Question: "If you were a business owner and you had to make a company wide decision about which database your company is going to use which one would you choose?" I'm sure there would be a wide range of answers if we took a poll from our users. Maybe the following article will help you decide. Free or not free, that is the question Have you wondered which database you should use for your web site? Should you spend the money for Oracle or give your hard earned money to Microsoft? For years web site owners have asked me which database...

It seems that Jabber is preparing to submit itself to the IETF as a standard for instant messaging and presence services. Doc Searls has an article on Linux Journal.

Do you wish all of the documents on your network were searchable? According to Google, their new search appliance will solve this and other problems. Read more for details... " Make your company's search capability as good as Google's?and just as easy to use. The Google Search Appliance integrates hardware and software to create a plug-and-play solution that takes minutes to install and can be maintained easily by one administrator. " If you want to know more then visit the Features page for the new product as well as the Specs Page. I searched all of the FAQs and other information...

As most geeks I surround myself with Mountain Dew, chips, and other junk food while I am working for long hours at the computer (which is usually everyday). Part of my junk food includes sugar which I usually get from something I am sure all of us have had from time to time, Life Savers. As of this morning though, I am saying farewell to one of my favorite candies. Why? Well... It turns out Kraft, the maker of Life Savers, is shutting down its Holland, MI plant and re-locating the plant to Canada. This means that over 650 people...

It is the end of the first quarter of Super Bowl 36 and I already see a really really really stupid move on a company's part called mlife.com (don't worry clicking on it right now becasue their site is down). First off they don't tell anyone who or what their company does, they just say go to our web site. Well I did and I can't get there. Maybe you should have thought about 1 million people hitting your web site at the same time. Evidently whoever is running their advertising and marketing didn't attend all of their classes because...

Do you remember all of the jokes you and your friends used when you were growing up about "Your Mom is so...". Well, it turns out there is a YourMom.Com site which specializes in a mom jokes. Here are a couple of the ones I found amusing. Be sure to check out the geek section. Your Mom's so ugly when she joined an ugly contest, they said "Sorry, no professionals. The long double numeric variable type in C++ is insufficient to express the weight of Your Mom. Your...