Java 1.4.2 Update 2 Released via SoftwareUpdate
Java 1.4.2 Update 2 for Mac OS X provides improved behavior for applets in Safari and increased stability for desktop Java applications. It is an accumulative upgrade.
Monthly Archive:: September 2004
New OS4 beta and MOS 1.5 beta in Finland
The Finnish Amiga Users Group is pleased to demonstrate the best of the both worlds at its annual meeting this coming Saturday: AmigaOne running a new AmigaOS 4.0 beta and Pegasos II running MorphOS 1.5 beta.
SharpDevelop 1.0, MonoDevelop 0.5.1 Released
The long awaited 1.0 release of SharpDevelop is here. It is a good replacement to VisualStudio (the .NET framework comes for free, so you can develop for .NET on the cheap). Elsewhere, the twin brother of SharpDevelop, MonoDevelop for the Mono framework released version 0.5.1, a bug fix release.
DeveloperLand: Optimize Your Views
Interview with Camino project head Mike Pinkerton
ArsTechnica interviews the leader behind the OSX Camino browser project, while O'Reilly has an article about the OSX utility browsers you never knew about.
Qt 4 Preview 2 Highlights Accessibility; D-BUS Bindings for Qt 4
Trolltech has announced the availability of the second Qt 4 Technical Preview. Key highlights include support for AT-SPI, bringing accessibility to the Unix and Linux desktop for people with disabilities.
The Paradox of Choice: Round Three
After reading Adam Scheinberg's original article "The Paradox of Choice" and Kevin Russo's response, I want to add my personal comments to this discussion. I will quote Adam and Russo several times and pick up their arguments.
Apple integrates online store into Mac OS X Tiger application?
Running out of ink? The Apple online store carries several varieties, as users of the company's next-generation operating system may soon find out.
A Progress Bar that Doesn’t Progress; Create a Debugger Visualizer
Sometimes you just need to show that you are doing something, even if you can't say how long it is going to take. One effective way of illustrating this state is to display a cyclic animation. Building your own progress bar is probably the easiest part of this column; understanding how to use it in your own applications is the real trick. This article describes how to create a visualizer, using the Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 release, which enables you to customize the way data is displayed when you are debugging through managed code.
Statistical programming with R
This series introduces you to R, a rich statistical environment, released as free software. It includes a programming language, an interactive shell, and extensive graphing capability. What's more, R comes with a spectacular collection of functions for mathematical and statistical manipulations -- with still more capabilities available in optional packages.
A Response to the Paradox of Choice
This is a reaction to the Article "The Paradox of Choice" by Adam Scheinberg: I've held the position that choice is a paradox since my early childhood, and that it is not necessarily a good thing. Remove choice of religion and think of all the wars throughout history that might not have existed.
Mono 1.0.2, 1.1.1 Released
Along with the stable maintanance release of Mono 1.0.2, Novell released the first beta of the upcoming Mono 1.2: The Mono JIT has been ported to a new architectures: AMD64, SPARC v9, and S390. In the runtime detection, support for side-by-side execution of applications that require different runtime versions was implemented. Mono now will detect the runtime version that an application requires, and will load the appropriate mscorlib.dll and machine.config.
Review: Firefox Preview Release
"Firefox just had its preview release last week and already has been downloaded more than a million times. I reviewed the new version, and found Firefox's simple interface gets you the information you want without distracting you with options." Read the review at NewsForge.
Create Java agents with Eclipse for Lotus Notes
For a Notes developer who has to deliver well-written applications that provide solid Java code, Eclipse delivers debugging, refactoring, and source control. This article shows you how to take advantage of the Eclipse IDE to develop Java agents for Lotus Notes/Domino.
I, Bugzilla
Ever used BugZilla? I'm sure you have. Frustrated? Dropped support for ever? Oh yes, I understand.
Free 96-page report details benefits of Open Source software
Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC) has published a 96-page report on Open Source software and its potential benefits to business and government. This whitepaper provides an introduction to the report and its findings.
Xandros PowerTerm Edition Provides Legacy Mainframe Access
Xandros, today announced the release of the Xandros
Desktop Operating System (OS) PowerTerm Edition to provide secure access to mission critical applications running on legacy enterprise systems.
OpenOffice: A legal Trojan horse–but for whom?
The Internet went all abuzz last week when a report by Todd Bishop of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer posited that Microsoft was keeping open its legal options against licensees of OpenOffice.org. Commonly known as OpenOffice, the software is a freely downloadable open source productivity suite that constitutes a significant portion of Sun's commercially offered StarOffice. It also exemplifies the threat that the open-source movement poses to Microsoft.
Q&A: Microsoft’s Linux strategist Martin Taylor, Part 2
Martin Taylor recently marked his one-year anniversary as Microsoft Corp.'s chief Linux strategist. Taylor, whose official title is general manager of platform strategy, recently spoke with Computerworld about his first year in that job. This is Part 2 of the interview. Part 1 is also available online.
Humble Pie for Sun
Jonathan Schwartz, Sun's president, says the company has mended its ways since the days when "we didn't listen" to customers. Can the Silicon Valley luminary brighten up its prospects?