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| Don't Hold Your Breath for a New Windows 7 Kernel |  | Just in case you were holding your breath for a new Windows 7 kernel, you might as well exhale. Microsoft has infirmed speculations that the successor of Windows Vista would deliver a new kernel. Rather than revolutionary, the core of Windows 7 will be evolutio ... [read more >>] | | 27 May 2008, 11:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Deep Inside the Core of Windows 7 |  | Microsoft did officially confirm Windows 7's delivery in 2010, but additional details on the next version of the Windows operating system are scarce to say the least, as the project is built under the watchful eye of Steven Sinofsky, Senior Vice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group. In 2007, one piece of information did manage to find its way from under the Windows Omerta, courtesy of Microsoft Distinguished Engineer ... [read more >>] | | 01 April 2008, 09:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New Kernel for Vista SP1, New Kernel for Windows 7 |  | Microsoft is simply spoiling its users when it comes down to the evolution of the core of the Windows client. Both the first service pack to the latest Windows operating system available on the market and the next iteration of the Windows platform come with new kernels. Vista SP ... [read more >>] | | 20 March 2008, 11:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Linux Kernel 2.6.25 RC1 and 2.6.24.2 Released |  | The core of all Linux distributions, the Linux kernel version 2.6.25 RC1 and 2.6.24.2 was released. The 2.6.25 RC1 is a development release, and it is much larger than its predecessors.
The development edition, 2.6.25 RC1, is almost 11MB large, and has 1.4 millions lines of diffs. Most of the changes are located in the architecture updates and drivers. By Linus Torvalds' statistics, about 38% of the updates are in archite ... [read more >>] | | 11 February 2008, 09:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Core of Windows from XP SP3 and Vista SP1 to Windows 7 |  | The core of Windows is in a process of perpetual evolution, as an integer part of the growth of the operating system itself. Of course that the core of the operating system is a reference pointing to the kernel, the central unit of the platform providing low-level functions. And as Microsoft prepares to deliver the third and final service pack for Windows XP and the first service pack for Windows Vista, the heart of the platform will also ... [read more >>] | | 11 January 2008, 12:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Linux Kernel 2.6.24 RC2 Released |  | Linus Torvalds has announced last night the immediate availability of the second release candidate of Linux kernel 2.6.24 series: "Yeah, don't remind me - it's late. There was nothing in particular holding this thing up, I basically just forgot to cut a -rc2 release last week."
This release contains som ... [read more >>] | | 07 November 2007, 02:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Linux Kernel 2.6.24 RC1 Released |  | Linus Torvalds has announced last night the immediate availability of the first release candidate of Linux kernel 2.6.24 series: "This may count as one of the biggest -rc releases ever. It's humongous. Usually the compressed -rc1 diffs are in the 3-5MB range, with occasional smaller ones, and the occasional ones that top 6M, b ... [read more >>] | | 24 October 2007, 07:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Linux Kernel 2.6.23 Released |  | Linus Torvalds announced yesterday the immediate availability of the 2.6.23 Linux kernel. This new release contains some tiny architecture changes for sparc64, mips and blackfin, some VFS/VM fixes, some networking fixes and miscellaneous driver fixes:
"Finally. Yeah, it got delayed, not because of any huge issues ... [read more >>] | | 10 October 2007, 02:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Linux Kernel 2.6.22.7 and 2.4.35.3 Released |  | The 2.6.22.7 version from the 2.6 stable Linux kernel branch was released a couple of days ago and the 2.4.35.3 version of the 2.4 stable kernel branch was announced last night. Both versions of the Linux kernel contain an important security bugfix for the AMD64/EM64T architecture, which can lead to a local privilege escalation. Therefore, all ... [read more >>] | | 24 September 2007, 04:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Dynamic Kernel Module Support from Dell |  | Two of the things the Linux community most desires are drivers and easy access to those drivers. The first one is happening and the other one will be on its way to accomplishment, thanks to Dynamic Kernel Module Support (DKMS), a Linux project started by Dell.
Dynamic Kernel Module Support is designed to create a framework w ... [read more >>] | | 24 September 2007, 02:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Breaking: Xbox 360 Kernel Downgraded! |  | They've done it. Modders have finally cracked the Xbox 360's kernell, allowing the machine to be downgraded and implicitly run a broader range of software, which the Xbox 360 would otherwise spit out. According to Xbox360Fanboy (via Engadget.com), it's not very ea ... [read more >>] | | 27 August 2007, 10:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Linux Kernel 2.6.22.4 Released |  | The 2.6.22.4 version from the 2.6 stable Linux kernel branch was released last night and it fixes an important vulnerability that allowed an unprivileged local user to send arbitrary signals to a child process despite security restrictions:
"This fixes a vulnerability in the "parent process death signal" implementation discoverd ... [read more >>] | | 21 August 2007, 05:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Linux Kernel 2.6.22.3 and 2.4.35.1 Released |  | The 2.6.22.3 version from the 2.6 stable Linux kernel branch was released last night along with the 2.4.35.1 version of the 2.4 stable kernel branch. The 2.6.22.3 release contains some bugfixes and new power saving functions for laptop users:
"This release has a few bugfixes so all users of the 2.6.22 series are ... [read more >>] | | 16 August 2007, 05:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 64-bit Windows Vista Kernel – The Onslaught! |  | We are now at the prologue of the 64-bit Windows Vista kernel onslaught saga. And Microsoft is facing hard time ahead with the mandatory driver signing security mitigation introduced into the x64 editions of its latest operating system. Joanna Rutkowska, CEO of Invisible Things Labs in her recent session at Black Hat 2007 in Las Vegas entitled a part ... [read more >>] | | 09 August 2007, 07:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Linux Kernel 2.4.35 Available Now |  | After approximately 6 months of hard work, Willy Tarreau announced the availability of the 2.4.35 Linux kernel. One year ago, Willy Tarreau became the 2.4 branch maintainer and this is his second stable 2.4 kernel release: "I'm very conscious that 2.4 has mostly left desktop PCs and notebooks, but it's still commonly found on servers, route reflectors or firewalls. For this reason, I'm open to merge the small updates r ... [read more >>] | | 27 July 2007, 06:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Linux Kernel 2.6.22 Released |  | Linus Torvalds announced last night the immediate availability of the 2.6.22 Linux kernel. This new release contains some tiny architecture changes (ppc, mips, blackfin), miscellaneous driver fixes:
"Not a whole lot of changes since -rc7: some small architecture changes (ppc, mips, blackfin), and most of those are defconfig upda ... [read more >>] | | 09 July 2007, 02:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Ottawa Linux Symposium Opened Yesterday with Intel's Reception |  | The 9th edition of the Ottawa Linux Symposium (OLS) started yesterday with Jonathan Corbet's Linux Kernel Report and a reception organized by Intel to present their forthcoming products.
After saying a few words over the Linux kernel's history and its releasing cycle, Corbet mentioned that now the kernel enjoys a predictable release cycle, every time bringing up new interesting features and modifications.
Accord ... [read more >>] | | 29 June 2007, 11:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Linux v2.6.22-rc5 Released |  | Unlike others who’ve wasted time doing nothing, Mr. Linus Torvalds has actually done some pretty good work lately. Therefore, before the promptitude proven on the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) by taking part in all the interesting threads related to the Linux kernel and the forthcoming GPLv3, Linus has also sweated on creating a "brand-spanking-new" Linux 2.6.22- RC5 release.
One of the main interesting aspects in ... [read more >>] | | 18 June 2007, 10:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Linus Torvalds Considers Unlikely a Kernel Dual Licensing |  | On the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LMKL) some interesting posts related to the GPL v2 and 3 licenses have been recently made by Linus Torvalds. The famous Linux developer mainly voices against FSF's GPLv3, which – according to him – features an anti-DRM language and also takes in some slippery words which do not exactly come to support the "spirit of the GPL".
While some GPLv3 fans accuse him of misunderstanding ... [read more >>] | | 14 June 2007, 10:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Vista Encryption Cannot Stop Kernel Hacks |  | The encryption technology integrated into Windows Vista delivers no line of defense against attacks directed at the operating system's core. During the Black Hat 2007 hacker conference in Caesars Palace, Las Vegas at the end of July, security researchers Joanna Rutkowska and Alexander Tereshkin will be taking the Windows Vista kernel apart. The duo will present a Windows Vista hack training focused on the 64-bit versions of the operat ... [read more >>] | | 21 May 2007, 05:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Linux on Chip-like Computer Module |  | After conquering the personal computers of thousands of users, Linux went further and now it claims its rights in the embedded computer modules field. Eliabs company, based in Bangalore, India has recently unveiled its new offer: a chip-like embedded computer module called LinSeed that comes with Linux 2.6.19 pre-installed.
LinSeed measures only 1.2 x 1.6-inches (30x40 mm) and it is based on Atmel AT91RM9200 processor clocka ... [read more >>] | | 04 May 2007, 05:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Linux Kernel 2.6.21 Released |  | After two and a half months from the last release, Linus Torvalds has just announced today the final and stable release of the Linux kernel, version 2.6.21. The biggest change in 2.6.21 is all the timer changes to support a tickless system:
"If the goal for 2.6.20 was to be a stable release (and it was), the goal for ... [read more >>] | | 26 April 2007, 16:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Vbootkit the First Rootkit Designed for Windows Vista Kernel Subversion |  | Vbootkit is a rootkit designed to load into Windows Vista's kernel from custom boot sectors. Its authors, security researchers Nitin Kumar and Vipin Kumar claim that this is the first example of such technology. The Vbootkit's creators describe their rootkit as a back door, or a shortcut to access the Windows Vista Kernel. The Windows Vista kernel rootkit was developed on pre-release versions of the operating system, an ... [read more >>] | | 26 April 2007, 11:28GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New Linux Memory Map |  | Matt Mackall has recently released at the Embedded Linux Conference, a set of patches that improves the way memory usage information is made available. The memory usage process on Linux is complicated and it deals with many direct or indirect factors. The most commonly used tool to get a memory usage report is the ps tool, which outputs information about processes, such as the process id (PID), the current run ... [read more >>] | | 25 April 2007, 06:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Completely Fair Scheduler |  | Igno Molnar, Linux kernel developer since 1995, announces the first release of a new patchset to fix the bugs and malfunctions from the vanilla scheduler regarding the desktop and server scheduling workloads. The patchset, named “Modular Scheduler Core and Completely Fair Scheduler Patchset” by its developer, is actually a rewrite of the normal Linux task scheduler, adding also new features to it such as the Scheduling Classes.
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| Symantec Security Paper Links to Windows Vista Crack |  | Security Implications of Microsoft Windows Vista is a white paper published by Symantec, presenting the conclusion of an evaluation of the latest operating system from Microsoft. “The paper is designed for technical managers and other IT professionals who want to understand the effectiveness of Windows Vista’s new security technologies. This paper will be valuable to decision makers who need to get a practical understanding of Wi ... [read more >>] | | 02 March 2007, 06:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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