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Apple’s Intel Machines “Faster Than G5s”

David Adams 2005-07-13 Apple 78 Comments

Appleinsider is reporting that developers who have received Apple's developer-only Intel Macs are very pleased with the performance of Mac OS X on them. Some even claim that they are faster than high-end dual G5s. Developers also report that Apple's Rosetta technology, which allows Intel Macs to run PowerPC software, is fast and seamless.

Oracle Leads with Red Hat for Database Update

David Adams 2005-07-13 Red Hat 11 Comments

Oracle Corp has released the second version of its Database 10g product, but in a move that highlight's Linux's ascendancy on the server, this version will be initially available only on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Review: Xandros Version 3 Business Edition

Submitted by Swank1 2005-07-13 Oracle and SUN 35 Comments

Overall, Xandros Desktop OS Version 3 Business Edition has proven itself to be a fine operating system. As a long time Windows user, who is forced to use XP on a daily basis, I really appreciated Xandros' approach to Linux-Windows integration and just how easy they made the transition from one operating system to the other.

Beginner’s Guide to PHP

Thom Holwerda 2005-07-13 General Development 42 Comments

This tutorial is part I of a three-part series (part II | part III) that takes you from the most basic PHP script to working with databases and streaming from the file system by documenting the building of a document workflow system.

Intel Experiments With WiFi as GPS Substitute

Andrew Youll 2005-07-13 Intel 11 Comments

Work at Intel has begun trying to devise ways of tri-anglulating a persons location with WiFi, or with mobile networks like GSM.

David Every Responds To Ars’ Jon ‘Hannibal’ Stokes

Thom Holwerda 2005-07-13 Apple 103 Comments

Earlier this week, Ars Technica's Jon "Hannibal" Stokes published an article which claimed to show the *real* reason why Apple went Intel. In his article, 'Hannibal' says that part of the reason for IBM and Apple's failed business relationship was that Apple tried to pull 'stunts' to get more out of IBM than they were entitled. David K. Every begs to differ.

I GNU It

Submitted by Timothy R. Butler 2005-07-13 Open Source 124 Comments

Tim Butler knew when he mentioned something negative about the GNU Project’s General Public License (GPL), in his column on KDE last week, he would inevitably be accused of arguing the GPL was a bad license. What did not fit into that piece shall now be dealt with: is the GPL a bad license or is the issue he complained about something else?

How To Make Your Linux Desktop Look Awesome

Thom Holwerda 2005-07-13 Graphics 47 Comments

We have heard a lot lately about projects aimed at bringing all that eye candy of operating systems such as OS X to the Linux world. Projects such as Xgl, Enlightenment, and others have given us a glimpse of what’s coming, but what can you do to enjoy a taste of some of the future… today?

Microsoft Patches Flaws Haunting IE, Word Users

Thom Holwerda 2005-07-13 Microsoft 13 Comments

As part of its monthly patching cycle, Microsoft shipped three security bulletins, all rated critical, including patches for a bug in the JView Profiler (Javaprxy.dll) that was being exploited via the IE browser.

LinuxFund Remnants May Resurrect The Project

Thom Holwerda 2005-07-13 Linux 1 Comment

Although it appeared that its Web site would remain stale and funds would not support Linux developers, there is now growing interest and opportunity for LinuxFund.

The End of a Floppy Era

Submitted by Gsurface 2005-07-13 Hardware 87 Comments

The floppy disk was well intended, but its usefulness is now gone. Now, over 30 years later, the floppy disk needs to go for good.

New GNU Source Installer Eases Unix Source Installations

Adam Scheinberg 2005-07-13 In the News 22 Comments

The GNU Source Installer is "a graphical tool which provides configuration, compilation, installation, tracking and removal of source packages." The authors have written about their project on Newsforge.

O’Reilly: Is Perl Relevant Any Longer?

Adam Scheinberg 2005-07-13 General Development 44 Comments

The Question: With the emergence of .NET, J2EE, Python, PHP, et. al, has Perl lost its niche as a scripting glue language? The Answer: Tim O'Reilly gives his two cents.

NetBSD Quarterly Status Report Published

Submitted by Jan Schaumann 2005-07-13 NetBSD 6 Comments

The NetBSD Foundation published its second quarterly status report in 2005, covering the months April through June of 2005. Among many other things, this status report covers NetBSD's participation in Google's “Summer of Code”, the new stable pkgsrc branch and various port-specific items.

Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.4.2 Update

Eugenia Loli 2005-07-12 macOS 75 Comments

MacNN reports that Apple today released Mac OS X 10.4.2, which the company says delivers overall improved reliability and compatibility for Mac OS X v10.4 and is recommended for all users. It includes fixes for file sharing, authentication, autologin, AirPort/wireless access, several graphics updates, .Mac fixes, Apple's core applications, and more.