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SciTech Offers Graphics Support for Windows NT 4.0

Eugenia Loli 2004-07-12 Windows 21 Comments

SciTech Software, Inc. today announced the release of SciTech SNAP Graphics ENT (Enterprise Edition) for Windows NT 4.0. Read more for the rest of the press release.

Navigational Man versus his Evil Archnemesis Dr. Spatial

Guest post by Ryan Stutsman 2004-07-12 Graphics 56 Comments

When in the 2.5 builds the GNOME project changed directions of the ever infamous Nautilus to make the interface spatially oriented I was one of the skeptics. Yet, over the years I have used almost every type desktop configuration imaginable with very few that I found not to like or learn from at least at some points. With this in mind I was bound and determined to find the positives of the spatial file paradigm and, glean what I could from it.

DragonFlyBSD 1.0 Released

Submitted by polluted 2004-07-12 FreeBSD 29 Comments

From the DragonFly BSD Project website, "One year after starting the project as a fork off the FreeBSD-4.x tree, the DragonFly Team is pleased to announce our 1.0 release! ... We have done so much that it cannot all be listed here. Please check out the Diary for technical details."

AMD and Linux: Reaching for the 64-bit Trophy

Submitted by Andrew 2004-07-12 Benchmarks 14 Comments

To get a well-rounded breakdown of where Linux is going, and where it trumps (or fails against) Windows, AnandTech took the two largest 64-bit Linux distributions, their 32-bit counterparts, and the Windows XP 64-bit public beta for a test drive.

The HP-UX Kernel: Basic Organization

Eugenia Loli 2004-07-12 Unix 13 Comments

The HP-UX kernel is a multitasking, multiuser, multiprocessor, multithreaded, load-leveling, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious modular operating system with real-time scheduling extensions. To get a handle on it, read this introduction to the basic organization of the kernel and its data structures.

Apple Seeds new Xcode 1.5 beta

Eugenia Loli 2004-07-12 macOS 6 Comments

Apple recently provided developers with a new pre-release beta of Xcode 1.5, an upgrade to Mac OS X's suite of development tools. Release notes for the beta say that Version 1.5 will feature dead-code stripping, code completion for Java, support for the Subversion source-code control system, AppleScriptable CodeWarrior importing, and AppleScript support in the native build system. Xcode 1.5 will also boast speed improvements, Ant templates, faster editor performance, remote debugging, and an enhanced debugger with a globals browser and memory browser.

Windows update will be late, Microsoft says

Eugenia Loli 2004-07-12 Windows 14 Comments

Microsoft said Monday that the long-awaited update of Windows XP will be sent to manufacturing in August, a month later than expected. The product should be in customers' hands later that month. Also, according to the Redmond software giant, the Windows market is nowhere near saturated. The growth will come from new segments and a vertical push by OEMs, executives predict.

Can Linux Standard Base keep penguin from mutating?

Eugenia Loli 2004-07-12 Linux 13 Comments

"Folks in the software industry doubt Linux will suffer from the same kind of forking and fragmenting that limited Unix and its ISV support, but the idea may nevertheless be pushed as an offensive against Linux by Microsoft, which is already running ads in Europe depicting mutant penguins assembled with other animal parts as if to suggest they are unsure what they are." Read the article at NewsForge.

Unix to beef up Longhorn

Eugenia Loli 2004-07-12 Windows 21 Comments

Microsoft is set to include its Services for Unix (SFU) add-on for Windows as an integral part of the next major release of the Windows server operating system, codenamed Longhorn and expected in 2007. Some analysts said the move could eventually sideline conventional Linux and Unix operating systems. A growing number of firms are using SFU, currently a free add-on for Windows 2000, 2003 and XP Professional, because it enables a single system to run Windows, Linux and Unix software.

GNU Classpath 0.10 Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-07-12 Java 5 Comments

GNU Classpath is a project to create free core class libraries for use with virtual machines and compilers for Java. Fixes were made to URL and URLStreamHandler. File.deleteOnExit() was implemented. Multiple new features and bugfixes were made in java.text. AWT lists use GTK treeviews.

Introduction to Delphi for .NET and the New IDE

Eugenia Loli 2004-07-12 .NET 11 Comments

Delphi for .NET is here and Xavier Pacheco provides an overview of Delphi for .NET, with a focus how to use Delphi to develop software for business solutions.

Python development with Eclipse and Ant

Eugenia Loli 2004-07-12 General Development 11 Comments

Python is a flexible and powerful dynamic scripting language with full object-oriented features. Its many proponents say that the Python language allows them to express their intentions more directly and efficiently than other languages. But newcomers to Python from the Java technology or Microsoft .NET world may find themselves missing their feature-rich and polished IDEs and development tools.

Opinion: The Annoying World Of Computing

Guest post by Thom Holwerda 2004-07-12 Editorial 108 Comments

This article describes some of my annoyances in computing. If you had any problems reading this article, then skip this one. It will only be a waste of your time. There are a lot of annoying things in the wonderful world of computing. Of course, nothing is perfect, but that doesn't mean we are not allowed to complain and scream and throw our keyboards at our monitors when yet another irritation pops up.

Better quality AmigaOS4-beta Video demo

Mike Bouma 2004-07-12 Amiga & AROS 68 Comments

Due to criticism regarding Crisot's first video, the beta-tester created a new video (24.7 MB file) to demonstrate the speed of OS4 running with a native version of P96 combined with an accelerated Voodoo 3 driver. This version shows almost no flickering and also shows Quake launching and running. Like with the previous video this is not an official OS4 demonstration.

XFce 4.0.6 Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-07-12 Xfce 31 Comments

XFce is an easy-to-use and easy-to-configure environment for X11 based on GTK+ 2. Various bugfixes including cropped icons with recent GTK+ 2.4 releases were fixed in this new version.

Microsoft launches new developer support program

Eugenia Loli 2004-07-12 Microsoft 22 Comments

Microsoft is launching new initiatives intended to make the Windows operating system a more attractive target for software developers.

A Talk by Bruce Eckel: Java Issues & Directions

Submitted by TTF 2004-07-11 Java 37 Comments

A very interesting talk by Bruce Eckel (author of "Thinking in C++" and "Thinking in Java") on Java issues and directions, at UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business on 25-Jun-2004. Link for Real streaming video here.

Isn’t Now the Time to Try a Linux Desktop?

Eugenia Loli 2004-07-11 Linux 146 Comments

The crackers currently have the whip hand over Windows, and Microsoft's assertion that Internet Explorer is now part of the operating system shows its flawed reasoning. Worried sick about the latest rash of Internet Explorer security problems? I have the perfect solution for you, one that's even better than switching to Mozilla, Firefox or Opera. Switch operating systems: Go to Linux, says eWEEK.

EkkoBSD released version 1.0 Beta 2

Submitted by Low Kian Seong 2004-07-11 BSD & Darwin 15 Comments

Fresh back from their break, the EkkoBSD team has released another beta of their BSD flavour for general consumption.

Apple Makes a Play for Windows NT Orphans

Eugenia Loli 2004-07-10 Apple 46 Comments

Apple hopes to woo stranded Windows NT 4.0 migrators with a migration tool it's building into the Tiger Server, due out in the first half of 2005.