posted by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 27th Mar 2003 17:45 UTC
MacCritic are writing down their opinion on the rumors that say that Mac OS X 10.3 Panther will use the "Metal" interface system-wide.
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Linked by David Adams on 07/29/10 17:44 UTC, submitted by Debjit
KDE SC 4.5 is about to be released and KDE SC 4.6 is being discussed. However, Martin Graesslin has revealed some details about what they are planning for KDE 4.7.
According to Martin's blog post, they are looking at OpenGL 3.0 to provide the compositing effects in KDE SC 4.7. OpenGL 3.0 provides support for frame buffer objects, hardware instancing, vertex array objects, and sRGB framebuffers.
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Linked by David Adams on 07/29/10 17:43 UTC, submitted by Adurbe
Personal details of 100m Facebook users have been harvested and published on the net by a security consultant.
The list, which has been shared as a downloadable file, contains the URL of every searchable Facebook user's profile, their name and unique ID.
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Linked by David Adams on 07/29/10 17:42 UTC, submitted by Al Sacco
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion has distributed invites to an exclusive media event in New York, where it's expected to show off the first device to run the brand new BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry 6. CIO.com offers predictions for how the event will unfold.
Linked by David Adams on 07/29/10 16:44 UTC, submitted by sjvn
The latest panic in desktop Linux lad was that Dell would no longer be selling Ubuntu pre-installed on laptops and netbooks. Alas, for those who love drama, it wasn't true. In fact, Dell is expanding its Ubuntu desktop Linux offerings.
Linked by David Adams on 07/27/10 7:38 UTC, submitted by fran
Fraunhofer's FIT . . . has recently appeared on the YouTubes, where we must say it looks pretty darn good. Not only does it not require special gloves or markers, this thing also works in real time and can support multiple users (and multiple fingers).
Linked by David Adams on 07/27/10 7:35 UTC, submitted by sjvn
Some people hate the idea of adding proprietary software to their desktop Linux. For these people, there are Linux distributions such as gNewSense that use only free software. For the rest of us, who use distributions such as Fedora, openSUSE and Ubuntu, there are times we either want to, or feel forced to, add proprietary programs such as Adobe Flash or Skype or the ability to play proprietary audio and video formats such as MP3 or commercial DVDs to your Linux desktop. Here's how to do it.
Linked by David Adams on 07/27/10 7:34 UTC
Real-Time apps have been popularized by social-notification tools like Twitter and Friendfeed. With a Real-Time web app you can get website information as soon as it's published. Learn techniques that allow you to create responsive, continually updated web applications that conserve server resources while providing a slick user experience using jQuery, XMPP and PHP.
Linked by David Adams on 07/27/10 7:31 UTC, submitted by sjvn
CentOS, with almost 30% of all Linux servers. The Red Hat Enterprise Linux-derived distro is #1 according to Web Technology Surveys.
Linked by David Adams on 07/26/10 1:13 UTC, submitted by Al Sacco
CIO.com highlights a number of new multimedia features in RIM's new BlackBerry OS, which used to mostly business-focused.
Linked by David Adams on 07/26/10 1:10 UTC, submitted by fran
While browsing through dealextreme.com, a popular online shop for electronic products here in Asia, I was really surprised to see several iPad-like tablet computers that are sold for as low as $99 (US). Another surprising thing is that they are all powered by Android.More News »
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