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Firefox chief fumes over Apple Safari update
News Apple has made it incredibly easy — the default, even — for users to install ride-along software that they didn't ask for and maybe didn't want. Keeping software up-to-date is hard — hard for consumers to understand what patches are for, how to...
[March 25, 2008, 7:16]
InfiniBand reborn for supercomputing
News One appealing feature of Beowulf clusters is that the same basic software works on inexpensive models with Ethernet connections and a few computers, and on high-end models with fast networking and thousands of systems.
[November 22, 2002, 8:25]
MPEG-4 backers protest Microsoft licence
News Lowering and removing licensing barriers is not only great for the consumer electronics and software industries, but also offers consumers the benefits of better quality video at smaller file sizes," said Michael Aldridge, lead product manager for...
[January 10, 2003, 7:51]
Thinking of ditching IE? Think again
News Jonathan Yarden is the senior Unix system administrator, network security manager, and senior software architect for a US regional ISP. In fact, the software giant has spent a great deal of time and money ensuring that users can't easily remove IE...
[October 18, 2005, 18:50]
Finding the Parallels path
News So in the next five, 10, 15 years, we will see that replaced by software as a service (SaaS): online services. It is in those areas where we provide a complete infrastructure for software and service provider companies.
[December 13, 2007, 14:11]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News Any software that uses the processor will have to contain information about how it is to be executed - which instructions can be run at the same time as other instructions, the order blocks of code are to be dealt with, that sort of thing.
[December 20, 1997, 7:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Any software that uses the processor will have to contain information about how it is to be executed - which instructions can be run at the same time as other instructions, the order blocks of code are to be dealt with, that sort of thing.
[December 20, 1997, 7:00]
Diffie defends open-source security
News During his keynote, Mundie had labelled as a "myth" the idea that open-source software can be more secure than closed, proprietary software. Open-source products have steady streams of vulnerabilities, Mundie continued, arguing that closed-source...
[October 9, 2002, 9:02]
Torvalds unveils Git
News In 2002, Torvalds had adopted BitKeeper, proprietary software developed and sold by a company called BitMover in South San Francisco, California. He praised it for boosting Linux programmer productivity, but almost immediately others began...
[April 21, 2005, 9:15]
Eben Moglen: GPLv3 set for success
News Some more "permissive" open-source licences such as the Apache License permit changes to be kept secret and open-source software to be tightly incorporated into proprietary software. Microsoft, with its packaged, proprietary software, has wiped out...
[May 24, 2007, 11:40]
Making Linux usable tops Torvalds' list
News And Hohndel argued that "plenty of software will remain closed, proprietary. Microsoft favors a proprietary approach to software, which contrasts sharply with the freedom to share, redistribute and modify software the open-source philosophy permits.
[August 30, 2001, 9:23]
Symbian, GPL tension and 'bright lines'
Blog It's an interesting read, but my editor noticed a disparity between two statements of Wood's, viz: a straight reading of the GPL says if you link to other software then that other software falls under the same licence.in reference to why Symbian...
[October 23, 2008, 17:14]
pjc158, your reply shows how badly you miss the point
Talkback You've confirmed what I wrote - that in countries where Software Patents and anti competitive, non sharing practices reign, the IT industry is suffering a reduction, and in other countries where freely sharing software is valued, IT is booming...
[July 30, 2008, 12:48]
Embedded Linux crying out for standards
News But that open market -- which supplies vendors with choices for user interface and other components -- can be a problem, since it's impossible to be sure whether a particular piece of software will work on all embedded versions of Linux.
[May 17, 2002, 9:37]
Intel heads for 3D standards war
News Critics acknowledge that Intel's tortuous 3D path reflects broader instability in the 3D software world, where technologists and marketers have chronically found themselves waiting for a market that stubbornly refuses to materialise.
[June 21, 2004, 10:25]
GoodNoise changes tune to EMusic
News America Online Inc.for example, Tuesday acquired Spinner Networks Inc.and Nullsoft Inc.which produce software and services for downloadable music and Internet radio. RealNetworks Inc.also gave downloadable music a boost recently with its...
[June 3, 1999, 9:23]
Government body says developing countries need open source
News Part of the problem with proprietary software, says the commission, is that publishers often make no allowance for markets in developing countries where it notes many people live on less than $2 (£1.30) a day.
[September 13, 2002, 10:19]
BitKeeper: No holds barred open source infighting
News Some free software advocates argue that proprietary applications should not be used, on principle, in the development of free and open source software. I think Linus is mistaken to criticise Andrew, as what Andrew did was equivalent to the...
[April 20, 2005, 17:40]
Open source developers provide 'glimmer of hope'
News There are various reasons why open source software is of better quality than proprietary software, according to Coplien. An eminent software developer has claimed that the pressure to be first to market with new technology is leading to a decline...
[April 22, 2005, 11:25]
Open source battle heats up over Oregon bill
News Although the bill does not specifically mandate open-source software over proprietary software, the bill does say it cannot be excluded from the selection process. Cooper Stevenson, one of the bill's main backers and a member of the Mid-Willamette...
[April 10, 2003, 7:52]
