Anti-U.S. feelings are boosting the international market for open source software, according to the president and chief executive of Red Hat, Jim Whitehurst. Other commentators prefer to credit national pride in non-U.S. countries. more
Archive for March, 2008
Red Hat: Open source driven by anti-US sentiment
Friday, March 28th, 2008Windows XP may get new reprieve
Friday, March 28th, 2008Deadline looms for big PC makers to stop preloading the older OS, but signs suggest Microsoft will have to issue another extension. more
XP Service Pack 3 remains in testing
Friday, March 28th, 2008Microsoft releases a new test version of the Windows XP update, with final availability still slated for sometime in the first half of this year. more
We are seeing dramatic increases in spam across the world.
Friday, March 28th, 2008Our expectation from the global trends is that spam will only increase. NetBox Blue chairman, John Fison, said.
Windows Server 2008: a great Vista killer
Friday, March 28th, 2008Thanks to the musings of a (hopefully still employed) Microsoft engineer, some disaffected Vista users have discovered that Windows Server 2008, properly configured and tweaked to be more Vista-like, makes a killer workstation OS. more
Microsoft admits it knew about, but didn’t patch, bugs
Friday, March 28th, 2008Microsoft’s security team Tuesday acknowledged that it knew of bugs in its Jet Database Engine as far bask as 2005 but did not patch the problems because it thought it had blocked the obvious attack vector. more
Sun’s ‘macrochips’ to extend Moore’s Law
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Forget the shrinking size of conventional electronic components — bigger is better in a new computer chip design that could yield low-cost supercomputing. more
How much money do we waste by leaving a monitor on for 16 hours?
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008I want to encourage members of my staff to turn off their monitors overnight. more
Microsoft investigates targeted Word security flaw
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Microsoft on Monday said that it is looking into a vulnerability that could affect users of Microsoft Word. more
Firefox boss fumes as Apple ‘forces’ Safari upgrade
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Mozilla CEO John Lilly has hit out at Apple, accusing the company of doing a disservice to Windows users everywhere by including its Safari browser as a default add-on installation in the latest iTunes update, likening it to the way malware is distributed. more
Important Announcement from Microsoft
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008Be ready by March 30th for the new daylight saving calendar. This year daylight saving is ending one week later in all states except WA, QLD and NT. The change will affect Personal Computers, Servers running Microsoft® Windows®, Mobile Devices running Windows Mobile®, as well as Microsoft® Office Outlook® calendars. By having Automatic Updates activated on your Windows PC, your computer will take care of changing the time automatically. Click here… before March 30 to make sure you’re ready.
A Culinary Combo That Fights Prostate Cancer
Monday, March 24th, 2008By Kelley Herring
New research shows that curried cauliflower – a traditional Indian dish seasoned with turmeric and other spices – provides powerful protection against the development of prostate cancer. What’s more, this Madras medley was shown to be effective in treating established prostate cancers.
Scientists at Rutgers tested curcumin, a phytonutrient found in turmeric, along with phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC). PEITC is a naturally occurring substance particularly abundant in cauliflower and other vegetables of the broccoli family (including arugula, watercress, cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, kale, kohlrabi, and turnips).
The researchers injected the mice with curcumin and/or PEITC, alone or in combination, three times a week for a total of four weeks. Both curcumin and PEITC significantly reduced the growth of cancerous tumors. But PEITC and curcumin together had even stronger effects.
Pick up a bottle of this powerful prostate protector. Look for high-quality, organic turmeric at your local health food store, and make sure to keep it in a cool dark place. (Light reduces its potency.)
[Ed. Note: Kelley Herring is the founder and CEO of Healing Gourmet (www.healinggourmet.com), and is editor-in-chief of the Healing Gourmet book series, including Eat to Fight Cancer. Learn more about how simple lifestyle choices can improve your health by reading ETR's free natural health e-letter.]
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The importance of organic farming methods and their potential to avert future crop failures
Monday, March 24th, 2008One of the longest running agricultural trials on record (more than 150 years) is the Broadbalk experiment at the Rothamsted Experimental Station in the United Kingdom. The trials compare a manure based fertilizer farming system (but not certified organic) to a synthetic chemical fertilizer farming system.
Wheat yields are shown to be on average slightly higher in the organically fertilized plots (3.45 tones/hectare) than the plots receiving chemical fertilizers (3.40 tones/hectare). More importantly though, soil fertility, measured as soil organic matter and nitrogen levels, increased by 120% over 150 years in the organic plots, compared with only 20% increase in chemically fertilized plots (Jenkinson, 1994).
An expose of the fallacy of exponential growth in the money supply
Monday, March 24th, 2008An article explaining why all currencies in today’s financial world must ultimately collapse. more
15% Inflation in the USA
Monday, March 24th, 2008And you thought people were funny wacked?
Monday, March 24th, 2008Check out what the animals get up to here
The collection of the best of YouTube for 2007
Monday, March 24th, 2008If you are in need of a laugh, check out “Adorable” here
U.S. Government Concedes That Mercury Causes Autism
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008In an unprecedented statement, federal officials finally acknowledge a vaccine-autism link. more
Can Your Morning Cereal Give You a Heart Attack?
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008You’ve had it drummed into your head for the past 50 years that eating grains is the best way to avoid heart disease. But the result of millions of Americans following misguided dietary advice couldn’t be clearer: rates of heart disease (and diabetes) have skyrocketed over 900%. more
Location-based services expected to rocket
Thursday, March 20th, 2008Worldwide subscribers are set to leap by nearly 168 percent says analyst house Gartner, which claims the market is at a “turning point” and mainstream adoption could be just two to five years away. more