Microsoft has released preliminary Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) Release Candidate to tester. TechARP claimed last week, that Vista SP2 had been pushed back a month. But then, yesterday TechARP revised its estimate, saying that Microsoft had "brought forward their release schedule" and would be issuin an "escrow" build this Friday (Jan 29).
Building an embedded Linux distribution can be a daunting task. From the Board Support Package (BSP) to Kernel configuration, root file system setup and the selection many additional software package there are many choices to make and taking the wrong [more]
Last year during my Open Government Data Camp keynote speech on The State of Open Data 2011 I mentioned how I thought the central challenge for open data was shifting from getting data open (still a big issue, but a battle that is starting to be won) to [more]
The following incidents were recently reported by the Fairfax County Police Department. [more]
Vim's syntax highlighting and color schemes can be a blessing, or a curse, depending on how they're configured. If you're a Vim user, let's take a little time to explore how you can make the most of Vim's color schemes. [more]
OSI is changing, and you can help! I spoke at FOSDEM in Brussels on Saturday on behalf of the Open Source Initiative (OSI), where I serve as a director. My noon keynote covered a little of the rationale behind OSI and a quick synopsis of its last decade [more]