September 2005 - Posts

Ubuntu 5.10 Preview
Tuesday, September 27, 2005 6:20 AM

Below is a link to an article reviewing the lates Ubuntu release:

http://madpenguin.org/cms/html/47/5145.html

Digital Locker
Tuesday, September 27, 2005 6:19 AM

Slashdot.org reports “Microsoft's Windows Marketplace Labs offer a preview of their Digital Locker technology. The Digital Locker uses Microsoft's Passport Network to allow Windows users to search, buy, and download software from multiple retailers, storing their product keys for future installations. Both retailers offering the service support digital rights management technologies: Digital River promotes its SoftwarePasport, and eSsellerate its Product Activation technology. Will this technology trigger an across-the-board adoption of DRM for Windows software? How will it affect the distribution of free and open-source software?“

 

Read more:


http://www.windowsmarketplacelabs.com/

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"Flash Killer"
Friday, September 16, 2005 5:58 AM

Microsoft finally released more information about their Sparkle product. Sparkle is vector based XAML system for doing applications that may have traditionaly been done in flash. Read more here:

 

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050915-5315.html

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Gates on Apple, Google -- and Microsoft's future
Thursday, September 15, 2005 6:40 AM

Interview with Bill Gates on, well, Apple, Google, Security etc etc.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/240541_gates14ww.html

by riaan | with no comments