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MySQL Gets Live Schema Updating

Database tools provider Tokutek has updated its MySQL storage engine to support live updating of schemas, the company announced Wednesday.

Taking a database offline to update the schema can be too time-consuming in today's fast-paced environments, said Lawrence Schwartz, Tokutek director of marketing... (more)
 
Category: Database Management Systems > MySQL
Keywords: mysql, update, online-schema, alter
 

Kick off for GNOME:Ayatana Project

This has been one of the guidelines in my life for quite some time… It started as a curiosity a long time ago with Notify OSD and evolved to full project in openSUSE. It is important to acknowledge at this point the motivation provided by the openSUSE GNOME Team from which I’ve been getting plenty of guidance and help, namely from Vincent Untz (vuntz) and Dominique Leuenberger (Dimstar)... (more)
 
Category: Linux Distros > Suse
Keywords: linux, opensource, suse, gnome, desktop, opensuse
 

Linux Mint vs Pinguy OS Review

Linux Mint is one of the oldest, and arguably one of the best-developed, spin-offs of Ubuntu. Over the last few weeks, I've been seeing more articles talk about another similar spin-off of Ubuntu called Pinguy OS, and I thought, "Another Ubuntu derivative? How many more does the world need?" But then I saw that these articles were placing Pinguy OS on the same level of Linux Mint. I figured this w.. (more)
 
Category: Operating Systems > Linux
Keywords: linux, opensource, mint, pinguy, comparison
 

Common user interface mistakes in KDE applications, part 2: Dialog layouts

It is not uncommon to find dialogs which contains tabs, which themselves contain groups, which contain other groups. That’s quite a lot of borders… Not only does it look crowded, it also eats valuable content space. There are a few easy tricks you can use to avoid this issue... (more)
 
Category: Linux Distros > Ubuntu
Keywords: linux, ubuntu, kde, desktop, interface
 

After hack, Gawker CTO outlines security changes

Gawker Media's CTO has outlined a series of security changes designed to shore up the company's IT operations following an attack last week that compromised up to 1.4 million accounts... (more)
 
Category: Technology > Security
Keywords: security, hack, cto, gawker
 

Debian 6.0 Squeeze to be released with completely free Linux Kernel

The Debian project has been working in removing non-free firmware from the Linux kernel shipped with Debian for the past two release cycles. At the time of the releases of Debian 4.0 Etch and 5.0 Lenny, however, it was not yet possible to ship Linux kernels stripped of all non-free firmware bits... (more)
 
Category: Linux Distros > Debian
Keywords: linux, debian, opensource, squeeze
 

Yahoo slashing products like Delicious, MyBlogLog

Layoffs apparently aren't the only thing Yahoo is doing to slim down size and cut expenses: A screenshot from a company Webcast began circulating Thursday that claims the company will be shutting down Yahoo Buzz, MyBlogLog, Delicious, AllTheWeb.com, Yahoo Picks, and AltaVista; as well as merging and consolidating a handful of other products like geolocation service Fire Eagle and event listing sit.. (more)
 
Category: IT Vendors/Companies > Yahoo
Keywords: yahoo, technology, jobs, employment, layoffs, economy
 

IBM `shows true colours` against open source Hercules mainframe emulator

Florian Mueller, founder of the NoSoftwarePatents campaign, has attacked IBM for stifling open source innovation... (more)
 
Category: IT Vendors/Companies > IBM
Keywords: ibm, open-source, mainframe, nosoftwarepatents
 

Adobe considers changes to mitigate PDF attack

Adobe Systems is considering modifying its PDF applications to counter a way to run arbitrary code on Windows computers by embedding it in a malicious PDF file... (more)
 
Category: Technology > Security
Keywords: security, pdf, adobe, attacks
 

Wi-Fi issues dominate iPad user complaints

Some owners of Apple's new iPad have complained of weak wireless signals, dropped connections and slow surfing speeds.. (more)
 
Category: Cellular/Mobile Phones > IPhone
Keywords: iphone, apple, ipad, wi-fi
 
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