Bart Decrem, marketing contact for the Mozilla Foundation, told ZDNet UK on Friday that he expects the browser's market share to reach 10 percent by the end of 2005.
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"I've always been comfortable using the command line interface to get specific tasks done. I already knew that I could do pretty much anything from the command line if I was willing to sit down, read manual pages, and learn -- or if I really had to. To prove it, recently I forced myself to use only the CLI for a week. I ended up learning a lot more than just a few command line arguments." Read the article at NewsForge. Jeff also writes: "I used Lynx as my browser; I don't really like Lynx, but what else is there?" May we suggest eLinks 0.10.x, Links and w3m? They all have way better rendering than Lynx!
An email purporting to be from Red Hat alerts users to download a patch that actually contains malicious code. Red Hat's Mark Cox notes that security notices from his company "are never sent unsolicited, are always sent from the address [email protected] and are digitally signed by GPG." This kind of ruse has been used many times in the past to try to fool Windows users.
Home internet users are suffering from a variety of worms, viruses, and spyware on their machines, and though they are often aware that their computers are acting funny, they often don't have any idea why. Typical home users are not taking the necessary steps to protect themselves from these online threats. These are the findings of a recent study on internet security.
Each of the leading microprocessor manufacturers has announced the availability of one or more 64-bit desktop processors, but differences exist in architectural design, fabrication, support, and intended use of each processor. This article looks at the critical issues in a few of IBM's 64-bit POWER designs, covering 32-bit compatibility, power management, processor bus design, and the manufacturing process.
If you thought that Service Pack 2 for Windows XP was the last of the big updates, think again. Speaking yesterday at the Gartner Symposium in Orlando, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that a number of important security initiatives were underway for Windows, some of which would be part of a pre-Longhorn "Release 2" for Windows XP.
Behind the scenes, painstaking effort and computing power has gone into cleaning up George Lucas's original Star Wars trilogy for its recent DVD release. 600 Mac G5s. And btw, the Star Wars III teaser will be released in less than 15 days.
Have you ever wondered how to create Java applications for Pocket PC devices? These gadgets have become come more and more popular with businesspeople, students, and other folks who appreciate the connections to Microsoft Office applications. Read Mikko Kontio's tips on how to get started and where to find more information.
Although Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition brought some important improvements to the Pocket PC platform, Microsoft has not yet made the myriad of other changes to the operating system people have been hoping for.However, it is beginning to seem that the next version of this operating system, code-named Magneto, will bring some significant improvements.
Mona OS is a Japanese OS in C++ (screenshot). At a present stage, although it still is not at a practical use stage, it is continuing to evolving fast.
The upcoming SUSE LINUX 9.2 has yet to hit the retail stores, but the product's two live CDs (with either KDE or GNOME) and a live DVD are now available for free download. Update:KDE shots and Gnome shots from the SuSE Live CDs.
Speaking at the Gartner Symposium and ITxpo 2004 in Orlando, Florida, yesterday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer outlined new security initiatives, some of which would make it into a pre-Longhorn 'Release 2' for Windows, next year.
A few readers submitted a link to the reg, where there's an interesting piece on Windows and Linux security. The article debunks some common myths about both OSes and associated software. Check out the bullet points, or if you have some time, complete report.
The experts at the Applied XML DevCon last week didn't just show off shiny new features (though they did get a preview of the XML capabilities built into Whidbey). They honestly discussed the flaws in XML technologies and what has to be done to address them.
Window Maker, a window manager for X11 which mimics NEXTSTEP as close as possible, was released today. The most important news are antialiased fonts, UTF-8 support, font configuration in WPrefs, xinerama support, NetWM support (allows running well with GNOME 2.x, KDE 3.x) etc.
