Karen
is the author of the popular
Power Tools,
free programs (free for personal, non-commercial use) that make life with
Windows a lot easier. I have been using a couple of them infrequently (Computer
Profiler &
Drive Info).
I could not find anywhere on her site if she
plans to switch over to VB.NET any time soon.
There is
blog
entry which says that IE rendering engine of
Netscape 8 require Internet Explorer. It was tried on
98lite which did not have IE installed.
Great to prove a point, but then, will MS let you install OS without IE.
(From
OSNews.Com,
FlexBeta.Net)
Mainsoft yesterday
announced
availability of Visual MainWin for J2EE Developer Edition (Grasshopper),
a free plug-in for Visual Studio.NET, which allow to develop web application for
Linux using VS.NET. Grasshopper enables
developers to develop, debug and deploy web application and web services for
Windows, Linux and any Java-enabled platform (Apache Tomcat application server)
using C# or VB.NET in Visual Studio.NET .
Commercial product
Visual MainWin for
J2EE Enterprise Edition will feature advanced feature such as multi-CPU
capabilities and fully-featured J2EE servers (look
here for feature
comparison).
You will get the Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation
Server with limited capability in you MSDN (Universal/Enterprise) subscriptions.
Microsoft has
reacted to
feedback and said will place a limited version of Team Foundation
Server in each Visual Studio Team System role edition. This version will be
restricted to a maximum of 5 users, though I would have liked a figure of 10.
You can read more detailed product information on the
entire Visual Studio 2005 line and a comparison of each product's contents at
here.
Sounds like a Windows Update client to me including
the feature of MBSA and WUS.
"Windows OneCare is the next major
advance in our ongoing efforts to help keep consumers' Windows-based PCs
'healthy' in a way that's simple and as worry-free as possible for
them," said Ryan Hamlin, general manager of the Technology Care and
Safety Group at Microsoft. "We're designing the service so it will
continually update and evolve over time, helping to ensure that our
customers will have the most complete and effective protection and
safety services in place every time they turn on their PC."
Windows OneCare is being designed to address core safety
concerns such as worms, viruses and spyware, but also to span broader PC
health issues: helping protect electronic assets such as digital photos,
music, financial data and software; and guarding against performance
degradation and system clutter that can result from heavy use. Key
capabilities and features of Windows OneCare will include the following:
- Defense against evolving threats.
Windows OneCare will provide automatically updated anti-virus, anti-spyware
and two-way firewall protection.
- Performance and reliability tools.
PC owners will be able to choose to have Windows OneCare
automatically carry out periodic maintenance tasks such as disk
cleanup, hard-drive defragmentation and file repair. The service
also will offer boot-time information and proactive support tools to
help improve the customer experience.
- Backup and restore capabilities.
Windows OneCare will enable automated backup of files by category on
CD and DVD, along with the option to back up all files on the system
or only those that have changed since the last time the action was
performed. If files are accidentally deleted or corrupted on the PC
hard drive, the service is designed to restore saved versions or map
them on a new PC.
- Simple, integrated service experience.
PC users will have one simple point of reference for checking the
overall health of their system. Windows OneCare will automatically
notify users of available updates or other recommended actions and
enable users to easily act as needed. Otherwise, the service stays
quiet and in the background.