An NEC server with 32 of Intel's Itanium 2 6M processors and running the Windows Server 2003 takes the top spot in a widely watched performance measurement by displacing a Unix server. NEC is top of the heap right now, but HP has aggressive plans for Itanium. It will release 64-processor Superdome systems initially, then through a technology code-named Hondo that plugs two Itanium processors into a single socket, will sell 128-processor Itanium systems. HP supports three operating systems on its Itanium systems today--Windows, Linux and HP-UX Unix--and will add support for OpenVMS next year.

DistroWatch reports about the brand new release of Conectiva Linux (4 CDs); version 9 comes almost exactly one year after Conectiva 8. Its installer uses Synaptic to select and install packages.

Microsoft says that the release of Windows Server 2003 and a 64-bit SQL Server proves it can compete with Unix vendors in datacentre computing. But analysts say that the products will appeal mainly to NT4 users looking to move to newer versions. Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer today launches software that the company says builds on three years experience with its first datacentre product, Windows Server 2000.

CRN reports that SCO will target SuSE and Red Hat with lawsuits regarding their UNIX IP, after they are done with IBM. "There will be a day of reckoning for Red Hat and SuSE when this is done" SCO said.

Very few IT-companies get as much fanatic anticipation from their customers as Apple does. Lots of words have been written about that, including cheers, rants and advice as to what Apple should do next to make the Macintosh experience even nicer for its fans. Whether it's about product pricing, quality or all in all product range, Apple polarizes its users and those who wish they were. It would be foolish for me to take the same approach as anybody else and give Apple some piece of advice. So that's actually what I'm going to do now.

MontaVista Software, the leading Linux embedded company, today announced IBM WebSphere Studio Device Developer 5.0 for MontaVista Linux Professional Edition 3.0. Also, today they announced that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has chosen MontaVista Linux to power 'wakamaru', the first human-size robot that can function as a house sitter, and watch over or provide companionship to individuals.

More than 60 partners participate in early Development Program helping to propel Windows Embedded to No. 1 industry position, Microsoft said. Also, Windows Server 2003 by the numbers: One of the biggest product launches in Microsoft History.

Intel will release software later this year designed to dramatically improve how well its Itanium chips run programs written for its Pentium or Xeon processors, CNET News.com has learned.

In 2001, less than 20% of new AD involved Web Service application programming models such as .NET and Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE). By 2005, however, Web services will be the predominant programming model, used for at least two-thirds, and perhaps as much as 80%, of new applications -- Gartner, Inc., Web Services are the next evolution of the Web and are almost guaranteed to be the future of distributed applications worldwide. The following reference collection represents the "editor's choice" of the 100 most representive and popular articles selected from a list of more than 300 from the Web Services Zone.

The underlying operating system in Mac OS X (Jaguar) actually has a long history stretching back to BSD UNIX and CMU Mach. Bud Tribble will cover in this video its interesting evolution and its place in the current line-up of mass market operating systems. Topics include: the miracle (and challenges) of actually providing ease of use on top of BSD, the interaction of Mac OS X with the open-source software community (Darwin) and recent developments in Mac OS X (Rendezvous networking, Safari browser, X Window Server support, OpenGL, Java tools).

Get an overview of how to use the Eclipse Platform in your C/C++ development projects. Though Eclipse is mainly a Java development environment, its architecture ensures support for other programming languages. In this article, you'll learn how to use the C/C++ Development Toolkit (CDT), which is the best C/C++ toolkit available for Eclipse.

I keep reading all these tales of woe of people having bad experiences with Linux. Sure, I've had my own bad experiences, across many an OS, but just lately I've been running a Red Hat Linux 9 desktop full-time at home and have yet to run into any major issue. What follows is an overview of my personal experiences with Linux. But first, a bit about me.

vbRad.com has an article detailing how modular nature of Linux is causing it to have difficulties penetrating the home desktop market. "Bottom line. Most of these problems can be traced to lack of integration between components in Linux. Until there is some integration Linux is unlikely to gain a foothold in the desktop market" the author concludes.

CodeWeavers has released CrossOver Office 2.0.0. This new version adds support for Photoshop 7.0 (other versions of Photoshop work as well), Word XP, Excel XP, and PowerPoint XP. Photoshop even has support for tablets under Linux. There is now a trial version of CrossOver Office available for download. DesktopLinux.com previews the upcoming CrossOver Office 2.0 release from CodeWeavers that introduces support for Adobe Photoshop, among other featured enhancements. Embedded Linux support engineer, and former Adobe test engineer, Cal Erickson gives the new release extensive testing.