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Java On Pocket PC Devices

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-25 Java 3 Comments

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.

More Windows Mobile 2005 Details Emerge

Submitted by Tudy 2004-10-24 Windows 5 Comments

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.

Ubuntu PPC quick look

Submitted by Dave 2004-10-24 Ubuntu 16 Comments

Here a quick look at Ubuntu Linux 4.10 on PowerPC: hardware detection and some other details.

Mona OS ver.0.2.0RC1 released

Submitted by krackmania 2004-10-24 OS News 37 Comments

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.

SuSE Linux 9.2 Live CD/DVD Available

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-24 SuSE, openSUSE 82 Comments

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.

Ballmer flags security for a pre-Longhorn Windows ‘Release 2’

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-24 Windows 17 Comments

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.

Windows v. Linux Security: The Real Facts

Submitted by Tudy 2004-10-24 Linux 168 Comments

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.

IBM First To Recieve UNIX 2003 Certification

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-23 Unix 9 Comments

Last Wednesday, IBM's AIX was the first to recieve the UNIX 2003 certification from The Open Group, beating out Sun, HP, SCO and the rest.

Applying Wart-B-Gone to XML’s Imperfections

Submitted by Esther Schindler 2004-10-23 General Development 12 Comments

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.

Novell SLES9 vs Microsoft Win2k3 in a Windows Network

Submitted by Gsurface 2004-10-23 Rumors 26 Comments

Can SLES9 be a viable server solution as an answer to using a Windows 2003 Server? Read the full article at Flexbeta.

Window Maker 0.90.0 released

Submitted by Gürkan Sengün 2004-10-23 Desktop environments 25 Comments

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.

Network Computing Asia articles

Submitted by TTF 2004-10-23 In the News 7 Comments

Some FreeBSD and Linux coverage in Aug and Oct issues of Network Computing Asia: FreeBSD still Packs a Wallop, Inside Linux, Where Does Linux Work?.

New Tiger builds reveal smart font collections, security additions, more

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-23 macOS 47 Comments

Sources uncover new eye candy, smart font collections, a security certificate assistant, and more in some of the latest development builds of Apple next-generation operating system.

Nokia releases Linux/Gtk+ port of WebCore

Submitted by Anonymous George 2004-10-23 Internet 27 Comments

Gtk+ WebCore -project releases pre-alpha version of Linux/Gtk port of WebCore/KHTML rendering engine and a reference browser implementation. Released components include KJS javascript interpreter, KHTML rendering engine, Qt porting layer, WebKit API for embedding and a reference browser for demonstrating the functionality of the other components. As the first GNOME Browser Atlantis was updated to use GTK-WebCore as standard rendering engine.

Rational releases seven new products for Development Platform

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-22 IBM 8 Comments

The new tools and enhancements make it easier for development organizations to build, extend, integrate, modernize, and deploy software and software-based systems. The new set of products include a UML-based visual modeling tool, a design and construction tool, and a comprehensive IDE that enables developers to quickly design, develop, analyze, test, profile, and deploy Web, Web services, Java, J2EE, and portal applications.

A Q&A With Joel on (Microsoft) Software

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-22 Microsoft 18 Comments

Former Microsoft employee and software-development pundit Joel Spolsky shares his two cents on what's going on with Microsoft.

Intel’s Wireless USB

David Adams 2004-10-22 Intel 27 Comments

Intel is backing the 128-bit AES encryption protocol for securing Wireless USB connections, which it hopes will replace cables for connections over very short distances . . . Intel wants Wireless USB networks to interface with the Ultra Wideband (UWB) standard to make networks that cover whole households.

New Nanofabric Could Revolutionize Computing

David Adams 2004-10-22 Hardware 14 Comments

A new type of material, called graphene, is a gigantic wafer-shaped single molocule the thickness of an atom. Graphene is a member of the fullerene molecule family, like buckyballs and nanotubes. It could make a great semiconductor material, allowing for ultra-fast, stable transistors. More at BBCNews.

Nintendo Game Cube Linux

Submitted by Joy 2004-10-22 Linux 36 Comments

The Game Cube Linux project recently released a short tutorial to show how to patch and recompile a vanilla kernel to let it run on your Game Cube. This story at PPC Nerds mentions that fact and a few other tidbits about Linux on gaming consoles. With the gamecube and the future xBox running on PowerPC hardware, all that time spent tinkering with Linux on old Macs may do you some good.

Development Release: Mandrakelinux 10.1 RC1 (PPC)

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-22 Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 9 Comments

This is a new development release of Mandrakelinux 10.1 for PowerPCs: "Three 700MB images this time, so a few more packages included. New in RC1: mostly in sync with 10.1/x86; airport support enabled; ghostscript and libpng problems should be fixed; several other packages like apache and php modules updated; OpenOffice.org 1.1.3 final.