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Signs show Linux moving into the driver's seat

Just Works!Yes, it is a very good situation to have Linux moving "into the driver's seat".I install my preferred distros on my boxes, notebooks and netbooks and everything just works.Very nice indeed.Unfortunate Driver ModelUntil Linux re-architects the driver model to detach most of them from the kernel, there will be...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, binary driver

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

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Broadcom goes open source and hell freezes over

Does this mean...that Broadcom hardware drivers are going to be open source? Great. Just great. If you thought Broadcom network drivers suck bad now, just wait until they get released to the community...Fail to seewhat mechanism would make them "suck more"?If all that changes is that Broadcom...

Tags: Telephony, Linux Mint, Broadcom Corp., wireless card, open source

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Torvalds calls Linux "bloated" and "scary." Is he right? [poll]

Why have you ignored the key conclusion?You're not simply intending to start a flame war, are you?Matt Asay concludes in the article you mention:"Has Linux failed?No. Of course not. It has simply grown as its adoption has expanded. This is the problem with success: you get pulled into an ever-widening...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, desktop virtualization, Linux, Linux IS, Torvalds, kernel

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Duplicate Files Finder 9.2 (Windows)

Duplicate Files Finder is a powerful, fast and easy to use application developed to find and remove unused duplicate files from your system - allowing it to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more space on your hard drive. Duplicate Files Finder scans your computer and lists duplicate files...

Tags: Disk, Microsoft Windows, File, Digeus Incorporation

Software downloads 2009-08-04

Is Microsoft's GPL2 support really a big deal?

Microsoft's decison to release 20,000 lines of device driver code under GPLv2 is viewed as a big deal but not that surprising given the context. After all, the only technology Microsoft fears more than Linux is VMware's bare-metal virtualization platform. The release of the three device drivers...

Tags: Device Driver, Microsoft Corp., GPL 2, Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-07-21

A single Windows platform for phones and PCs: Can it be done?

Some see Android as the biggest looming competitor to Microsoft's Windows Mobile. In fact, Android is more than that: It is a potential threat to both the Windows Mobile and Windows client platforms. So does it stand to reason that Microsoft is planning a single line of...

Tags: Windows Platform, Phone, ARM, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, PC, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Corp., Android, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-04-07

Who should Software Freedom sue on FAT32?

Who should Software Freedom sue on FAT32?What did MS do wrong?They are not bound by the GPL. They are free to license their technology to anyone they want, under terms agreeable to both. (I assume there might be some Federal restrictions there, but I don't think we crossed that...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, MS Just, FAT32, Microsoft Corp., Software Freedom Sue, GPL, MSFT, software

Discussion threads 2009-03-07

TCO, Wintel 7, and the G4 Mac

TCO, Wintel 7, and the G4 MacDrivering me crazyDrivers are the bane of existence for computers - and that extends to all platforms. M$ has changed their driver structure a few times now recently for Riska. Linux has also had a few iterations with driver changes. The biggest weakness for...

Tags: Security administration, ROI/TCO, Tools & Techniques, Patches, Microsoft Windows, Rudy, software, Wintel, TCO

Discussion threads 2009-02-05

Researcher generates executable MD5 collisions with Authenticode signed binary

We have heard quite a bit recently about the dangers of using MD5, a now-broken cryptographic hash routine, for determining the validity of SSL certificates. Today we see that a researcher has taken a major step in generating malicious software whose signature matches that of an Authenticode-signed binary. ...

Tags: Researcher, Authenticode, Adam O'Donnell

Blog posts 2009-01-17

HXTT Text JDBC and CSV JDBC Drivers 4.2 (Windows)

Pure Java type 4 text JDBC and CSV JDBC (1.2, 2.0, 3.0) driver packages for raw data, flat text , CSV file, TSV file, fixed-length, and variable-length binary file, supports transaction, embedded mode, remote access mode, memory-only database, compressed database, and URL database. It is backward compliant to the Microsoft...

Tags: JDBC, Microsoft Windows, Hongxin Technology & Trade, Remote Access, Databases, Java, Storage, Telecommunications, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-12-10

JavaFX Q&A

To learn more about the technical aspects of today's launch of JavaFX including its support in NetBeans and Eclipse I spoke in depth with Eric Klein, VP of Java Marketing at Sun, and Octavian Tanase, Senior Director of the Java Platform Group. For a more business oriented perspective see the...

Tags: Developer, Application, Mobile, Ed, Eric, FX, JavaFX Script, Q., FX Common, Flex, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-12-04

AMD: Does the resurrection start with 'Shanghai'?

AMD: Does the resurrection start with 'Shanghai'?How times have changed...I remember when AMD was considered the cutting-edge thoroughbred to Intel's mass-produced ponies, at least among the tech-savvy geeks I hung out with in college.I didn't know AMD needed a resurrection. Seems to me they were doing okay; not great,...

Tags: Semiconductors, Linux, Network technology, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., chip

Discussion threads 2008-11-13

RIM: The next month is critical with Blackberry sales mixed

Apple CEO Steve Jobs made it quite clear what company he wants to upend: Research in Motion. The next month will tell if RIM's response will be enough to silence the recently chatty Jobs. In fact, some analysts speculate that the next month will dictate RIM's performance in 2009 (and...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Storm, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Handhelds, Sales, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-28

Sneak peek at the new Unicode-friendly PHP6

The following is a guest post from Andrew Mager, associate technical producer at ZDNet. This dispatch is from the Bay Area PHP Meetup. He can be found at Andrewmager.com. When Andrei Zmievski isn't busy building infrastructure for a social gaming startup, or processing photos from his Nikon...

Tags: Unicode, PHP, Internationalization, TextIterator, Transliteration, Zmievski, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-14

NVidia says no to request to release open source drivers, once again

Nvidia reiterated that it won't provide open source drivers for Linux because the company claims there is no need for it. Nvidia provides binary Linux drivers and has open sourced some drivers such as the nv X driver and other utilities that work with the proprietary driver, including the...

Tags: NVidia Corp., Driver, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-06-23

Developers criticize Nvidia, other holdouts for hindering Linux desktop

Linux kernel developers are getting tougher on Nvidia and a few other holdouts that have refused to release open source drivers. More than 100 Linux kernel developers â€" including top developer Andrew Morton â€" issued a letter today condemning closed source modules or drivers for Linux to be “harmful and...

Tags: Desktop, Developer, Linux Desktop, NVidia Corp., Driver, Graphics, Linux Kernel Developer, Open Source Driver, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-06-23

The open source link of AMD and Nvidia

The open source link of AMD and NvidiaWhat a bunch of blather!!!You'd almost think Dana is suffering from dementia. How else would you explain such a disjointed thought process? AMD open-sourced a programming library because Sun did something similar? Therefore we can conclude that AMD wants to hook up with...

Tags: Semiconductors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., NVidia Corp., open source

Discussion threads 2008-02-22

EU regulators cool on Microsoft open-source move

EU regulators cool on Microsoft open-source moveEU regulators cool on Microsoft open-source moveOh jeez, is there anything that will please the EU? Despite Microsoft even going as far as offering source code these regulators still can't accept it. Money laundering is what its really turning out to be....

Tags: Regulations, Money Laundering, Todd Bishop, ECIS, open source, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft open-source, Microsoft open-source move, regulator, interoperability

Discussion threads 2008-02-21

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 are soup

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 are soupWhy March?n/tServer 2008In theory, it has a lot to offer. In practice... what's Microsoft's history of features vs reliability of said features?And will Microsoft play around with their licensing agreements? "Bait'n'switch" I believe the term is called...The clock is...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Servers, SP1 RC, Server Core, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, server, Microsoft Windows Server

Discussion threads 2008-02-04

HP laptops: Another zero-day vulnerability found

Every HP laptop that ships with HP Software Update, a patch utility, is vulnerable to a zero-day vulnerability that can leave the PC unbootable. The vulnerability was published by a Polish hacker that goes by the handle of "porkythepig." The hacker's latest finding caps a rough few weeks for...

Tags: Software, Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Vulnerability, Kernel, Laptop Computer, Flaw, Security, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-12-20