| IIS 6.0 Mature at Last
WHEN I FIRST TAUGHT Windows NT 4.0 courses, Internet Information Server (IIS) 2.0 was included in the base operating system. It was a big improvement over IIS 1.0, and I still remember the fun I had showing students how easy it was to set up a Web server. That was about six years ago, when Web servers running on NT were an exception. Since then, things have changed considerably. IIS has improved in performance, increased in functionality and grown in the number of deployments because of the changes. Netcraft reports that IIS has between 24 percent and 35 percent of the market, depending on how its measured. I expect the increased security and performance of IIS 6.0 to bump up those numbers a great deal. So lets look at IIS 6.0 and what it brings to the table. In putting together this article, I sat down with several of my former IIS students over lunch and showed them the new Process Model for IIS 6.0.
Clinton again hints at sharing ticket with Obama
Clinton has already sought to lower expectations for the contest in this state where Obama is expected to do well, largely because of his increasing appeal among black voters. Mississippi's population is 37 percent black. "I know that I may have an uphill battle here in the state, I appreciate that," Clinton said. But even if she does not win the state, Clinton is trying to collect as many delegates as she can now that the race has turned into a numbers game; she slightly narrowed the gap with Obama this week when she won three primaries in Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island. Perhaps mindful that her audiences in Mississippi might view Obama favorably, Clinton has leaned more towards criticizing the Bush administration and has mostly refrained from direct attacks on her opponent.
LibDems send for Steel to examine powers for Holyrood
Former Liberal leader Lord Steel is being asked to reconvene his party's commission into how devolution can be extended, amid growing fears that Gordon Brown may undermine the current review on the issue. Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Nicol Stephen will today tell his conference in Aviemore that he is recalling the Steel Commission with the remit of producing a firm set of detailed proposals on what further powers should be devolved to Holyrood. This will then form the basis of the LibDem contribution to the new process invoked recently whereby the pro-Union parties at Holyrood and Westminster are to look at where devolution should go next. .
Katie Lee Joel's cookin' up a rock-star life
But Katie's cool, like she's back home in West Virginia on a lazy summer afternoon making a little something to eat with her grandma, the woman who taught her to love the kitchen. ''I have always loved cooking, since I was a little girl,'' says Katie, 26, whose first cookbook, The Comfort Table (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $25), to be published in late April, features down-home recipes from her days of growing up around farmers. Granddad kept a big garden, and his cousins raised cows and pigs. ''My grandma would bring a stool over to the counter so that I could help her. My favorite was making biscuits, because it was like Play-Doh,'' Katie says. ``If I slept in, and she had already made the biscuits for breakfast, that was when I would have my little cry. She would always end up having to make more just so that I could help.'' The kitchen in the Joels' winter home is big and fancy.
Soak up Super Bowl fun in Arizona on a shoestring
If you're an everyman headed to Arizona's "Valley of the Sun" this weekend to participate in the Super Bowl XLII festivities, you'll have to get creative, as high-profile parties will be accessible only to high-rollers and corporate insiders. "It's gonna be nuts," Scottsdale resident Matt Holmes said of the city, which is already crawling with the rich and famous. "Unless you've got a ton of money to blow, there won't be much for you to do." Maybe not much compared to the scope of the event, but there will certainly be plenty -- whether you're someone who likes to be pampered, an outdoors type, a shopper, a barfly or a spiritual seeker, you can find ways to keep yourself entertained before and after the game. .
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Two companies in Laramie have recently announced layoffs or closures, but the timing in Wyoming is right for those employees to find other employment. Shelli Stewart, public information officer for Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, said that in Albany County and across the state, there are more jobs than labor force available. She said the trend of more jobs than began around. Stewart said that Albany County also follows the statewide trend where the most job openings are in construction, minerals and sales and service. She said there are not as many professional openings, but she added, however, that there are many openings for engineers both in construction and in the minerals industry. According to the August statistics from the Wyoming Department of Employment, Albany County had an unemployment rate of 2.4 percent, down from 3 percent in July and down from 2.7 percent in August 2006.
Antidepressants Hardly Help
What makes this one so important the results were front-page news across the U.K. on Tuesday is that the researchers were able to track down comprehensive unpublished trial results from the drug makers themselves before the drugs were authorized for sale in the U.S., and include them in their review of the literature. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must receive records of all relevant pharmaceutical-company trials, both published and unpublished, before it will approve a drug. Under the Freedom of Information Act, the researchers writing in PLoS Medicine were recently able to obtain those FDA records of industry-sponsored clinical trials. They yield data, they believe, that lets them avoid a bias that often plagues reviews of previous research: the tendency for conclusive positive results to be published, sometimes more than once, and thus over-represented, while mediocre results can be ignored or even swept under the rug.
Bernard Kerik Enters 'Not Guilty' Plea in Response to Federal ...
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. Bernard Kerik, former New York City police commissioner and failed nominee to head the Department of Homeland Security, on Friday pleaded not guilty to federal corruption and tax fraud charges, which were announced in an unsealed indictment. Kerik had surrendered to authorities earlier in the day, and entered his plea in federal district court shortly after noon. - Click here to see the 29-page federal indictment of Bernard Kerik (.pdf). In a news conference Friday with Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service officials, Kerik was painted as a man who used his position as New York's top cop, as well as the city jail commissioner, to gain financially. And officials said he lied to conceal shady dealings with mob-connected businessmen when he applied for his DHS job.
Bhutto's party meets to nominate next prime minister of Pakistan
Fahim, who is popular in the party and would be harder for Zardari to forceout. It also reports that the PPP is still working out the details of its coalition with Sharif's party, which is said to be reluctant to participate fully. The battle over Musharraf and his rule is still driving Pakistani politics, reports The New York Times. Lawyers who spearheaded opposition to him last year are regrouping and calling for the reversal of Musharraf's purge of the judiciary, including the reinstatement of a former chief judge who remains under house arrest. Nor have the calls for impeaching Musharraf once parliament reconvenes gone away, adding to his difficulties. Mr. Musharraf, much weakened since removing his uniform and since his political party sustained a resounding defeat at the polls, nevertheless retains one powerful weapon.
Category: Innovation
Between the Lines Latest Post | Last 10 Posts | Archives Check out Enterprise Alley Posted in: General Innovation Programming note: We've launched a new blog called Enterprise Alley that's designed to give a forum to startups that are targeting the businesses with new and novel technology and approaches. The blog, manned by Dennis Howlett, is designed to give some play to startups that are targeting the enterprise. These smaller companies are worth watching for a few reasons: They are on the cutting edge of business technology; They may yield some new uses that can improve your ROI; They may wind up in your existing applications as the bigger fish gobble up some of these smaller players. Here's what Dennis had to say in his introduction: While the technology landscape seems dominated by the mega vendors churning out ERP with the occasional splash of saas/on-demand, in the background there is a plenty of innovation and experimentation.
iSale 4.1
Do you have something to sell on eBay but don't feel like learning the process of listing items from scratch? Equinux's iSale 4.1 distills the complexity that can come with eBay auctions into a familiar and intuitive interface. The program is integrated with Apple's Spotlight, iCal, Dashboard, and iPhoto, as well as the iSight camera, and it's easy to learn. iSale presents you with an interface composed of auction groups—draft, running, and completed—with thumbnails of each item for sale. The program provides a place for you to create, edit, and view your own auctions without using your Web browser. This workspace gives you a simple, single view, which is much easier to deal with than navigating multiple eBay Web pages. iSale has several templates you can use for your auction, and more are available for free from Equinux's Web site.
AC on cold morning leads to Estates grow-house bust
N.E. Earlier this month a deputy on patrol noticed that an air conditioning unit was in use at the house on a cold morning. As the deputy approached the residence, he could smell the odor of growing marijuana. The house appeared to be vacant at the time. Around 10 a.m. Thursday, a blue Nissan Pathfinder driven by Puentes left the house, traveling 51 mph on Eighth Avenue Northeast, where the posted speed is 35 mph. Deputies pulled over the Pathfinder and while speaking to Puentes could smell a strong odor of marijuana on his clothing. Deputies asked Puentes if he lived at 1781 8th Ave. N.E. and Puentes said that he used to live there. Deputies asked Puentes if they could follow him back to the house, and he agreed. A search of the house turned up an active marijuana growing operation.
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