After years of development, intensive fine-tuning, and much anticipation, Windows Server 2008 is almost ready for release. But not before it passes one more test. Microsoft is handing it over to the global Information Technology community for final scrutiny. And we’d like you to be part of that process. Here’s how the Face of Windows Server 2008 website lets you …
Read More »Lenovo thinks Linux
Lenovo will offer a version of Linux on its ThinkPad notebooks beginning in the fourth quarter, the company announced Monday. The Chinese PC maker has selected Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 from Novell as its first supported entry into the world of open source. Though ThinkPads have been certified to run Linux in the past, this is the first time …
Read More »Black Hat 2007 sees Web 2.0 repeating Web 1.0 mistakes
This year’s Black Hat was pretty much summed up in a prescient keynote by Richard Clarke, the nation’s former cyber security czar now novelist and chairman of Good Harbor Consulting. Clarke said “we’re building more and more of our economy on cyberspace 1.0, yet we have secured very little of cyberspace 1.0.” The apparent speed gained in Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript …
Read More »Iwan Fals
Bicara tentang sosok Iwan Fals, kita tidak akan bisa melupakan kaum marjinal di negeri ini. Sebab, berbagai judul lagu yang membesarkan nama Iwan Fals seolah tak lepas dari masalah kepedulian sosial, seperti kemiskinan, pengangguran, dan berbagai protes sosial. Semisal lagu Oemar Bakri, yang menggambarkan pahit getir nasib guru, hingga lagu Bento yang merupakan sindiran bagi pejabat negeri. Pria bernama asli …
Read More »Microsoft seeks open source imprimatur
For years Microsoft kept its “shared source” distinct from the broader open-source movement, but now the company is seeking official blessing for its work from the organization that bestows official open-source status. The company said last week at the O’Reilly’s Open Source Conference that it’s submitting its shared-source licenses to the Open Source Initiative, which judges whether new licenses meet …
Read More »10 things your IT department won’t tell you
Admit it: For many of us, our work computer is a home away from home. It seems only fair, since our home computer is typically an office away from the office. So in between typing up reports and poring over spreadsheets, we use our office PCs to keep up with our lives. We do birthday shopping, check out funny clips …
Read More »50 Reasons why young women date older men
Some call it the “Sugar Daddy Syndrome.†Others call it the “Father was never around†complex. A lot of people have no problem with it, while many find it sick and perverted. Regardless of your own personal views, young women dating older men is a worldwide phenomenon that is gaining popularity and acceptance at an alarming rate. Why do young …
Read More »Googled your Date
For those who are in the dating game, you would be surpised on how much information you can dig up on your date using the net these days. Internet search has totally changed the dating scene. In traditional dating you find out about the person that you are dating by spending time with him/her, and perhaps even through friends or …
Read More »Menjadi Seorang Problem Solver Profesional
Dalam setiap bidang kehidupan, kita harus menjadi seorang problem solver yang profesional. Namun dalam kenyataan tidak banyak orang yang berhasil, malahan mereka menjadi frustrasi dan kemudian menyalahkan lingkungan atau faktor-faktor di luar pengendalian (uncontrollable causes), yang pada akhirnya berakibat pada Stress (lulus S1), lalu meningkat menjadi Stroke (lulus S2) dan pada akhirnya mengakibatkan Stop,kematian (lulus S3), dari Universitas Kehidupan! Penulis …
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