The Best of News Feeds #5

The best of the News Feeds continues with a summary contained in this post of the best stories I have come across from the 100 odd feeds that I subscribe to – a bit of a mix really from the technical to the non technical, announcements, personal stuff etc…

Virtualisation is here!!

Newsforge: VMware Workstation 6.5 consolidates the best of desktop virtualization

Virtualization software can help you run programs that your native Linux distro wouldn’t. While Linux users have many virtualization options, none comes close to the all-encompassing VMware Workstation 6.5. Introduced last month, VMware Workstation 6.5 continues the tradition of outshining and outpacing the competition with a host of useful new features, and boldly goes where no virtualization software has gone before — into the realm of virtual machines with accelerated 3-D graphics. Despite the advances, some of the new features are still in beta, so Workstation 6.5 might not be the best virtualization option for everyone…

If only!!

SiteProNews: 3 Quick and Easy Ways to Monopolize Google Rankings!

I got into SEO back in 1998. Back in the day, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) was much simpler than it is today. Most tricks like blatant keyword spamming and hidden key phrases worked like a champ. Even better, little tricks like these were usually OK to use. Not anymore…

I like lists of 10 things (well 9!):

Making the Web: 9 Habits That Lead to Blogging Success

Blogging is an extremely difficult habit to get into, and once you do, your blog will not be very popular for a long time. However, there is hope! If you follow these 9 easy habits (Alright, fine, some are characteristics,) your blogs popularity will boost up much quicker, and your readers will be way more loyal to you…

As safe as PAM:

Newsforge: Let PAM take care of GNU/Linux security for you

When they hear the word PAM, most people think of a certain blonde Canadian Playmate, but readers of this Web site surely will recognize the basic element of Linux security: the Pluggable Authentication Modules. So let’s talk about how this PAM works, and look at some examples of how it is used…

It all started back in Babel:

Google: Helping you break the language barrier

When webmasters put content out on the web it’s there for the world to see. Unfortunately, most content on the web is only published in a single language, understandable by only a fraction of the world’s population.
In a continued effort to make the world’s information universally accessible, Google Translate has a number of tools for you to automatically translate your content into the languages of the world…

Eat your heart out Microsoft:

Newsforge: Big things come in TinyMe

I take a sort of sick joy in using a computer as long as possible, so I’ve become interested in lightweight Linux distributions like TinyMe 2008.0 that help prolong the life of a computer. TinyMe is based on PCLinuxOS, but at about 200MB, it’s considerably smaller than that 700MB distribution. The software included, such as the Openbox window manager, is lightweight, which makes TinyMe old-hardware-friendly…

You better believe it:

Lorelle: Understanding WordPress Community Fanaticism

When the first Barcamps became WordCamps, Barcamps for WordPress fans, I was so excited. As soon as possible, I got myself involved and invited to these grassroots events, enjoying meeting WordPress fans from all over the world.
When asked to speak at WordCamp Portland, they chose “How WordPress Changes Lives.” While preparing the video and presentation for “WordCamp Portland: How WordPress Changes Lives,” I kept asking myself what it is about WordPress that changes lives – that something that goes beyond blogging…

Just in case you haven’t read the latest:

Malum Nalu: Goroka hospital goes one step further in e- health

Goroka General Hospital has gone one step further in its e-health programme with the opening of its new business resource centre on Tuesday this week by Health Secretary Dr Clement Malau.
This was a momentous occasion for hospital staff, management and the board and a unique opportunity for the hospital to share about its IT achievements over the past 18 months and also how an Open Source Software (OSS) approach can provide long term tangible benefits and savings to the national health system and other hospitals within Papua New Guinea…

Open Source rules!

Newsforge: PSPP brings an industry standard statistical tool to Linux

Today’s information systems give organizations and governments the ability to collect and access metaphorical mountains of information. But, this information is completely useless unless we are able to find and understand the relationships and trends hidden in these mountains. For projects involving complex research protocols, high-end statistical analysis tools such as SPSS and SAS are useful, but they come with high price tags and proprietary licenses. PSPP is an open-source clone of SPSS, one of the most commonly used proprietary statistical packages…

You got to check out this face!

MadDog: Man, I HATE It When That Happens!

Somehow – I don’t know how – the ability for you to leave comments got turned off on some recent posts. I only noticed it this morning.
Heaven forbid that you should be prevented from participating.
This is what I felt like when I noticed it…

Nooooooo….!!!!!

Ryan: 2.7: Getting Ready for Public Beta

WordPress 2.7 is in feature freeze as of October 13th. The direction of the visual design is now set. From this point one we’ll be triaging and fixing bugs and implementing the new visuals in an effort to get the first public beta of 2.7 ready. While waiting for beta, here are some 2.7 resources to check out.

* The Visual Design of 2.7
* 2.7 Feature List
* 2.7 Trac Milestone
* Development Updates
* Hackers List
* Testers List
* Latest Nightly Build