Sean Michael Kerner

Designing an HTML Web page has long meant making do with a very limited set of fonts — a nightmare for the aesthetically inclined or those looking to emulate the infinitely more flexible typographical options available for, say, print. Of course, there have been hacks and workarounds, but despite the advanced state of typography on […]

To help make sure their applications are free of the flaws and vulnerabilities that can lead to security breaches, many enterprises are turning to static and dynamic code analysis tools, which offer them ways of examining code early in the app development lifecycle. That’s critical to catching potential disasters early in the process. HP this […]

From the ‘Animal Kingdom‘ files: One of the great attributes of Ubuntu Linux is its interesting codenames. That tradition will continue in 2011 with the release of Ubuntu 11.04 codenamed, Natty Narwal. No I’ve never seen a Narwhal, but I’ve never seen a Meerkat (that’s the upcoming Ubuntu 10.10 release) either. In fact, Ubuntu’s naming […]

Dell is upping its game when it comes to enterprise wireless, striking a new agreement with Aruba Networks to rebrand and resell a handful of Aruba’s Wi-Fi networking and Wi-Fi management technology under Dell’s own label. It’s another sign that Dell is serious about expanding its array of offerings for enterprise networking. Previous agreements have […]

Dell is expanding its networking portfolio with a deal to market a series of wireless technologies from Aruba Networks (NASDAQ: ARUN). Through the multiyear deal between the two companies, several Aruba wireless technologies will now be sold as Dell’s (NASDAQ: DELL) PowerConnect W-Series networking portfolio. Michael Tennefoss, head of strategic marketing at Aruba, explained during […]

Apple brought touch technology to mainstream mobile devices when it introduced the iPhone back in 2007. Now with the iPad, touch has become even more popularized, with other vendors scrambling to introduce tablets that include some of the same features as the iPad, including multi-touch input. As Linux Planet reports, the next version of Ubuntu […]

Before it was purchased by Oracle, Sun Microsystems enjoyed a strong relationship with the open source community, particularly for its Java programming language, which the company evolved over time to adapt to an open source framework. But last week Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) surprised the open source community with a patent infringement suit against Google (NASDAQ: […]

IBM’s venerable AIX, the company’s proprietary Unix implementation, has long been the computer giant’s primary operating system when it comes to selling systems for mission critical applications. But as CIO Update reports, AIX is but one of several operating systems in IBM’s portfolio and Linux is playing an increasingly important role. With IT budgets tight […]

Cloud computing and virtualization are two hot technologies that get plenty of media coverage in tech websites like InternetNews.com and tradeshow events. But all the media attention and a string of new releases from various vendors, doesn’t necessarily mean enterprises are jumping in with both feet to adopt cloud computing and virtualization because it’s not […]

Open source software benefits from the contributions of a broad range of developers, some hobbyists, others serious professionals. But the terms of those contribution agreements are complicated and often highly contentious. Enter Project Harmony. Supported by a diverse cast of characters from the open source community, Project Harmony aims to bring consistency to the terms […]

With the economy still struggling to get back on track, IT departments are increasingly under pressure to cut costs and maximize resources. Server consolidation via virtualization and cloud computing are two technologies that a growing number of companies have implemented or are at least evaluating. As Datamation reports, virtualization via the Linux Kernel-based Virtual Machine, […]

Two tech heavyweights are poised to come to blows as Oracle, fresh off its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, is claiming that Android, the popular, open source mobile OS project led by Google, wrongfully uses patented Sun technology and copyrights. In a lawsuit filed this week against the the search giant, Oracle claims that Google has […]