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| MikeOS 4.0 Released with BASIC Interpreter |
| By Thom Holwerda, submitted by Mike Saunders on 2009-11-21 11:28:39 |
| A new version of the learning tool OS MikeOS is available, sporting a new BASIC interpreter with 24 instructions. You can run BASIC code from inside the text editor by pressing F8. See the App Developer Handbook for a guide to the BASIC dialect (somewhat similar to old 8-bit BASICs, nostalgia fans), and the User Handbook for info on running MikeOS from a USB key, floppy or CD. |
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| IBM Halts Future Cell Development |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2009-11-20 21:58:00 |
| German website Heise Online has received confirmation that IBM is terminating its Cell processor line. This means that no future development will take place, making the PoweXCell 8i the last Cell processor. Parts of the Cell project will still make it into future processor designs, however. |
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| Growl for Windows 2.0 Arrives |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2009-11-20 21:51:39 |
| "The Growl for Windows Project developers have released version 2.0 of their Windows-compatible port of the Mac-based Growl global notification application. The major update includes a number of bug fixes, performance improvements and new features." |
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| Dell Earnings Down 54 Percent |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2009-11-20 21:44:54 |
| "Dell reported its third-quarter earnings results Thursday, showing a small improvement over the last quarter, but revenue was down 15 percent over the last year, and profits fell 54 percent. The company reported revenue of $12.9 billion, within analysts' expectations between $12.8 billion and $13.5 billion. Earnings were 17 cents per share, when excluding 6 cents of pretax expenses and amortization. That's 54 percent off the 37 cents Dell recorded a year ago. Besides its acquisition of Perot Systems last month, there weren't too many positive signs in the recently completed quarter. Shipments were also down 5 percent across its businesses." |
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| Microsoft's Problematic Lack of Nightly Builds for IE |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2009-11-20 21:39:23 |
| "Many wonder why Microsoft doesn't offer nightly builds - or at least something fairly frequent - of Internet Explorers. Ars talks to Microsoft's general manager for Internet Explorer, who says the IE9 development cycle will look much the same as previous versions. We don't think that's a great idea." |
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| Nobel Peace Prize to Linus Torvalds? |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2009-11-20 17:11:59 |
| Now this is one to ponder. This year, the Nobel Peace Prize went to Barack Obama, president of the United States. The prize has been given to both politicians and non-politicians alike, and Keith Lofstrom thinks its time to hand over the Peace Prize to a non-politician once more: Linus Torvalds. |
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| Zero-day Flaws in Firefox Extensions Found |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2009-11-20 16:53:58 |
| One of the main reasons why Firefox has become so successful is its extension framework, and the large community of extensions developers that has grown around it. What many users are not aware of, however, is that extensions are a bit of a security nightmare. |
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| After Long Wait, Camino 2.0 Finally Hits the Streets |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2009-11-19 23:32:34 |
| "Camino - the Gecko-based browser with native Cocoa interface and more seamless Mac OS X integration - has finally landed an official 2.0 release. The browser uses a much newer version of Mozilla's Gecko rendering engine (the same one used in Firefox) along with updated tabs and improved security features. However, Camino still lags Firefox in support for Web fonts and advanced HTML5 features like the video tag and offline storage." |
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| Microsoft: No NSA Backdoor in Windows 7 |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2009-11-19 23:22:44 |
| Earlier this week, a senior National Security Agency official told US Congress that the NSA had worked on Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows 7. This spurred a flurry of rumours about the NSA building backdoors into Windows 7, but Microsoft has today categorically denied these claims. |
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| Interview: CEO of Kiloo, Maker of App Store C64 Emulator |
| By Kroc Camen on 2009-11-19 20:19:52 |
| Jacob Moller*, founder and CEO of Kiloo, the maker of the Commodore 64 emulator in the Apple App Store has kindly answered a few of my questions regarding App Store controversies, and most importantly, porting to other platforms and future projects. |
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