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Windows Enters Its Third Decade; Microsoft Longhorn Build 5048

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-25 Windows 12 Comments

Microsoft Group VP Jim Allchin discusses the shift to a new era of 64-bit computing as he looks back on earlier chapters of Windows history and looks ahead to the future with "Longhorn." Bill Gates has a spin to it too. Elsewhere, Winbeta gives an overview of the latest version of Microsoft Longhorn 5048. The article includes a lot of information and many screenshots from this latest release.

MontaVista Announces Mobilinux

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-25 Linux 2 Comments

MontaVista Software, Inc., today announced Mobilinux, a new product built to address key areas of development for mobile and wireless devices. Mobilinux is built on the fourth generation of MontaVista’s Linux platform, which is the most widely deployed Linux distribution in the world and the only proven Linux solution for mobile devices.

Gates to offer up a peek at the future

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-25 Microsoft 4 Comments

First phones started becoming more like computers. Now computers are getting to be more like phones. Phonelike features are prominent in several prototype computers that Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is expected to unveil at a conference today where Microsoft is helping computer makers build the PCs of tomorrow.

Microsoft: ‘Trusted Windows’ still coming, trust us

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-25 Microsoft 13 Comments

After nearly a decade, Microsoft's vision for how to protect especially sensitive information within Windows remains largely that--a vision.

RISC OS Memory Protection

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-25 RISC OS 4 Comments

Memory ProtectionOne common complaint or feature request for RISC OS improvement is to add "memory protection". This is largely a result of the relative ease of which single programs can take out the entire operating system, combined with a misunderstanding of what precisely memory protection is. In this article, Peter Naulls will try and cover some of the issues around memory protection, and why RISC OS is often so susceptible to breakage and some of the measures which can be taken to improve the situation.

Opera’s Mr. Tetzchner stands by his word

Submitted by Kim 2005-04-25 Opera 21 Comments

Before the weekend, Opera's CEO, Jon S. von Tetzchner boldy proclaimed at a company meeting that if download numbers of Opera 8 reached 1 million within four days he would swim from Norway to the USA Opera's communications department could not resist the temptation, and made his statement public. As any respectable CEO and gentlemen, Mr. Tetzchner stands by his word.

Haiku Offers Daily Snapshots

Submitted by Nathan O. 2005-04-25 Haiku 12 Comments

The Haiku team have begun offering daily source snapshots.

Solaris Express 4/2005 Released

Submitted by Dan Price 2005-04-25 Solaris 57 Comments

Solaris Express 4/2005 (a.k.a. Nevada Build 10) was posted today, providing improved performance, X.org 6.8.2 final, and a host of bug fixes. You can obtain a free download. An overview of new features is available.

Of Course Macs Are More Expensive… Aren’t They?

David Adams 2005-04-25 In the News 136 Comments

So, I went out to at least partially test this theory, and to do appropriate comparisons between Dell computers and Apple computers. I'm hardly the first one to take this challenge but I've decided it's time to stop talking and taking other peoples' word for it, and go get some concrete facts to put on (digital) paper.

First Look at Libranet 3.0

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-25 Debian 26 Comments

Libranet 3.0 has been a long time coming, and highly anticipated by its devoted customers. Read the review here.

Stardock’s Multiplicity

Submitted by stumbler 2005-04-25 Internet 27 Comments

Stardock's newest application allows you to control multiple computers from one workstation. While it has some of the features of Win2VNC and Synergy2, the Pro version allows you to connect to an unlimited number of computers and "copy and paste" files between them. Review here.

Building a Linux Cluster, Part 3: How To Get Started

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-25 Linux 12 Comments

Now that he has covered why cluster computing is a great idea and what's involved in doing it in Parts 1 & 2, Rob Lucke concludes this series by describing how to take those first steps on the road to building a Linux cluster for your organization.

Rebuilding the OpenBSD kernel

Submitted by None_Today 2005-04-24 OpenBSD 20 Comments

Users who want their OpenBSD machine to perform specific functions or need additional device drivers might want to customize their kernel. In other OS's, like some types of Linux, it is very popular to rebuild the kernel because the default is so bloated. For most users, the default OpenBSD kernel is sufficient; however, you can still apply kernel patches, which will require rebuilding and installing a fresh kernel.

Tiger’s Out This Week. No Bull

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-24 macOS 89 Comments

Both Apple and Microsoft seem to know what's needed for the next step in desktop computing.

China Announces Unix-compatible Server OS

Submitted by synthespian 2005-04-24 OS News 62 Comments

Kylin, a server OS focusing on high performance, availability and security, that was funded by a Chinese government-sponsored R&D program, has been announced. Kylin has been organized in a hierarchy model, including the basic kernel layer which is similar to Mach, the system service layer which is similar to BSD and the desktop environment which is similar to Windows. It has been designed to comply with the UNIX standards and is compatible with Linux binaries. Unfortunately, the download page is currently nonfunctional.

Lack of testing ‘threatening stability of Linux’

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-22 Linux 92 Comments

One of the maintainers of the Linux kernel has said that a lack of 'credit or money or anything' for those who test the open source OS could threaten its long-term stability.

The future of Spotlight and OS X

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-22 macOS 34 Comments

Bill Brown has uncovered some interesting Slashdot comments by an Apple employee about Spotlight and future Apple's future plans. (Ed note: it's unclear whether As Seen On TV (ASOT) is indeed an Apple employee, but even if he/she isn't, the thoughts are still interesting.)

C++ creator upbeat on its future

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-22 General Development 123 Comments

The creator of the C++ programming language claims there has been a backlash against some of the newer programming languages such as Java and C#, with developers moving back to using C++.

Mandrake Corporate Server 3.0: Server software made easy

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-22 Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 21 Comments

Mandrakesoft released its Corporate Server 3.0 product in February. It's a significant upgrade to the older 2.1 edition. With a newer kernel and a competent GUI management utility for its services, Corporate Server 3.0 is a good, inexpensive choice for businesses that need a powerful and secure server operating system with as little overhead as possible.

MySQL for Linux on POWER and PowerPC servers

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-22 Databases 12 Comments

In MySQL for Linux on POWER, Part 1 you will learn about the availability of MySQL Database Server for Linux. In MySQL for Linux on POWER, Part 2 develop apps for MySQL in PHP, Java, C/C++, Python, and Perl.