Missing software engineers have joined iGDP economy

I use a three step process for trying out a new technology:

1. Find a way to try it out with minimal time and budget impact.
2. Discuss my experience in a large community.
3. Try it again.

Consumers with a paid anti-virus subscription are advised to act quickly in getting free protection from the likes of Avast!, AVG, or Microsoft.

How many e-mails are sitting in your inbox right now -- 30? 100? More than 1,000? Think maybe it's time to reduce the clutter?

There are 14 channels in the 2.4 GHz spectrum.  However, only 11 of these (channels 1-11) are authorized by the Federal Communications Commission for use in the United States.  Channels 12, 13, and 14 are available for use in other parts of the world. 

Self service, drag and drop application provisioning store, combined with desktop personalization features, give end users more control of their virtualized desktops.

I have a reputation for being an organized, hard-working productive guy, a fellow who gets a lot done and gets it done on time. But in fact that's a lie. In fact, I am a lazy, disorganized slob. But I've made a career out of finding digital tools that help me cover up.

Seriously: I am, by nature, disorganized and easily distracted. When I was a kid, teachers often said so, on my report cards and in parent-teacher conferences. I was forgetful, I was a daydreamer, I talked too much to the other kids.

There's lots to like about Palm's smartphone, even though it's far behind competitors in available apps. However, a few things should be improved pronto.

The latest version of openSUSE is here, and it's looking good.

Does the world need a new beginner's programming language? In the 1960s, BASIC, FORTRAN, LISP and ALGOL were the primary introductory programming languages. In the 1970s and 1980s, Pascal, C ad Scheme were the teaching programming languages of choice. In the 1990s, with object-oriented extensions to the C language, C++ took over from C as the lingua franca for students.

Jeez, from the talk out there you'd think that Dell's just announced Mini 3 phone had no shot at success.  Dell, even though it hasn't been wildly successful over the past few years, still builds a lot of computers, including one of the thinnest and sexiest out there, the Adamo laptop line.

Their history in portable devices is less illustrious.  They had the Dell DJ and Axiom lines which both didn't live up to expectations.  However, the blame for those failures might be more on the OS than the hardware. 

Form vs. function -- it's a classic challenge in the design world.  When it comes to developing mobile devices, many designers would agree that consistency and an efficient user experience matter most.   Smart phones like Apple iPhone reign supreme because the devices are easy to use, have tons of applications, and are developer friendly.  Now that Motorola's Droid is on the market, developers and technologists (myself included) are saying that the Apple iPhone has formidable competition. But perhaps we are getting ahead of ourselves.

The acquisition targets: Juniper, CA, Compuware, BMC, Novell and Symantec. Others say the brands Motorola and Palm may disappear, too.

By simplifying, beautifying, and streamlining our online lives, we are making ourselves more vulnerable to hostile threats that attack us.

This week on Security Levity: the growing threat of Mac malware. Let's look at just one example. Earlier this year, security researcher Jerome Segura from Paretologic, a Commtouch Security Alliance member, discovered a new Mac OS X malware variant: OSX/Jahlav-C.