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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 17th Mar 2007 00:26 UTC
During my 8 years of Linux on and off usage I have tried more distros than I have chocolate bars. Each one of my previous encounters meant that I had to spend at least 2 days configuring before I have a desktop that I was somewhat comfortable with.
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On the Web: company reviews
Product reviews are available all over the Internet, and reading them is essential for smart spending.
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Organization helps hectic families keep up with each other
Do you find yourself heading out for the office just as your spouse is coming home from hers -- and somebody needs to take the kids to soccer? Maybe your spouse is pulling out of the driveway to a computer class as you pull in from a day volunteering on a field trip.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 5th Dec 2005 21:03 UTC
"When you've been anticipating something for a long time you often find yourself disappointed when you finally see/touch/use it - that won't happen with the Xbox 360. Microsoft has succeeded in pushing back the boundaries of gaming, and bringing media playback and streaming functionality into your living room.
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No worry if file will not defrag
Q: Dean, when I run Disk Defrag on Drive: C (Windows XP), it tells me that defrag was complete, but a 162 MB file would not defrag. \program files\Yahoo\YOP\NSS\SBTEDef.idx
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Facebook puts snag in Google plan
New York -- Days after Google unveiled Friend Connect, which lets the sites of musicians, political campaigns and others incorporate profile data from social networks, Facebook began to block the program.
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Abortion Rate Declines In Canada; Experts Question Data Collection Method
A report released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday found that the abortion rate and total number of abortions declined in Canada in 2005, particularly among teenage girls, the CP/Google.com reports. Some experts attributed the decreasing rate in part to sex education programs and increased access to contraceptives (CP/Google.com, 5/21).
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Beetle could be the key to 3D computer chips
Lamprocyphus augustus, that is the scientific name of a certain Brazilian beetle that a high school student was studying when she came across an interesting find. The beetles iridescent shell whilst viewed under a microscope was the same color at any angle. She became an undergraduate at Brigham Young University and showed her findings to a biologist (John Gardner) who came to the realization ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 15th Sep 2005 20:29 UTC
In a move that shows just how far Microsoft has come, and how pervasive open-source software is in certain areas, the software powerhouse is, for the first time, including open-source technology in one of its shipping products . Microsoft plans to include the Message Passing Interface in its Windows Server 2003 Compute Cluster Edition, which went to public beta this week at the Microsoft ...
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Recent Original Stories
Sun has talked a lot about putting Java into an open-source license. Now it's ready to move. The company is very close to announcing that it will put the mobile and standard editions of the Java platform into the GNU General Public License , with the Java Enterprise Edition and GlassFish reference implementation (currently open-sourced under Sun's Common Development and Distribution License, or ...
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Recent Original Stories
"Is open source still a grassroots social movement made up of idealistic underdogs trying to revolutionize an amoral industry? Or has it become a cloak used by IT vendors large and small to disguise ruthless and self-serving behavior? Some observers argue it's the latter.
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Yahoo board rebuffs Icahn bid
(AP) -- Yahoo's board is urging shareholders not to sign or return proxy cards sent to them in connection with activist investor Carl Icahn's efforts to replace the company's current directors.
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Alcala gets status as 'friend of court'
A Shawnee County District Court judge has granted Topeka City Councilman John Alcala the right to intervene as a "friend of the court" in a lawsuit District Attorney Robert Hecht has filed against the city involving purchases of a police helicopter and computer software.
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BLOG WATCH
Chinese checkerStrategypage.com on what the earthquakes shows about China and its military."The army has recently received new combat/work uniforms, so they looked good on TV. Every little bit helps. And the troops will be there for a while, since...
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Computer seller tops at BBB for complaints
P hillip White is the newest member of the BlueHippo-Wronged-Me-Club, but his beef with the Woodlawn-based retailer that sells computers and other electronics to people with poor credit is nothing new.
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Now you can send e-mail after your death
W e post details on Facebook and MySpace about our lives. It was only a matter of time before we turned to the Internet to spread the word about our deaths.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 19th Apr 2007 18:13 UTC
The Ubuntu team is proud to announce version 7.04 of the Ubuntu family of distributions (more info here and here ). Ubuntu 7.04 is also the basis for new 7.04 releases of Kubuntu ( screenshots ) and Edubuntu. Ubuntu 7.04 will be supported for 18 months on both desktops and servers.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 5th Nov 2007 21:44 UTC, submitted by Nick
EyeOS 1.2, a web-based operating system, has been released . "We are proud to announce that eyeOS 1.2 has just been released! It's not just a necessary update on eyeOS 1.x, but also a bunch of new features and applications needed by eyeOS to be really useful for the every day use.
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Literary blogger Mark Sarvas ventures into the receiving end of critique
It could be said that literary blogger Mark Sarvas got a taste of his own medicine with the debut of his new novel — Sarvas, an online...
Seattle Times |
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High-tech offers elderly the chance to "age in place"
First thing every morning, Lynn Pitet, of Cody, Wyo., checks her computer to see whether her mother, Helen Trost, has gotten out of bed...
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Blog blunders draw attention
Corporate blogs have gone through some growing pains. CEOs and employees have used pseudonyms to attack critics or defend their company on forums. Companies have created blogs meant to look like they were started by fans of their products. The highest-profile case of a CEO-blogging faux pas involved Whole Foods CEO John Mackey.
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Anniversary moment
Potent Ivie. Google the words "Mike Ivie Grand Slam," and in no time you'll come across the words that are most often used to describe the big first baseman's career.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 6th Aug 2007 22:40 UTC
Hi-Mobile sent us over the Sony Ericsson W580i Walkman feature phone for a review, and we give it a whirl. It's been over a year since the last time we tested the non-smartphone Sony Ericsson platform and it's interesting to see the advancements in the software department.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 24th Apr 2006 20:29 UTC
Microsoft on Monday detailed innovations coming in Windows Vista that the company believes makes the operating system superior in the delivery of multimedia.
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Roku's Netflix Player's movie quality depends on connection speed
NEW YORK -- It's the big horse race in the gadget market this year: Who's going to win consumers' hearts with a box that brings Internet movie downloads to the TV set? Now, we have a tiny box that deserves to be a winner.
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