Vijay Barve

Bespin : Another promissing tool from Mozilla Labs

I hope you have already read or heard about Bespin. It is an web based code editor which can be used for "cloud computing" or just collaborating projects.

It boasts of the following features:

Ease of Use
Real-time Collaboration
Integrated Command-Line
Extensible and Self-Hosted
Fast
Accessible from Anywhere

Here is the screen shot of Bespin editing a HTML file.

Bespin has an interesting Dashboard to manage files and projects.

Visit Bespin project page for more details.

Labels: IT, Mozilla, Operating Systems, OSS

CherryPal

Just read about this new computer

CherryPal™ is trying to change the world one computer at a time. We’ve created the most affordable, easiest to use and greenest desktop computer available.
The CherryPal desktop is a tiny PC designed with the user in mind. It does all the things you do every day: surf the web, keep in touch with your friends, listen to iTunes, watch videos, word processing, presentations and spreadsheets, all without the hassle of a traditional PC. It only uses 2 watts of power, lasts 10 years and has 80 percent fewer parts. There’s no software or upgrades to install, no risk of viruses, and no operating system to deal with and free 24/7 support – all for just $249. We’ve created the most affordable, easiest-to-use and greenest desktop computer available.

Official Website of CherryPal

Labels: Cloud Computing, FireFox, Gizmo, internet, Operating Systems

Microsoft Prepares For Post-Windows Era With 'Midori'

The operating system is being designed from the ground up to support Internet-based computing and multicore architectures.

By Paul McDougall, InformationWeek, July 31 2008, 1230 hrs

Microsoft researchers are developing a new operating system that's designed from the ground up to support Internet-based computing and multicore architectures and which could one day replace the company's storied Windows franchise.

The operating system, which currently goes by the development name Midori, is being built to solve problems that are beyond the scope of Windows, a so-called fat OS that was first developed before the Internet came into widespread use and most PCs had only a single processor.

It's possible that Midori is being designed for use in cloud computing scenarios, in which business applications reside on centralized servers and are accessed through the Web. Microsoft researchers also are building the OS with an eye to achieving better performance on multicore PCs, company documents show. To date, developers have had little success creating software that's able to fully harness the power of computers that feature two or more cores on a single chip.

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