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Dennis Ritchie, father of <endeca_term>Unix</endeca_term> and C, dies

Dennis Ritchie, father of Unix and C, dies

...Ritchie, creator of the C programming language and co-creator of the Unix operating system, has died aged 70. Dennis Ritchie, creator of the C... Read more

13 October, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins
Asteroids named in honour of <endeca_term>Unix</endeca_term> creators

Asteroids named in honour of Unix creators

...asteroids now bear the names of two towering figures in computing history, Unix inventors Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie. Dennis Ritchie (centre) and Ken Thompson... Read more

7 March, 2012 by Stephen Shankland

Novell to retain Unix copyrights in merger

...that it would continue to be the owner of its copyrights to Unix, despite its merger with Attachmate. Novell is to retain its Unix copyrights... Read more

25 November, 2010 by Josh Lowensohn
Toolsoft Audio Joiner 1.72

Toolsoft Audio Joiner 1.72

...for iTunes / iPod / iPhone. (aac joiner & m4a joiner). # Combine AU used in unix/linux. # Combine AIFF used in apple mac. # Combine RA (Real audio joiner... Read more

6 September, 2011

Red Hat results boosted by datacentre upgrades

...virtualised environments. In addition, Linux continues to gain at the expense of Unix in the datacentre. For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see... Read more

23 June, 2011 by Larry Dignan

Global server market surges in first quarter

...System z servers. The quarter was so strong for servers that even Unix servers showed sales gains for the first time in 11 quarters. For... Read more

26 May, 2011 by Larry Dignan

Intel readies Poulson Itanium chips

...two chips will also be pin compatible. Itanium is targeted at the Unix and mainframe markets, while Xeons handle Windows, Solaris and Linux machines. Among... Read more

21 February, 2011 by Larry Dignan

German investigation of Novell patent sale halted

...Holdings to buy 882 patents from Novell (not including the company's Unix copyrights). The filing was the first public identification of Microsoft's partners... Read more

12 January, 2011 by David Meyer

Apple fans bemoan demise of Xserve

...that Apple is a valid contender. How OS X Server is 'real Unix' and how Apple servers are more cost effective for licensing and support... Read more

10 November, 2010 by Erica Ogg

Adobe issues 23 patches for Reader and Acrobat

...The updates affect Adobe Reader 9.3.4 for Windows, Macintosh and Unix, and Adobe Acrobat 9.3.4 for Windows and Macintosh. There are... Read more

6 October, 2010 by Elinor Mills
Ten annoying operating system failings

Ten annoying operating system failings

...reader and scroll through everything that has happened. Linux, OS X and Unix can do this, so why not Windows? I don't want my... Read more

1 October, 2010 by Jack Wallen

IBM launches high-end Power7 servers

...systems are designed to propel IBM to the top spot in the Unix market. Tom Rosamilia, general manager of Power Systems and System z, IBM... Read more

18 August, 2010 by Larry Dignan

OpenSolaris board may quit over Oracle's silence

...OpenSolaris is an open-source version of Sun's Solaris distribution of Unix. Since Oracle's acquisition of Sun was finalised in February, the database... Read more

14 July, 2010 by Matthew Broersma
Yep 2.1

Yep 2.1

...your data in a proprietary database, instead it uses the power of unix, Spotlight and tagging to allow you to keep your files where they... Read more

1 June, 2010
<endeca_term>Unix</endeca_term> Time - Alistair McClymont 1.1

Unix Time - Alistair McClymont 1.1

Unix Time is an artwork by Alistair McClymont.This artwork shows the current... Read more

29 April, 2012

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"cites" even. Ouch!

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...... and PDP11s too

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@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

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apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

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I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

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@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

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Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

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@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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