Why Chiphopper is a Big Blue leap [TECH UPDATE]

Welcome to ZDNet's Tech Update Today for Tue., February 22, 2005

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DAVID BERLIND - In hopping chips, will IBM hop Solaris and Windows too?

TOP NEWS HEADLINES FROM ZDNN - Intel unveils new class of Pentium 4s - Red Hat: Fedora will engage customers - U.S. makes first arrest for spim - CA readies patent pledge - Cabir mobile virus found in U.S. - Europe's patent proposal pending - HP to start a printer price war? - Qwest continues its fight for MCI

LATEST BLOGS - SOA: Who's in charge? -- Joe McKendrick - A big hurdle for VoIP over cell? -- Russell Shaw - Neuromancer gets a little closer -- Ed Gottsman - Researching spyware -- Wayne Cunningham - Correction: Outlook tackles foreign spam -- David Berlind

DAN FARBER'S PICKS - A next big thing: StreamBase - Virtual iron comes to the rescue - This is what LinuxWorld sounds like - RSA conference 2005 roundup

TUNE IN TO DAN AND DAVID - Fiorina's reign: What went wrong? - Sun's utility computing: $1 per CPU per hour - Finding IT talent still a challenge - Best practices in intrusion prevention - Navigating the printer landscape

PODCASTS - Scalix offers Firefox-based imitation of Outlook - Why Dell contributes code to open source clustering - The life and times of Bruce Perens

INTERVIEW - AMD hits its stride

VIDEOCAST - How to regulate software?

REVIEW - Skype 1.1

COMMENTARY - Is Microsoft outFirefoxed?

PREVIOUSLY ON TECH UPDATE TODAY - Demo@15: Enterprise product roundup - Fight over forms clouds future of Net applications - Open-source board eyes fewer licenses

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DAVID BERLIND

In hopping chips, will IBM hop Solaris and Windows too?

IBM's Chiphopper takes the expertise that went into making Red Hat's and SuSE's distributions of Linux portable to IBM's mainframe and Unix servers, and bottles it up into a turnkey tool that software developers can use to painlessly port their apps from the x86 version of Linux to IBM's big iron systems. This free program could have significant impact on everything from Java to the viability of OpenSolaris as a development target to the continued viability of IBM's big iron. In fact, my podcast interview with IBM's worldwide Linux chief Scott Handy left me convinced that Chiphopper (tied with Scalix) is the coolest--and possibly most disruptive--technology to emerge from last week's LinuxWorld. Listen into our conversation and let me know what you think. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43188-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

See also: ZDNet's IT Matters series of podcasts http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43189-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

ZDNet's podcasts: How to tune in http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43190-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TOP NEWS HEADLINES FROM ZDNN

Intel unveils new class of Pentium 4s http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43191-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Red Hat: Fedora will engage customers http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43192-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

U.S. makes first arrest for spim http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43193-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

CA readies patent pledge http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43194-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Cabir mobile virus found in U.S. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43195-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Europe's patent proposal pending http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43196-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

HP to start a printer price war? http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43197-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Qwest continues its fight for MCI http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43198-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LATEST BLOGS

SOA: Who's in charge? -- Joe McKendrick http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43199-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

A big hurdle for VoIP over cell? -- Russell Shaw http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43200-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Neuromancer gets a little closer -- Ed Gottsman http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43201-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Researching spyware -- Wayne Cunningham http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43202-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Correction: Outlook tackles foreign spam -- David Berlind http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43203-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DAN FARBER'S PICKS

A next big thing: StreamBase

Mike Stonebraker, a true database pioneer credited with creating Ingres, Postgres, and Illustra technologies, now is setting his sights on handling streaming, real-time data with his new company, StreamBase Systems. "The value of streaming data decays very quickly," notes Stonebraker, who claims that his new software is up to 150 times faster than current store-and-query SQL databases for processing data. StreamBase looks to me like a much needed technology. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43204-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Virtual iron comes to the rescue

At last week's Demo and LinuxWorld conferences, the well endowed Virtual Iron rolled out its Virtual Iron VFe, a virtualization platform for x86 processors, memory and storage systems running Linux from Red Hat and Novell SuSE Linux. Virtual Iron VFe taps into what I believe is the most significant software advance for large enterprises using standard, commodity hardware. Here's why. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43205-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

This is what LinuxWorld sounds like

The voices of open source are coming in loud and clear on David Berlind's latest series of podcast interviews, many produced during last week's LinuxWorld conference in Boston. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43206-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

ZDNet's podcasts: How to tune in http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43207-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

See also: LinuxWorld special report http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43208-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

RSA conference 2005 roundup

With ID theft and phishing attacks on the rise, a panel of experts at last week's RSA Conference talked about what their companies are doing to batten the hatches. Meanwhile, chief security officers stressed

the need for their peers to become as business savvy as they are tech savvy. And, U.S. government agencies get a "D+" for computer security as experts warn that major cyberattacks could be brewing. experts warn that attacks will come. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43209-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

See also: Automation tools to get boost from Sarbanes-Oxley http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43210-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TUNE IN TO DAN AND DAVID

Fiorina's reign: What went wrong?

Dan Farber sits down with CNET News.com reporters Michael Kanellos and Stephen Shankland to talk about former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina's rocky tenure, what precipitated her departure and what lies ahead for the computer giant. PLAY VIDEO http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43211-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Sun's utility computing: $1 per CPU per hour

Sun Microsystems is now offering a pay-per-use service that will function like a utility or grid. In a Face to Face interview, Sun President and COO Jonathan Schwartz tells Dan Farber that at the core of the new computing service is "transparent" pricing. PLAY VIDEO http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43212-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Finding IT talent still a challenge

In a CIO Sessions exclusive, Microsoft CIO Ron Markezich shares his thoughts on a range of topics, from Longhorn to security flaws in Internet Explorer to the biggest IT challenges facing Microsoft. PLAY VIDEO http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43213-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Best practices in intrusion prevention

Intrusion prevention is not just for large organizations anymore. Small and medium-sized businesses can also take advantage of this growing technology.In this audiocast, we'll discuss the advantages of intrusion prevention systems and how organizations can determine which system may be right for them. PLAY AUDIO http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43214-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Navigating the printer landscape

Despite the digitization of everything, paper and printing are essential to business operations. In this ZDNet videocast, we provide guidelines for choosing the printing solutions that best meets the needs of your tasks. PLAY VIDEO http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43215-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PODCASTS

Scalix offers Firefox-based imitation of Outlook

Using DHTML, XML, and JavaScript, Scalix has developed a browser-based e-mail and calendaring client that looks, feels and behaves like Outlook. It's a classic example of how open source can drive cost out of today's server infrastructures. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43216-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Why Dell contributes code to open source clustering To sell more systems, of course. In particular, to sell more Linux-based

clusters. Dell's Reza Rooholamini talks about the company's philosophy of scaling out versus scaling up. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43217-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

The life and times of Bruce Perens

the open source advocate explains why revamping the software patent system can actually help innovation, rails against Microsoft's anti-Linux tactics, and shares details ofhis acrimonious split with hp. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43218-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INTERVIEW

AMD hits its stride

No longer playing catch-up, AMD sees an opportunity to race ahead of bigger rival Intel, says CTO Fred Weber. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43219-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VIDEOCAST

How to regulate software? RSA Conference panelists take a hard look at the pros and cons of regulating the software industry. Speakers include TechNet CEO Rick White, Counterpane CTO Bruce Schneier, ITAA President Harris Miller and former White House cybersecurity czar Richard Clarke. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43220-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ REVIEW

Skype 1.1

What's not to like about Skype 1.1? It's free and ad-free, and it offers clear calls to other Skype users anywhere in the world. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43221-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ COMMENTARY

Is Microsoft outFirefoxed?

Charles Cooper: So far the company's playing it low-key, but a barrage of verbal pyrotechnics is just around the bend. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43222-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Firefox reaches 25 million desktops http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43223-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PREVIOUSLY ON TECH UPDATE TODAY

Demo@15: Enterprise product roundup

Dan Farber was at Demo@15 earlier this week, trying to get a sense of where consumer and enterprise technology is heading. He found a number of new and recycled enterprise products worth mentioning, including an "on-demand" hosted e-commerce service, a cross-platform RAD tool, and a data presentation and analysis tool that converts data from spreadsheets, databases, XML data and Web services into portable Flash components. Dan shares some first impressions -- and images -- of these and several other technologies. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43224-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Personal tech gear was also on display http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43225-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Fight over forms clouds future of Net applications

Forms are used everywhere on the Web, from Amazon to Yahoo to your friendly Web e-mail, and now enterprises want to broadly enable forms for communicating from back-end systems to Web front ends. But a major conflict is escalating among standards bodies over the specification for these next generation, interactive forms. Also in question is whether Microsoft would adopt an open standard for electronic forms for Internet

Explorer and Web-based Windows apps. At stake: The landscape of software

development for years to come. News.com's Paul Festa reports. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43226-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Open-source board eyes fewer licenses

The Open Source Initiative is working on a proposal for consolidating the number of open-source licenses down to three. Right now, there are more than 50 OSI-approved licenses. Sun, for example, recently introduced the CDDL for its open-source version of Solaris. Open-source software makers are concerned that a proliferation of licenses could hurt the spread of open source by creating compatibility problems and complicating potential sales. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43227-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

LinuxWorld: The Linux beat goes on http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=43228-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

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