Oracle OpenWorld seizes on move to cloud – SFGate.
The forecast for San Francisco this week calls for clouds – as in the computer variety.
There will be lots of talk on the streets and in the bars about this current mega-trend in enterprise computing – computer systems that run on remote data centers over the Internet – as more than 50,000 registered attendees are expected to descend on Oracle Corp.’s 30th annual OpenWorld user conference.
The good: The unprecedented high-resolution screen on the new MacBook Pro with Retina Display makes images — even simple text — look beautifully clear. Despite a redesigned, lightweight body, the powerful components, including an Nvidia GPU, compare well to recent high-end desktop replacements. Overdue new ports, including USB 3.0 and HDMI, are welcome.
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Hey there, if you’re going to cut corners and try to manage a small business operation on a wireless network, you might as well do it right.
Here’s a graph of what to expect:
Anyone who works in tech is going to like this. Wealthfront, an online financial adviser based in Palo Alto, Calif., today rolled out an interactive tool that let’s you see what tech jobs pay among private firms across the country.
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via Social Good Summit .
The question posed at the Social Good Summit:
“How can new technology and new media create solutions for the biggest problems facing my community?
If you’re at all familiar with open source software or Web development, chances are you’ve heard the phrase “LAMP stack” at some point.
This blog runs on top of a LAMP stack.
via How LAMP Is Used Today – Webopedia.com | LA R G E T H O U G HT.
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Even though the picture is actually a red panda, it could definitely pass for a firefox.
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