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Plug and Play and Power Management in WDF Drivers

The Windows Driver Foundation WDF implements a fully integrated model for Plug and Play and power management in both the User-Mode Driver Framework UMDF and the Kernel-Mode Driver Framework KMDF. The model provides intelligent defaults so that some drivers do not require any code to support simple Plug and Play...

Tags: Power Management, Windows Driver Foundation

White papers 2007-04-09

Architecture of the Kernel-Mode Driver Framework

This paper provides information about the Kernel-Mode Driver Framework KMDF, which is part of the Windows Driver Foundation WDF for the Microsoft Windows family of operating systems. WDF is a new model for driver development. KMDF supports the development of kernel-mode drivers that conform to this model. The paper describes...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., KMDF, Windows Driver Foundation, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Software

White papers 2005-12-02

Introduction to the WDF User-Mode Driver Framework

The Windows Driver Foundation WDF is Microsoft's next-generation driver model. WDF includes frameworks to support both user-mode and kernel-mode drivers, along with driver testing and verification tools. The User-Mode Driver Framework UMDF component of WDF enables drivers for some types of devices to run in user mode instead of kernel...

Tags: Driver, Microsoft Corp., Windows Driver Foundation, UMDF, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Construction, Operating Systems, Software

White papers 2005-06-02

Additional Resources

Mac ZFS is dead: RIP.

fortunatelywhile zfs is cool, there are enough other file systems, so we users won't miss it muchHow about EXT4 and BTRFS?What do you think of EXT4 and it's destined successor, BTRFS?NTFSActualy has similar features to most of these but maybe its not implemented as well.Apple picks NetApp WAFL over...

Tags: Storage, Mac ZFS, Actualy, Robin, Apple Macintosh, NetApp Inc., ZFS, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Global cyberwar: Installed in your PC at home, the office and government

Personal Accountabilityas long as people can think and act as though their conduct on the internet is shrouded in anonomity.Until each of us takes full responsibility for what we do and operates with the knowledge that our 'unique' verifiable identities can be obtained readily, the carnage will continue and broaden.A...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Vertical industries, government, computer, PC-At Home, Internet, car

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

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

Counting down to Microsoft's Windows 7 retail-price unveiling

Counting down to Microsoft's Windows 7 retail-price unveilingNot likely to change my mind about MS...I'm quite certain their pricing for their various crippled Win 7 OS versions will still be a huge rip off compared to the "one OS for one reasonable price" pricing structure of Apple's OS X. So,...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., operating system, OEM, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-22

Windows 8 starts to come into focus

Windows 8 starts to come into focusSheesh Let The Dust Settle From Windows 7We all want to forget Vista you know, and it's a pain to have to rebuild your machine every few years for an OS release if you've got it running fine.The OS will NEVER completely be on...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Windows 8, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-21

Linux Foundation: Let's kill Microsoft's FAT

Linux Foundation: Let's kill Microsoft's FATFrom the word on the street, it sounds like MS settled for close to zero tomake this go away and avoid having any patents invalidated. Microsoft quickly realized how thin the ice was that they were on.Great Spin!Microsoft set out to cross license IP with...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Linux, TomTom

Discussion threads 2009-03-31

Will Android and Windows Mobile get squeezed as smartphone market shakes out?

While the iPhone has shown that there is a large consumer market for smartphones, the primary market-driver for the smartphone is - and will remain - enterprises and small businesses. This dynamic is similar to the PC operating system market. Think about Windows Vista. It has largely...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Android, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Platform, Palm Inc., Smart Phone, Business, Microsoft Windows, RIM BlackBerry, Symbian Inc., Informa, BlackBerry Let, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2009-03-17

Microsoft: Litigate on FAT, and you'll be the next Unisys

Remember "Burn All GIFs" from 1999? In 2009, the Open Source mantra of choice could very easily turn into "Destroy all FATs" If you've been following the news in the Linux community, you've probably heard that Microsoft is currently in a lawsuit with...

Tags: FAT32, Consumer Electronics, Patent, TomTom, Unisys Corp., File System, Microsoft Corp., Tom Tom, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-03-05

Has Ubuntu hit a plateau?

Has Ubuntu hit a plateau?Ubuntu's Development Both Blessing and CurseUnfortunately the issue with Ubuntu, it that it has become a victim of its own development successes.Technologically it is now for the most part the equal or better of Windows, or OSX. However this shines the bight light on the...

Tags: Operating systems, database app, Ubuntu, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-03-02

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

Remote buffer overflow bug bites Linux Kernel

Remote buffer overflow bug bites Linux KernelSo it ISN'T a kernel bugit's a kernel DRIVER bug. That's akin to a bad video driver in Windows.This is not a Linux problem, it's an NDISWRAPPER problem.You should correct the first line of this article, which reads: "A remote buffer overflow vulnerability...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, LOL!!, Linux, Linux kernel, buffer-overflow bug, buffer-overflow

Discussion threads 2008-11-05

BriefingsDirect Analysts take Microsoft's pulse: Will the software giant peak in next few years?

BriefingsDirect Analysts take Microsoft's pulse: Will the software giant peak in next few years?Respect most of the comments but Dave Linthicum is a whack job!I respect and value everyone's opinion on this topic and conversation and it was interesting to read but where the hell did you find the whack...

Tags: cloud computing, Utility computing, Storage management, software, Microsoft Corp., Dave Linthicum, virtualization, stupid comment

Discussion threads 2008-10-31

Surviving the recession with Free Linux distributions (Part 1)

Times are tough. You're a computer geek and you need to feed your PC with the latest and greatest applications. What's a frugal nerd to do? A group of industry peers was recently asked by a colleague the following question: "If an SMB...

Tags: Ubuntu, Linux Distribution, Recession, Fedora Project, Novell OpenSuse, Debian, Times, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Debian Support Cycle, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-10-12

Is LogMeIn the route to laptop Linux?

Is LogMeIn the route to laptop Linux?Linux is cheaper than WindowsAnd since they do the same thing, why not go with the cheaper option?And really you're right in that the other OS is more important to the end user. But as far as the sale of this "terminal", what it...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, LogMeIn, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

Put some IT pros in jail

Put some IT pros in jailAgreed to the fullestWhen I described the WH email issue with a friend, I said flatly "I would have walked in and fired every person I laid eyes upon." There is NO excuse for that level of incompetence, none whatsoever!Too bad there aren't licenses we...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Development tools, software engineering, jail, information technology, software

Discussion threads 2008-05-27

Silverlight and the future core of Microsoft

Today Microsoft is unveiling Ray Ozzie's project, Microsoft Live Mesh, which can best be summed up in the words of Mary Jo Foley - "a Software + Services platform for synchronization and collaboration." In simple terms, I think it's being able to interact with your data anywhere you go across...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Microsoft Live Mesh, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-04-22

PenguinPolitik: Only Ballmer could go to Linux

PenguinPolitik: Only Ballmer could go to LinuxCall me a bit cynicalThe advantages of building a framework so that open source products could run in the Windows Platform are many, but the fact remains that like communism was to capitalism, the underlying business model is contradicting. Even today, we have many...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, NTFS-3G, Linux, NTFS, PenguinPolitik, Steve Ballmer, NTFS specification

Discussion threads 2008-04-02