Archive for the 'Software' Category


Running Windows Applications in Linux another look at Wine

Friday, November 18th, 2005

Recently I did a post on the release of version 5 of Crossover Office which is a commercially supported variation of the wine project. In fact, it’s very similar, the only exceptions I know of are the neater installer for software and paid support. Anyway, I’ve got a project I’ve been working on that I’ve […]

Apple iTunes vulnerability on Windows

Friday, November 18th, 2005

eEye has discovered a remotely expoitable security vulnerability in Apple’s iTunes software. It affects iTunes 6 and prior and the current security updates (released yesterday) do not address the issue. News.com has coverage as well. Earlier they reported that it affected “all operating systems”, however now they are saying that it’s only been found on […]

Firefox 1.5 RC3

Friday, November 18th, 2005

News is coming out that Mozilla Firefox 1.5 RC3 is now available. There’s coverage at mozillazine.org. From the comments there may be a few bugs to work out still, although I’ve just skimmed. I’m not sure if those comments are from people that have tried RC3, or are asking if a bug has been fixed […]

Microsoft working to ensure Windows Validation works with Firefox

Thursday, November 17th, 2005

I’ve got to say, I’m impressed that this is happening. From the IEblog… The core of my team’s job is to make IE7 and Windows Vista so compelling so that people choose our products. The people who work on Windows want you to have a good experience, whether you use IE or not – for […]

64 bit chips will soon be required for Microsoft Software

Thursday, November 17th, 2005

CNet is reporting that Microsoft will require 64bit processor for upcoming server applications and Operating Systems. Amonge these, Exchange 12, Longhorn Server R2 and a small business version of Longhorn Server will ONLY be available for x86 64-bit processors. (Longhorn Server R2 is expected ~2009, although Exchange 12 is expected late next year (late 2006). […]

tightVNC Windows 1.2.9 installer

Tuesday, November 15th, 2005

Temporary Quick download link for tightvnc-1.2.9 installer for windows. Use the first link to download the copy I’ve mirrored for the moment, or try downloading from www.tightvnc.com if there are any troubles with this.    Send article as PDF   

Text adventure Games still around

Tuesday, November 15th, 2005

You are in a small hallway, there are doors to the North and West…. The Wall Street Journal Online has an article about the continued existence of the text adventure games. You know the genre, before the advent of 3d graphics, role playing games were basically interactive novels of a sort. Read, then type “look […]

VNC or Tightvnc for remote pc access

Monday, November 14th, 2005

I was surprised to do a search and find that I haven’t mentioned tightvnc before (or even merely VNC as a useful tool.) Ok – here’s the scenario, you need a way to get remote pc access, or remotely view a desktop, maybe it’s a Windows machine and you’re using a Mac? Or Maybe it’s […]

Part 2 of the Mandrake or Mandriva 2006 review

Monday, November 14th, 2005

I’m still not used to the name Mandriva, Mandrake is just what I remember… anyway, mandrake.tips.4.free.fr has the second part of their mandriva 2006 review up. It sounds as though in the last week the iso’s of the free edition are now publicly available as well. This time around special attention is paid to hardware […]

Winrar and rar updated to patch vulnerabilities

Monday, November 14th, 2005

Incidents.org is reporting on the release of a new version of winrar and rar (3.51) to address security issues discovered by secunia. As always if you use it, go get the update.    Send article as PDF   

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