Mac OS X Panther upgrade
A lot of folks have grumbled about paying $130.00 to upgrade to Panther, the latest version of Mac OS X (October 2003). I have to say that it is definitely worth it: maybe you feel cheated because you just paid for Jaguar six months ago, but you will be happy after you install this. The hype, for once, has reality behind it: this is as good as Apple said it would be.
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> IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-12-29
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Windows XP Program Compatibility Wizard
While Windows XP provides a new interface and a number of new features that are easy to get excited about, there are a number of stumbling blocks associated with deployment. Beyond the increased hardware and memory requirements now dictated by Microsoft, the single biggest issue is still the one that seems to forever haunt Windows operating systems - application compatibility. Whether it's an older version of your office productivity package or some legacy application, at some point you're still likely to run into issues.
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> IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-12-16
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Monitoring File or Directory Changes
Many modern systems provide a way to watch a directory for events (new files, reading the directory, modification of a file in the directory, etc.). This facility can be done in various ways, from providing hooks in the filesystem code itself to something that watches for inode changes. Linux and BSD have several possibilities in that regard, including dnotify, changedfiles, and watch.
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> IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-12-01
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The Mysteriously Persistently Exploitable Program
This week, we'll take a look at a successful and somewhat puzzling machine compromise. The machine in question was a production machine that had been up and running for about a year - one of those machines that had so much on it that you're afraid to ever reboot it, lest something not come back up.
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> IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-12-01
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