Stories about: Roland

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Date set for AusNOG-04 in Sydney 14 January, 2010 06:00

The forth annual Australian Network Operators Group (AusNOG) conference has been set for September 16 and 17 this year in Sydney.
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Google faces deluge of Nexus One complaints 09 January, 2010 06:28

Google support forums are awash with people looking for help for problems with their Nexus One phones -- and unable to find it.
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MySQL developers release 5.5 beta 19 December, 2009 01:03

The MySQL developer community has released the first public iteration of what will be the next version of MySQL, version 5.5.
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EC opens deeper probe of Oracle-Sun merger 04 September, 2009 04:59

The European Commission opened an in-depth investigation into Oracle's planned $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Thursday, citing concerns about the deal's effect on competition in the market for databases.
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Panel calls for national dialog on gov't cyberattacks 01 May, 2009 09:43

The U.S. needs to engage in a national dialog about its government's use of cyberattacks against other nations, and the government lacks a comprehensive policy about how and when it will engage in cyberwarfare, a new study says.
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Startup led by Sun veterans unveils data access appliances 14 April, 2009 07:18

A start-up led by Sun veterans emerged from stealth mode Monday with high-powered data access appliances designed to speed up Web 2.0 and cloud computing applications.
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Web 2.0 tools can foster growth in hard times 16 March, 2009 08:31

But analysts warn that companies should be prepared for potential online user attacks.
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Protesters use Web 2.0 to show dark side to Beijing Olympics 18 August, 2008 03:27

With the eyes of the world turned to Beijing, human rights protesters and even bloggers detained by the Chinese government regime have been using various Web 2.0 tools to evade the country's notorious censors and shed some shed light on the darker side of the Games.
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Kernel space: no shortage of tracing options 30 July, 2008 10:40

Three weeks ago, LWN looked at the renewed interest in dynamic tracing, with an emphasis on SystemTap. Tracing is a perennial presence on end-user wishlists; it remains a handy tool for companies like Sun Microsystems, which wish to show that their offerings (Solaris, for example) are superior to Linux. It is not surprising that there is a lot of interest in tracing implementations for Linux; the main surprise is that, after all this time, Linux still does not have a top-quality answer to DTrace - though, arguably, Linux had a working tracing mechanism long before DTrace made its appearance.
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Beeps, blips and IT: Making sense of sensor data 25 June, 2008 07:40

It's no exaggeration to say the '00s have been the decade when the electronic sensor left the factory floor and went, well, everywhere.
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Digital Downtown: product showcase 19 June, 2008 11:23

At the Consumer Electronics Associations' Digital Downtown event in New York City a number of new products were on display. While this was no Las Vegas CES there were some cool gadgets out.