VMware denies banning competitors from VMworld
VMware this week had to reassure industry observers that it will not ban competition from the VMworld conference, after bloggers took the company to task for releasing a policy change that appeared to prevent competing vendors from demonstrating products at the virtualization trade show.
Appliances big opportunity for Linux, Novell says
The modularity and licensing of Linux makes well suited as the platform of choice for software appliances, a Novell executive said at VMworld.
VMworld and Forensics
In discussions with backup companies about digital forensics I discovered some useful items. Specifically that full VMDK backups may be forensically sound and that there is a way to dump the memory of a VM before you kill it like pulling the plug.
VMware customers look past the turmoil
VMware has taken a beating in the press and on Wall Street lately over its management upheaval, slower growth rate and competition from Microsoft, but customers at the VMworld conference here said they were either unaware of or unconcerned by the mounting pressure.
10 things seen and heard at VMworld
14,000 people showed up for VMware's VMworld conferenceat the Venetian in Las Vegas. In case you weren't among them, here are 10 noteworthy things seen and heard.
VMware chief says the OS is history
Esther Schindler
If the comments are ugly, the code is ugly
claird
SVG a graphics format for 21st century
pasmith
Take Chrome OS for a test spin
Sandra Henry-Stocker
Solaris Tip: Have Your Files Changed Since Installation?
jfruh
Android fragments vs. the iPhone monolith
mikelgan
What Gizmodo missed about the Pro WX Wireless USB disk drive
Where Google Chrome security fails: the password
I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
- Dann
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