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Submission + - PostgreSQL 8.4 Out (techworld.com.au)

Submitted by

TheFuzzy

on Wednesday July 01, 2009 @02:16PM

TheFuzzy writes: "PostgreSQL version 8.4 is now out and available for download. The main cool features in this version are: recursive queries (for doing trees etc.), windowing functions (for doing reports, more here), column-level permissions, parallel database restore (more here), a beta in-place upgrade tool, and a host of administrative improvements. And, of course, better performance, mainly on reporting queries. Some of the over 200 new or enhanced features are listed here."

Submission + - Virtualbox 3.0 announces opengl/Direct3D support (virtualbox.org)

Submitted by

bl8n8r

on Wednesday July 01, 2009 @01:34PM

bl8n8r writes: "Apparently, Virtualbox 3.0 released today (2009-07-01) brings with it "OpenGL 2.0 for Windows, Linux and Solaris guests; and experimental support for Direct3D 8/9 applications on Windows guests." Maybe we can finally game in a VM?"

Comment Re:That's not okay. (Score 1) 911

by DavidBlewett on Wednesday February 25, 2009 @12:07PM (#26982631) Attached to: EU Says MS Must Offer Other Browsers; Now What?

It bears absolutely no resemblance whatsoever to the browser issue under EU anti-trust laws, which existed before Microsoft did, and were therefore also being used to curtail corporate monopoly abusers before Microsoft existed.

Not to be pedantic, but the EU was established in 1993. Microsoft was founded in 1975 and went public in 1986, so they existed before the EU and any of its legislation.

Comment Re:McNealy? (Score 1) 306

by DavidBlewett on Thursday January 22, 2009 @12:23PM (#26560885) Attached to: Obama Looking At Open Source?

If you're serious about database work, I'd look at PostgreSQL before even considering MySQL.

Comment Re:Where exactly are these "voting machines"? (Score 1) 237

by DavidBlewett on Friday September 19, 2008 @11:12AM (#25071579) Attached to: Voting Machines Routinely Failing Nationwide

Indiana uses them in many of the counties. Marion (home of Indianapolis) and most surrounding counties use them, for instance. They're not Diebold, but they've had their share of issues.

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