In Windows world Eset Nod32 antivirus is well known, and is proved to be called reliable and good . It seems like now Eset is willing to enter a linux world and so they did an antivirus for it. Unlike many other antiviruses for linux, they did it more user friendly. Actually, they did it [...]
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Google Chrome OS: how to make it compile and work in VirtualBox & VmWare
Recently Google opened sources of it’s Open Source OS called Google Chrome OS. After looking at youtube videos I got interested and decided to play with it. Well, any new OS is always interesting these days, when the whole world stuck to Microsoft Windows. Because Chrome OS is an open source project it is really [...]
Google Chrome can be already run under Linux
Recently Google announced a new version of Google Chrome – quite a nice browser which conquers me by simplicity, speed of rendering, and by limited audiency of users, thus, the chance to become infected via exploits is pretty low. The 3.x version is avialable for Windows, and there is also unstable, development version for Linux. [...]
Keeping your family’s machines safe. Remotely.
Most of us have families: sisters, brothers, mother and father. Usually if they are not geeks and if something bad happens with their computers they ask you for a help (I assume that reader is involved in IT industry as me). It is always good to visit your relative and have some time & talk [...]
Buying computer in Switzerland
I was inspired to write this post after having tried several companies in Switzerland in terms of computer staff. First thing you notice in Switzerland is that: 1. The prices usually are higher than in US or Canada (difference is quite big) 2. There are only few companies where you can assemble machine from pieces [...]
Third time to become MVP
Today I received a really great news: I am MVP for a 3rd time! This is my third “first of July” which brings me exciting news. This time I receive award in DDK profile, which is something different from what I had before. My first nomination was SDK area (2005 – 2006), second was also [...]
Windows Research Kernel
Have you ever think about accessing sources of Microsoft Windows kernel? Now thoughts might become reality. Quote taken from http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/licensing/researchkernel.mspx : “The Windows Research Kernel (WRK) packages core Microsoft Windows XP x64/Server 2003 SP1 kernel source code with an environment for building and testing experimental versions of the Windows kernel for use in teaching and [...]
Microsoft has opened Singularity sources
Everyone is able to download sources at http://www.codeplex.com/singularity
Microsoft is hiring advanced professionals
I discovered one more interesting blog for myself: Microsoft Advanced Windows Debugging and Troubleshooting. At the same time, I noticed that Microsoft hires professionals who are good in low level staff – reverse engineering and debugging of complex solutions which requires knowledge of assembler language & advanced knowledge of undocumented internals of Windows. This, I [...]
Developers Days in Kiev, Ukraine. Novermber 10, 2006
If you live in Ukriane you have a chance to visit Microsoft Developers Days that will take place in Kiev on 10-th of November 2006. For more details visit the following link: http://www.microsoft.com/Ukraine/Events/DevelopersDaysAutumn2006/Kiev.mspx I am not going to visit it because I live in a bit different world now. There is no Ajax, WF, WPF [...]