This is getting more popular, portable operating systems. Now you can build your own Windows installation on a USB flash drive, and off you go. Complete portability (until you run into a hardware compatability issue while not having the necessary drivers).
Tom’s Hardware Guide PCs & HowTo: Windows In Your Pocket – Introduction
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bit-tech.net | Vista is a hardware beast
Get ready to shell out some money to run Windows Vista, especially with the display. If you want high definition playback in Vista, you’ll need an HDCP compatible display (which no manufacturer is shipping yet) because the media industry is trying to crack down on pirated movies. Not that I watch many movies anyway, since most stuff (like music) that is coming out pretty much sucks. I can count on my two hands, the amount of times I’ve visited a movie theater in the last four years. Not missing much.
bit-tech.net | Vista is a hardware beast
Microsoft tries to 'blindly' recruit Eric Raymond
So here’s the letter and response when Microsoft tried to recruit Eric Raymond…Armed and Dangerous � Blog Archive � Microsoft tries to recruit me
Good Morning Silicon Valley: Blu-ray, HD DVD consortiums plan two-disc special edition of Betamax wars
This could be the biggest Betamax/VHS war ever.Good Morning Silicon Valley: Blu-ray, HD DVD consortiums plan two-disc special edition of Betamax wars Has Vegas already started taking bets?
Technology News: Security : Microsoft Rejects Report on Vista Virus
Or should we say “Microsoft to drop software that is prone ti virus, after touting it at TechED. Microsoft’s new scripting language/command shell was touted at Teched this year. But after a recent virus issue, MS now says Monad won’t be included in Windows Vista.
So is this a new strategy? Got a problem, remove the function. Does this mean the IE7 will be removed from Windows Vista also?
Technology News: Security : Microsoft Rejects Report on Vista Virus
Free wi-fi cafes & other wireless hotspots | MetroFreeFi.com
Go here for a good list of free wifi spots in major cities. Free wi-fi cafes & other wireless hotspots | MetroFreeFi.com
It's here !!!, It's here !!!…well almost…
Windows Vista, the OS formally known as Longhorn is now in Beta1. To be released sometime in 2006..7..8. BTW, what’s that guy looking for on the horizon?
Welll, it’s good to be an MSDN Universal subscriber:-) Downloaded and installed last night (under VMware of course). I’ll have to wait for VMware to post a fix, as networking does not work, topic is on VMTN. But anyway, after all these years, couldn’t Microsoft get together some better looking 3D icons or something? Still looks aged and weathered vs. Mac OSX.
BTW, to start a legal issue, which will probably come up on Groklaw, is Windows Vista infringing on the name since EMC just released InVista, the name of their storage virtualization product?
Oh, hey, IE7 now has tabbed browsing.
Los Angeles Times: Probe Begins in Cisco Flaw Case
Well, my faith in Internet Security Systems (ISS) has plummeted. When a security company cowers to a corporate giant like Cisco, and favors not notifying the tech public about security flaws because of that giant, one must now wonder what is the value of ISS, and can it continue to be a company that one trusts related to security management.
For Michael Lynn, hat’s off to you.
Los Angeles Times: Probe Begins in Cisco Flaw Case
HP cuts `exciting' research; legendary pioneer leaving
The garage where it all started….
Hot off the presses, Hp to drop innovation from it’s portfolio and make a run at being another Dell. Hp, who is under a lot of pressure is wildly looking into measures to cut costs, even at the expense of what has (in my opinion) kept the company alive, it’s research and innovation. Truly dark days for this company. They should have passed on teh Compaq deal, it’s just not working. MercuryNews.com | 07/21/2005 | HP cuts `exciting’ research; legendary pioneer leaving
IBM Software – OS/2 Warp – Farewell
Well, it’s finally come. IBM has officially put the nail in the coffin for our beloved OS. Somewhere out there in Raleigh, is an “OS2GURU” on suicide watch.
Ah, the days of the workplace shell, PMMail, WinCim for OS2, and yes, that cursed config.sys file. It was the best and worst configuration file ever written. IT was our savior, it was powerful, configurable and made sense. But when you put something in out of order, it was your worst nightmare, with countless reboots to get it right. But this system rocked for it’s day, it was very stable, rarely crashed, was the leader in the 32bit desktop worls as far as technology but it just never really caught on outside tech circle and handcuffed IBM customers using CommManager/2.
It’s ashame that IBM never really didn’t give OS/2 due diligence, and allowing the market to come it to a 16-bit Windows OS instead of hammering the message home, and following up with a wealth of applications.
IBM Software – OS/2 Warp – Product Overview
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