http://linux.sys-con.com/ Latest articles from Christopher Frenz Copyright 2008 LINUX Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:54:00 GMT LINUX 10 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://linux.sys-con.com/read/514335.htmhttp://linux.sys-con.com/read/514335.htm Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:00:00 GMT Throughout the last decade, society has witnessed an explosion of network connectivity among PCs and mobile devices as well as a vast proliferation of networked applications, ranging from Web-based email to online banking. The end result of this is that network connectivity has become an almost indispensable resource for many individuals. http://linux.sys-con.com/read/283721.htmhttp://linux.sys-con.com/read/283721.htm Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:30:00 GMT Parallels have often been drawn between the computer security landscape and the biological world, since security threats such as computer viruses and worms can be viewed as digital incarnations of common biological threats. Similarities exist in terms of modes of reproduction as well as infection, and some research even suggests that digital threats follow the laws of evolution that predict these threats will become more sophisticated and effective as time progresses. A logical extension of this concept has always been to therefore consider the idea of computer security as a form of digital immune system, and in many regards, current security measures do in fact overlap with the protections present in biological systems. http://linux.sys-con.com/read/244332.htmhttp://linux.sys-con.com/read/244332.htm Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:00:00 GMT The security benefits and risks of Open Source code is one of the most debated topics in information security today. The views of proponents of the Open Source model are typified by Eric Raymond's argument that Open Source software is intrinsically more secure since its open nature lets a greater number of programmers view the source code and uncover potential security threats before they're released to the wild. http://linux.sys-con.com/read/143264.htmhttp://linux.sys-con.com/read/143264.htm Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:00:00 GMT A current look at the field of bioinformatics will reveal that it is a field that is largely dominated by the Linux operating system, as well as by programming languages such as Perl, Python, and Java. Windows and its associated native application development platforms are not in widespread use among present-day bioinformatics practitioners. In fact, the usage of Linux and other open source technologies will likely remain the dominant platforms upon which most novel and/or large-scale bioinformatics research is conducted. Scientific computing of all types has deep-seated roots in Unix and its derivatives, and as a result is very much dependent on code bases that are written with *nix platforms in mind. http://linux.sys-con.com/read/45912.htmhttp://linux.sys-con.com/read/45912.htm Tue, 10 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT In late May 2004, Microsoft made the announcement that it was considering entering the High-Performance Computing (HPC) Market, a market that has traditionally been dominated by custom-engineered Unix-based machines. In recent years, advances in technology have made possible the construction of lower-cost computing clusters that utilize off-the-shelf hardware such as Intel- and AMD-based processors. The operating system of choice for these lower-end clusters has been Linux. http://linux.sys-con.com/read/44397.htmhttp://linux.sys-con.com/read/44397.htm Tue, 06 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT With the release of Visual Studio .NET and the structured error-handling capabilities of the .NET Framework came significant improvements in the way that VS programmers are able to capture and deal with programmatic errors. Yet these more robust abilities do not lessen the importance of one of the most time-tested means of error handling: prevention. http://linux.sys-con.com/read/44042.htmhttp://linux.sys-con.com/read/44042.htm Thu, 11 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT The ability to perform pattern-matching operations on text is a skill that is highly useful to any programmer. Whether you are creating a routine to validate data entered into a form, performing parsing and mining on data sets, or searching for sequence similarities in the human genome, chances are that the ability to construct a regular expression will be of great value to you. http://linux.sys-con.com/read/38810.htmhttp://linux.sys-con.com/read/38810.htm Thu, 30 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT The Mobile Internet Toolkit comes prepackaged with a variety of controls that address the most common mobile computing tasks. However, specialized tasks can arise that these generic controls are not powerful enough to address, or for which they simply fail to meet the requirements. In these cases it is beneficial to develop a custom control that is suited to fulfilling the required tasks.