I was reading an article earlier by Jim Rapoza of eWeek . In the eWeek labs, eWeek setup "stack packs". Each pack had their own server OS, web server, database, scripting/development language, and test portal. The Windows JBoss had Server 2k3, Apache, MySQL, JSP, and JBoss Portal. The Windows...

I was reading an article earlier by Jim Rapoza of eWeek . In the eWeek labs, eWeek setup "stack packs". Each pack had their own server OS, web server, database, scripting/development language, and test portal. The Windows JBoss had Server 2k3, Apache, MySQL, JSP, and JBoss Portal. The Windows...

Google released Google Spreadsheets on June 5th . One of the features of Google spreadsheets is to export and import Excel (xls) files. Google has accomplished this rather easily by using the Java Open API for Excel . After messing with it in my test account, its a pretty cool utility for uploading and...

Wally McClure and I were talking about a blog post by Dave Rosenburg this morning. Apparently, Dave thinks that ASP.NET is a resource hog because it cannot perform using a Virtual Machine or Virtual Server. Instead, he suggested hosting an ASP.NET application on a linux/UNIX box much like the MainSoft...

Within the past 3 years, Google has taken aim at Microsoft and visa versa. Nearly all services and/or planned services have been countered by the other. Here is a current (as of this post) list comparing Microsoft and Google products: Microsoft Google MSN Search Google.com MS Office StarOffice Hotmail...

Last night at our .NET Valley event, we discussed security. The conversation started with an open ended question by Microsoft TechNet Presenter, Mike Murphy , asking "How do you know if you've been hacked?" Many of the IT Professionals gave their answer and then one of the developers there gave the answer...

CodePlex has been announced on eWeek by Mary Jo Foley. CodePlex is considered by many to be the replacement for GotDotNet's code repository. CodePlex is a hosted version of Team Server. The long term plans is to have this integrated with Visual Studio. To check it out, visit www.codeplex.com .

One of the things that I really hate about technology is the fact that new technology is always coming out, but not soon enough. There is nothing better to say except that this really sucks! Perfect Example: We are in the process of building a process-oriented system for a product. I'd love to use Windows...

Since ASP.NET 1.0, one of the most popular books (if not the most popular book) has been Stephen Walther's ASP.NET Unleashed. Recently, Sams Publishing has released ASP.NET 2.0 Unleashed, again written by Stephen. This review will discuss the good and the bad of the book. To read the review, visit...

Well, Abdul just called me from Domain Registry Services. Seriously, these people should really give up this scam already. It's doing nothing but wasting time for other individuals. I'm on the do-not-call list for everyone of my phone numbers. However, places outside of the US aren't held...