Sean Michael Kerner

From the ‘time to update your browsers again’ files: Barely two weeks after Mozilla patched Firefox to version 2.0.0.15, the 2.0.0.16 version is out patching a pair of critical flaws. Users of the newer Firefox 3.x version however will have to wait until later today to get their fixes in the 3.0.1 update. Both Firefox 2.x […]

From the ‘yes I’ve got WordPress envy‘ files: The open source WordPress blogging software is out with version 2.6 which moves the system closer to being a Content Management System with version control functionality. Ohh and it fixes about 200 bugs, some of which are security related including what I consider to be a VERY […]

In the race toward high-speed, next-generation carrier networks, doing more with less is a key challenge. For network equipment vendor Cisco, helping carriers meet that challenge requires innovative optical technology solutions, like IPoDWDM (Internet Protocol over Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplexing) . IPoDWDM, as the name suggests, supports carrying IP over Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplexing, or DWDM , […]

From the ‘read the fine print files‘ : Red Hat VP and Assistant General Counsel Rob Tiller has publicly posted the terms of the patent agreement he helped to negotiate last month with Firestar Software, Inc. and DataTern Inc. The general idea behind Tiller’s post is to be transparent about the deal – the only […]

Juniper Networks (NASDAQ: JNPR) is reinvigorating its WAN acceleration product portfolio with a trio of new devices the company says will offer increased speeds and more modular form factors. The WXC 1800, WXC 2600 and WXC 3400 Juniper appliances enter a market where competition continues to accelerate with new initiatives from competitors such as Citrix […]

No piece of software is immune to defects, which is why it’s important to use tools that help find and fix bugs. That’s the idea with the new Linux 2.6.26 kernel, which is providing the Linux ecosystem with an integrated kernel debugger to help improve the open source operating system. The 2.6.26 kernel continues the […]

Domain Name System, or DNS , administrators around the world are racing to patch their systems for a critical flaw that could leave millions at risk. Although the technology for a more secure DNS has been available for years, it has not yet been widely deployed. DNSSEC (DNS Security Extensions) provides a form of signed […]

For most organizations Extensible Markup Language, or XML , is the lingua franca for data interchange. Apparently XML alone isn’t fast enough for Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), so Google went off and developed its own data format, called Protocol Buffers. This effort has been in development at Google since 2001. It’s now available as an open […]

From the ‘ave atque vale‘ files: Today is Brian Proffitt’s last day as Managing Editor of LinuxToday – he’s now moving to a new position at the Linux Foundation. Over the years I have written for Brian (LinuxPlanet), been linked by him (LinuxToday) and sat next to him at  events in Toronto, Boston and San […]

With DNS so vital to the operation of the Internet, security threats to it need to be taken seriously. But when it comes to the recent disclosure of a multivendor DNS cache poisoning issue, who really is at risk? And will the Internet collapse if the issue isn’t fixed? Experts say that while the new […]

Back in May, I speculated that IBM would be well served if it picked up PHP vendor Zend. That hasn’t happened (yet), meantime Zend continues to raise funds on its own. Today Zend announced it was getting $7 million from from TriplePoint Capital, of Menlo Park, California. “Zend benefits from its strong position in this […]

From the ‘this is a project I can sink my teeth‘ into’ files: I’ve been using Google Browser Sync since 2006 when it first came out as a simple way to sync multiple browser installations I have on multiple machines. Google decided late last month to discontinue support for it, but now they’ve decided to […]