http://www.osnews.com Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams OSNews version donotreply@osnews.com donotreply@osnews.com Exploring the Future of Computing OSNews Crew OSNews.com informs you about the latest news on a vast range of operating systems, from the well-known mainstream OSes, down to small embedded (but also very interesting technically) ones. OSNews Crew osnews-crew@osnews.com Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:12:01 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews-pod.gif http://www.osnews.com/ 120 http://osnews.com/story/21744/Episode_15_Out_with_the_Old_in_with_the_New http://osnews.com/story/21744/Episode_15_Out_with_the_Old_in_with_the_New The podcast almost didn't go ahead this week after a number of technical issues leaving me on an aging Mac Mini G4 that struggles to run GarageBand (which is why there's no music this week, I had to keep the edit simple). Appropriately, we discuss old software, our dissatisfaction with netbooks, and Windows 7's pricing. The podcast almost didn't go ahead this week after a number of technical issues leaving me on an aging Mac Mini G4 that struggles to run GarageBand (which is why there's no music this week, I had to keep the edit simple). Appropriately, we discuss old software, our dissatisfaction with netbooks, and Windows 7's pricing. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:36:38 GMT Kroc Camen Kroc Camen Podcasts http://osnews.com/story/21704/Episode_14_Fleeing_the_Torches_and_Pitchforks http://osnews.com/story/21704/Episode_14_Fleeing_the_Torches_and_Pitchforks Every week we have the creeping feeling that our lack of expertise in some areas is working against us and soon we are to be set upon by an amassed army of geeks armed with 'torches and pitchforks' for forgetting a fact here and a name there and confusing x86-64 with ia64. This week we can't avoid the ignorance as we have to discuss Android and Windows CE on netbooks, Opera Unite and then wade through Microsoft's "Get the Facts" campaign, but find sanctuary in something I do know a good deal about - HTML5 video. Every week we have the creeping feeling that our lack of expertise in some areas is working against us and soon we are to be set upon by an amassed army of geeks armed with 'torches and pitchforks' for forgetting a fact here and a name there and confusing x86-64 with ia64. This week we can't avoid the ignorance as we have to discuss Android and Windows CE on netbooks, Opera Unite and then wade through Microsoft's "Get the Facts" campaign, but find sanctuary in something I do know a good deal about - HTML5 video. Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:45:30 GMT Kroc Camen Kroc Camen Podcasts http://osnews.com/story/21667/Episode_13_What_Apple_Gives_Microsoft_Takes_Away http://osnews.com/story/21667/Episode_13_What_Apple_Gives_Microsoft_Takes_Away It's an almost 50/50 split of Apple and Microsoft news. Apple's WWDC is an unavoidable news-machine outputting Snow Leopard, Safari 4, new MacBook [Pro]s and the iPhone 3GS (The 'S' is for sucks -- ed. It's a joke!). Microsoft returns the volley with their decision to remove IE completely from Windows 7 in Europe, but between all this giant game of tennis we find a quiet moment to discuss QNX and SkyOS too. It's an almost 50/50 split of Apple and Microsoft news. Apple's WWDC is an unavoidable news-machine outputting Snow Leopard, Safari 4, new MacBook [Pro]s and the iPhone 3GS (The 'S' is for sucks -- ed. It's a joke!). Microsoft returns the volley with their decision to remove IE completely from Windows 7 in Europe, but between all this giant game of tennis we find a quiet moment to discuss QNX and SkyOS too. Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:37:30 GMT Kroc Camen Kroc Camen Podcasts http://osnews.com/story/21642/Episode_12_The_Late_Show_with_Thom_and_Kroc http://osnews.com/story/21642/Episode_12_The_Late_Show_with_Thom_and_Kroc As well as being late this week, it's a 2 hour, late night edition of the show! Nothing in particular stood out last week, so we discussed the whole week's news ending just before Apple's big announcements (we will no doubt cover those on Sunday). It's a wealth of topics, some big, some small, including: the BeOS stash (which has now gone for $2675!), Nvidia's Tegra platform, Chrome sandboxing and Chrome in general and my complete fail reviewing Opera 10 Beta. As well as being late this week, it's a 2 hour, late night edition of the show! Nothing in particular stood out last week, so we discussed the whole week's news ending just before Apple's big announcements (we will no doubt cover those on Sunday). It's a wealth of topics, some big, some small, including: the BeOS stash (which has now gone for $2675!), Nvidia's Tegra platform, Chrome sandboxing and Chrome in general and my complete fail reviewing Opera 10 Beta. Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:00:53 GMT Kroc Camen Kroc Camen Podcasts http://osnews.com/story/21593/Episode_11_Hurting_Cats http://osnews.com/story/21593/Episode_11_Hurting_Cats Where do we begin in choosing good topics for discussion for the podcast with so many big articles this week? We settled on tackling the contentious issues: Thom's Hackintosh, the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, Mono and then ran out of time. See if you can work out where this week's title comes from in the show! Bonus points if you can count how many times I say "you know...", and then proceed to kick me for each one, good grief I need more tea. Where do we begin in choosing good topics for discussion for the podcast with so many big articles this week? We settled on tackling the contentious issues: Thom's Hackintosh, the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, Mono and then ran out of time. See if you can work out where this week's title comes from in the show! Bonus points if you can count how many times I say "you know...", and then proceed to kick me for each one, good grief I need more tea. Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:53:11 GMT Kroc Camen Kroc Camen Podcasts http://osnews.com/story/21553/Episode_10_Episode_Ex_ http://osnews.com/story/21553/Episode_10_Episode_Ex_ No expense was spared (and no effort was spent) in celebrating our podcast surviving into double digits! It's an even game of four quarters as we discuss Vmedia drives, Palm Pre, Java on OS X and the eternal struggle between Microsoft and open source. No expense was spared (and no effort was spent) in celebrating our podcast surviving into double digits! It's an even game of four quarters as we discuss Vmedia drives, Palm Pre, Java on OS X and the eternal struggle between Microsoft and open source. Sun, 24 May 2009 19:23:51 GMT Kroc Camen Kroc Camen Podcasts http://osnews.com/story/21507/Episode_9_Bndwth_Svngs http://osnews.com/story/21507/Episode_9_Bndwth_Svngs A week full of big chunky topics requiring big chunky time to discuss. We cover Sony's history of failed proprietary formats (including the MiniDisc), then discuss the future of advertising on the web, the 1.06 Billion Euro Intel fine, and finally finish up with a three course meal of Windows 7. Fear not though! Despite being almost an hour and a half long, we managed to save you 5 bytes by keeping the show title short. A week full of big chunky topics requiring big chunky time to discuss. We cover Sony's history of failed proprietary formats (including the MiniDisc), then discuss the future of advertising on the web, the 1.06 Billion Euro Intel fine, and finally finish up with a three course meal of Windows 7. Fear not though! Despite being almost an hour and a half long, we managed to save you 5 bytes by keeping the show title short. Mon, 18 May 2009 12:30:46 GMT Kroc Camen Kroc Camen Podcasts http://osnews.com/story/21464/Episode_8_All_Roads_Lead_to_The_Finder http://osnews.com/story/21464/Episode_8_All_Roads_Lead_to_The_Finder Special Offer: 50% Extra Free. I hope you have your tea/coffee cup primed for this one-and-a-half hour edition of the show! We cover a lot of ground (and everything in between) on the Windows 7 RC, the Kindle DX (is that like the Nathan TX?), application and OS updates and finally what would we change about the Mac Pro and Mac OS X. Special Offer: 50% Extra Free. I hope you have your tea/coffee cup primed for this one-and-a-half hour edition of the show! We cover a lot of ground (and everything in between) on the Windows 7 RC, the Kindle DX (is that like the Nathan TX?), application and OS updates and finally what would we change about the Mac Pro and Mac OS X. Sun, 10 May 2009 22:31:52 GMT Kroc Camen Kroc Camen Podcasts http://osnews.com/story/21425/Episode_7_Windows_Was_Away_This_Week http://osnews.com/story/21425/Episode_7_Windows_Was_Away_This_Week A podcast without any Windows news this week; we focus on the alternatives with our discussion about RISC OS, Hackintoshes, and AROS. No GarageBand crashes this week, as Kroc downgraded to an earlier version without the bug that has been bugging us since the first podcast. A podcast without any Windows news this week; we focus on the alternatives with our discussion about RISC OS, Hackintoshes, and AROS. No GarageBand crashes this week, as Kroc downgraded to an earlier version without the bug that has been bugging us since the first podcast. Sun, 03 May 2009 20:18:33 GMT Kroc Camen Kroc Camen Podcasts http://osnews.com/story/21380/Episode_6_Better_Late_Than_Never http://osnews.com/story/21380/Episode_6_Better_Late_Than_Never More banal banter of the binary kind; Oracle buys Sun, Yahoo pulls the plug on Geocities, the Acer Revo nettop and much-offtopicness as we discuss the recently announced Windows 7 "Classic" XP mode. More banal banter of the binary kind; Oracle buys Sun, Yahoo pulls the plug on Geocities, the Acer Revo nettop and much-offtopicness as we discuss the recently announced Windows 7 "Classic" XP mode. Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:09:10 GMT Kroc Camen Kroc Camen Podcasts http://osnews.com/story/21330/Episode_5_Can_t_Do_Mental_Arithmetic_Edition http://osnews.com/story/21330/Episode_5_Can_t_Do_Mental_Arithmetic_Edition It's Friday, and a little sooner than normal (because Kroc will be away for the weekend) we bring you the 5th instalment of the OSNews podcast. We will discuss the Windows Conficker situation, the chances of nettops in the current market, and, of course, the outcome of the Pirate Bay trial which made a splash today. It's Friday, and a little sooner than normal (because Kroc will be away for the weekend) we bring you the 5th instalment of the OSNews podcast. We will discuss the Windows Conficker situation, the chances of nettops in the current market, and, of course, the outcome of the Pirate Bay trial which made a splash today. Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:02:58 GMT Thom Holwerda Thom Holwerda Podcasts http://osnews.com/story/21296/Episode_4_Now_with_Even_More_Better_ http://osnews.com/story/21296/Episode_4_Now_with_Even_More_Better_ Kroc Camen meets Thom Holwerda for another attempt at interpreting the stories currently on the OSNews.com homepage. Thom's sound issues have been solved, but as you will find out I had some mic difficulties. GarageBand crashed half way through - again. The show keeps up it's 'unscripted' style! "Read More" for the links and show-notes. Kroc Camen meets Thom Holwerda for another attempt at interpreting the stories currently on the OSNews.com homepage. Thom's sound issues have been solved, but as you will find out I had some mic difficulties. GarageBand crashed half way through - again. The show keeps up it's 'unscripted' style! "Read More" for the links and show-notes. Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:19:46 GMT Kroc Camen Kroc Camen Podcasts http://osnews.com/story/21259/Episode_3_The_OSNews_Podcast_Lives_ http://osnews.com/story/21259/Episode_3_The_OSNews_Podcast_Lives_ Completely ad-hoc and unscripted, OSnews editors Thom Holwerda and Kroc Camen discuss gripes, pet hates and what's currently on the home page. This is the first time we've ever spoken to one another! "Read more" for the link to the .mp3 file, and notes. Completely ad-hoc and unscripted, OSnews editors Thom Holwerda and Kroc Camen discuss gripes, pet hates and what's currently on the home page. This is the first time we've ever spoken to one another! "Read more" for the link to the .mp3 file, and notes. Sun, 05 Apr 2009 18:00:44 GMT Kroc Camen Kroc Camen Podcasts http://osnews.com/story/13691/Episode_2_Are_We_Happier_When_We_re_Fighting_ http://osnews.com/story/13691/Episode_2_Are_We_Happier_When_We_re_Fighting_ Are IT people happier when they are fighting? OSNews, episode 2 can be downloaded as an MP3 (3.02 MB) or a Ogg Vorbis (4.77 MB) file. Our podcast is located at osnews.com/files/podcast.xml. Are IT people happier when they are fighting? OSNews, episode 2 can be downloaded as an MP3 (3.02 MB) or a Ogg Vorbis (4.77 MB) file. Our podcast is located at osnews.com/files/podcast.xml. Thu, 16 Feb 2006 05:07:22 GMT Adam S Adam S Podcasts http://osnews.com/story/12966/Episode_1_What_is_Bloat_ http://osnews.com/story/12966/Episode_1_What_is_Bloat_ We are very excited to share our first podcast (this one's a bit of an experiment). We are hoping to make podcasts a semi-regular feature on OSNews. In this episode, we discuss "bloat" and the way the term is used today. OSNews, episode 1 can be downloaded as an MP3 (4.37 MB) or an Vorbis (3.85 MB) file. Update: For those who claim it's not a podcast until it's published via RSS, we're now publishing a valid RSS 2.0 feed that can includes the podcasts. Update 2: Different filename for podcast RSS feed. We are very excited to share our first podcast (this one's a bit of an experiment). We are hoping to make podcasts a semi-regular feature on OSNews. In this episode, we discuss "bloat" and the way the term is used today. OSNews, episode 1 can be downloaded as an MP3 (4.37 MB) or an Vorbis (3.85 MB) file. Update: For those who claim it's not a podcast until it's published via RSS, we're now publishing a valid RSS 2.0 feed that can includes the podcasts. Update 2: Different filename for podcast RSS feed. Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:43:29 GMT Adam S Adam S Podcasts