Here is an interesting tutorial with suggestions on what to do when things go wrong with FreeBSD.

Sun announced the availability of the source code for the Java 3D API on java.net.

MacRumors claims to have found some screenshots from the upcoming OSX Tiger showing some new features and the ability to "disable" the UI of the parent window if a focused/modal window is on top. They also include a PDF file with installation instructions, in which OSX requires a DVD drive to get installed. Please note that the MacRumors information is unconfirmed and not official by any means. Update: This is most probably fake, read the comments for more opinions on this.

"Based on Open Source Technology" is used by more than one proprietary software company as a marketing boast. Even Microsoft, everybody's favorite symbol of software proprietarism, now boasts about releasing software under an open source license. Obviously, the phrase "Open Source" is now considered a plus when trying to sell software. Will this lead to more open source contributions by companies trying to associate themselves with this "movement" or will it lead to the death of open source as we know it?

Here is the June edition fo the "SkyNews Monthly" e-zine which discusses a number of SkyOS aspects.

Novell has just released version 1.0-RC1 of Mono. Get the files here and begin testing!

Sun has launched an all out offensive today against Red Hat Linux, putting Solaris x86 at the tip of its bayonet. "We are a big supporter of the open source movement and have been forever," said Larry Singer, SVP of global market strategies at Sun, in an interview. "We think Linux is a huge movement that is pretty good for the industry and that for some implementations Linux makes sense. We also think there are a lot of people that consider Red Hat for the wrong reasons."

According to the Eclipse web site, version 3.0 is now available for public consumption.

Is a PowerPC G5 notebook at hand? An IBM chip designer details forthcoming power-saving PowerTune technology that will let the processor work in mobile and server platforms.

Gambas is a Visual Basic-like programming framework for Unix and Linux. It compiles to byte-code, and executes programs with an interpreter. Currently, Gambas GUI programs rely on the Qt toolkit, but GTK+ 2.x bindings are in the works, as seen in this Gnomefiles page.

Web surfers are no longer playing Russian roulette each time they visit a Web site, security researchers say, now that a far-reaching Internet attack has been disarmed.

"As someone who uses a Mac to do my daily work, I was pleasantly surprised by how far Windows has come when I sat down to compare the latest server OS software from Apple and Microsoft. My comparison focused on several common tasks, including adding users, managing services, and setting up Web and e-mail accounts and configurations. I used the latest server hardware from Apple, a very sexy-looking G5 Xserve rackmounted server, and compared it with an HP desktop running Microsoft's Windows Server 2003." Read the rest of the report here. Editor's Note: On second examination, this isn't a very good article, so don't bother unless you're bored.

OpenBSD now has SMP support for amd64. Learn more about it here.

"As someone who has been involved with software development for over two decades, the whole area of how you actually bring together a team and get them to successfully deliver a project on time, is one worthy of a lot of attention, if only because it is so hard to do", says David Gristwood.