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- Kernel
- The nucleus of an operating system. It is the closest part to the machine level and may activate the hardware directly or interface to another software layer that drives...
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- New Linux kernel adds file-system support
- New Linux kernel adds file-system supportBut but but!But this is THE file system to use! Its the future! Until they add another file system next month to the kernel that is supposed to replace this one and make the kernel even more bloated than necessary.yet another useless file systemyet...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Linux file system, Linux, file system, kernel, New Linux kernel
- Discussion threads 2009-06-15
- New Linux kernel adds file-system support
- Linux 2.6.30 has been released with support for new file systems, along with performance improvements and new hardware drivers. Developers have released the Linux kernel version 2.6.30, adding support for new file systems as well as performance improvements and new hardware drivers. The Linux kernel...
- Tags: File System, Hardware, Kernel, Linux 2.6.30, Linux, Open Source, Software, Linux kernel, GNU/Linux, operating systems, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk
- News items 2009-06-15
- No penguins in Akihibara
- No penguins in Akihibarabest bet...would be to connect with the Tokyo Linux Users group and see what they recommend. You'd most likely get a list of used shops for parts and what-not but ... the mailing list seems to show only something from Dell...Did you try http://www.unixhonpo.jp/otherwise go with...
- Tags: Construction, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, windows software, window, Linux, kernel, Akihibara
- Discussion threads 2009-06-08
- Detecting Image Spam Using Local Invariant Features and Pyramid Match Kernel
- Image spam is a new obfuscating method which spammers invented to more effectively bypass conventional text based spam filters. This paper extracts local invariant features of images and runs a one-class SVM classifier which uses the pyramid match kernel as the kernel function to detect image spam. Experimental results demonstrate...
- Tags: Pyramid, Association For Computing Machinery, Kernel, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing
- White papers 2009-04-24
- Open Source Haggadah, chapter 1
- Tonight starts the Jewish holiday of Passover, the story of the Hebrews' supposed escape from slavery and exodus from Egypt. The story is told every year at a seder, in a tradition that takes the form of the youngest child asking four questions and the elders...
- Tags: Exodus, Kernel, Minix, Open Source, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-04-08
- Debian gets FreeBSD kernel support
- Debian gets FreeBSD kernel supportDebian on a FreeBSD kernelThis is good news. The BSD distributions have fallen so far behind the Linux distros in terms of ease-of-use and installation that I'll be happy to see what Debian brings to the table. I'll have to try out kFreeBSD this...
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Debian, FreeBSD kernel, FreeBSD, kernel, BSD, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-04-06
- Microsoft fixes critical Windows kernel, WINS flaws
- Microsoft today shipped three security bulletins with fixes for at least 8 documented vulnerabilities affecting millions of Windows OS users. The most serious of this month's patch batch is rated "critical" and could allow full remote execution attacks if a Windows user is simply lured into viewing...
- Tags: Flaw, Vulnerability, WINS, Microsoft Corp., Kernel, Bulletin, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-03-10
- Kernel for Writer 8.12.01 (Windows)
- Kernel for Writer is an OpenOffice document repair software which repairs and recovers data from corrupted and damaged .odt files. It helps in major corruption types of Writer documents. Free demo software of the writer recovery is available and can be downloaded free for evaluation purpose. The evaluation software repairs...
- Tags: Data, Nucleus Technologies LLC., Microsoft Windows, Kernel, Tools & Techniques, OpenOffice, Management, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2009-02-18
- Techniques for Linux Kernel Optimizations
- The ideas to optimize Linux kernel leads to increasing speed, reducing size: disk footprint and RAM, reducing power consumption, and reducing kernel boot time. This paper presents the techniques for Linux Kernel Optimizations. The paper presents methods that can be used to measure kernel boot time effectively such as CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME,...
- Tags: Technique, Optimization, Linux Kernel, Kernel, C-DAC, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Why Linux owes (part of) its success to Microsoft
- When you use Linux you should stop and thank Microsoft for making it possible - because Microsoft created the conditions Linux needed to succeed. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Kernel, I/O Driver, Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Processors, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-12-16
- OutWit Hub 0.8.1.172 (Mac)
- Now available for Firefox 3, OutWit is the Web collection engine for everyone. It runs on your Windows, MacOS or Linux machine and allows you to browse through and easily grab information, collect media, contacts or files from the Internet, in a few clicks. Find pictures in galleries and search...
- Tags: Web, Apple Macintosh, Outfit, Kernel, Tool, OutWit Technologies, Hub, Productivity, Channel Management, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-11-21
- How to scale to 256 processors and beyond
- How to scale to 256 processors and beyondSo in other words expecting MS to get this right is...basically a pie in the sky.Still chasing what Linux can already do...Learn from the lessons and heartache of BeOSOne of the biggest problems for BeOS as a development environment was lock and race...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, kernel, BeOS, operating system, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, processor
- Discussion threads 2008-11-07
- Microsoft confirms MinWin is in Windows 7, after all
- Microsoft confirms MinWin is in Windows 7, after allGeee ......Sounds like the stole ... errr "emulated" a page right out of the *NIX playbook ....RE: Microsoft confirms MinWin is in Windows 7, after allMary Jo,After watching the video last week as well, my take away was that the current incarnation...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., MinWin IS, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, kernel, Microsoft confirms MinWin, Microsoft Confirms
- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
- 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
- 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
- Kernel Macintosh - Data Recovery Software 4.04.4 (Windows)
- Kernel for Macintosh is a robust and quick Mac data recovery software, recovers data from damaged, deleted, or corrupted mac volumes and even from initialized Mac disks where Macintosh based operating systems, such as Apple Mac OS X operating system as well as Apple Mac OS 9.x and higher are...
- Tags: Data Recovery, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Kernel, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-09-17
- Scratch that. Windows Server 2008 R2 still lives
- Scratch that. Windows Server 2008 R2 still livesWhaaa?!? Win7 != NT 7?If Windows 7 is not based off of NT kernel 7 then why call it 7 in the first place?WinNT = kernel 4Win2k = kernel 5WinXP = kernel 5.1WinVista = kernel 6Win7 = kernel 6.1?No way.If we remember the...
- Tags: Operating systems, MinWin, Microsoft Windows, kernel, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows NT, Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, server, Microsoft Windows Server
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Geek Sheet: A Tweaker’s Guide to Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Linux
- Is 20th century conventional Winchester multi-platter, multi-head random-access disk technology too quaint for you? Want to run your PC or server on storage devices that consume far less energy than the traditional alternatives? Want a portable or mobile storage unit that will never fail due to G-forces or "crashing?". Looking...
- Tags: Linux, Disk, File System, Solid State Disk, Kernel, Mandrake, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Kernel Internet Explorer Password Recovery 4.02 (Windows)
- Kernel Internet Explorer Password Recovery software instantly recovers the Internet Explorer's cached passwords of email accounts, protected websites, autocomplete entries. Supports all versions of Internet Explorer including 6.x, 5.x and 4.x. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Password, Recovery, Nucleus Technologies LLC., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Kernel, Web Browsers, Internet
- Software downloads 2008-07-24
- Kernel VBA Password Recovery 4.02 (Windows)
- Kernel VBA Password Recovery tool is a VBA project password recovery software designed to recover lost and forgotten passwords from password protected vba project files such as (.doc, .xls, .xla). Kernel VBA recovers the original password if the file is from Office 97, otherwise it resets the password. Kernel VBA...
- Tags: Password, Recovery, Microsoft VBA, Microsoft Windows, Kernel, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- Software downloads 2008-07-24

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