items tagged with Operating Systems
Windows 7: will we get it six months early?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-09-16 07:29:19
With Windows 7 built upon the strong foundation of Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008, the rumours that Windows 7 could come months earlier than expected sound like good news to me, with the upcoming PDC promising a new beta!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-09-16 07:29:19
With Windows 7 built upon the strong foundation of Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008, the rumours that Windows 7 could come months earlier than expected sound like good news to me, with the upcoming PDC promising a new beta!
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What is happening in the world of Ubuntu?
Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2008-09-14 01:12:48
I have been talking about Ubuntu for a number of articles now and how easy it is to use. In this article I will look at the next two upcoming versions and investigate what they have to offer.
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Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2008-09-14 01:12:48
I have been talking about Ubuntu for a number of articles now and how easy it is to use. In this article I will look at the next two upcoming versions and investigate what they have to offer.
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Want Linux under Windows? Microsoft and Novell hype it up!
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2008-09-11 01:05:50
The hype around Hyper-V, Linux and Windows continues building as Microsoft and Novell jointly announce full support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Edition as a guest operating system under Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2008-09-11 01:05:50
The hype around Hyper-V, Linux and Windows continues building as Microsoft and Novell jointly announce full support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Edition as a guest operating system under Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V.
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ONE reason why OS X is better than Vista and Linux
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-09-09 18:19:16
The iTWire Vista Vs. Linux battle has been great fun to watch unfold, however it does seem to have missed the point that Apple Mac OS X is better than them both...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-09-09 18:19:16
The iTWire Vista Vs. Linux battle has been great fun to watch unfold, however it does seem to have missed the point that Apple Mac OS X is better than them both...
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40 reasons to lose Linux and vote Vista!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-09-09 05:10:24
Challenged by my iTWire colleague and Linux lover Sam Varghese to come up with 40 reasons to lose Linux and vote Vista, I’ve done just that.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-09-09 05:10:24
Challenged by my iTWire colleague and Linux lover Sam Varghese to come up with 40 reasons to lose Linux and vote Vista, I’ve done just that.
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10 reasons to stick with Vista and forget Linux
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-09-08 05:39:50
Windows Vista is in the news again, thanks to the incomprehensible start to the new campaign featuring Gates and Seinfeld, but also because of the growing threat to Windows Vista posed by different flavours of Linux, XP and Mac OS X. But none of those things stop Vista from being Microsoft’s best OS yet.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-09-08 05:39:50
Windows Vista is in the news again, thanks to the incomprehensible start to the new campaign featuring Gates and Seinfeld, but also because of the growing threat to Windows Vista posed by different flavours of Linux, XP and Mac OS X. But none of those things stop Vista from being Microsoft’s best OS yet.
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5 reasons to upgrade from Windows Vista to Linux
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-09-07 09:15:43
Windows Vista has been out for almost two years now but it still suffers from stability and compatibility issues, let alone an insatiable desire for beefier hardware. You don't have to live with it; here are five reasons why Linux makes a better choice for your computer.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-09-07 09:15:43
Windows Vista has been out for almost two years now but it still suffers from stability and compatibility issues, let alone an insatiable desire for beefier hardware. You don't have to live with it; here are five reasons why Linux makes a better choice for your computer.
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Is Psystar guilty of sophistry?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-09-02 02:31:57
So Psystar has denied Apple's allegations of copyright and other infringements associated with the sale of its Open Computer. Psystar's Open Computer is assembled from generic parts, and offered for sale with Mac OS X preinstalled as one of the operating system options. Is Psystar putting up fallacious arguments in its defence and counterattack or are its arguments justified?
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-09-02 02:31:57
So Psystar has denied Apple's allegations of copyright and other infringements associated with the sale of its Open Computer. Psystar's Open Computer is assembled from generic parts, and offered for sale with Mac OS X preinstalled as one of the operating system options. Is Psystar putting up fallacious arguments in its defence and counterattack or are its arguments justified?
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iPhone chasing Linux in operating system market share race
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-09-01 17:19:50
Before the big launch, the Jesus Phone accounted for just 0.16 percent of the operating system market as measured by web browsing usage. After the iPhone 3G hit the streets that global share shot up to 0.3 percent. Linux, meanwhile, currently has a 0.93 percent share...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-09-01 17:19:50
Before the big launch, the Jesus Phone accounted for just 0.16 percent of the operating system market as measured by web browsing usage. After the iPhone 3G hit the streets that global share shot up to 0.3 percent. Linux, meanwhile, currently has a 0.93 percent share...
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Psystar Wars: Attack of the Clones
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2008-08-27 06:36:58
In a new twist to the Psystar saga, the Mac cloning company is to countersue Apple claiming anticompetitive business practises because the Mac Operating System is tied to Apple only hardware...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2008-08-27 06:36:58
In a new twist to the Psystar saga, the Mac cloning company is to countersue Apple claiming anticompetitive business practises because the Mac Operating System is tied to Apple only hardware...
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Isn't Linux just UNIX under a different name?
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-08-21 03:12:01
What's the big deal about Linux? Isn't it at heart just a PC-based version of UNIX – the ‘70’s hit operating system which has outlived the predictions of its demise throughout the ‘90’s? If you’ve come from a Solaris or HP/UX or AIX background isn’t a PC-based UNIX a bit, well, passé?
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-08-21 03:12:01
What's the big deal about Linux? Isn't it at heart just a PC-based version of UNIX – the ‘70’s hit operating system which has outlived the predictions of its demise throughout the ‘90’s? If you’ve come from a Solaris or HP/UX or AIX background isn’t a PC-based UNIX a bit, well, passé?
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Windows 7: Vista-like hell or an OS heaven?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-08-18 05:05:22
Sick to death of the bad publicity Windows Vista has received due to Microsoft’s own premature announcements, hastily deleted features, incredibly poor initial driver support and bad OEM manufacturer relations, Microsoft is promising its new Windows 7 blog will be regularly updated, full of reliable disclosure and a solid commitment to “promise and deliver” with “high quality and on time”. Is Microsoft on the right track, or will pigs fly first?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-08-18 05:05:22
Sick to death of the bad publicity Windows Vista has received due to Microsoft’s own premature announcements, hastily deleted features, incredibly poor initial driver support and bad OEM manufacturer relations, Microsoft is promising its new Windows 7 blog will be regularly updated, full of reliable disclosure and a solid commitment to “promise and deliver” with “high quality and on time”. Is Microsoft on the right track, or will pigs fly first?
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iPhone OS 2.1 – will it be a panacea or more purgatory?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-08-17 09:33:29
Theoretically coming September is Apple’s iPhone (and iPod Touch) OS 2.1, which is supposed to have “Core Location” GPS services, more bug fixes (which OS 2.0.1 didn’t really fix) and the “push notification” services that are a substitute for programs running in the background – but this has just been taken out OS 2.1 beta 4. Will 2.1 be a panacea for suffering OS 2.0 users – or just more purgatory?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-08-17 09:33:29
Theoretically coming September is Apple’s iPhone (and iPod Touch) OS 2.1, which is supposed to have “Core Location” GPS services, more bug fixes (which OS 2.0.1 didn’t really fix) and the “push notification” services that are a substitute for programs running in the background – but this has just been taken out OS 2.1 beta 4. Will 2.1 be a panacea for suffering OS 2.0 users – or just more purgatory?
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Happy Birthday Debian
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2008-08-16 08:46:59
Like all teenagers it can be temperamental, and always capable of annoying the middle-aged mainstream. As Debian turns 15 today, iTWire says HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2008-08-16 08:46:59
Like all teenagers it can be temperamental, and always capable of annoying the middle-aged mainstream. As Debian turns 15 today, iTWire says HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
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Mac OS X 10.5.5: the end is in sight!
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-08-14 18:01:15
Apple has provided developers with another pre-release build of Mac OS X 10.5.5, this time containing no known issues. The Mac OS X 10.5.5 update will reportedly fix more than 100 bugs in Leopard.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-08-14 18:01:15
Apple has provided developers with another pre-release build of Mac OS X 10.5.5, this time containing no known issues. The Mac OS X 10.5.5 update will reportedly fix more than 100 bugs in Leopard.
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WinPwn 2.0.0.4 lets Windows users “pwn” iPhone OS 2.0.1
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-08-10 22:39:18
Got an iPhone or iPod Touch, and want to “pwn” it so you can run unauthorised third party software? Apple mightn’t like it, but the power to pwn is in users’ hands! Also, what good unauthorised third party apps are out there?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-08-10 22:39:18
Got an iPhone or iPod Touch, and want to “pwn” it so you can run unauthorised third party software? Apple mightn’t like it, but the power to pwn is in users’ hands! Also, what good unauthorised third party apps are out there?
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PwnageTool 2.0.2 for iPhone 2G and 3G released at last
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-08-09 06:23:43
The sparkling is back, with the iPhone Dev Team releasing the keenly awaited PwnageTool 2.0.2, bringing an unlock and jailbreak to the iPhone 2G, and jailbreaks to the iPhone 3G and iPod Touch.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-08-09 06:23:43
The sparkling is back, with the iPhone Dev Team releasing the keenly awaited PwnageTool 2.0.2, bringing an unlock and jailbreak to the iPhone 2G, and jailbreaks to the iPhone 3G and iPod Touch.
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PwnageTool 2.0.2 for iPhone starts sparkling – then stops
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-08-08 22:00:53
The update for PwnageTool 2.0.2 to jailbreak iPhone 2G and 3G models, and unlock the iPhone 2G, was moved to the iPhone Dev Team’s “sparkle update system” when a serious bug was noticed – and the update removed. But the sparkling will start happening once more in a few hours!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-08-08 22:00:53
The update for PwnageTool 2.0.2 to jailbreak iPhone 2G and 3G models, and unlock the iPhone 2G, was moved to the iPhone Dev Team’s “sparkle update system” when a serious bug was noticed – and the update removed. But the sparkling will start happening once more in a few hours!
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Microsoft's Patch Tuesday to hit users big and hard
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-08-07 16:59:23
Patch Tuesday falls relatively late in the month of August 2008, and Microsoft has a bumper bundle of bulletins up its corporate sleeve, with no less than seven - count 'em, folks, that's seven - critical items. The flaws to be patched are spread across Microsoft's most widely used products.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-08-07 16:59:23
Patch Tuesday falls relatively late in the month of August 2008, and Microsoft has a bumper bundle of bulletins up its corporate sleeve, with no less than seven - count 'em, folks, that's seven - critical items. The flaws to be patched are spread across Microsoft's most widely used products.
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Has Apple really fixed its BIND?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-08-04 01:49:54
Security Update 2008-005 for Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.4 includes a newer version of BIND to overcome the DNS poisoning flaw. But questions are being asked about whether the update really does protect against this issue.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-08-04 01:49:54
Security Update 2008-005 for Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.4 includes a newer version of BIND to overcome the DNS poisoning flaw. But questions are being asked about whether the update really does protect against this issue.
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