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Study: businesses start to embrace Windows 7
A new survey shows that businesses are increasingly planning their move to Windows 7, with more than half of those questioned planning to have some machines running the operating system in their corporations by the end of the year. Read more »
Microsoft nixes barrier to Windows 7's 'XP mode'
Although Windows 7's "XP Mode" has been a welcome feature of the new operating system, there's been a fair bit of confusion brought on by the virtualisation layer's hardware requirements. Read more »
Microsoft IE9 preview released
Microsoft released what it's calling the Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview at its Mix conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday, a prototype that's designed to show off the company's effort to improve how the browser deals with the web as it exists today and support for new web technologies that are coming right now. Read more »
IE9, Windows Phone in the Mix
This year's Mix trade show won't be the first time that people hear about Internet Explorer 9 or Windows Phone 7 Series, but it is the event where developers will get enough information to start creating products targeting the new browser and mobile operating system. Read more »
New OpenGL 4.0 aims to match DirectX 11
Aiming to keep pace with Microsoft and advance the computing frontier, the group behind OpenGL has announced a new version of its interface designed to make advanced graphics easier for programmers to handle. Read more »
Sun threatened by Microsoft, Apple over patents
Revealing a bit of previously hush-hush history that's relevant today, Sun Microsystems' former chief executive said that both Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Microsoft founder Bill Gates had threatened Sun for infringing their patents. Read more »
Ex-Novell CTO takes web leadership post
The World Wide Web Consortium has a new leader who wants to streamline some of the group's standardisation efforts and beef up its ties with outside programmers. Read more »
Microsoft IE7's zero-day hole
Microsoft warned of a new vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 and 7 that has been targeted in attacks, and released fixes for eight holes in Windows and Office as part of Patch Tuesday. Read more »
Microsoft re-releases Blue Screen of Death fix
Microsoft is re-releasing the patch that caused Windows systems to crash in February with a Blue Screen of Death. Read more »
XP and Windows 2000: Time running out on support
Some of Microsoft's older operating systems will soon take another step towards the end of their life cycles. Read more »
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How to create LXC system containers to isolate services
This article shows you how to create Linux Resource Containers to run a full service or set of services, isolated from the host operating system. Read more »
Code concepts: WCF Data Services
If you are a developer who writes a lot of web services to act as proxies to the database, you should check out .NET's WCF Data Services. Read more »
Introducing Linux virtual containers with LXC
This article makes the case for using Linux Resource Containers (LXC), which provide the ability to create containers to virtualise processes or systems isolated from the host operating system. Read more »
KDE 4.3.5 is starting to seriously impress
KDE 4.3.5 is out. Does it finally bring KDE back to its golden days it enjoyed with 3.5? The author gives you his impressions of the latest release and what this means to the Linux desktop. Read more »
A server virtualisation project success story
Data driven decision making isn't just for budgets anymore. With the right information at the Exchange administrator's fingertips, organisations can enjoy a smoother running email operation. Read more »
10 open source Windows apps worth checking out
The open source community has a lot to offer, and not just to Linux users. These 10 outstanding Windows tools can make your life easier (for free). Read more »
Why PostgreSQL is a better enterprise database than MySQL
This article demonstrates some of the features that make PostgreSQL a standout database. While it's a bit more challenging to set up and use, he thinks it offers much more security, reliability and data integrity than MySQL. Read more »
When to use mount points for Windows servers
Windows mount points are a common practice in the Exchange world, yet are sometimes misunderstood elsewhere. Here are a few more use cases for mount points. Read more »
Code concepts: LINQ's expression trees
In this overview about LINQ's expression trees, we show how you might use expression objects in your projects. Read more »
10 old-school Linux tools I refuse to let go of
No matter which platform you prefer, there are probably a few old tools you just can't part with. Read more »
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Google Chrome OS demonstration
Vice President of Product Marketing Sundar Pichai gives a virtual tour of Google's new operating system, Chrome OS. Read more »
Google CEO Eric Schmidt
Google's chief sits down for an extremely rare, wide-ranging interview and discusses Google's two operating systems, government scrutiny, and, of course, evil. Read more »
Intel demos Moblin
At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel product manager Claire Alexander shows a demo of the Linux-based, open-source operating system Moblin. Read more »
Googling the Chrome O/S
Is Google's Chrome operating system a dud or a great idea? Read more »
Touchscreen features in Windows 7
As we wait for the Windows 7 code to get locked down, take a tour of what Microsoft's highly anticipated operating system will offer for touchscreen users. Don't have one? Don't worry, they're coming — even to affordable netbooks. Read more »
iPhone 0S 3.0
The latest update to the iPhone's operating system adds a host of sorely needed features, including voice recording, stereo Bluetooth, and cut, copy, and paste. And once AT&T gets its act together, you'll get multimedia messaging, as well. Read more »
Watch Windows 7 RC in action
Microsoft impressed many with its Windows 7 beta, and the new Release Candidate looks even better. More than mere bug fixes, the Windows 7 Release Candidate improves on device management and search-term highlighting, and includes support for a virtual XP mode to run older programs. Read more »
Mad May: Social networks, Sun/Oracle & iPhone
ZDNet.com correspondent Sumi Das speaks with senior editor Sam Diaz about the efforts of Twitter, Facebook and MySpace, the significance of the Sun-Oracle deal to the datacentre market and the rumours swirling around Apple. Read more »
Microsoft outlines Windows 7 security
Mobile-device security, two factor log-ins, and AppLocker, a code-signing feature for applications, are just a few of the security advancements Microsoft is rolling out with its Windows 7 operating system. Read more »
Google demos prototype of mobile Gmail app
At the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Google VP of Engineering Vic Gundrota showed off the prototype of a new Web-based Gmail app that could one day be used on any smartphone. By using HTML 5 standards, he predicts, developers will no longer have to choose just one platform to write for. When the app is released, users will be able to archive and use their e-mail even when not online. Moderator: Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media Read more »
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IE9's H.264 vote killed Ogg
-- In a split decision by the judges, the winner of the W3C/WHATWG video codec consensus is H.264, taking home the future of video playback on the internet while loser Ogg goes home with nothing but thoughts of what might have been. Read more »
Windows Phone 7 makes its debut
-- The highlights from the Mobile World Congress and more in this week's Roundup. Read more »
Microsoft Surface comes to Australia
-- Microsoft Surface finally to hit Australia, Google adds Buzz to the social networking array and more in this week's Roundup. Read more »
Chrome OS source code unveiled
-- Google has open sourced the code of its web-based Chrome operating system. More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »
Flash comes to iPhone
-- Adobe staged its Max 2009 conference in LA this week. A number of announcements were made during the keynote, including that Flash is finally coming to the iPhone. Read more »
Non-professional Oracle wrestling
-- The latest and greatest version of the Oracle database, 11g Release 2, was made available recently and as the resident technical person, it fell to me to take it for a spin. Little did I realise the hell that I had just walked into. Read more »
Microsoft and Yahoo join forces
-- Microsoft and Yahoo have united this week to jointly battle Google, and Mozilla revealed plans to make Firefox look more like Chrome. Read more »
Apple can give but can't take
-- Apple has complained about Microsoft's laptop ads, a hacker has defaced the RAAF website and Firefox 3.5 users could fall victim to drive-by attacks. Read more »
Browsers and operating systems
-- Google is planning to enter the operating system market with Chrome OS, meanwhile Microsoft believes that the browser should start acting more like an operating system. Read more »
Is Google asking for antitrust?
-- Google has announced a new Chrome Operating System, designed for the web and with a browser baked directly into it — so much so that the entire OS is named after it. But the search giant should watch out: this decision seems designed to attract antitrust attention. Read more »
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