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Chrome OS - The good, the bad and the ugly, and how it fits in with Windows, Mac and Linux

After yesterday's Google Chrome OS announcement I've had a little time to think about Google's vision for the OS and how it fits in with Windows, Mac and Linux. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Desktops, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-11-20

Competition made Microsoft open source embedded .NET

Makers of embedded devices have been moving strongly into open source, especially Linux, and Microsoft was at great risk of being left behind. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-11-18

OpenSUSE Education announces Li-f-e 11.2

Li-f-e is OpenSUSE's Linux for Education product. While this product has been quietly maturing, it has, to some extent fallen off my radar. However, the latest features announced today with this release of OpenSUSE's educational distribution have me downloading as fast as my BitTorrent client will allow. by...

Tags: Education, Novell OpenSuse, OpenSUSE Education, Li-f-e, Linux, Aerospace & Defense, Operating Systems, Software, Manufacturing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-11-17

DialogBlocks 4.35 (Windows)

DialogBlocks is an essential adjunct to programming with the free wxWidgets GUI toolkit. It helps you create dialogs and other user interface elements quickly, resulting in good-looking, resizable windows that work on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Edit complex dialogs in situ, such as wizards, property sheets and frames, and then...

Tags: Dialog, Anthemion Software, DialogBlocks, Microsoft Windows, Linux, C/C++, Development Tools, Programming Languages, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-11-17

Flash Player 10.1 Beta (Windows)

Adobe Flash Player 10.1 prerelease version of Flash Player 10.1 is now available for Windows, Macintosh and Linux operating systems.It is being made available for developers and consumers to test their content to ensure new features function as expected, existing content plays back correctly, and there are no compatibility issues.Consumers...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Flash Player, Beta, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-17

Cray XT5 Jaguar bests IBM Roadrunner as world's fastest supercomputer

What operating systems are they running on?Just curious. :-)RE: Cray XT5 Jaguar bests IBM Roadrunner as world's fastest supercomputerFrom:http://www.nccs.gov/jaguar/#fragment-1Each node runs Cray's version of the SuSE Linux operating system. Cray has tuned the Linux kernel to remove unnecessary services from the compute nodes. The result is that the operating system...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, IBM Corp., Cray Inc., Linux, operating system, supercomputer

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Psystar massacred in court

I wouldn't.....buy even with a 100% discount, Psystar is toast and part of Apple's claim would invoke a recall of all machines and buyer's info. Apart from the 'no support' from Apple, there will be no support from a defunct company too.Yep, there is pent-up demand for an expandable cheap...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Apple Inc., Psystar, hardware, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Hackers bypass Windows 7 activation

lol...and double lolwhoever thinks that windows 7 is any better than any previous disaster they created will be dispelled soon.Google will take over and leave MS in the dustGoogle is going to take over and leave the lethargic Windows in PC dust.loverock's mother herei must apologize for my 44 old...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

My new daughter is a lot like Linux

Windoze is a boys smelly diaper, Linux is a girls one, that's the messageI guess some people will never be mature enough to get it.Handling the learning curve...is not very hard. Particularly when you let them use the simple Gnome user interface which the standard Ubuntu has.Maybe this website of...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, diaper

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Radiator 4.5.1 (Mac)

Radiator RADIUS server is flexible, extensible, and authenticates from a huge range of auth methods, including Wireless, TLS, TTLS, PEAP, LEAP, FAST, SQL, proxy, DBM, files, LDAP, NIS+, password, NT SAM, Emerald, Platypus, Freeside, TACACS+, PAM, external, OPIE, POP3, EAP, Active Directory and Apple Password Server. Interoperates with Vasco Digipass,...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Consultant, Apple Mac OS, LDAP, Network Security, Operating Systems, Sun Solaris, Linux, Directory Services, Ssl/Tls, Digital Security, Software, Enterprise Software, Networking, Security

Software downloads 2009-11-16

Wireshark 1.2.4 (Mac)

Wireshark is the world's foremost network protocol analyzer, and is the standard in many industries. It is the continuation of a project that started in 1998. Hundreds of developers around the world have contributed to it, and it is still under active development. Read/write many different aWireshark is the world's...

Tags: Radcom Ltd., Apple Macintosh, Network, Visual Networks Inc., Industry, Analysis, Wireshark, Wireshark Development, Networking, Linux, WANs, Network Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-16

My new daughter is a lot like Linux

OK...I promise, this will be my last post this week about my new little daughter. Really. No matter what cute things she does, I'll limit my oohing and ahhing to Twitter. However, as I was changing her diaper for the umpteenth time today, I got to thinking...

Tags: Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-11-15

LayoutEditor 20091118 (Mac)

The LayoutEditor is a program to design and edit layouts for MEMS/IC fabrication. As well as it is suitably for Multi-Chip-Modules MCM, Chip-on-Board COB, Low temperature co-fired ceramics LTCC, Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits MMIC, printed circuit boards PCB, GDS Editor thick film technology, thin film technology, .... It has sophisticated...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Layout, Font, Juspertor, LayoutEditor, Apple Mac OS X, Linux, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-15

SView5 1.61 (Windows)

SView5 is an image display, conversion and processing tool based on a rich C/C++ SDK with various capabilities, originally development on Amiga computers and later ported to Windows, Linux and Embedded Systems. The Windows frontend is both, a demonstration of the capabilities of the rich SDK and a standalone tool...

Tags: SDK, Tool, PerSuaSiVe SoftWorX, SView5, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Linux, C/C++, Operating Systems, Software, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-11-15

An interesting exchange on politics and IT

Was just thinking about thisExcept I was thinking about what I've heard Linux advocates say in the past, that most consumers make dumb technology choices, and whether this squares with advocating for free markets? Yes, I think it does. People will buy products that they can relate to and feel...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, PRODUCTIVITY, information technology, Linux, computer, software

Discussion threads 2009-11-14

Broadcom goes open source and hell freezes over

This Broadcom announcement is the best proof yet that the future of the handheld market is Linux. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Broadcom Corp., Linux, Open Source, Handhelds, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-11-12

News to know: HP-3Com; AMD; Google; Blockbuster; Bing 2.0

News to know intro: Sam Diaz: HP announces $2.7 billion acquisition of 3Com; raises outlook Larry Dignan: Cisco vs. HP: 3Com acquisition ups the ante John Morris: AMD updates roadmap, promises "supercomputer in your lap" ...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Andrew Nusca, Blockbuster Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Games, Linux, Open Source, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-11-12

GaitSym 2.0.0 (Mac)

GaitSym is a forward dynamic modelling program. What that means is that you specify the forces and the program uses Newton's Laws to calculate the movements. You can download it from here including a range of human and non-human 2D and 3D models to get you started. It uses the...

Tags: Force, 3D, Apple Macintosh, Animal Simulation Laboratory, GaitSym, Linux, C/C++, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-11-12

Matrox debuts world's first single-slot octal graphics card; supports 8 displays

Great product for those needing itI;ll have to show this to one of my clients that runs a "billboard wall display".I'd go crazy with that price of that video card...You'll need to spend an additional thousands of dollars for 8 monitors.I don't think this will be for someone who are...

Tags: Video cards, Corporate communications, Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Monitors & displays, video card, Matrox, video, Linux, graphics

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

Yes, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 will run on Linux

This solidifies my decisionI currently have a cluster of a dozen RHEL 5.3 Cluster Suite servers. They have been a nightmare to use, maintain, and keep working right. Red Hat's clustering software is horrendously buggy. I never have gotten virtualization to work properly with the whole mess.After...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, Linux, UEC, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, kvm, cluster, Red Hat Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-11