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Ubuntu's new Linux tries getting cloud-friendly
With all the hubbub about Snow Leopard and Windows 7, there's another operating system out there you may not have noticed that's getting a significant update: Ubuntu Linux. Read more »
Google reforms Chrome for Snow Leopard
Google released an update for Chrome to fix compatibility problems with Snow Leopard on Monday, which along with other fixes shows the gradually maturing state of the Mac OS X version of the browser. Read more »
Snow Leopard benefits to be longer term
Apple began shipping Snow Leopard on Friday, but the true importance of the Mac OS X update likely will emerge well afterward. Read more »
64-bit Snow Leopard defaults to 32-bit kernel
Apple's OS X 10.6 operating system Snow Leopard by default loads with a 32-bit kernel, despite running 64-bit applications. Read more »
Apple's Snow Leopard due 28 August
Snow Leopard isn't so much about adding new features as it is about refining the code in the Apple operating system. Read more »
Free Software Foundation trashes Windows 7
There's nothing like trashing the competition. And that's exactly what the Free Software Foundation plans to do on Wednesday, staging a demonstration in Boston where it will encourage businesses to throw away Microsoft Windows in favour of free alternatives. Read more »
Windows 7 to spur 64-bit adoption
Consumers have had the option of 64-bit Windows computing since the release of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition in May 2005, four years after the release of Windows XP 32-bit. At the end of 2006, Windows Vista 32-bit and 64-bit versions were released simultaneously. Read more »
Firefox 3.5 'web upgrade' planned for end of June
Mozilla plans to issue a release candidate for Firefox 3.5 on Friday and the final version by the end of the month, Firefox director Mike Beltzner said on Tuesday. Read more »
Apple on Windows 7 - 'just another version of Vista'
While Microsoft is trying to position Windows 7 as an exciting new version of the operating system, Apple on Monday tried to characterise it as the same old Windows. Read more »
Apple releases OS X 10.5.7
The update to Leopard operating system includes fixes for a variety of bugs and security issues, as well as expanded hardware support. Read more »
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Are you going to upgrade to Windows Server 2008?
There is a lot of hype in the IT industry when it comes to new releases of products. Look at the iPhone, Windows Vista, WiMax, OS X Leopard. This article digs through the hype to help you make a decision for yourself whether migrating to Windows Server 2008 will be worth it in the next 18-24 months. Read more »
Testing Web applications with multiple browsers
One of the messier aspects of delivering Web applications to the Internet is comprehensive testing to ensure a consistent user experience with different browsers. Here's a look at various avenues for proper application testing. Read more »
Setting up a simple Web service using Java
Web services form the basis for machine interoperability over a network. This guide aims to provide an insight into quickly setting up and deploying a simple Web service using Java, Eclipse, Apache Tomcat and Axis2. Read more »
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Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Snow Leopard is finally here and we've had a chance to check out all the newest features and improvements to Apple's big cat OS. Check out our First Look video for an overview and find out if it's the right time to take the leap to Snow Leopard. Read more »
Snow Leopard in the wild
It's a hands-on preview of Snow Leopard with a few goodies Apple hasn't shown off; iPhone 3GS' are now available in colors, thanks to overheating; and the iPhone 3.1 software beta is revealed! Read more »
Apple highlights Snow Leopard features
Apple showed off some of the new features in its upcoming OS X \"Snow Leopard\" release: dock expose, zoomable live previews in Finder and improved workflow. Read more »
The stealthy Apple clone
It runs Apple's Mac OS X Leopard, but doesn't look anything like an Apple computer and certainly doesn't come with an Apple price tag. Kara Tsuboi and Tom Krazit discuss Psystar's open computer. Read more »
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Google to dump Gears
-- Google is about to pull the plug on its Gears project, while Mozilla plans to drop Mac OS X 10.4 support in future versions of Firefox. Read more »
Google goes Native
-- Google's Native Client exits the research stage and goto statements make their way to PHP 5.3. More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »
What iPhone OS 3.0 promises users and developers
-- Last year, Apple set itself apart from the mobile computing world with the release of the iPhone OS 2.0. This year, Apple won't make quite such a leap forward, but neither will it lose any ground to increased competition. Read more »
Adobe lead charge for a Java SWT port to Apple's Cocoa
-- Reports out of Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference this week indicate a port of Java SWT(Standard Widget Toolkit) to Mac OS X Cocoa is being readied. Read more »
OS X Leopard source code released
-- The core set of components under the hood of Apple's Leopard operating system has been released to developers. Read more »
Stepping into the Leopard cage
-- Thankfully the Builder Bureau of Meteorology is predicting rain for the weekend, it will be give me a chance to tangle with that big cat of an OS again. This time I'm coming prepared with chair and whip. Read more »
Is Jobs hiding OSX 10.5 features from Microsoft's Vista?
-- Many commentators have been unimpressed with the new features Apple outlined at their developer's conference this week. Are they hiding new 'secret' features from Microsoft or are they running out of ideas to enhance the desktop? Read more »
Apple to preview WWDC 2006 to Australia
-- I got an e-mail from Apple's developer relations this morning saying they will be embarking on a tour of Australia and New Zealand in June. The two-hour seminars will take place in most Australian capitals and include information on technology to be released at Apple's World wide Developers Conference (WWDC), held every year in San Francisco. Read more »
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