Sun adds open source database to Solaris 10

Sun has announced a number of new additions to the Solaris 10 platform and OpenSolaris project, including first-time support for an open source database. The company said yesterday that it will distribute and support the open source PostgresSQL database - a decisive move for the company that has such strong ties to Oracle. Execs said that the move was a response to customer demand and places Solaris 10 as a key platform for hosting high-performance, mission-critical database solutions. ...more

Vista no go for Intel Macs

Windows Vista will not in all likelihood run on Intel Macs without a purpose-built emulator, according to Apple senior software architect Cameron Esfahani. Esfhani told the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco that while OS X uses the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) during the boot process, he understands that only the 64-bit versions of Vista will support EFI. All the Intel Macs are 32-bit. ...more

IE rivals stride ahead in browser stakes

Safari and Firefox both doubled their share of global browser usage during 2005, although Internet Explorer remains overwhelmingly dominant. According to the December 2005 figures from NetApplications, Safari accounted for three per cent of Web usage compared to 1.56 per cent a year earlier. ...more

Evesham responds to PC Pro readers

Following a PC Pro review (in issue 100, February 2003) Evesham has clarified its position regarding the specification of the Evesham Axis 2400+ MK. The official statement from Evesham, taken from the PC Pro forum, is as follows: 'Regrettably the [Evesham Axis 2400+ MK] review hit the streets at a time when many staff were taking leave and communication was somewhat slow and restricted. Originally the PC submitted was specified to have a standard Radeon card, but due to the difficulty in physically identifying the card, many of our systems went out with the Pro card on board - we believe in excess of 300 people have unwittingly received an upgrade to a Pro card during December. ...more

Microsoft buys anti-spyware software for Windows

Microsoft has bought New York anti-spyware company Giant Software. Redmond says that it plans to make available a beta version of a spyware protection, detection, and removal tool, for its Windows products based on the Giant AntiSpyware product within a month. Giant's staff of 10 will now continue to develop the product for Microsoft. ...more