Sean Michael Kerner

From the ‘While I was Eating Lunch’ files: VANCOUVER. This morning, I watch a keynote from Phil Robb, Director of the open source program office at HP about WebOS. Robb made a solid presentation about the benefits of WebOS and it’s relationship to Linux. Robb said that WebOS is based on LInux and even includes […]

From the ‘Live Release’ files: VANCOUVER. Have you ever wanted to see how a new stable kernel release is made? Speaking at the LinuxCon conference, Greg Kroah-Hartman did what few people have seen before – a live demonstration of how a stable kernel is pushed out. Kroah-Hartman released Linux 3.0.3 in front of the audience […]

From the ‘Collaboration Works’ files: Vancouver. LinuxCon 2011 officially kicked off this AM as the celebration of the 20th anniversay of Linux begins. One of the first things that attendees will see at the show is the 20th Anniversary of Linux showcase loaded with all kinds of Linux memorabilia and a timeline of history. The […]

From the ’20 Years Young’ files: VANCOUVER. This week the Linux community celebrates the 20th anniversary of Linux at LinuxCon. With three full days and six concurrent tracks there is no shortage of Linux content to take in. While I personally have often wanted to be in more than one place at the same time, […]

McAfee this week officially announced the availability of the McAfee WaveSecure app in Apple’s AppStore. WaveSecure enables backup of iOS devices as well as device tracking via the McAfee WaveSecure online portal. The service enables an iOS user to restore their contacts back to another iOS device or even to an Android device. If a […]

The market for Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solutions is one that is rapidly becoming highly competitive, as companies new and old aim for their slice of the emerging market. Portland, Oregon based startup AppFog is among those that are trying to grab PaaS share. Until this month, AppFog was known as PHP Fog and focused exclusively on […]

Hello Moto. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced this week its intention to acquire Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) for $12.5 billion. The deal will see Google paying $40 per share in cash for the Motorola Mobility shares, which is a 63 percent premium over the close at the end of trading on Friday. Google expects the deal […]

In recent years, Adobe applications including Adobe Reader and Flash Player have been aggressively attacked by those looking to exploit PC users. In response, Adobe has issued a long list of patches as zero-day exploits emerge. Adobe hasn’t just been reactive to the threats, however, they’ve also taken steps to secure their code to make […]

From the ‘I told you so!‘ files: Just before Black Hat started, I suggested that Linux was the right choice for people headed to Black Hat. According to stats from Aruba Networks, the wi-fi provider for Black Hat – attendees apparently took my advice. Aruba did some device fingerprinting for those that connected to the […]

Advanced persistent threats (APTs) are on the rise according to multiple studies. Yet how are APTs differenet from traditional malware and botnet infections? What should enterprises do to help mitigate the threat? Joe Stewart, director of malware research at Dell Secureworks, spends his days looking at APTs in an effort to help classify them and […]

“It would be very easy to rest upon the changes that we’ve already made and continue to gradually evolve our company for the future. That is clearly what we will not do.” John Chambers CEO of Cisco Systems on his company’s fourth quarter fiscal 2011 earnings call, talking about his company’s restructuring effort. (EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet) […]

From the ‘Not Far Now…‘ files: PHP developers have been busy this summer with both the stable 5.3.x and the next gen 5.4 branch. Today PHP developers released PHP 5.3.7 RC5 for people to test out. This is mostly a bug fix, security and stability update. That doesn’t mean that it’s a release that should […]