IT links for 2009/05/31

It would be safe to assume that PDF or Portable Document Format is a convenient and widely supported format, specially if you wish to distribute documents that don’t have to be edited. The problem is that not all applications support exporting or printing to the...

In a blog post Google announce that Gmail will now integrate support for VOIP, the service will continue to provide free calling to countries like the United States and Canada, calling rates for other countries will vary (U.K., France, Germany, China, Japan pay $0.02 a...

[osol-discuss] OpenSolaris cancelled, to be replaced with Solaris 11 Express This memo was circulated internally within Oracle (and subsequently leaked). Basically, the open source development model has now been axed and OpenSolaris is officially now dead. A very sad day indeed. It seems that Oracle...

Q) I have a brand new Ubuntu Server installation with port 22(SSH) facing the Internet, while looking at the logs I noticed that no information such as failed log-in attempts are being logged. What file and parameter do I need to change in order to...

Windows Azure No Cost Test Drive for Devs Limited to US developers, the first 500 to sign up each month will get a full month’s pass good for the one calendar month. In addition, you’ll get free phone, chat and email support through the Front...