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This brain test maps the truth

Times of India (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008

State Courts Sentence Three To Life On Basis Of BEOS Profile.

BeOS-Like Distro Focused on Content Creation

OS News (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008

A new Ubuntu-based Linux distribution has arrived, aimed at both Linux newbies and content creators. Boasting "out of the box" multimedia codecs, the freely downloadable PC/OS incorporates the lightweight XFCE desktop, and is said to offer a similar layout to the groundbreaking, but ultimately doomed BeOS.

• BeOS-like distro focused on content creation - DesktopLinux.com

Now, an alternative to narco-analysis test

Indian Express (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008

As the country debates on the validity of narco-analysis and brain mapping tests, forensic experts now claimed that a new technology BEOS is more 'efficient and non-invasive' than the current scientific methods followed in the investigation of criminal cases.

BeOS' ProcessController for Windows

OS News (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008

It is no secret that us OSNews editors - Eugenia and I, mostly - have fond memories of the BeOS. So, whenever a handy BeOS feature makes its way into other operating systems, I zealously point it out in the articles or comments I write about them. Call it a harmless little compulsion. Anyway, a few days ago, while hanging around in Haiku's irc channel, a link to a screenshot showed an interesting little...

DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 257

DistroWatch.com: News (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008

This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Reviews: PC/OS - the BeOS of the Linux world News: openSUSE 11.0 Gold Master, Mandriva Flash 2008.1, Debian Installer beta, Linux Mint security advisory, two interviews with Mark Shuttleworth, gNewSense - paste and future, desktop FreeBSD, Sabayon 3.5 Released last week: ArtistX 0.5,....

Antiword

Jangan pernah berhenti belajar (Free subscription) | 05/26/2008

Summary: Antiword is a free MS Word reader for Linux and RISC OS. There are ports to FreeBSD, BeOS, OS/2, Mac OS X, Amiga, VMS, NetWare, Plan9, EPOC, Zaurus PDA, MorphOS, Tru64/OSF, Minix, Solaris and DOS. Antiword converts the binary files from Word 2, 6, 7, 97, 2000, 2002 and 2003 to plain text and [...]

*Interview: Kevin Musick, BeServed*

OS News (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008

BeOS (and Haiku) has a very powerful filesystem, thanks mostly to its extensive use of attributes and live queries to search through these attributes. In order to access these powerful features over a network, you need a network file system that also supports attributes and queries - cue BeServed, Kevin Musick's network file system. A few weeks ago, the code to BeServed was donated to the Haiku project...

*Interview: Kevin Musick, BeServed; Haiku Code Drive 2008*

OS News (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008

BeOS (and Haiku) has a very powerful filesystem, thanks mostly to its extensive use of attributes and live queries to search through these attributes. In order to access these powerful features over a network, you need a network file system that also supports attributes and queries - cue BeServed, Kevin Musick's network file system. A few weeks ago, the code to BeServed was donated to the Haiku project...

Topic: Technology - BeBook e-book reader makes its debut, doesn't run BeOS

Technology Blog (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008

If you can get past the tinge of disappointment in learning that something named the BeBook isn't actually the BeOS -based laptop you've been waiting for all these years, you may be only slightly less disappointed to know that it's another fairly ordinary and somewhat overpriced e-book reader. Coming in at a hefty €330 (or [...]

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BeBook e-book reader makes its debut, doesn't run BeOS

Engadget (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008

Filed under: Handhelds If you can get past the tinge of disappointment in learning that something named the BeBook isn't actually the BeOS -based laptop you've been waiting for all these years, you may be only slightly less disappointed to know that it's another fairly ordinary and somewhat overpriced e-book reader. Coming in at a hefty €330 (or $510), this one ditches newfangled features like built-in...

One of these things is not like the others…

morgamic.com (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008

In a recent bug fligtar was nice enough to run some stats for me on platform strings passed in extensions.update.url via the %APP_OS% client variable in Firefox. He found some interesting results: WINNT Darwin Linux linux-gnu SunOS FreeBSD linux winnt darwin OS2 OpenBSD NetBSD BeOS DragonFly IRIX64 AIX HP-UX NTO solaris2.10 OSF1 penis Fixing bug 407211 will be a long and hard process, but I think I’ll...

April Fool's BeOS Roundup

Linux Journal (Free subscription) | 04/03/2008

Tuesday was an insane amount of fun here at BeOS Linux Journal . If you missed the shenanigans, don't worry, most of the silliness is still here, just not on the front page. Here's a quick list of the stories. I think my personal favorite was the rumor about Sony buying BeOS. :) Enjoy: read more

BeOS - The King of Recycling

Linux Journal (Free subscription) | 04/01/2008

With the current trend towards recycling, conservation, and "green" PCs -- BeOS has the ability to save tons of computers from the landfills. It's really just a matter of logic. What runs best on hardware from the early 90's? Well, an operating system from the early 90's of course! read more

Antiquated Hardware Revitalized, Not Happy

Linux Journal (Free subscription) | 04/01/2008

BeOS is sweeping the globe as it breathes new life into our old, outdated hardware. This new trend is keeping computers out of the landfills, and into the homes of consumers. Not everyone is happy, however, and some see it as unfair to the retired hardware. read more

BeOS Cluster Goes Live

Linux Journal (Free subscription) | 04/01/2008

In an attempt to keep the aging fleet of P133 desktop workstations in working order, San Francisco's Fine Art & Design college opted to install a BeOS cluster for their image rendering needs. IT manager Whit Wheatly tells BeOS Journal: "The cases for these older machines are sturdy enough that we just stack them on the floor. Our 120 BeCluster computers not only supply read more