If you think Windows at its core is bloated, think again.
Microsoft engineer demonstrates an internal project called “MinWin,” designed to optimize the Windows kernel to a minimum footprint, and for which will be the basis for the Windows 7 kernel.
Apple sets a date for Leopard, get it for $129 or $9.95.
Back in April, Apple announced that it would delay the introduction of the long-awaited operating system due to needs of the iPhone program. The delay forced OS X v10.5 to an October ship date instead of June.
The wait is almost over and eager Apple fans will be happy to know that OS X v10.5 will ship on October 26. Apple says that the revised operating system contains over 300 new features and “installs easily, and works with the software and accessories you already have.”
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Google said on Friday it is speeding up the rate at which it adds storage space for its Gmail Web-based e-mail service due to the increased storage requirements for attachments such as photos.
People using Google Inc.’s Gmail service are sucking up storage space faster than the company can add it.
“A few of you are using Gmail so much that you’re running out of space, so to make good on our promise, today we’re announcing we are speeding up our counter and giving out more free storage,” wrote Rob Siemborski, a Google engineer on the Gmail blog.
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Microsoft is warning of yet another URL-handling bug that can lead to a system hijack.
A mere two days after Patch Tuesday brought a host of remote-code execution vulnerabilities to light, Microsoft issued a security advisory warning of yet another problem: a URL-handling vulnerability that could lead to systems getting hijacked if running Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP or Windows 2003.
Mac OS X “Leopard” preview package raises expectations that its release will come late this month.
Developers have received from Apple a “ZFS on Mac OS X Preview 1.1″ package, which offers preliminary support for the ZFS file system, originally developed by Sun Microsystems for their Solaris OS.
Microsoft broaden the private XP SP3 beta on the evening of October 4 to include Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 testers.
Microsoft officials said at the end of August that they planned to release Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 3 to Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) and TechNet testers within a couple weeks.
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Sun Microsystems has shipped patches to fix a batch of “highly critical” vulnerabilities in Sun Java JRE (Java Runtime Environment), affecting Windows, Solaris and Linux users.
According to researchers, the flaws can be exploited to bypass certain security restrictions, manipulate data, disclose sensitive/system information, or potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
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The oneSearch service offers results from a number of sources, combining web pages with videos and images.
The new search engine aims to deliver more relevant results, by offering results from a number of sources, combining web pages with videos and images. Users hesitating when they enter a search query will be presented with a list of suggested search terms, allowing them to better define their query.
Why Sun choose a license they won’t accept themselves?
Kohei Yoshida wrote a long post on the history of Calc Solver, an optimization solver module for the Calc component of OpenOffice.org. After three years of jumping through Sun’s hoops on his own time, Sun says it will duplicate the work because Kohei doesn’t want to sign over ownership of the code.
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There will be a version of Boot Camp that works. It’s called Leopard
Apple Inc. kicked off the month in which it plans to launch its new Mac OS X 10.5, “Leopard,” operating system by reminding users that the beta license for Boot Camp — the utility that allows users to run Windows XP or Vista on an Intel Mac — will expire as soon as the new operating system ships.
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