Adobe Version Cue is a fantastic tool for managing your images, photos and videos. Here is the complete reference guide on how to configure Version Cue so that you can use it in your production environment. [...more]
For the longest time I was using Google Browser Sync to manage my passwords and bookmarks. Unfortunately, a while back, just before Google Chrome was released Google discontinued the product. I wonder why? Since then I’ve been looking for something to manage my bookmarks and passwords for free. I finally found the perfect app! Foxmarks! [...more]
MySQLTuner is a script written in Perl that will assist you with your MySQL configuration and make recommendations for increased performance and stability. Within seconds, it will display statistics about your MySQL installation and the areas where it can be improved. [...more]
Microsoft recently announced a new operating system for the cloud called Windows Azure. Azure is a services platform that is hosted by Microsoft in Microsoft data centers around the globe and is completely scalable and affordable. Amazon.com also offers a hosted and scalable solution that they host. Here is the rundown on how to have reliable services without having to drop a ton of cash for your own servers, data center or infrastructure. [...more]
I think about everyone out there has used Google Images to search for images. It is a very effective tool an great to get search results quickly and easily. Yahoo Images has taken the bar up a notch. Yahoo Images has included an intelligent Search Assist Engine to aid in image search. Here is the rundown. [...more]
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- In a move the company is billing as its first foray into the hardware business, Oracle Corp. said Wednesday it will begin selling server computers that come with its database software pre-installed. [...more]
It will happen that you are doing some reconfiguration on your web server and need to restart apache to finish the config. Trouble is, you have people currently logged on to your site. What to do? Restart apache without dropping the connections! Here’s how. [...more]
One of the most radical changes in Windows 2008 is the introduction of the Windows Server 2008 Core Installation. This is nothing new in the Linux world, but the first time Microsoft has ventured into the waters of stripped down servers and modular components. [...more]
Continuing our history of Ubuntu is the release to rule them all -- The Dapper Drake. This most famous and most stable version of Ubuntu was actually released two month later than the planned release schedule of 6 months. The original date of April 2006, was pushed back by Mark Shuttleworth to June 1st, making this version 6.06. This released marked the debut of the LTS (Long Term Support) distribution system, where the versions of Ubuntu Desktop and Server would be supported for a longer period of time, providing bug and security fixes for three years on Desktop edition and five years on the server edition. The LTS put Ubuntu on the map in the Server based market tightly controlled by Red Hat and now Novell's Suse. An option to have easy to install (through apt-get) security updates for free became a very attractive option for organizations wanting or using Linux in their server environments. Adding to the benefits were the new version of GNOME 2.14, Linux kernel 2.6.15 and X.Org 7.0. The option to upgrade from the previous releases was a godsend for the Ubuntu users. [...more]
When I first heard of Ubuntu, back in 2005, my initial response was "meh, just another Linux distro". Looking at it from the perspective of a long time Linux user and administrator, I was sure that this Linux will become just another distro for the die hard developers who created it. At that time, Red Hat, Suse, and Mandrake were the leaders and it did not look like any new comer would be able to grab enough attention to become well known, never mind the most famous version of Linux to date. Boy, was I wrong. Today, it seems, everyone has heard of, used or uses Ubuntu. What a difference a few dedicated people and three years can make. [...more]
