008
I’m a very heavy Microsoft Outlook user. First and foremost at work, but even on my own private machine.
On both I use Microsoft Outlook and 2 Outlook addons I simply can’t live without.
The first one is SpeedFiler - Written by a dear friend actually, I’ve already posted about it before. Go ahead and check out [...]
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January 15th, 2008
This is actually happening as I’m writing these lines.
Steve Jobs is making his Keynote speech, presenting the new Apple product: MacBook Air
Gizmodo is reporting live from Macworld 2008:
“It’s ultra-thin, can have normal hard drive or a solid state one and, except for a couple ports, it’s all about wireless connectivity. It’s an stunning .16 inches [...]
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January 13th, 2008
A little more than a year ago I’ve published an article titled “Secure your wireless network” with some basic rules about how to protect your wireless network.
I’ve found a very interesting article, titled Wireless LAN security myths that won’t die, that essentially explains why most points in the earliest post, as well as most “protect [...]
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