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Next Windows Mobile Primed For Release
News The update, to be known as Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition, is based on a Windows CE .Net core, but adds a variety of improvements, according to a source familiar with the situation. While many Microsoft-based handhelds use Windows Mobile...
[March 19, 2004, 8:00]
Quarter Of SMEs Test Linux
News One in four small companies are testing Linux, and half of them hope to use it as their core operating system in place of Windows, according to a survey published by IBM on Monday. The survey published by IBM claims that one in four companies with...
[December 8, 2003, 10:45]
Microsoft Rejigs Windows Division
News As first reported by CNET News.com, a new Windows Core Operating System division will be headed by Brian Valentine, currently senior vice president of the Windows division. In the new organisation, Valentine's group will help keep tabs on the...
[December 16, 2003, 9:00]
Symantec Finds Flaws In Vista's Core
News In a third and final report on Windows Vista, Symantec examined the security of the operating system core and found some vulnerabilities. Vista includes several barriers designed to prevent malicious code from gaining access to the operating system...
[August 10, 2006, 8:30]
TenAsys INtime RTOS And Intel Dual-Core Processors Help Lower System Costs For Embedded Real-Time Applications
White Papers New dual-core Intel Core Duo processors provide the compute capacity of two equivalent-speed, single-core processing platforms, but use a single hardware footprint and consume less power. With only one platform on which to develop software, the...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Microsoft IT Benefits From A Server Core Installation Of Windows Server 2008
White Papers Server Core is a minimal installation option for the Windows Server 2008 operating system that does not provide a fully integrated Graphical User Interface (GUI) or other components and applications that are not required for supported server roles...
[July 3, 2008, 1:01]
Microsoft Moves Key Security Into Windows Unit
News That unit will be part of the Windows Core Operating System Division, now headed by Jon DeVaan. One is the Windows Core System group, which will be charged with coming up with a single development plan for Windows.
[October 13, 2006, 8:50]
Windows PatchGuard 'hindering Security'
News But some security companies say that the feature makes it harder for them to protect Windows PCs, as it locks them out of the kernel, the core of the operating system. With the advent of threats such as rootkits, which nestle deep inside the...
[August 11, 2006, 8:50]
Microsoft Moves To Integrate Windows With BIOS
News Phoenix's Core System Software (CSS) is a next-generation BIOS with a more sophisticated integration of operating system and hardware, for example making it easier for system administrators to remotely monitor the hardware configurations of their...
[October 3, 2003, 17:25]
USB 2 Arrives In Linux Test Version
News Linus Torvalds, founder and leader of the Linux operating-system project, released version 2.5.2 of the "kernel," or core software, on Monday, including initial support for USB 2.0. Linux may have lost its allure as a get-rich-quick scheme for...
[January 16, 2002, 11:30]
Linux 'better Than Proprietary Software'
News The project found 985 bugs in the 5.7 million lines of code that make up the latest version of the Linux core operating system, or kernel. Apple Computer's Mac OS X has a great deal of proprietary programming, but the core of the operating system...
[December 14, 2004, 10:30]
Windows XP Beta 2 Ships With New Look
News All three versions of Windows XP are due in the second half of this year and are built on the same NT core found in Microsoft's business-oriented Windows 2000. The OS X is a ground-up rewrite of the Mac OS taking a Unix core but adding a simpler...
[March 27, 2001, 7:38]
Enhancing Availability With A Server Core Installation Of Windows Server 2008
White Papers To help create a highly available infrastructure that provides minimal downtime, Microsoft IT decided to deploy the Server Core installation option of the Windows Server 2008 operating system. The Server Core installation option, new in the Windows...
[July 3, 2008, 1:01]
Security Study Pans Windows
News Adding to the security issues he has with Windows, Aitel pointed out that, while getting customers to patch is a problem for both platforms, Linux patching utilities update a wide variety of applications, not just the core operating system, as is...
[August 16, 2004, 8:35]
Microsoft Readies Windows Embedded 'Quebec'
News Windows Embedded is not at the core of mobile phones or ultra-low-cost PCs (ULPCs), however. Windows Mobile phones currently are built on top of a Windows CE-based core and ULPCs run fully-fledged Windows.
[June 9, 2008, 9:16]
MandrakeSoft Adds Office Software To Linux
News Other key features include a "minimal installation mode" that fits the core operating system into 65MB of hard disk space, a new "rescue mode" that remounts an earlier version of the system in the event of a catastrophic failure, and the latest...
[March 19, 2002, 11:45]
Windows Server 2003 R2 Is Nearing Completion
News Designed as a moderate update to the operating system, R2 is a paid upgrade, but by adding features while leaving the core of the OS intact, it's designed to require less testing. R2 is based on the core of Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, which...
[August 31, 2005, 9:45]
Linux Kernel Bugs Squished
News In December, Coverity looked at version 2.6.9 of the Linux kernel, the heart of the open source operating system, and found six critical defects in the core file system and networking code. The results of the analysis are a sign that Linux is...
[August 4, 2005, 9:00]
Xbox Linux Team Issues Antitrust Plea
News The console is built on standard PC components such as a Pentium processor, an Nvidia graphics chip, and even a stripped-down version of the Windows 2000 operating system core. The core feature that gives us a good hope of a positive resolution is...
[March 7, 2003, 13:50]
Phoenix Launches First 'trusted' BIOS
News Phoenix's Core System Software (CSS) is a next-generation BIOS with a more sophisticated integration of operating system and hardware -- for example, making it easier for system administrators to remotely monitor the hardware configurations of...
[November 26, 2003, 15:35]
