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Dear Bob …Here's a little something from the competition. I think you'll like it: http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/post/PLNKKJTPSMYKZKM8. [Note: It's a blog post from Gerald Weinberg in which he explains his policy of offering a no-ques By Bob Lewis Jun 30, 2008 1 min Technology Industry Microsoft Hyper-V gets a seat at the big table Microsoft announced on Thursday that Hyper-V was released to manufacturing, and then about two seconds later the media frenzy began. [ Read the InfoWorld Test Center review of Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization software ] The company repeatedly By David Marshall Jun 29, 2008 4 mins Software Development Is the worst thing about dishonesty that it’s inefficient? Dear Bob …Overall, I think you wrote a good article ("No excuse," Keep the Joint Running, 6/16/2008). However, I have to wonder about your statement, "It's worse than immoral. 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About a year and a half, actually. The other day, I decided to give it a go once more, and this time, in style. I'm spending the week foregoing my normal Li By Paul Venezia Jun 25, 2008 4 mins Dell gets a jump on Energy Star 5.0 When Energy Star 4.0 went into effect last year, it seemed to set a rather high bar for power supplies: In order for a computer to meet the standard, it needs a PSU with a minimum efficiency of 80 percent. But hardware vendor Dell already appears to By Ted Samson Jun 25, 2008 2 mins Technology Industry Progress eats Iona — now what? Under the topic of "Who did not see this coming?" Progress said Wednesday it is offering $4.05 per share in cash for Iona, a total equity value of $162 million, or $106 million net of cash and marketable securities. 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Mas By Tom Yager Jun 25, 2008 4 mins Technology Industry My new Mac My New Mac 52 Simple Projects to Get You Started by Wallace Wang April 2008, 480 pp. $29.95 ISBN-13 978-1-59327-164-0 No Starch Press Oh I soooo wish this book had arrived just a few weeks earlier! There are somethings that just require unlearning s By Brian Chee Jun 24, 2008 2 mins Technology Industry Veeam management expands with acquisition of nworks Veeam software has long been known for its FastSCP file management software. But since that time, the company has been expanding its reach within the virtualization community by offering other needed applications to the virtual administrator. Now, to By David Marshall Jun 24, 2008 2 mins Software Development Free and Open Symbian to hurt Android Infoworld is reporting that Nokia is buying the remaining ~52 percent share of Symbian. Nokia plans to offer the Symbian operating system royalty-free and is open sourcing some portion of the code over the next two years. 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The downloads have continued By Zack Urlocker Jun 24, 2008 1 min Open Source Symantec and Stratus Technologies working with Citrix Is virtualization causing you storage management issues? Or is virtualization technology making you operate your virtual storage differently than you operate your physical storage? One company, Symantec, believes they have a solution for you. And aft By David Marshall Jun 24, 2008 1 min Software Development Generalists and specialists in the consulting and contracting world Dear Bob …I have seen two types of IT professionals. The first type is expert at something, e.g. business intelligence systems, or database administration. The second type is a "Jack of all trades but master of none"; an arguable example By Bob Lewis Jun 24, 2008 3 mins Technology Industry Sure, that software’s been tested In the late '80s, I worked at the R&D facility for a PC software company. 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I was asked to run my department and she was By Bob Lewis Jun 24, 2008 6 mins Technology Industry Reader voices: Angry at eBay <P>As we saw <A href="http://www.gripe2ed.com/scoop/story/2008/5/23/91215/5053">a few weeks ago</A>, many eBay sellers are quite upset over changes the online auction giant recently made to its buyer/seller feedback system By Ed Foster Jun 23, 2008 6 mins Technology Industry Open source BI continues to improve Last week at the Red Hat Summit in Boston, Jaspersoft announced their new version 3 suite, aimed at taking the company beyond their namesake widely-used reporting system. This latest version focuses on ad-hoc BI with a more flexible "Web 2.0&quo By Zack Urlocker Jun 23, 2008 1 min Open Source Uncle Spy Wants You Last week the House of Representatives passed a "compromise" amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, though it sounds like the only things that have been compromised are our Constitutional rights. 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