Exploring Strange Languages, Programming on Linux
Kevin Burnett has written an article over on the Novell website, about programming using script languages on Linux.
MacOS X Steaming Ahead in the Business World
Apple's MacOS X is making inroads in the business world, according to a report by market research firm Jupiter Research, the report covers desktop and server OS usage in medium to large sized businesses.
Windows Codename Longhorn to Be Named Windows Vista?
Is the official new name for the Longhorn operating system is Microsoft Windows Vista? Flexbeta seems to think so, and has posted a domain registration from MS that seems to support this idea. Update: Looks like it's official.
IBM Steps Into Open-Source Java Project
IBM has begun participating in open-source Java project Harmony and intends to contribute code to the initiative, according to a Big Blue executive.
Debian Core Consortium Continues to Come Together
Insiders say that the efforts to form a Debian Core Consortium are continuing to go well. One of the purposes of the DCC is to create a common Debian Linux distribution for the enterprise based on the LSB 3.0 and possibly the next version of Progeny's CL Debian distribution.
XYNTService Open Source Admin Tool for Windows
Running a background process on the Windows platform requires running a Windows Service. To run a Windows Service, you must have an application that is Windows Service aware. A Bash script is not Windows Service aware and neither are many console applications. XYNTService allows an administrator to define a console program and its options to execute. The XYNTService application is a Windows Service that reads a configuration file to know which applications to run. Read more...
On Being and Deliciousness, with Wil Shipley
Here is an interview with Wil Shipley, software developer for OS X and prior to that for NeXTSTEP.
MS Plans to Buy Secure-Messaging Company FrontBridge
In more evidence of Microsoft's increased interest in security technology, the software company said on Wednesday that it plans to acquire FrontBridge, a provider of secure messaging services. Microsoft plans to use its acquisition of FrontBridge to deliver a secure, highly availabile e-mail service that will be marketed to companies with limited IT resources, Microsoft said in a statement.
Review: GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner 6
LANguard Network Security Scanner will scan computers for known vulnerabilities and common misconfigurations and other potential security issues. It produces reports that can be used to assist in the tracking and mitigation of security issues that have been identified.
Hacking the Linux 2.6 Kernel, Part 1
In this first of a two-part series, learn about system and environment requirements, the best ways to acquire Linux source code, how to configure and boot your new kernel, and how to use the printk function to print messages during bootup.
Dan Kaminsky on Microsoft’s Security
SecurityFocus published an interview with BlackHat/Defcon speaker Dan Kaminsky. He was guest-hacker at the Microsoft BlueHat event, and met Redmond's engineers and management. His conclusion: "My sense is that a combination of respect for SP2 and growing fear of Google (which has an entirely different, and arguably more managable security posture than Microsoft can achieve) has really pushed people towards seeing security in 2005 as stability was in 2000/2001."
Window Closing on Office 2003
Microsoft is facing an uphill battle to push copies of Office 2003 on customers and its ISV partner ecosystem, ahead of next year's predicted launch of Office 12.
Mozilla Scraps Firefox 1.1, Looks to 1.5
The non-profit foundation has decided to increase the version number of the next major release to 1.5 from 1.1, reflecting the sheer number of bug fixes and features that have been worked into the next version of the browser. Mozilla still plans to ship the next version of Firefox around September of this year. Read the updated roadmap here.
The Open Source Revolution: What CIOs Should Know
CIOs can gain competitive advantages by taking part in the open source revolution, a movement that will shake up the power structure of the IT world, said Julie Hanna Farris, the founder of Scalix. Farris explains why open source is not a fad and how it will benefit the business world.
IBM ETTK Tool for Laszlo
Faces for Laszlo makes use of multiple J2EE (Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition) emerging technologies for rich Internet applications, resulting in a rich user experience on the browser. Through a JSF custom tag library, developers using Faces for Laszlo can integrate OpenLaszlo components into their web application. These components can bind to server-side data that is made available as JavaScript data structures within the browser at runtime.
Epiphany: The Web Through the Eyes of GNOME
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Epiphany is a web browser for the GNOME desktop that aims to be simple and easy-to-use. FootNotes, a GNOME news site, has posted the Epiphany: The Web through the eyes of GNOME article.
Unhandled Exceptions and Tracing in the .NET Framework 2.0
The July edition of MSDN Magazine is out with some interesting .NET topics.
KDE 3.4.1 First Desktop from OpenSolaris Community
KDE 3.4.1 is the first modern desktop environment being compiled, packaged and working fully on the OpenSolaris platform. While KDE is known to compile out of the box on Solaris with GCC, using the Sun ONE Studio 10 Compiler still presents a challenge which requires a lot of patches. Dot.KDE has an interview with the Kde on Solaris team leader.
Why Linux Isn’t Ready for Desktops
Asa Dotzler, from the Mozilla foundation, has just written an interesting analysis describing why Linux is not ready for desktops yet, and suggests four main categories that must be addressed to improve this.
Firefox 1.0.6 and Thunderbird 1.0.6 Released
Mozilla has released new versions of its Firefox Web browser and Thunderbird email client to fix problems introduced by the previous updates. An update to Camino has also been released.