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Panther 7B49, 10.2.7, Xcode, Server Seeded

Eugenia Loli 2003-08-29 macOS 10 Comments

Throughout the week, Apple has made number of software seeds to developers and testers. On Monday, Apple seeded build 6R50 of Mac OS X 10.2.7; on Tuesday, build 7B49 of Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther" as well as Xcode; on Wednesday, build 6R50 of Mac OS X Server 10.2.7.

No Plans to Sue Linux Companies, says SCO

Submitted by Alexandr Kovalenko 2003-08-29 SCO 48 Comments

The SCO Group said today it had never planned to sue any Linux companies, had no concrete plans to sue anyone and also no current plans to take a commercial Linux customer to court. The company was responding to questions routed through its PR people in Sydney. Full story at TheAge.

Tussle at the Teller Machine

Submitted by Zaphrod 2003-08-29 OS/2 64 Comments

IBM is pushing Linux as the upgrade path for current users of IBM's venerable OS/2, but most customers of OS/2 computing, especially branch banking, are looking towards a Windows migration.

Java2 SDK, v1.4.2_01 for Windows, Linux, and Solaris, Released

Submitted by Deniz Kaan Çopur 2003-08-29 Java 15 Comments

This is mainly a bugfix release, but contains a very important new piece: Java Update feature is installed when the J2RE is installed, and it can automatically update your computer with the latest J2RE release. It also contains new java logo. Read the release notes and download .

Blaming Microsoft for Hacker Attacks

Submitted by Ricky K. Yamauchi, Jr. 2003-08-29 Privacy, Security 104 Comments

"Some think the software maker is at fault for the latest viruses. But you can't blame a target. "Let's all just beat the hell out of Microsoft. It unleashed the worms!" Well, that's what some people think, if the e-mails (uninfected) I got during the past week are any indication." says Wrastler for CNN Money. "So why doesn't Microsoft make its software more secure? They're trying, company officials say. But they also argue that like any other company, there's only so much Microsoft can do to prevent a crime if a criminal truly wants to commit it." a Statesman article says. In the meantime, the FBI has identified a teenager as the author of Blaster and plans to arrest him early Friday, a U.S. official confirmed.

Sun Launches Hardware Compatibly List (HCL) Program

Submitted by Jessica Bookach 2003-08-28 Solaris 40 Comments

Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced significantly expanded hardware support for the Solaris Operating System (OS) x86 Platform Edition. Sun's goal is to ensure that the Solaris OS x86 is available on the widest range of x86 systems by adding 100 new third-party systems and 100 new components to its Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) delivering more value, choice and flexibility to customers. Read on for the rest of the press release.

Linux vs. Windows: Choice vs. Usability

Eugenia Loli 2003-08-28 Rumors 111 Comments

One of the major roadblocks for Unix was the lack of one single standardized platform for applications. Linux seems to be following along the same line, although on a different parallel. To compete head-to-head with Microsoft, Linux advocates should standardize the platform, A. Russell Jones says.

Opera 7.20 beta for Windows Released

Submitted by jeff 2003-08-28 Opera 45 Comments

Opera Software today released Opera 7.20 for Windows Beta. Opera's engineers have fine-tuned version 7's development branch for maximum performance.

IBM XL beta compilers for Mac; Apple XServe/OSX-Server Review

Submitted by Tobias M. Johansen 2003-08-28 Apple 97 Comments

On the 25th IBM released beta compilers for Mac OSX, there is both a c/c++ and a fortran compiler, these compilers is for use with the G5/PPC970 processor. Elsewhere, on a TechNewsWorld review it is stated that "while decidedly Apple, Xserve puts to shame many of the Linux distributions available by tying together the diverse number of applications that are needed to administer an equivalent Linux server into a simple, GUI-driven interface."

Trolltech Releases Qt 3.2.1

Eugenia Loli 2003-08-28 Qt 11 Comments

Trolltech today announced the release of Qt, version 3.2.1 Qt, Trolltech's C++ multiplatform application framework, is the industry-leading C++ tool used to create applications that run natively on Windows, Linux/Unix and Mac OS X, all from the same codebase. Here is a report on the future of Qt, on 4.0.

GTK 2.2.3 Released

Eugenia Loli 2003-08-28 GTK+ 22 Comments

The new Glib/GTK+ 2.2.3 and Pango 1.2.5 were released yesterday.

Ch 4.0 Released

Eugenia Loli 2003-08-28 General Development 13 Comments

Ch is a superset of C language. It parses and executes C code directly without intermediate code or byte code. It does not distinguish interpreted code from compiled C/C++ code. The new Ch 4.0 is the most complete C interpreter in existence and is embeddable in other programs and hardware.

A Handfull of Apple/OSX News

Eugenia Loli 2003-08-28 Apple 8 Comments

Apple news from around the web: "Apple seeds Panther build 7B44, Server, Xcode", "Apple Issues New G5 Benchmarks", "Dual-2GHz G5 to reach education buyers first", "Apple forms new Enterprise sales group", "Virtual PC not compatible with G5 yet".

XFce 4.0-RC3 is Out

Eugenia Loli 2003-08-28 Xfce 33 Comments

The XFce project is pleased to announce the third release candidate of the XFce 4.0 Desktop Environment and Development Platform.

Mozilla 1.5 Beta Released

Submitted by Matthew Baulch 2003-08-28 Mozilla, Gecko 9 Comments

Today, Mozilla 1.5 Beta, the next version from the Mozilla Team was released. As per usual; Linux, MacOSX and Windows packages are available. A spellchecker for Messenger and Composer in addition to many bugfixes are just some of the updates in this beta. For more info, read the release Notes.

German BeOS Usergroup Alive Again

Submitted by Matthias Breiter 2003-08-28 Haiku 38 Comments

Despite trolls' claims to the contrary, BeOS is still alive and well, and no one shows it more than active BeOS usergroups . The German BeOS User Group, DeBUG, has reformed and reorganized and the next BeGeistert is planned for mid-October. More details within.

Pegasos NYC OPEN HOUSE + Demo of MOS 1.4

Submitted by magnetic 2003-08-27 Morphos 7 Comments

The first meeting of the New York City Pegasos Users Group is scheduled to occured in September. Read on for more information.

Netcraft: Red Hat Poised to Lose Marketshare

David Adams 2003-08-27 Red Hat 42 Comments

Red Hat is making no secret of the fact that it's trying to focus on revenue-generating enterprise customers, even if that means losing throngs of small users who provide little to no revenue. Many of the largest hosting companies use Red Hat Linux, but as the company changes its focus, that may change, especially if Red Hat is slow to release important patches for non-paying customers, says a Netcraft report.

Mandrake 9.2 RC1

Submitted by William Ashley 2003-08-27 Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 45 Comments

I started rsync'ing a Mandrake 9.2 beta 2 CD this morning and when I went to start the second CD this afternoon, I noticed that the beta 2 CDs were gone and there was a RC1 CD becoming available.

Windows Emulation on Mac Hits Snags

Submitted by Rob Potts 2003-08-27 macOS 82 Comments

Popular Intel-PC emulation software VirtualPC will not run on the G5 Powermacs. Microsoft, the new VirtualPC owner, says that compatability will have to wait until the next full version of the software, a year away. In other news, FWB, the makers of once VirtualPC-rival RealPC, will not be porting their product to Mac OS X. The current management decries the former management's hyping "vaporware" by promising a new version of RealPC.