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Linux reaches 2.6 milestone
News It's an important milestone, but it would be irresponsible to bring it to customers this summer and say, 'Here it is--what you've been waiting for. Programmers on Wednesday released a major update to Linux, version 2.6.0, a change that's expected...
[December 18, 2003, 7:55]
Linux on Itanium passes milestone
News It may be that IA-64 should have aimed in a different direction from day one, but having finally ended up in the right place is a milestone. The Itanium version of Linux crossed an important threshold on Monday, developers said: it now can be built...
[August 5, 2003, 10:20]
Firefox browser hits 1.0 milestone
News Although the release is technically a preview, the 1.0 version is a significant milestone for the free open-source browser software, which has already won an enthusiastic following as an alternative to Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
[September 14, 2004, 8:30]
FreeDOS finally hits 1.0 milestone
News The FreeDOS project, an attempt to create an open source alternative to Microsoft's MS-DOS operating system, has finally reached a major milestone. FreeDOS 1.0 is a major milestone that has finally been released.
[September 6, 2006, 14:00]
Apache Stonehenge SOA tool hits first milestone
News The Apache Stonehenge project, which aims to make SOA development easier, has issued its first milestone release. The milestone release (M1) was published on Thursday, and is available for download from the Apache website.
[June 8, 2009, 17:23]
NHS hits million electronic prescriptions milestone
News The million milestone was passed this week as part of the first stage of the rollout of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS), which aims to replace existing paper prescriptions used by GP surgeries and pharmacies by the end of 2007.
[May 17, 2006, 10:40]
UK to smash half-million broadband milestone
News The 500,000 mark is a significant milestone in the journey towards Broadband Britain, and is likely to please the telecoms industry, Oftel and the government. Telecoms regulator Oftel is poised to announce that there are more than half a million...
[April 24, 2002, 15:02]
Microsoft claims Windows Server 2008 'milestone'
News Instead, it talked about the Release Candidate (RC) 0 "milestone" without mentioning the fact that RC0 is an unknown term in normal Microsoft parlance. Microsoft is trying to soften the impact of the late arrival of Windows Server 2008 on its...
[September 25, 2007, 13:43]
BT hits broadband milestone
News The UK hit another broadband milestone on Thursday with the announcement that BT has signed up its 500,000th ADSL customer. The news, according to BT, is further confirmation of the growing demand for broadband in the UK, fuelled by increased...
[November 28, 2002, 12:25]
W3C marks 'milestone' in DOM protocol
News The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) on Wednesday recommended the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3, ironing out problems with the Level 2 recommendation issued early last year and calling the finished protocol a milestone release.
[April 8, 2004, 9:05]
IBM reaches chip milestone
News IBM will announce Monday that it has passed another milestone on the road toward adopting an improved process for manufacturing semiconductors. The company will announce that it has begun work on its first 90 nanometre chip, a "field programmable...
[December 16, 2002, 7:31]
AMD passes 90-nanometre milestone
News Advanced Micro Devices says it has reached a chip manufacturing milestone that will lead to improvements across its range of processor offerings for PCs and servers. The chipmaker confirmed on Tuesday that, as previously reported, it has begun...
[August 18, 2004, 9:00]
Google clocks up advertiser milestone
News Google's advertiser milestone eclipses the latest number from archrival Overture Services, which Yahoo plans to acquire for $1.7bn (£1.03bn). Google has amassed 150,000 advertisers worldwide, thanks to an aggressive international growth strategy in...
[September 25, 2003, 11:55]
Opterons push AMD past market-share milestone
News AMD claimed 11.2 percent of the market for x86 server chips in the second quarter, a major milestone for the company. The milestone is important in that server chips sell for more than desktop ones. Mercury Research figures released by AMD show...
[July 26, 2005, 9:40]
Milestone MySQL version nears release
News This milestone signals that we are nearing what is certainly the most important release in MySQL's history," said Arno, adding users had downloaded test versions of the upcoming 5.0 release two million times since they were made available.
[September 29, 2005, 9:55]
.Info reaches the half-million milestone
News The 500,000 milestone comes after Afilias received heavy criticism of its handling of the .info sunrise period this summer. More than half a million customers have registered a .info domain name during the first 90 days of operation, according to...
[October 25, 2001, 12:23]
IBM hits a chip milestone
News IBM's semiconductor division reached a milestone recently when it shipped its 100 millionth chip made with silicon germanium technology. Silicon germanium, or SiGe, technology can boost performance and reduce the power consumption of chips that go...
[May 22, 2002, 7:32]
UK on brink of broadband milestone
News Britain's telecommunications industry is very close to signing up its one-millionth broadband customer -- an important milestone in the creation of Broadband Britain. An official announcement is expected this week, and the event is likely to be...
[October 7, 2002, 11:08]
ADSL rollout hits major milestone
News Davis attended an event at Howden on Tuesday to mark the milestone, where he said it was crucial that everyone in the community had access to key technologies such as a high-speed Web link. The residents of Howden in East Yorkshire will be able to...
[December 2, 2003, 14:55]
FreeBSD milestone nears release
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[August 2, 2004, 7:23]
