Submission + - Sex Offenders are not allowed on Myspace
macnificent7 writes: MySpace and Sentinel Tech Holding Corp. have created Sentinel Safe in an attempt to ban sex offenders from creating a myspace profile. They will gather information from all states and put it in a database. Information included in the database are height, age, name, hair color, etc.
Submission + - Consumer Ad Blocking Doubles
Dotnaught writes: "Consumers are fed up with ads, according to a story in InformationWeek. "In the past two years, the number of consumers using pop-up blockers and spam filters has more than doubled...and "[m]ore than half of all American households now report using these ad blocking technologies to block unwanted pitches." Citing a Forrester Research report, the story says, "Today, 15% of consumers acknowledge using their digital video recorders to skip ads, more than three times as many as in 2004.""
Submission + - Do tech people do drugs?
litewoheat writes: From the artilce "The better question is, "What kind of drugs?" Compared to New York, L.A, or D.C. the Valley is low on coke-addled dealmakers, drunk bosses, and celebrity rehab cases. But there's a decent chance some of the hardware and software you're using right now was conceived, and maybe implemented, by a big brain with a buzz on."
is it 4:20 yet?
is it 4:20 yet?
Submission + - The Top 40 Vendors Rated
Anonymous writes: CIO Insight has asked its readers to rate their satisfaction with their vendors. Not surprisingly, "CIOs are disappointed and disgruntled with the performance of their most important vendors. In fact, the number of companies with lower scores in 2006 than in 2005 outpaces those with higher scores by a margin of two to one."
Coming in first place is CDW at 81%, edging out last year's top vendor, Red Hat (which took third place this year). Microsoft came in at 24. The package includes a pretty detailed methodology on how the survey was conducted. 826 qualified respondents participated.
Coming in first place is CDW at 81%, edging out last year's top vendor, Red Hat (which took third place this year). Microsoft came in at 24. The package includes a pretty detailed methodology on how the survey was conducted. 826 qualified respondents participated.
Submission + - Why Discovery Isn't Going to Fly
mhokie writes: "It would appear that one of the main reasons Discovery will not be launching is due to programming error.
From the article,
"Mark Polansky, who commands STS-116, says the problem is simple. 'When somebody designed these general purpose computers that we use to basically run the shuttle, nobody thought that you needed to have the timer such that it needed to reset itself when it went from one year to the next,' he says.""
From the article,
"Mark Polansky, who commands STS-116, says the problem is simple. 'When somebody designed these general purpose computers that we use to basically run the shuttle, nobody thought that you needed to have the timer such that it needed to reset itself when it went from one year to the next,' he says.""
Open Source Databases "50% Cheaper" 276
pete314 writes, "Open source databases can cut the total cost of ownership of a database by up to 60% compared to the cost of running proprietary databases from Oracle, Microsoft or IBM. According to data collected by Forrester Research, the savings average about 50%. Open source databases however still struggle to reach mission-critical enterprise applications because enterprises perceive them to be less secure and stable."
