Sean Michael Kerner

Attacks against applications come from all sides, so why not perform code analysis the same way? That’s the basic premise behind code analysis vendor Fortify’s new 360 product. For the most part, Fortify has been best known as a vendor for static code analysis tools. With Fortify 360, analysis extends beyond static development to dynamic, […]

From the how many times can you celebrate a birthday files: Mozilla’s Chief Lizard Wrangler Mitchell Baker is out with a blog post today noting that Mozilla turns 10 today. But wait … didn’t Mozilla Turn 10 earlier this year? Apparently Mozilla differentiates between the day the project was created and the day that source […]

From the ‘we like Linux kinda/sorta files: Adobe is joining the Linux Foundation as part of an effort to show its commitment to Linux. Adobe is also now making its AIR platform available for Linux — as an Alpha. Finally there is also an update to the alpha version of Adobe Flex Builder 3 for […]

The trend towards technology privatization can be blocked or pushed forward by governmental regulatory hurdles, no matter if the company is in the U.S or Canada. Bell Canada Enterprise (BCE) is now on the Government-approved side of regulators for its $48.5 billion U.S.-leveraged buyout deal that will see the publicly held telecom giant privatized. The […]

Look I’m not so naive as to think that simply shutting off the lights for an hour will save the planet (though that would be a neat trick). We don’t need to all become Luddites and renounce technology and the power that enables it as some kind of great Satan that needs to be vanquished. […]

From the rising cost files: If you’re in the market for getting or renewing a dot com or dot net domain name you’d be well advised to do it sooner rather than later. VeriSign is raising the prices of all dot com and dot  net domain names – effective  October 1, 2008. Since VeriSign manages […]

To date, Red Hat has been one of the most financially successful Open Source vendors on Earth. The goal now though is to grow even more to hit a new financial milestone – $1 billion in revenue. “We believe there is tremendous opportunity for Red Hat over the next decade and that we’re still in […]

When it comes to getting more routing power out of a routing platform, the key according to networking vendor Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) is better silicon. Alcatel-Lucent is now out with a pair of networking platforms powered by a 100-gigabit-per-second silicon chipset called the FP2. On a conference call with press and analysts, Basil Alwan, president […]

The latest OpenOffice.org (OOo) point release is now out, bringing with it a long list of incremental feature improvements. Among those that I find interesting are ones that are mostly applicable to its spreadsheet. Those items include: Support for Access 2007 (.accdb files) and a Convert text to columns feature which sure looks handy. Sun’s […]

There are a lot of people that confuse Free Software (and Open Source) with Shareware. Though all three types Free/Open/Share may well be available for free (as in zero cost), there are some fundamental licensing issues that make them each separate  and distinct. When it comes to Free Software and Shareware, the Software Freedom Law Center […]

It’s not just Mozilla’s CEO that is leveling attacks at Apple’s new Safari 3.1 web browser for Windows. Apparently security researchers are taking aim at Safari 3.1 as well, discovering at least two highly critical vulnerabilities (as rated by Secunia). One flaw is a memory corruption issue that could be exploited if a user is […]

The systems management space has been dominated by proprietary vendors like IBM Tivoli and HP OpenView for years, though in recent years open source upstarts are trying to make a dent. Among those upstarts are GroundWork and Hyperic, both of whom are out this week with new product releases. For GroundWork, the new release is […]