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Sun hopes Project Indiana will help OpenSolaris

May 31, 2007 Company wants to create an OpenSolaris-based OS familiar to Linux and Solaris users in a long-term attempt to propagate the software. TAGS: OpenSolaris, Indiana, GNU, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., distribution, Linux, project, component, Unix, operating system, CD

Can Linux save the Palm OS?

August 28, 2006 The next version of the Palm operating system will be based on Linux, as Access attempts to keep the pioneering software alive. TAGS: Palm OS, Palm Inc., Microsoft Access, PalmSource Inc., LinuxWorld, Linux, operating system, open source, telephony, component, developer, Microsoft Windows

PC hardware can pose rootkit threat

February 28, 2007 Memory space on components such as graphics cards, DVD drives and batteries can be used by miscreants to load malicious code onto PCs. TAGS: malicious code, rootkit, hardware component, PCI, video card, DVD-drive, memory, component, researcher, security, PC, battery, operating system

Misplaced software priorities

June 16, 2005 Developer William Jolitz says it's a mistake for programmers to waste time doing haphazard recreations of low-level components. TAGS: mistake, resource, innovation, component, library, open source, virus, operating system

Sun to go holistic at conference

September 12, 2003 Sun Microsystems says its SunNetwork conference will show that its own staff gets the message that customers prefer prebuilt packages of hardware and software over piecemeal components. TAGS: Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun N1, conference, Jonathan Schwartz, component, IBM Corp., collection, San Francisco, Linux, operating system, server

Vista's PC-rating tool gets a revamp

July 7, 2006 Microsoft responds to complaints that the tool could do better at rating how well a PC harnesses the Windows update's new features. TAGS: assessment, overall, Microsoft Windows Vista, chip company, component, Microsoft Corp., AMD, PC, operating system, Microsoft Windows, Intel

AMD chief salutes standard PC chips

September 17, 2003 CEO Hector Ruiz tells a TechXNY crowd that the use of standard components--such as its chips--will usher in computers that are smaller but more powerful. TAGS: AMD, AMD Opteron, Intel x86, 64-bit, AMD Athlon XP, architecture, Kevin Rollins, handheld device, PC processor, handheld, PC company, 32-bit, server, desktop computer, component, chip company

HP merges management software lines

November 8, 2003 Hewlett-Packard is combining several management tools into a single product code-named Nimbus--a move that could boost its utility computing effort. TAGS: utility computing, Intel Itanium, HP-UX, HP, provisioning, Adaptive Enterprise, HP PA-RISC, Governor, virtualization, Compaq Computer Corp., Unix, IBM Corp., server, Linux, component, operating system
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