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beatNews: Virtualization software provider VMware released a public beta of its software for Intel-based Macs on Thursday, code-named “Fusion.”

Like Parallels, the software enables users to run a host of operating systems, including Windows, Linux, NetWare and Solaris, without the need to reboot.
Currently, Mac OS X users running Apple’s Boot Camp must reboot their machines in order to use the Windows platform on Intel Macs. For the time being, that is the only OS supported by the platform.

While Apple says technology from Boot Camp would be integrated into the next version of Mac OS X, code named “Leopard,” not many details have been provided as to how virtualization would play a part in it.

Thus, companies like Parallels and now VMware have stepped in to provide virtualization capabilities. The implementations have even gained an endorsement of sorts from Apple itself: Parallels’ software was highlighted in one of the company’s new “Get a Mac” commercials.

Fusion would allow for the user to run either 32-bit or 64-bit x86 operating systems on Mac OS X without the need to reboot. In addition, support for multi-core systems would allow the user to assign multiple processors to a virtual machine for better performance.

PuneTimes: That the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) was inaugurated in haste has finally been proved, as the PMT administration has been forced to throw open the lane on the Pune-Satara road to its other buses in view of traffic congestion, which also led to accidents.

The inauguration of the project by Union urban development minister Jaipal Reddy, on December 3, had sparked a controversy, with political parties such as the BJP, Shiv Sena and the NCP, as well as traffic activists, raising questions as the road repairs and widening work were yet to be completed.

Two accidents in quick succession on the BRTS route and regular complaints from commuters regarding traffic jams forced the PMT into declaring the lane open to other buses on Sunday. The lane was meant only for Volvos. The PMT authorities, however, did not reveal how long the route would be open to other buses.

A pedestrian, who had got into the BRTS lane, was fatally knocked down by a PMT bus that was illegally plying on the route on December 4. In yet another accident on December 5, a private bus stormed into the lane through the divider after its brakes failed, resulting in the lane’s closure for over 24 hours. Besides this, an ambulance, which was not carrying any patients, was fined for using the lane.