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Embeddable C/C++ Interperter Ch 5.1 Released

Eugenia Loli 2005-10-05 General Development 5 Comments

Embeddable Ch is a C/C++ interpreter for cross-platform scripting, 2D/3D plotting, numerical computing, shell programming and embedded scripting. It was announced the availability of Ch 5.1 and Embedded Ch 5.1. Ch which enhance embedded ch scripting with thread handling. They allow you to abort a run time embedded ch thread. It supports MingW for SDK and Embedded Ch. This release also fixes many bugs. More here.

City Google Wi-Fi Chills Telecoms

Eugenia Loli 2005-10-05 Google 11 Comments

San Francisco's plan to blanket the city with wireless Internet access at little or no cost to users might bring a smile to the face of residents who would like to save money. But an array of entrenched telecommunications interests, including Internet service providers and telephone and cable television companies, are far from beaming.

Installing Fink on Mac OS X

Eugenia Loli 2005-10-05 macOS 11 Comments

At its heart, Mac OS X is a Unix operating system. This means that plenty of Unix open source software compiles and runs on it. However, compiling software can be tedious, especially if it has many dependencies, or if it hasn't been tested on Mac OS X. You have to perform the usual configure/make/make install process and hope it all works fine. Maybe you have to tamper with the makefile or even the source code. Moreover, you'll need to make sure all libraries used by the software are installed. Here is where Fink comes in.

New, Faster, Rendering Architecture for Syllable

Eugenia Loli 2005-10-05 Syllable, AtheOS 3 Comments

Arno Klenke has completed his work on a new rendering architecture for Syllable which promises a faster and smoother user interface. Also, there is now XGI Volari & Intel 9xx support on Syllable.

What Is Quartz

Eugenia Loli 2005-10-05 Java 10 Comments

Quartz is an open source job-scheduling framework written entirely in Java and designed for use in both J2SE and J2EE applications. It offers great flexibility without sacrificing simplicity. You can create simple or complex schedules for executing any job. It includes features such as database support, clustering, plugins, prebuilt jobs for EJB, JavaMail and others, support for cron-like expressions, and many more.

The Arrival of NX, Part 5: Using NX

Eugenia Loli 2005-10-05 Internet No Comments

Here's the 5th installment of LinuxJournal's NX series. This time out, learn how to navigate with hands-on exercises that demonstrate all NX can do.

Microsoft to Provide Security Strategy Update

Eugenia Loli 2005-10-05 Privacy, Security 5 Comments

Senior Microsoft executives on Thursday plan to provide an update on the software maker's security strategy and products plans, including its upcoming enterprise anti-spyware offering, sources said.

Rumor Mill Spins Newest Tune: iPod Will Have Video Soon

Eugenia Loli 2005-10-05 Apple 17 Comments

Apple's hugely popular iPod digital music device could be in for another makeover — this time as a highly anti-cipated unit that plays both audio and video. In the meantime, Archos announced yesterday -- available in 30, 60 and 100 GB versions -- the new AV500 which sports a 4-inch colour widescreen display and not only plays back media - it records it as well.

Microsoft’s Take on the Palm Alliance

Eugenia Loli 2005-10-05 Wireless No Comments

MS PressPass interviewed their own Pieter Knook about the now historic Palm-Microsoft alliance.

Windows XP Gets Some Glass

Eugenia Loli 2005-10-05 Graphics 8 Comments

Stardock has unveiled its first beta of WindowBlinds 5 and with it, glass effects for Windows XP users. Stardock claims that beta 1 of WindowBlinds 5 achieves performance on the same level as the current beta of Windows Vista in terms of delivering glass effects. WindowBlinds 5 also is able to do deliver glass effects on relatively low-end hardware (though it still requires a video card with at least 32MB of video memory).

Book Review: Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment

Eugenia Loli 2005-10-04 Unix 16 Comments

Addison-Wesley sent us in the hardcover second edition of the popular book title "Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment" and we had a quick look at this classic.

Submitted by Manuma 2005-10-04 GTK+ 39 Comments

Kristian Rietveld blogs what to expect on GTK 2.10+ e.g. offscreen widgets, faster dialogs and more. Meanwhile, GTK+ stable version 2.8.6 was released with various bug fixes.

Review: Kodak CX7530 5.0MP 3x/5x Zoom Digital Camera

Guest post by Jean-Baptiste Queru 2005-10-04 Hardware 20 Comments

After having a look at a very low-end camera two weeks ago, I've stepped a bit up in the range to have a look at a 5 megapixel model, a Kodak CX7530, which can currently be bought a Geeks.com for $175. Just like I found that the CX7220 was able to produce good 4x6 prints, I was surprised to see that CX7530 is capable of very good letter-size prints.

Submitted by skx2 2005-10-04 General Development 9 Comments

A small article introducing the a techniques involved in making C code extensible with the addition of the LUA scripting language.

Sun, Google Expand Technology Reach and Global Opportunity

Thom Holwerda 2005-10-04 Google 44 Comments

Sun and Google today announced an agreement to promote and distribute their software technologies to millions of users around the world. The agreement aims to make it easier for users to freely obtain Sun's Java Runtime Environment, the Google Toolbar and the OpenOffice.org office productivity suite, helping millions of users worldwide to participate in the next wave of Internet growth. More here.

Microsoft’s Complete Longhorn Terminal Server Feature List

Eugenia Loli 2005-10-04 Windows 14 Comments

A lot of information about the new features of Terminal Server in Longhorn has come out over the past few weeks. In this article, Brian Madden has collected, organized, and commented on all the new stuff.

Microsoft, Motorola Form New Alliance

Submitted by skurk 2005-10-04 Microsoft 9 Comments

Motorola plans to enhance the reliability of its emergency services software applications by integrating them on the Microsoft platform, the companies announced Tuesday. However, Motorola in July announced that it would expand its use of Linux beyond high-end products and into midrange items by revising most of its phones to run on Linux.

Office Beta Coming in November, More on OpenDocument and PDF

Thom Holwerda 2005-10-04 Office 65 Comments

This week, Microsoft announced that, with the next version of Office, it will support saving files to Adobe's Portable Document Format, or PDF. While logical, the move raises questions about how the PDF support will coexist with Windows Vista's move to its own page description format, known as Metro. Sinofsky also addressed how Microsoft views the controversy surrounding Massachusetts' mandate for the OpenDocument standard.

Netscape Lands Browser Distribution Deal with HP

Thom Holwerda 2005-10-04 Internet 22 Comments

In a potential blow to Microsoft, Netscape's Internet browser will be included inside every new Hewlett-Packard and Compaq computer sold starting early next year, Netscape said Monday. The arrangement allows for those buying new HP or Compaq personal computers to choose Netscape as their default Web browser and to start the Web browser using icons on the desktop or Start menu.

FAQ About Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

Thom Holwerda 2005-10-04 Windows 25 Comments

"In this column, I'd like to try to answer some of the questions that we've seen asked repeatedly in the new Microsoft Windows 64-bit Newsgroup. The newsgroup became available during the launch of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, and has been quite active since the launch."