Monthly Archives: August 2015

Microsoft Releases Windows 10 IoT Core for Raspberry Pi

August 11, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Today, Microsoft announced the public release of Windows 10 IoT Core for the Raspberry Pi 2 and the MinnowBoard Max. Microsoft also announced a “build a home automation solution that leverages the power of Windows 10 IoT Core running on Raspberry Pi 2” contest. For more information, go here. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Oracle CSO Rant to ‘Sinner’ Customers

August 11, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Yesterday, Oracle’s chief security officer Mary Ann Davidson posted a rant about customers who reverse engineer Oracle products then send Oracle information on security vulnerabilities in Oracle products. She wants customers to “stop sending vulnerability reports already” because she wants “to go back to writing murder mysteries”. I’m not kidding, the Oracle CSO wrote that. […]

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Mozilla Firefox 40.0 Released

August 11, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Mozilla Firefox has just released Mozilla Firefox v40.0. http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. To display web pages, Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine, which implements most current web standards in addition to several features that are intended to […]

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Richard Nikula will be Speaking at MQTC v2.0.1.5

August 10, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Richard Nikula of Nastel will be presenting the following sessions at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.5 (MQTC): Richard Nikula’s Technical Session: Monitoring and Tracking for Remote MQ Environments Richard Nikula’s Vendor Sessions: 3 Things That Nobody Tells You About MQ Monitoring When Good Flows Go Bad… For more information about MQTC, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com Regards, […]

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Java MQMD class Weirdness

August 5, 2015 Roger Lacroix

I’m trying to use the MQMD class in a Java application and I’m getting weird results. I tested it with both MQ JAR files from v7.5.0.2 and v8.0.0.2 with JVM of v1.7.0. Note: All of my testing was done in ‘client mode’ (not bindings mode). The first odd thing is that MQMD class is in […]

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LibreOffice 5.0 Released

August 5, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Document Foundation has just released LibreOffice v5.0. https://blog.documentfoundation.org/2015/08/05/libreoffice-5-0-stands-out-from-the-office-suite-crowd/ LibreOffice is a comprehensive, professional-quality productivity suite that you can download and install for free. There is a large base of satisfied LibreOffice users worldwide, and it’s available in more than 30 languages and for all major operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux […]

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