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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 22nd Oct 2006 18:12 UTC
Mustang is galloping into town. Also known as Java SE 6, Sun's latest incarnation of the Java 2 platform should arrive in its first non-beta release by the time you read this article.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 10th Aug 2005 18:51 UTC, submitted by Not_Today
Microsoft unveiled details of its Strider HoneyMonkey research, a project that sniffs out sites hosting malicious code, and hands the information to other parts of the company for patching or legal action.
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Linked by Adam S on Tue 2nd Aug 2005 13:10 UTC, submitted by meianoite
In a move sure to spark tons of heated "toldja so" debates, Apple has released a new mouse, Yahoo reports . Aptly named Mighty Mouse , it got a touch-sensitive top shell which works like left/right buttons, a pair of force-sensing side buttons, and a 360-degree scroll button which doubles as the third button.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 20th Jun 2006 09:59 UTC, submitted by anonymous
According to a Novell confidential memo dated June 14, Novell is delaying its next release of both the server and desktop versions of SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 "to address final issues with our new package management, registration, and update system and also fix the remaining blocker defects."
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MOVIE TICKETING: AN FJI ENCORE PRESENTATION
While long box-office lines aren’t exactly a thing of the past, the rising popularity of online ticketing has been making the theatre experience faster and more convenient, for exhibitors and moviegoers alike.
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Fake, infected media file attacks half a million victims in a week
In what is being called the largest fake media file outbreak in three years , some 500,000 people have nearly fallen prey to a phony music or video track that is actually a spyware-infested Trojan horse. Usually purporting to be a music track with an MP3 file extension, the file is actually an installer that claims to require a special codec and special media player to play back the file. ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 8th Nov 2006 11:24 UTC
Microsoft will pay Novell USD 348 million up front , but Novell will return USD 200 million of that amount over five years. The specific numbers came in an a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission made by Novell late Tuesday.
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Paul Thurrot writes about Windows XP SP3:
"If you were looking for any glimpse into the mind of Microsoft, this is it: the company has completely abandoned Windows XP, and it has absolutely no plans to ever ship an XP SP3 . My guess is that Microsoft will do what it did with the final Windows 2000 Service Pack: claim years later that it's no longer needed and just ship a final security patch roll-up.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 28th Oct 2005 11:18 UTC
Microsoft on Thursday reported first quarter earnings just ahead of Wall Street estimates, though the company's sales and current quarter forecast fell short of expectations.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 8th Mar 2007 22:44 UTC
"Ubuntu is a strong desktop distro, but it falls short for some users in a few areas. Where are the multimedia codecs and DVD support, and what's with all the brown, for heaven's sake?
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 22nd Mar 2006 22:06 UTC
Want the fastest Windows XP Core Duo notebook? Then buy a Mac . According to benchmarks carried out by website GearLog, Apple's MacBook Pro running Windows XP is a better Adobe Photoshop rig than any other Core Duo laptop on the market.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 3rd Dec 2005 19:41 UTC
Surendra Verma, Development Manager on the Vista Kernel team, digs into Vista's new Transactional File System with Charles Torre. TxF, as it is referred to internally, is a new kernel construct that is part of an updated Vista NTFS. Surendra provides a high level overview of TxF in this video . Elsewhere, Microsoft is serious about meeting its ship date for Windows Vista during the second half ...
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Recent Original Stories
"Not that long ago, a significant portion of desktop GNU/Linux enthusiasts were actively advocating GNU/Linux among Windows users. I even remember doing it myself at one point, though now I really don't care what you use on your computer as long as I don't have to use it too.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 15th Jun 2007 12:08 UTC, submitted by cragnotil
Researchers at Intel are working on ways to mask the intricate functionality of massive multicore chips to make it easier for computer makers and software developers to adapt to them. These multicore chips will also likely contain both x86 processing cores, as well as other types of cores.
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Flaw turns Gmail into spamming machine
A "serious security flaw" in Gmail allows spammers to send thousands of bulk e-mails through Google's SMTP service, according to a recent report.
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Stimulus or mere survival?
The poll, which surveyed people online between April 7 and April 15, also found 35 percent were going to sock away some of the money in savings.
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Bertelsmann pursues avenue of innovation
Since the internet bubble burst at the start of the millennium, German media company Bertelsmann has been more preoccupied with getting its house in order than pursuing and proclaiming the next big thing in Web 2.0, as some rivals have.
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Harry Domash, Online Investing: Safe stock picks could net better than savings account
Depending on when you turn on the TV, you'll hear that the market is headed up, headed down or in a trading range.
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The JNode team announced
the release of version 0.2.4 of the JNode.org operating system. JNode.org is an open source Java OS written in Java (with a very small assembler nano-kernel). This release features the first possibility of basic development under JNode.
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This article
is about KDE's memory usage, but there are comparisons with other solutions for your desktop. Lubos Lunak concludes there is still work to do and there is some lowhanging fruit, but KDE does already a nice job on keeping its memory usage low.
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That noise you hear? It's the buzz over laptops with solid-state data storage
Hard drives are has-beens. This is the impression you'd get, anyway, from all the recent fuss over laptops with "solid state" data storage —
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 7th May 2007 22:56 UTC
The Gentoo Release Engineering project is pleased to announce the much-delayed release of Gentoo Linux 2007.0, code named 'Secret Sauce'.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 7th Mar 2006 15:27 UTC
An Apple Computer patch released last week doesn't completely fix a high-profile Mac OS X flaw, leaving a toehold for cyberattacks , experts said. The update added a function called 'download validation' to the Safari Web browser, Apple Mail client and iChat instant messaging tool.
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OSNews > Thread > "RE: You're Not Making It Happen Mark" by Luminair
The founder of the Ubuntu-project talks in an interview about the integration of proprietary drivers, the One Laptop per Child project, and 'great applications' from Microsoft.
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A scare, some scars make Google stronger
SAN FRANCISCO — It's hard to believe Google Inc. actually looked vulnerable two months ago. The Internet search leader's stock had plummeted 45 percent from its peak. Its two biggest rivals, Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc., appeared poised to combine forces and launch a double-barreled attack.
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