G3 imac

i was arguing with a “few” friends about this, fine well ok, all of them then, and was backing the G3 in its time of need, is it really outdated, i have a 700mhz one from 2002 and its faster than my computer i got last year which is 3 ghz, so before you put the G3 down think about everything its done for apple, and the computing industry.

phlux version 0.02

I have just finished work on phlux version 0.02, new features include:

• readme command added
• sped up whole shell
• kernel panic list fixed
• increased buffer size

For those of you who dont know what phlux is, it is an asm kernel, the heart of an operating system.

Vista in trouble….again?

 

‘Kill switch’ dropped from Vista

Vista was launched at the start of the year

Microsoft is to withdraw an anti-piracy tool from Windows Vista, which disables the operating system when invoked, following customer complaints. The so-called “kill switch” is designed to prevent users with illegal copies of Vista from using certain features.

But the tool has suffered from glitches since it was introduced with many Windows users claiming that legal copies of Vista had been disabled.

Microsoft says its efforts have seen a drop in piracy of its software.

In a statement released by the company, Microsoft corporate vice president Mike Sievert, said: “Users whose systems are identified as counterfeit will be presented with clear and recurring notices about the status of their system and how to get genuine copies.”

‘Take action’

“They won’t lose access to functionality or features, but it will be very clear to them that their copy of Window Vista is not genuine and they need to take action.”

Microsoft has described the new approach as a “change of tactics”. It said efforts to tackle piracy had seen numbers of fake copies of Vista at half the level of XP, the previous Windows operating system.

The change will take effect with the release of Service Pack 1, a major update to Windows Vista.

Customers who buy a copy of Windows Vista or have the operating system (OS) installed when they buy a new PC are required to validate the OS with Microsoft.

An online tool, called Windows Genuine Advantage, checks the authenticity of the OS to determine if it was legally acquired.

The tool can “lock” Vista from further use if it believes it is an unauthorised copy. But many users have complained that the system is not working because legally bought copies result in error messages.

It was introduced in 2006 as a voluntary option, but became mandatory with the release of Vista, and had problems from the day it was introduced. Mr Sievert added: “It’s worth re-emphasising that our fundamental strategy has not changed.

“All copies of Windows Vista still require activation and the system will continue to validate from time to time to verify that systems are activated properly.”

Microsoft said it had pursued legal action against more than 1,000 dealers of counterfeit Microsoft products in the last year and taken down more than 50,000 “illegal and improper” online software auctions.

Nintendo DS Videos!!!

Nintendo have recently announced a new video playing system for the nintendo ds, now you can play films, dvds and even ebooks and your favourite tv show. The new kit is a DS card with a SD card slot built in, using a USB connection you put things onto the SD card using your PC then play them back through your DS, it will cost around £20 which is brilliant considering that people brought the DS in spite of the lack of video support.

OLPC Project

The one laptop per child project has finally been given the go ahead to be put into production. The one laptop per child project aims to give children in developing countries a laptop enabling them to work and learn at the same time, based on linux the operating system is easy to use yet powerful at the same time. The laptop , called xo has built in wireless, an infra red port and all the typical applications found in other linux distros such as ubuntu or slackware.

The Laptop Xo: