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When it comes to the new security functions in Windows Vista, User Account Control is the one people tend to scratch their heads over, Gartner Analyst Neil MacDonald said during his presentation on implementing Vista security at Gartner’s IT Security Summit here on June 4. “It’s one that has plenty of people confused regarding what,… Continue reading Vista’s UAC Will Reform Developers

Sun Microsystems has confirmed that Apple will use Sun’s Zettabyte File System (ZFS) for the forthcoming OS X 10.5 Leopard due in October. Sun chief executive Jonathan Schwartz said at a company event in Washington DC on Wednesday that Apple will officially reveal the technology at its World Wide Developer Conference scheduled for San Francisco… Continue reading Sun confirms OS X Leopard will use ZFS

Adobe’s ubiquitous Flash has never had serious competition, which allowed it to become the dominant technology for Web multimedia, even though its complexity causes some headaches for developers. Yet Microsoft’s Silverlight stands to give Flash a run for its market share. Now available in beta, Silverlight is slated for a 1.0 release this summer and… Continue reading Microsoft’s Silverlight – Potential Flash Alternative

XiTi Monitor, a Web analytics company based in France, reported that the numbers for Mozilla Firefox use among Europeans increased from 19.4% in April 2006 to 24.1% in March 2007. The company draws its data from visitors to Web sites using its analytics service, which collects data such as the visitor’s browser and location, said… Continue reading Firefox Increasingly Popular In Europe

Google CEO Eric Schmidt announced the web search giant will be adding a presentations application to Docs & Spreadsheets. Docs & Spreadsheets will now feature a word processor, a spreadsheet, and a presentations application. However Schmidt said the suite isn’t a direct competitor to Office because Docs & Spreadsheets doesn’t have all of Office’s functionality.… Continue reading Google Apps To Include PowerPoint