"When we launched our first security newsletter in December, I asked you to send me your comments and feedback so that I could be your advocate at Microsoft for security issues—and you delivered! I appreciate the many e-mail messages with comments and questions, and we will begin answering them this month." Read the rest here by Jeffrey R. Jones, Senior Director, Microsoft Security Business Unit.

On Time specializes in providing software development tools for real-time embedded systems on Intel x86 compatible CPUs. Founded in 1989, On Time has offices in Massachusetts and Hamburg, Germany. On Time offers a complete range of real-time operating systems and development tools for 32-bit flat address protected-mode and 16-bit real-mode environments. Recently the company got a port of SciTech's SNAP graphics suite. Here is an Interview with SciTech's Dave Milici, who was responsible for porting SciTech SNAP to On Time RTOS-32.

With the current release of Mozilla Firefox 0.8, and in the excitement to try out something new, FlexBeta decided to compile 13 Reasons To Use Firefox Over IE.

Get the latest DB2, Lotus, Rational, Tivoli, and WebSphere Linux code from IBM on DVD, for free. This is the fastest way to get access to all of IBM middleware that has been ported to Linux. The package contains almost 8 GB of IBM tools and products at no charge, including Rational Rose and PurifyPlus, WebSphere Studio Site Developer, WebSphere SDK for Web services, WebSphere Application Server, DB2 Universal Database, Tivoli Access Manager, and Lotus Domino Server.

Macslash reports that handheld maker Palm announced today that they were no longer going to develop Palm Desktop for the Mac platform, freezing the current version as their final. UPDATE: PalmSource today introduced Palm OS Cobalt & Garnet, previously know as Palm OS 6.

Whether you are developing at the enterprise level or for the smallest venues, IT is all about automation, finding ways to allow these infernal machines to do things better, faster, or in many cases, "at all" than the human alternatives.

Microsoft has warned that a "critical" flaw in the latest versions of its Windows operating system could allow hackers to access a person's computer. "This is one of the most serious Microsoft vulnerabilities ever released" said Mr Maiffret.

Ignore the comments about the value of Psion shares: concentrate on what Psion is going to do with all the money it got from selling its interest in Symbian. The answer is probably: "Linux portables" but we'll find out later this year for sure.

The legal battle with Microsoft that has seen Linux reseller Lindows running a gantlet of courts over trademark infringement seems, for the moment, to be going in the open-source company's favor.

Resilient is a secure, object-oriented, serviceable, real-time software platform for embedded devices. The platform enables developers to debug, profile, and update code running on embedded devices in the field, vastly improving reliability and development productivity. The compactness makes it possible to fit the virtual machine, core libraries, device drivers, TCP/IP networking stack, and user applications in less than 128KB of memory. The Resilient Technology Preview was released last week. It can be downloaded for free for non-commercial use.

This is a Q&A conducted over e-mail with DesktopOS & the CTO/founder of Lycoris, Joseph Cheek.

Macintosh market share continues to decline, but the iPod and iTunes are hit products. Where does Apple Computer’s future lie? An interview with HBS professor David Yoffie.

The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce that The NetBSD Foundation Inc. now is classified as an Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3) publicly-funded non-profit organization. Donations to the Foundation by US taxable entities are now fully tax-deductible. For more information about donations to The NetBSD Foundation, please see: http://www.NetBSD.org/donations/, Other contributions are, of course, also always welcome.

Exclusive Sebastian Gunningham, the high-profile executive wooed to lead Apple's enterprise sales division, has left the company, Think Secret has learned. Gunningham's hiring was considered a sign that Apple was serious about taking on corporate markets, and his departure raises questions about Apple's success in future enterprise sales.