Here's an interesting article by Seth Nickell, comparing Metadata Index Systems and Document Stores.

One of the ultimate goals of music is to provide enjoyment. Be it through association of memories, stimulation, rhythm or melodic messages, music fans all over the world enjoy listening to music.

"ReactOS is an open source (GPL) operating system built to be compatible with Windows NT applications and drivers. ReactOS is currently just a development platform; it is not a useful desktop system for the average user in any way, but it has potential." Read the review at NewsForge.

Although much has been made of the challenges Microsoft faces in readying the next version of Windows, CEO Steve Ballmer said that "big bets" like Longhorn are not a reason for concern.

Microsoft's "critical" security bulletins target holes in the Windows HTML Help system and the Task Scheduler. Still, researchers warn of new IE vulnerabilities.

"Last week we spent some time with Sergey Dmitriev who talked about his Meta Programming System, which he says fits Charles Simonyi's model of Intentional Programming. This generated a lot of interest, so I contacted Charles himself to see if we could talk with him about it and he graciously accepted to talk about his work at Intentional Software. He was also very speedy in his response to my questions, which allowed me to publish his interview this following week." Read the interview here.

The other day I attended the Chat with the Internet Explorer team. While I found it interesting and the fact that Microsoft is opening itself up more to the public by allowing developers to blog and allowing more public exposure at their conferences I will say I was very disappointed in the chat. Microsoft totally ignored the issues and the questions that really mattered were deflected and basically passed on for something more that Microsoft wanted to talk about.

Here is a step by step guide: Installing MorphOS is what this guide is all about. The MorphOS CD which comes with your PegasosII have some errors on it and can confuse you so hopefully this guide can help clearing up a few things.

Could Apple be skimping on Windows integration with its forthcoming "Tiger" version of Mac OS X? Support for Mac clients in the enterprise still looks scant to many on the front lines, says eWEEK.

After years of anticipation, PHP 5 was released today. This release represents a milestone in the evolution of PHP. It sports the new Zend Engine II, a completely re-worked object model, and many many new features.

After personal computers arrived in the 1970's they went through a series of revolutionary changes delivered by a series of different platforms. It's been over a decade since we've seen anything truly revolutionary, will we see a revolution again? I believe we could not only see revolution again, we could build it today.

This articles teaches you how a Linux system starts, or boots -- that is, how the kernel gets into memory and how the regular system processes get started.

Steve Jobs is not attending the Macworld event in Boston this week, though a panel moderator laid a black turtleneck and jeans on an empty seat in his honor. Early Apple engineers took advantage of the absence of Steve's reality distortion field™ and discussed Apple's early days and setting the record straight about the origins of the mac.

ComputerWeekly takes a look at OpenVMS, one of the most stable OSes ever placed in production. Originally known as VMS, it's probably the best designed and most robust general purpose operating system in existence. It's also one of the least-known and appreciated, simply because it works quietly in the background without drama, unlike its noisier and more fussy siblings and offspring.