New softwares in 2009

The Dojo Toolkit. The result of a technical collaboration between Microsoft and Novell Inc. Moonlight 1. Watching the presidential inauguration via Moonlight. You might also keep an eye on Moonshine, a Firefox browser plug-in and desktop player that works with Moonlight to play Windows Media content in Linux.

Among the successes is IronPython , a Python implementation designed to run on. Net and Mono; Version 2 was released in February. Microsoft also created IronRuby, a Ruby implementation for. Net, and the Dynamic Language Runtime, a set of shared services for implementing dynamic languages on. All three projects are distributed under the terms of the Microsoft Public License. Most of the preceding projects are of interest mainly to geeks and we mean that in a nice way.

Increasingly, though, businesses are adopting open-source software for productivity use and line-of-business applications. The OpenOffice. Kaltura is an open-source platform for creating and viewing video applications.

Kaltura currently has extensions for several platforms, including content management such as Drupal , blogging WordPress and collaboration MediaWiki. Optional enterprise support includes streaming and hosting, ad serving and content syndication. Dimdim claims to be the first open-source Web meeting company; its software has been downloaded nearly half a million times.

Among its existing features are unlimited use, multiparty video and audio conferencing. A Dimdim Web meeting. The Dimdim open-source platform will become a full webinar product, allowing meetings of more than 1, participants, which will make it attractive to anyone who needs to conduct general meetings or training sessions. Some categories of open-source software are of interest mainly to a niche set of users, such as network administrators or Web developers.

For IT administrators, the most exciting release this year may be Samba 4. You can certainly expect action in the configuration management space — tools that help system administrators get more work done, faster and more consistently. Among them is Reductive Labs Inc. Puppet 1. In April, Zenoss Inc. The group will also launch a Zenoss community collaboration platform, Zenoss. Zenoss Core. Several open-source development frameworks and content management systems are in between major versions. Django 1.

For example, Plone 3. MindTouch Deki is an open-source application for enterprise collaboration that sports a wiki-like interface. A MindTouch Deki Lyons mashup. The design of new airframes always depends heavily on availability of new engine types. But engine manufacturers are always looking for opportunity and remain at the ready to fill the needs of airframe manufacturers.

According to company spokesman Matt Huff, the -4 is an upscale version of the FJ The twin-spool Fadec-controlled engine has a single-stage fan, three axial low-pressure LP compressor stages, one centrifugal high-pressure HP compressor stage, one HP turbine stage and two LP turbine stages. Certification is expected in the fourth quarter of this year. Compared to earlier FJ versions, the -3AP features aerodynamic improvements in most stages. It also benefits from some component and overall weight reductions, and the result is an 8-percent increase in thrust.

Certification is expected this year. Certification of both is expected next year but Williams would not give precise thrust numbers. Eleven HF engines will be used for certification, which is scheduled at the end of next year. The base engines for the Spectrum S. Snecma France-based engine manufacturer Snecma Booth No. Parent Safran Group claims it is using its experience with commercial CFM56 engines to bring new standards—notably in maintenance—to business aviation.

He added that from the early stages of the design they have taken maintainability into account. Snecma is hoping the engine will be able to fly 9, hours before the first shop visit, a number that is much higher than the current average in business aviation.

He also explained that parameters recorded via Fadec will assist with health monitoring. Since the core engine test campaign concluded early last year, the company has carried out exhaustive analysis. The core engine ran 80 hours, including 60 hours with combustion on. One way is the built-in Time Machine feature to back up automatically to an external drive.

Another way is to create a bootable clone. For a "production" system, doing both is prudent. With a backup, the upgraded Mac can be restored to its previous state, if necessary. Page content loaded. Oct 27, AM. There were updates available in the App Store for Yosemite and Mavericks but neither would actually install That El Capitan link started right up though.

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