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Sun Microsystems announced Monday that its longtime chief executive Scott McNealy is stepping down from the helm and will be succeeded by the struggling computer and software company's No. 2 executive, Jonathan Schwartz.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 15th Aug 2006 19:47 UTC
"I'm rather impressed. Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 is designed to do just that – impress the user from the start, with a smooth and (mostly) simple experience that will satisfy the secretary through to the MD. It does still have some areas to work on, however."
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Microsoft cleared the air July 5 on its obligations to GNU General Public License Version 3 support, declaring it will not provide support or updates for GPLv3 under the deal it penned in November with Novell to administer certificates for the Linux distribution.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 1st Aug 2007 20:09 UTC
If you're a Vista-wary Windows user who would rather switch than fight, should you move to a Linux distro or Apple's OS X? InformwationWeek asked a Mac fan and a Linux advocate to lead a guided tour of each OS.
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Website survey finds tourists are cheated
An EU review of airline and other travel websites has found that one in three consumers is being ripped-off due to misleading ads. The EU's executive office says an investigation found there were "serious and persistent consumer problems" with online ticket sales in Europe. [...]
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Belgium Accuses China of Cyberattacks
Chinese hackers are developing a global reputation, governments and businesses complain.
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Contamination is linked to dust from TV sets
By SCOTT STREATER Common household dust has long been known to carry pesticides, allergens and other irritants. But the dust that coats your television sets may finally answer why virtually every American tested has traces of a chemical flame retardant that may be harmful. The flame retardants have been used for decades in television sets, computer wire insulation, carpet padding and many other ...
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Man charged with trying to steal laptops
A 34-year-old Michigan man has been charged with trying to steal two Sony laptops from a Federal Express driver by claiming to be an Upper Moreland resident who had ordered them, said police.
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Microsoft appeals $1.3bn EU fine
Wants to annul EC decision Microsoft yesterday announced that it is set to appeal the $1.3bn (£650m) fine imposed on it by the European Union (EU) for not honouring a 2004 antitrust agreement.
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Is Microsoft stalking Powerset's search technology?
While Powerset is preparing for the public rollout of its semantic search engine, Microsoft is rumored to be interested in acquiring the startup.
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Morph Labs offers Web-based Java developer tool
MANILA, Philippines -- Software-as-a-service (SaaS) firm Morph Labs is offering a Java version of its Web-based platform for developers, a service the company says puts it ahead of Google.
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PLDT wireless broadband subscribers surpass DSL subscribers
CEBU -- The total number of wireless broadband subscribers of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) has surpassed the number of digital subscriber line (DSL) customers, figures from the company's financial report showed.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 16th Apr 2007 15:47 UTC, submitted by george
Intel is developing its own take on the mini-tablet, with a new ultra-mobile PC platform to be announced at this week's Intel Developer Forum in Beijing. The big surprise?
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"This howto offers a simple way of creating DVD images of Debian or Ubuntu http/ftp repositories . Ubuntu doesn't offer DVDs ready to download with its main, universe, multiverse and/or restricted repositories. With the contents of this howto you can do it yourself.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 9th May 2008 21:46 UTC
It would be cheaper, and look better, to have a CGI Op. sitting just out of view manipulating the display from a traditional computer. This way the presenters can focus on their performance, and not have to worry about technical issues.
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A doodle dandy
Third grader Spencer Norton doesn't consider himself an artist. He just doodles pictures of guitars and skulls in the margins of his homework and school notebooks.
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Is your child one click away from danger?
F&S Computer Services will conduct a free Internet Safety Seminar for adults Thursday, May 15, and again on Tuesday, May 20, 6:30-9 p.m., at the Saugus Public Safety building, 27 Hamilton St., Saugus. This event is sponsored by the Saugus Police Department.
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CNR Supports Linux Mint, Adds Weatherbug
"Linspire has upgraded its CNR.com (Click'N'Run) download site for Linux software to support the Ubuntu-based, consumer-friendly Linux Mint distribution. CNR.com will also add a Linux version of Weatherbug's weather service, which offers live, local weather information and severe weather alerts.
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Community Events
Electronic-waste Collection Join the Mountain View Job’s Daughters to help keep the environment green. Bring obsolete computers, monitors printers and fax machines. JDI teaches ladies ages 10-20 years old skills for life, such as leadership, organization, teamwork and self-reliance.
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SaaS: Bringing the Call Center Within a Small Company's Reach
The software as a service trend is revolutionizing the call center industry, as companies of all sizes are now discovering the advantages of going with hosted versus on-premise solutions. With SaaS for the call center, applications are hosted on a shared platform in a data center and delivered to the agents via the Internet or dedicated network.
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Salvation Army Relief Efforts Ongoing Locally In Myanmar
Donations Accepted Online at www.salvationarmyusa.org or 1-800-SAL-ARMY
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Microsoft has announced that it will not be releasing any new versions of its Visual FoxPro development software past ...
, said Alan Griver, a group manager within the Microsoft Visual Studio team, which leads the FoxPro team.
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Recent Original Stories
The second KDE e.V. quarterly report [.pdf] is available, covering topics like KDE's involvement in the Google Summer of Code, the SQO-OSS project (Open Source Software Quality Observatory), akonadi, ODF, and Oxygen meetings, as well as reports from marketing, HIG, and sysadmin teams.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 4th Aug 2005 15:01 UTC
"RealSoftware's REALBasic 2005 - the popular cross-platform interactive development environment for Mac OS X and Windows - is scheduled to debut for the Linux platform later this month, perhaps as early as the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco.
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"Microsoft recently made a change to the licence agreement saying that a new motherboard is equal to a new computer , hence you need to purchase a new Windows licence.
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