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BBC iPlayer gets portable with Windows Media
News Rose said there will be a similar release for Mac and Linux users "very soon".iPlayer has been available for the Apple iPhone and iPod for some time and recently became compatible with the Sony PSP and Nokia N96 smart... [10 Oct 2008]
The five products Apple must make
Comment A fat and profitable niche but a niche nonetheless - by opening up the Mac OS X platform to other manufacturers, there's a huge growth bump to be had. So what will be next for the Mac maker? When Apple... [07 Oct 2008]
Mark Shuttleworth
AS Profile His campaign for ease of use could be just what Linux needs to finally take on Windows and Mac operating systems for everyday users, according to the Agenda Setters panel. While Linux has met with success for servers, on... [07 Oct 2008]
Why CIOs aren't on the Chrome straight
News Nicholas Bellenberg, IT director for publisher Hachette Filipacchi UK, said his company won't be moving to Chrome as it's not yet compatible with Linux and Mac operating systems. Chrome is the latest product in Google's... [03 Oct 2008]
Caption Competition: Desk tidy!
Photo The winning caption from reader Simon Abbott was: "When I said 'bring an apple' to the picnic, I didn't mean a Mac. This competition has now closed. Photo: Lewis Imagebank [03 Oct 2008]
BootX: The Mac OS X Bootloader
White Paper The advent of the iMac, and later Mac OS X, has altered the boot sequence significantly. Particular emphasis will be paid to the boot process of Mac OS X (from the firmware up to early kernel... [01 Oct 2008]
Using Mac OS X for Real-Time Image Processing
White Paper With appropriate hardware, Mac OS X provides a capable platform for Real-Time Image Processing (RTIP). This paper provides an overview of available video capture hardware and presents development strategies to achieve... [01 Oct 2008]
Technical White Paper for VPLS
White Paper Through membership discovery, PW establishment and maintenance, and MAC-based address forwarding in the VSI, it interconnects LAN sites across WANs and thus interconnects the LANs geographically scattered via the Internet. [01 Oct 2008]
Agenda Setters: Where are they now... Steve Jobs
News Jobs also inspired another trail of me-too offerings from Apple's mobile rivals with the launch of the App Store, the shop front that gives iPhone developers a chance to peddle their wares in return for handing over a slice of the... [24 Sep 2008]
Bandwidth Aware Slot Allocation in Hybrid MAC
White Paper Hybrid Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols combine the strength of random and schedule based MAC schemes. From random MAC schemes, Hybrid MAC protocols borrow... [19 Sep 2008]
An Analysis of the Design and Implementation of QoS Over IEEE 802.16
White Paper The PHY and MAC layers of 802.16 are described in detail with regards to their QoS aspects. This paper gives an overview of the QoS mechanisms built into the IEEE 802.16 standard (also known by the name of its vendor... [19 Sep 2008]
HP to offer up own Linux-flavour option?
News Those same sources say it's part of an HP plan to become less dependent on Windows, and to compete better with Apple for the same type of person who would consider a Mac, which has its own operating system on its... [15 Sep 2008]
Photos: Sun's manufacturing and test centre
Photo This shows VirtualBox installed on an Apple Mac but containing Sun's Solaris OS as well as Ubuntu, Windows Vista and even Windows 98. Sun Microsystems recently opened the doors to its Linlithgow manufacturing and testing... [12 Sep 2008]
Canonical hires Ubuntu makeover team
News Are we up there with the Mac desktop? Canonical, the leading backer of the Ubuntu version of Linux, is hiring a team to help make open-source software on the desktop more appealing and easier to use. The company plans to... [12 Sep 2008]
Migration rules to fuel IT offshoring?
News He added: "The MAC…has a pretty robust methodology. Despite a well-documented domestic IT skills shortage - and projections of increasing demand for techies and telecoms workers over the coming years - IT staff have not... [11 Sep 2008]
