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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.

Microsoft’s Ballmer: Hackers getting smarter

Submitted by Tudy 2004-10-22 Microsoft 61 Comments

Microsoft's chief executive believes it's naive to suggest the software giant can eliminate all security vulnerabilities in its various products even though engineers are trying hard to do so. Hackers get smarter, too, Steve Ballmer told several thousand information-technology workers at the Gartner Symposium ITXPO.

Optimize Perl

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-22 General Development 7 Comments

Perl is an incredibly flexible language, but its ease of use can lead to some sloppy and lazy programming habits. We're all guilty of them, but there are some quick steps you can take to improve the performance of your Perl applications. This article looks at the key areas of optimization, which solutions work and which don't, and how to continue to build and extend your applications with optimization and speed in mind.

News Tip: NetBeans 4.1 Early Access Release Now Available

Submitted by Robert Demmer 2004-10-22 Java 12 Comments

The NetBeans open source project is proud to announce the early access release of the NetBeans IDE 4.1 as the project delivers significant new development capabilities for the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition 1.4 (J2EE) including Enterprise Java Bean (EJB) components and Web Services.

Poll: Best OS Installer

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-21 OS News 180 Comments

Take on our poll below and vote for your favorite OS installer (Javascript required).

CherryOS Sparks Talk of Virtualization Wars

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-21 In the News 64 Comments

Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit launched Virtual PC for Mac Version 7. Then, a Hawaiian company specializing in streaming video introduced CherryOS, a virtual PC that mimics the hardware of a G4 Mac. CherryOS inventor Arben Kryeziu, a software developer who got tired of carrying both a Mac and a PC all over Hawai, is confident the computing world will find value in his innovation. However, questions remain if his CherryOS is simply a modified PearPC. Update: An interesting conspiracy theory has been posted here.

Build Grid Portals with Grid Portal Toolkit 3

Adam Scheinberg 2004-10-21 General Development No Comments

The Grid Portal Toolkit (GridPort) is a toolkit for developing Web-based portals and applications on top of an underlying distributed and grid computing infrastructure. GridPort aggregates grid services from grid software packages and provides additional grid capabilities while presenting a simple, consistent API for portal and application developers. This article presents an introduction to Grid Portal Toolkit 3, including the design philosophy, architecture, and capabilities of each component.

Red Hat and MySQL Back European Anti-Patent Campaign

Submitted by Tudy 2004-10-21 Red Hat 34 Comments

"Open source software vendors Red Hat Inc and MySQL AB have lent their support to a new campaign against software patents in the European Union under the name NoSoftwarePatents.com." Read more at cbronline.

New Slideshows Available

Submitted by Chris 2004-10-21 Linux 2 Comments

Chris, over at osdir.com, has put together a few new slideshows, this time of Mandrake Move, Mandrake's Live CD, and Kurumin Linux 3.3, a new Brazilian distribution.

A month later with Ubuntu Linux – Warty release

Submitted by JL 2004-10-21 Ubuntu 68 Comments

I came across it around mid September and after reading up on it, decided to install their September 15 pre-release on my IBM Thinkpad T22. As a follow up to my first review covering the Warty pre-release of Ubuntu Linux, I want to cover some good and bad things I have come across in my day to day use of Ubuntu. Read more.

September issue of DaemonNews

Submitted by Andrea 2004-10-21 BSD & Darwin 6 Comments

The September issue is out and Matt Dillon of DragonFly is featured.

Jef Raskin talks to the Guardian’s Jason Walsh

Submitted by Anonymous 2004-10-21 Apple 74 Comments

Jef Raskin was one of the creators of the Mac and invented the click-and-drag interface. Click for his interview.

Xandros Desktop OS Version 3 Beta Rolling Out

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-20 Oracle and SUN 16 Comments

Xandros today announced its beta test program for the forthcoming version 3.0 of the award-winning Xandros Desktop Operating System (OS). Novice to expert users interested in beta testing the latest enhancements to Xandros desktop technology are invited to apply at the Xandros web site.

Updated AmigaOS4 SDK Available

Mike Bouma 2004-10-20 Amiga & AROS 4 Comments

Closely following the update for the AmigaOS4 Pre-release, the updated Software Dev Kit (SDK) is now also available. Meanwhile some first people have been able to buy Mini-ITX MicroA1-C boards and last weekend at a British Amiga Party one was even raffled amongst its visitors. Also some first photographs of the Micro AmigaOne Industrial motherboard (aka u-A1-I) have been revealed at the party.