The security vendor Tripwire continues to shift its focus on virtualization. So far the company extended its support to virtual infrastructures (only VMware ones at the moment), released a free configuration checker for VMware ESX, and hired the popular expert Stephen Beaver as virtualization evange...

A product backlog is a list of high-level product requirements (or user stories), prioritized by business value (typically determined by a product manager or product owner). It contains entries for any and all work that is performed, including bug fixes. As new requirements are gathered or submitted...

For most Linux users the xorg.conf file is one of those files that makes many Linux users cringe with fear upon the threat of having to configure. There is a reason for that, it’s complex. But when you have an understanding of the pieces that make up the whole puzzle, configuring X Windows bec...

Is there anyway to make System Restore use less space if we would like to have the benefit of a restore, but not use up all our space? I just saved half my hard drive by taking System Restore off. Yes, we can adjust the amount of disk space that System Restore will use. But that adjustment comes at ...

This will be a big year for new operating systems. Apple (AAPL) plans a new version of its Macintosh operating system, to be called Snow Leopard. Palm (PALM) plans an all-new smart phone operating system called Palm WebOS. But the new release that will affect more users than any other will be Window...

Today I bought My Linksys WRT54G2 ( Wireless G broadband) Router. In this post I will talk on how you can configure , With Lan Wire and Wireless , the router with ADSL broadband Modem. This can be similar to other modems also. Configuring the router was little tricky for me. I say tricky because its...

Yesterday we announced http://engineyard.com/solo which is our new engine yard on AWS platform. If you haven’t yet watched the screencast then you should check it out: Engine Yard Solo Screencast I’m using a really sweet configuration management engine called Chef that is being open sour...

I hope one thing from the future will become popular in 2009: cognitive filtering. If the Internet was Dr. Dorian from the hit tv show “Scrubs”, I would be Dr. Cox with his list of things he cares very little about. I got this idea from a science fiction book. In John C. Wright’s G...

Today seems to be Firefox/Iceweasel 3 Bashing Day on Planet Debian, so let me join the fun :) I agree with most other people that the default Firefox/Iceweasel 3 config is not ideal, so here's what I did to fix it. Some of these items improve performance, some remove annoyances, some remove privacy ...

File types are associated to an icon in SharePoint by mapping a particular file extension to a specific icon. This makes the file easily recognizable to end users as they navigate a site and skim a document library. For licensing reasons, only a select list of file types has an icon associated with ...