Sun has released the latest version of its Java application server software, and as in the past, has made it available for free download to developers, TechWeb reports.

The Ark Linux team has announced the immediate availability of Ark Linux 1.0 alpha 11, a new version of its easy to use, easy to learn desktop operating system.

To get the already-delayed follow-up to Windows XP out the door by 2006, it has decided to omit some of the most ambitious features, including WinFS over network.

W. Kendrick gives a visual overview of lesser known KDE features in KDE 3.2 - A User's Perspective (mirror). He covers everything from SuperKaramba to the new Kiosk tool.

Proprietary OS vendor Green Hills and its CEO Dan O'Dowd have launched a broadside against the use of Linux in military and defense applications.

From OpenBeOS.org "We have reached a milestone toward self-hosting. The prolific Waldemar Kornewald checked in a file using our netstack and PPP code."

Mac OS X comes with dozens of utilities and applications—many of which can be easily cataloged, such as Internet and media tools. Many applications, however, can't easily be assigned a category. This chapter covers the useful Mac OS X applications and utilities that you're likely to use regularly.

OpenGL, the decade-old mother of all graphics application programming interfaces (APIs), is getting two significant updates to bring it into the 21st century.

Three days are left for our 'Aspire Swatter' competition (prize worth $3000 US) and we have only received a single submission. Participate, as the chance of winning is huge!

Microsoft acknowledged today its investigation into the illegal use of an activation key generator for enterprise software including Windows Server 2003.

In this episode, learn how to make use of some new features added to Visual C++ in Visual Studio 2005. These include adding OpenMP to your application, optimizing your application with Profile-Guided Optimization, and building a 64-bit application.

K. Brown pulled together a number of examples where fully trusted code can skirt around CLR security features, starting each with a question that seems to have an obvious answer.

Microsoft is paying Sun Microsystems $1.95 billion as part of a deal signed Friday--but Sun could gain as much as $450 million more over the next 10 years through a patent provision in the agreement.

Alan Fisher has written a review for YellowTAB's Zeta Service Pack 3. Alan is laying out both the good and the bad points he experienced by using it.