Micro-Shells: The Next-Gen in Windows Explorer Customization?

Graphics 19 Comments
One place Stardock sees things moving in the future, especially as Longhorn nears and Windows XP becomes more widespread, is the concept of Micro-Shells, says Brad Wardell of Stardock. In the old days, programs tried to replace the entire shell (explorer). Micro-Shells instead extend pieces of the shell. Stardock is particularly interested in extending in the future is the folder views.
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BayStar Wants SCO Group to Focus Solely on IP Enforcement

SCO 30 Comments
And where everyone thought that BayStar pulled out their investment off SCO because they didn't like the bad press and any SCO involvement, it seems to be the exact opposite: they want to see even more IP enforcement from SCO! "It's questionable whether SCO Group should continue in the (Unix) market," BayStar's spokesman Bob McGrath said. "We're looking for the best return we can, and we think the focus should be on IP licensing (and enforcement)."
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Developing Struts with Easy Struts for Eclipse

  Submitted by Frank General Development 10 Comments
This article shows you how to develop a Struts application in the Eclipse IDE, with the help of the Easy Struts plug-in. You'll get an introduction to Easy Struts, installation and configuration steps, and instructions on building a basic Struts application through a progressive example. Different ways of enhancing the Struts application -- such as connecting to a database, modularizing the application, internationalizing and localizing content, handling exceptions, and creating custom plug-ins -- are also covered. Finally, you will learn how to deploy your Struts application on the Tomcat Web server.
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Mini-Editorial: How Apple Stole SGI’s Hollywood Business

Apple 144 Comments
Last Sunday Apple released a number of a new multimedia software -- Shake 3.5, Final Cut Pro HD, DVD Studio Pro 3 and a new application, titled Motion. Apple starts making a big name in Hollywood and many creative studios are now opting for Apple's products to do the main editing. Once upon a time, all this market belonged to SGI. In less than 2 years, Apple has managed to overturn this market into its advantage.
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FreeBSD 4.10-RC1 Released

  Submitted by Matthew Baulch FreeBSD 15 Comments
The first release candidate of the next version of FreeBSD's STABLE branch, FreeBSD 4.10-RC1 has been released. It contains many changes including bugfixes and backported features from the development branch such as enhanced USB support. Get it from a mirror before using the master server. Testers should get their hands on this now as the final release is expected in a couple of weeks.
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Biztalk Mapper 2004 vs MapForce 2004

General Development 7 Comments
I spend a great deal of time with XML data transfers, and use XSLT on a regular basis to transform, conform, or calculate the XML into formats that I can use. Originally, I used the mapping tool within Microsoft's BizTalk Server 2002 for complex XSLT. Although it had limitations, the tool presented everything in a visual manner that made editing quick and much less painful.
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Sun’s Second Java Desktop System Slated for May Release

  Submitted by Claudio Oracle and SUN 33 Comments
Curtis Sasaki, Sun's vice president of desktop solutions, told eWEEK in an interview Wednesday, ahead of the summit, that among the key advances in version 2.0 are management capabilities that allow enterprises to fine-tune and remotely set up the desktop. Also, Sun has exceeded its own expectations by signing 21 original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for several products the company offers as alternatives to Microsoft Corp. desktop software, Sun announced Thursday at the Desktop Linux Summit in San Diego. TheRegister has a story about JDS as well. Also, MSNBC has a review of JDS 1.0.
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MS: ‘We’d Have Been Dead a Long Time Ago without Windows APIs’

  Submitted by Daniël Mantione Microsoft 45 Comments
In an email, Microsoft outlines the reason why they think that customers have stuck with Windows despite Microsoft's shortcomings. He attributes their loyalty to the high costs of switching away from their existing heavy investment in the Windows Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). In fact, Microsoft feels that the pressure from Linux will lead the company to innovate more. In the meantime EU published their verdict (in PDF).
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Navigate the .NET Framework and Your Projects with “My”

.NET 5 Comments
"My" in Visual Basic 2005 provides a quick and easy method for accessing some of the deeper areas of functionality in the .NET Framework without preventing you from using the Framework directly in any way you choose. In addition to exposing Framework functionality, some areas of My, such as the Forms collection, bring back familiar and convenient programming concepts from earlier versions of VB.
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