The name may read iDVD but you hear I, DVD. I, Movie. I, Photo. The "I" denotes something special, something important, something you should take notice in. The impact is most effective when the product name makes the "i" personal, as in I, Chat for the product iChat. Read the analysis at MacNewsWorld.

Given the nature of open source software, many Linux applications are distributed in a "tarball" containing source code that you must build before you can run the application. Larger applications can take several hours to build. This article shows how you can use the distributed C compiler, distcc, to speed up the compilation of these sources so you can start using them sooner.

While UnixReview reviews Xandros 2, Xandros announced the release of OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) editions of the Xandros Desktop Operating System. These OEM editions allow the manufacturer to customize desktop wallpaper and icons, browser home page and bookmarks, and other aspects of thecustomer experience to meet their specific business objectives and regional needs. Read more for the rest of the press release.

This paper provides preliminary information about the Windows Driver Foundation (WDF) for the Microsoft Windows family of operating systems. It describes limitations of the current driver models that have led to the development of WDF, explains how WDF solves these problems, and introduces the fundamental components of WDF.

An interesting article on upgrading a web site from Windows 2000 to eComStation 1.1.

Learn about the plethora of security enhancements that Microsoft has included in Windows XP Service Pack 2, as well as how these security features could impair the functionality of some applications.

In the past year, the battle over UNIX has generated significant litigation and lots of anxiety among the open source community and software users alike. However, the multi-front battle is complex, making it hard to understand what's going on and what's at stake. This article explains the disputes, summarizes the latest status (as of 6/14/04), and offers some possible lessons to learn.

Today the Eclipse Foundation announced the availability of the royalty-free 3.0 release of the Eclipse Platform, adding enhancements that improve flexibility, scalability, interoperability and responsiveness. Eclipse is an award-winning universal platform for tools integration, software modeling and testing that has been broadly adopted by commercial vendors, academic institutions and open technology developers. With release 3.0, Eclipse now extends its sophisticated object-oriented development technologies to support a rich-client platform (RCP) that enables construction of desktop applications.

The following is an interview that was conducted over e-mail during the past week or so. Questions come from Tim Mullins & Jason Prince of DesktopOS.com the answers are by Vikas Gupta, TransGaming Co-CEO, President & COO, Gavriel State, Co-CEO & CTO, and Peter Hunnisett, Linux Development Team Manager. MyLinuxNews.Com is reporting that WineX has released version 4.0 of their product and changed their name to Cedega and now include support for DirectX 9 and several new games.

Maybe you haven't worked with state machines since your college computer science courses. Jon Shemitz offers a reason to dust off the technique with .NET: object-oriented state machines can be easier to read and debug than their enum and switch equivalents.

How much will it cost to modernise RISC OS 5? Give it your best guess. Well, yesterday Castle estimated that, for them, it'll probably cost between eight and ten million quid. And therefore, it's going to be a very gradual process.

Just posted at openbeos.org - a few screen shots of Haiku boot screen, fail safe mode etc. Elsewhere, BeOSJournal did some extensive reporting from the WalterCon.

"Silicon Valley is back" is on the lips of eager entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, who are rejoicing over the success of Google and pointing to the modest comeback in computer sales. The three-year-long depression, they say, is over.

The battle about Software Patents in Europe seemed as good as lost. The Council of Ministers voted for a directive that basically slapped the European Parliament in the face because they shamelessly put aside a democratic decision taken by the European Parliament. And even though the Parliament still has a second reading where it will have to go trough a lot of trouble to repair the damage done by the Council, it is a serious matter that the Council of Ministers seems to have no idea how sloppy their directive is. It does allow general, broad softwarepatents, practically without restrictions even though several explanations by the Ministers say they don't.