Sean Michael Kerner

Linux users take note: Adobe wants you to have the same desktop experiences that Windows and Mac users get with Adobe AIR. However, Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) still isn’t ready to give Linux users all the same applications that it makes available to Windows and Mac users. Adobe AIR 1.5 for Linux follows the AIR 1.5 […]

Some might argue it was a middling year of news about open source and the Linux operating system. Whatever the sentiment, 2008 proved another year of solid growth and new releases for open source and Linux vendors. In our week-plus look at the top stories, trends and themes of 2008, we pause to look at […]

Novell’s community openSUSE Linux distribution is out with version 11.1 today offering updated open source applications, a new license and a new take on the KDE Linux desktop GUI. Its version of OpenOffice.org for Novell is also offering some unique features, too. The release is the first major update for openSUSE since the 11.0 release […]

From the “it’s all about support” files: Red Hat is offering its users another approach to support with the Extended Update Support program announced today.  Red Hat already supports its enterprise releases for 7 years, but that doesn’t mean that any given release is static for 7 years. Red Hat issues incremental updates (like the […]

From the “no one is perfect” files: As it turns out Firefox 2.0.0.19 IS NOT the final Firefox 2.x release. Mozilla has admitted that it missed patching a flaw in Firefox 2.0.0.19 and is now in the process of pushing out a patched version in Firefox 2.0.0.20. The exact flaw that was missed by Mozilla […]

Looking for faster WAN and SaaS access? The solution may well come from a WAN optimization solution. Don’t worry if you can’t lay out all the cash now, Carriers are aligning themselves with equipment vendors to offer WAN acceleration as a managed service which could lower capital expenditure costs for enterprises. WAN optimization technologies from […]

From the “it’s not MacWorld” files: After 20 years, Novell is throwing in the towel on its annual Brainshare conference – a victim of the current economic downturn. “As many of you know, Novell has held BrainShare for more than 20 years, and it is a tradition we are proud of. I also know that […]

What a year for networking! No, not on Facebook or LinkedIn, but in how people actually connected to the Internet before they hooked into their social networks. This year, the networking industry faced down its most serious security challenge in the last twenty years. In addition, 2008 will be noted as the year in which […]

From the “as promised” files:  A week after putting its Google Chrome stable out of beta with the 1.0.154.36 stable release, Google has now updated its dev-channel version to 1.0.154.39.  This is the first 1.x Google Chrome dev-channel release and now once again represents the leading edge of Google Chrome development (at least in terms […]

From the “life is short” files: After 26 months of life, Mozilla has issued the final update to its Firefox 2.x browser. The Firefox 2.0.0.19 browser out today is accompanied by its successor the Firefox 3.0.5 release. Firefox 2.x came out on October 26, 2006 and was originally known as Bon Echo. I will always […]

Another day, another browser (or two) patched for security vulnerabilities. This time, it’s Mozilla updating its open source Firefox Web browsers to versions 3.0.5 and 2.0.0.19 for at least 10 different vulnerabilities, four of which are critical. The release covers more than security updates. The Firefox 3.0.05 release also replaces the Mozilla Firefox End User […]

Microsoft is set to release an out of cycle patch for the zero day IE flaw that has left users at risk since Thursday December 11th when the flaw was first reported. The patch is expected tomorrow and for many users, won’t come too soon. The flaw is rooted in IE’s XML parser and affects […]