Google Chrome OS announced
operating systems, posted: 8-Jul-2009 17:48
The competition for Microsoft just heated up considerably, with the Google announcing that it intends to release an operating system aimed initially at Netbooks in the second half of next year. Google Chrome OS is the somewhat unimaginative name, and
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Bombshell: Microsoft and Novell to interop on... Linux?
operating systems, posted: 3-Nov-2006 13:47
The webcast announcement earlier in which CEOs Ballmer and Hovsepian said Novell and Microsoft are joining forces to support Linux is something of a shocker.
Microsoft, diametrically opposed to Open Source and Novell, which has sued Redmo (read the entire post)...
Woodcrest in Mac Pro and Apple OS X Leopard spots emerging
operating systems, posted: 8-Aug-2006 16:39
I'm patting myself on the back today, just a little, because in April I wrote this for Computerworld:
Apple customers may be the first to enjoy Intel's new CPU goodies, with the Woodcrest family of processors making it into Maci (read the entire post)...
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Vista slips until February 2007 or later?
operating systems, posted: 27-May-2006 13:09
As I'm trying to make up my mind whether to wait for the Beta 2 media to arrive or bust my data cap downloading the ISOs for Vista, I spotted this piece by Martyn Williams on PC World.
In it, Steve Ballmer says:
In it, Steve Ballmer says:
The o (read the entire post)...
Windows Vista - Longhorn Beta 2 out soon
operating systems, posted: 22-May-2006 09:36
Hands up all of you who had forgotten about Windows Vista and Longhorn Beta 2. I had, thanks to delay after delay. In fact, I'm still dubious that there will be a Beta 2 delivered any time soon, but the Microsofties are girdling their loins over
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Windows apps natively on Mac OS X next, says Cringely
operating systems, posted: 22-Apr-2006 11:17
Robert X Cringely's Pulpit column on Apple going the whole hog with Windows is too good not to link to.
That the Mach micro-kernel will be replaced with a larger but faster monolithic one in OS X 10.5 seems likely but for Apple to beco (read the entire post)...
That the Mach micro-kernel will be replaced with a larger but faster monolithic one in OS X 10.5 seems likely but for Apple to beco (read the entire post)...
Why I would dump Windows for Mac OS X
operating systems, posted: 20-Apr-2006 20:18
Some people accuse Paul Thurrot of being a Windows groupie, but they and Microsoft will choke on his story about the shortcomings of Windows Vista.
You couldn't voice disappointment with Microsoft any better or louder than that. A scle (read the entire post)...
You couldn't voice disappointment with Microsoft any better or louder than that. A scle (read the entire post)...
Another Sendmail security hole
operating systems, posted: 1-Apr-2006 12:55
Yesterday, a security announcement from OpenBSD appeared in my inbox:
A race condition exists in sendmail's handling of asynchronous signals.
A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary source code with the
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