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Microsoft’s Steve Anderson on Upgrading Windows Update

Eugenia Loli 2004-04-07 Windows 21 Comments

"Windows Update Services is an example of how Microsoft is making good on its promise to continue to improve security and increase automation around the patching and updating experience," Microsoft's Steve Anderson told TechNewsWorld.

Renew 1.0 for Mac OS X Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-04-07 macOS 8 Comments

A "Software Update"-alike software, called Renew, automatically fetches information on new versions for third party software you have installed on your Mac.

Making Customers Miserable the Microsoft Way

Eugenia Loli 2004-04-07 Windows 19 Comments

Microsoft has found another way to leave customers with a foul taste in their mouth and an empty feeling in their pocket: Windows Licensing 6.0.

Interview: Ballmer the Undaunted

Eugenia Loli 2004-04-07 Microsoft 6 Comments

In a wide-ranging interview, Ballmer talked about the state of the tech industry, the company's right to continue adding features to Windows and Microsoft's transition from adolescence into adulthood.

Organizations Say Hurdles Remain for Desktop Linux

Eugenia Loli 2004-04-07 Linux 1 Comment

Speakers and attendees at the open source events of Portland's InnoTech Conference last week concurred that Linux was at home in the enterprise, handling heavier database demands and other workloads and proving itself on a number of platforms.

Donn Denman: Apple is Getting ‘More Connected’

Eugenia Loli 2004-04-07 Apple 2 Comments

Donn Denman, who joined the early Mac team at Apple in 1982 with the task of building a BASIC programming language interpreter for the new computer, feels that today's Macs are not all that different from the ones built 20 years ago, but thinks we'll see a lot of changes in the next 20 years. Read the interview at MacMinute.

Developing Applications in KJSEmbed

Submitted by Ian Reinhart Geiser 2004-04-07 KDE 6 Comments

SourceXtreme, Inc has posted the first in a series of articles on development with KJSEmbed. KJSEmbed is the KDE JavaScript engine with bindings for Qt/KDE.

Interview with CARP developer Ryan McBride

Submitted by Jeremy Andrews 2004-04-07 OpenBSD 1 Comment

Ryan McBride works full time on OpenBSD development. His first contribution was adding IPv6 support to PF, OpenBSD's stateful packet filter.

Hacking and Securing Windows Server 2003

Eugenia Loli 2004-04-07 Windows 6 Comments

Here's how to use an ADSI-based script to search for domain users; how to use the Hyena utility to quickly find out which user on your network has a particular file open; and how to quickly locate all machines that have automatic logon enabled in their registry.

The Cocoa Controller Layer

Eugenia Loli 2004-04-07 macOS 9 Comments

When we're first learning Cocoa (or Java, or Qt, or any other application framework), one of the early things we address is the Model-View-Controller design pattern.

New Language Features in C# 2.0, Part 1

Eugenia Loli 2004-04-07 .NET 33 Comments

Four years ago, a new upstart language named C# surprised the development world with its elegance and consistency. In this two-part series, you'll get a first look at three of the four major language refinements in the latest version of C#.

Designing the Operating System of Tomorrow

Guest post by Daan Goedkoop 2004-04-07 OS News 111 Comments

How will the future operating systems look like? How the user interface, the inner workings, the security policies and the networking will interact? In any case, innovation is the key.

What Apple Stores Aren’t Doing

Eugenia Loli 2004-04-07 Apple 65 Comments

By most counts, they're a hit. But they were intended to woo new users to the fold, yet Mac market share has only budged -- lower, says BusinessWeek.

IBM Speeds Java on Mainframes

Eugenia Loli 2004-04-07 IBM 3 Comments

IBM has created a module to handle Java for its mainframes while released a budget mainframe for midsize companies to celebrate the 40th anniversary of its mainframe business.

The Commercialization of Open Source

Eugenia Loli 2004-04-07 In the News 6 Comments

We've all heard the news: JBoss has received $10 million in funding and now it's time to sit back and mull it over.

A Taste of Wine: Transition from Windows to Linux

Eugenia Loli 2004-04-07 Windows 24 Comments

A fascinating and ambitious open source project, Wine attempts to solve the complex problem of running Windows executables on Linux.

Sun Says Microsoft Pact not a Blow to Standards

Eugenia Loli 2004-04-06 Oracle and SUN 18 Comments

Despite a new window into Microsoft's proprietary technology, Sun Microsystems won't stop its call for open standards, executives and analysts say.

Disaster and Disaster Recovery

Guest post by Casey Keller 2004-04-06 Bugs & Viruses 17 Comments

As a veteran of Operating System experimentation, I can personally vouch that I have flubbed things up more often than I have gotten it right on the first time.

Big-Four Linux Distros Respond to Forrester

Submitted by Dave Whitinger 2004-04-06 Linux 40 Comments

Linux vendors Debian, Mandrake, Red Hat, and SUSE have joined together to give a common statement about the Forrester report entitled "Is Linux more Secure than Windows?".

LindowsOS to be Renamed

Adam Scheinberg 2004-04-06 Linspire 77 Comments

In the latest Michael's Minute, Lindows, Inc. frontman Michael Robertson has announced that LindowsOS will be renamed to most effectively combat the "onslaught" of Microsoft lawsuits. This topic has been heavily debated on this website in the past. The new name will be announced on April 14th.