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- Linux 2.6.0 heart transplant imminent
- Linux 2.6.0 heart transplant imminentGetting better all the time! Much faster than Windows.Really, Windows does not have a chance on the server. With the best and the brightest all over the world contributing to the kernel, Window really does not have a chance on the server. I am looking forward...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., Kernel 2.6, Linux, Linux 2.6.0 heart transplant, Linux 2.6.0, heart transplant, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2003-12-17
- Linux guru: Move quickly to new kernel
- Linux guru: Move quickly to new kernelNobody caresabout source?Without it, outfits like LLL and SGI would be up the creek, begging Mario. As it is, if they don't like his decisions they can roll their own. A bit more trouble, admittedly, but hardly a show-stopper.Sounds reasonablythey are piloting...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Kernel 2.6, kernel, Linux, new kernel, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2003-12-05
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- Open source in a time of recession
- Open source in a time of recessionWhen the water hole shrinks,the kangaroo mice flourish.HistoryYes, the end of the dot-com bubble killed a number of illusions. The most prominent lesson was, Don't give away your main product. So at that time pure Linux and other open source plays disappeared.What was...
- Tags: Rewriting History, recession, open source, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- Will Windows 7 get a new name for its release?
- Will Windows 7 get a new name for its release?Following Steve's PhilosophyAs you so accurately noted, Steve has a knack for whole numbers as we know from his Microsoft Office reign. Office 12 (2007), Office 11 (2003), Office 10 (XP or version 2002), Office 9 (2000) and these were the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Vista R2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, new name
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- Yahoo: Shares dip to 5-year low; AOL deal this month?
- Yahoo: Shares dip to 5-year low; AOL deal this month?Um, did I miss something......or didn't nearly everyone's stock price hit a 5-year low yesterday?BUY?Steve told me no!Yahoo at this price is two times too high!http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.comM$FT stock is in the tank too!M$ will be next in line for a bailout.Yahoo should...
- Tags: Linux, Investment, Operating systems, Yahoo! Inc., SHARES DIP, America Online Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- Consumers might not be ready for netbooks, but we are
- Consumers might not be ready for netbooks, but we areand then in 2015...after a generation of high school leavers are very familiar with Linux and other FOSS apps, businesses will be able to start switching to Linux without the need to retrain new starters.Then in 2020 when this generation are...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Free Market, Linux, software
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- Linux ready to replace Windows? Not yet…
- Linux ready to replace Windows? Not yet…Actually, all of the biggest web companies all use Linux because it is somuch more flexible and powerful. Of the biggest, MS is the only one using Windows.And, yes, the applications availability on the Desktop is a problem for Desktop Linux, but, the is...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, EEEPC, Linux, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-10-06
- October promises to be hot month for Drupal, Mono, OpenOffice, Ubuntu
- October is promising to be a big month for open source releases. As the page on the calendar turned, Acquia launched of its commercially supported version of the popular Drupal open source social publishing system. And over the weekend, Novell-sponsored Mono project announced the...
- Tags: Mono, Ubuntu, Drupal, October, Linux, OpenOffice, .Net, Open Source, Development Tools, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Our second Linux laptop has a real keyboard
- Our second Linux laptop has a real keyboardXandros lite is OK ...For the average user the Xandros Lite OS is fine, but it does have some shortcomings:1) Asus for some reason has a ram limit compiled into the kernel of 1GB. The machine has a max limit of 2GB, but...
- Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, laptop computer, ASUS, real keyboard, kernel, Linux laptop, Xandros, Intel Celeron, distro, keyboard, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Slimming down the bloated iTunes 8 installer
- How do you supersize a simple music manager? Ask Apple. The Windows version of iTunes 8 takes up nearly 200MB of space on a Windows PC, including kernel-mode drivers, multiple system services, and at least one add-in. It takes a supersize helping of chutzpah to create an ad that criticizes...
- Tags: Apple iPod, Apple QuickTime, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Bonjour, MobileMe, Apple Software Update, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- Windows 7 to get parallel-processing tweaks
- Windows 7 to get parallel-processing tweaksWindows 7It seems that Microsoft is playing it safe with Windows 7 by having minimum changes.Is WinFS still alive or do we have to consider it as a dead duck?Thanks RodIt's mostly the applications anywaysFrankly, it's mostly the applications that need to take advantage of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Windows Kernel, Craig, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, parallel-processing tweak, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Win32, tweak, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- 1 million Classmates headed to Venezuela
- 1 million Classmates headed to VenezuelaAgreedChavez can control any Open Source software in his country, as the government is taking control of all private industries.This is not really about what he feels is best for all, but instead of what he feels he can control the best.You failed to notice...
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Web browsers, Debian, Classmates, aversion, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- EA Spore backlash could help end DRM
- Guest editorial by Oliver Day The backlash over DRM has finally started to gather serious momentum. Everyday consumers started a campaign to give the highly anticipated game Spore one-star ratings on Amazon. Thousands of Amazon users labeled Spore a poor choice because of...
- Tags: Game, Digital-rights Management, Electronic Arts Inc., Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-25
- Microsoft confirms PDC attendees to get pre-beta Windows 7 build
- Microsoft confirms PDC attendees to get pre-beta Windows 7 buildWindows live messenger betaThey completely tanked on the design of messenger beta. It now looks like a stoneage app compared to nice shinny design of the last release.Explorer and WMP12 have no icons because their UI is not yet completedCurrent...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft confirms PDC attendee, Microsoft confirms PDC, Microsoft Confirms, Microsoft Corp., pre-Beta, beta
- Discussion threads 2008-09-24
- Venak and AVenak Detection Malware Scanner (zip)
- An anti malware technology MPS Main Protection System. This is a new way to finding unknown malware for going to next computer security. What is the MPS? MPS is a new method to find threats on computer systems, this method uses by a security model to analyze software resources on...
- Tags: Window, Malware, U0vd Security, MPS, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms
- Software downloads 2008-09-24
- Will VMWare go open source without legal pressure?
- Will VMWare go open source without legal pressure?If You Use The Code, Play By The Rules. Period.VMWare doesn't have much choice in the matter; the GPL makes it very clear that if you use code released under the GPL, the ONLY permission one has to use the code requires compliance...
- Tags: open source, GPL Code, vmkernel, GPL, VMware Inc., Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- PC Shower 2009 (exe)
- Arafasoft PC Shower 2009 is power package for cleaning, tuning, optimizing and fixing PC error for high performance. Arafasoft PC Shower 2009 contains 12 tools to make your computer more stable and faster. Arafasoft PC Shower 2009 combines the features of our award winning products, Registry Shower 2009, Disk shower...
- Tags: Disk, PC, Arafasoft, Arafasoft PC Shower 2009, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-09-22
- Virtualization: The race is on to corner the market
- Virtualization: The race is on to corner the marketYou're a bit wrong about RedHatKVM isn't just in the kernel distributed by RedHat it's been folded into the official Linux kernel so what RedHat is doing is extending and adding control software above what is already present in the standard kernel.In...
- Tags: cloud computing, OPEN SOURCE, Storage management, Utility computing, Red Hat Inc., kernel, virtualization, KVM
- Discussion threads 2008-09-20
- The lessons in Sarah Palin's email adventure
- The lessons in Sarah Palin's email adventureThis is just the price paid ...for using a third party cloud provider.Networks the size of Yahoo or Google manage technology with technology instead of hands on. Any business that uses the cloud provided by a network like this can expect a loss of...
- Tags: Sarah Palin, email adventure, security, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2008-09-20
- Virtualization: The race is on to corner the market
- As the technology goes mainstream, competitors such as Microsoft are eager to dislodge VMware from the top of the virtualization tree. Most of the servers installed next year will be virtualized from the outset, experts have said. But, as the technology goes mainstream, will moves by Microsoft...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Server, Xen, VMware Inc., Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Peter Judge ZDNet.co.uk, virtualization, VMware, Microsoft, Hyper-V
- News items 2008-09-19
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