MacOS X 10.4.1 Update Released
The 10.4.1 Update delivers overall improved reliability for Mac OS X v10.4 and is highly recommended.
Eclipse 3.1 M7 released
An updated version of the popular Java IDE Eclipse is released.
Save Down Videos from a Streaming Source
You know what's really laughable? When you visit launch.yahoo.com with Firefox and tells you that you need Netscape 4.7 to view its music videos, even if Firefox is perfectly capable of doing so! And when you open a bug report ticket with them, you get canned messages how to make your IE work with their service! It stinks! Therefore, here is a quick how-to on how to rip down their music wmv/asf videos and save them on your hard disk to view with the player of your choice. In fact, their videos are streamed in QVGA, making them an excellent choice for Pocket PCs that are used as multimedia devices too.
SUSE 9.3: More, Better, Faster, Now!
Novell's latest release of SUSE Linux, SUSE 9.3, demonstrates Novell's continuing commitment to delivering polished, off-the-shelf Linux distributions for the desktop and professional markets. October 2004, which is when the previous version of SUSE Linux was released, seems like only yesterday. So what's new--and, perhaps, why should people care?
Introduction to Free Pascal 2.0
After five years of development, Free Pascal 2.0 is ready. With the new compiler, its authors believe they are ready to become a larger open source development platform. In the MS-DOS world, Pascal was one of the major programming languages and is by means of Borland Delphi an important programming language in the Windows world. In the open source world, Free Pascal is the leading Pascal compiler and while open source is a bit biased using the C language, the Pascal language has a lot to offer to open source programmers.
The Mach Kernel
Learn more about the inner workings of the Mach Kernel in this PDF article.
64-bit ready for flying start
The last time Microsoft made a major change to its operating systems architecture with the 32-bit release of Windows 95, it staged massive launches around the globe. For its most recent evolution, to 64-bit computing, the software giant adopted a more restrained approach.
Michael Dell doubts desktop Linux demand
Dell chairman Michael Dell has cast doubt on the potential of Linux on the desktop, and also distanced himself from his own investment company's $99.5m investment in Red Hat. "The Linux market started on the server and it's stayed on the server," he told a select group of journalists in London.
Hawaii’: A Visual Studio Paradise for Developers?
After it ships the "Whidbey" and "Orcas" versions of its popular Visual Studio tool set, Microsoft Corp.'s Visual Studio development team is headed for "Hawaii." Hawaii is the code name for a version of Microsoft's Visual Studio tool set two versions beyond Whidbey, also known as Visual Studio 2005, according to sources familiar with Microsoft's plans.
Mezzo’s revolutionary desktop environment?
Have a look here for an appliance-like desktop environment.
Adelstein: Optimizing Linux Desktop Performance, Part I
Linux consultant, Tom Adesltein, has begun a short series for Linux Journal online which offers a number of suggestions for tweaking the performance of the Linux desktop.
IBM’s 320,000 Bloggers Coming Soon
IBM is planning to introduce what could be the largest corporate blogging initiative so far, in a bid to encourage its 320,000 staff to become more active in online tech communities. While other companies are frantically trying to prevent their employees from maintaining blogs, IBM seems to have realized the potential benefit that thousands of in-house bloggers could bring to promoting its products and services.
Patent Restrictions Hamper Wine Development
Developers on the Windows compatibility project Wine have been forced to abandon an important feature due to the existence of a Borland patent.
Apple’s First Flops: Apple III and the LISA
Apple began the eighties with two major flops under its belt: the Apple III and the LISA. Both machines were attempts at breaking into the business market. They were technologically advanced, but major flaws prevented their success. Read the story at Low End Mac.
MSN Desktop Search Toolbar out of Beta
Microsoft's desktop search toolbar has moved out of beta and is available for download. The competition for the desktop search market is heating up. Google and Yahoo already have a head start, but Microsoft has offering some interesting features. You can read the story here.
File System Forensic Analysis: PC-based Partitions
This chapter dives into the details of the partition systems used in personal computers from DOS partitions, to Apple partitions, to removable media.
A quick look at Fedora’s progress toward Core 4
MadPenguin posted a review of FC4 with screenshots.
Zeta R1 Screenshots
ICO brings the new look at the upcoming Zeta R1 via new screenshots (pronounced "zeeta"). In them you can see the new Network preferences panel, Printer panel using CUPS and the Theme manager.
AlphaCore 1.0 Released based on FC3
Although the Alpha architecture may have been brought to the end of the line by HP, developers across the world have worked together and released an updated version of AlphaCore, an unofficial version of Fedora Core for the Alpha architecture.
TextOS v2.0b1 released
TextOS version 2.0b1 5/15/05 "Progression" has been released. It runs programs built with the new TextOS BASIC version 2.0, which adds many more commands to the TextOS BASIC language.