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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 28th Dec 2006 17:50 UTC
Mark Shuttleworth writes: "We are a somewhat chaotic crowd, the software libre army. Thousands of projects (hundreds of thousands, if you consider Sourceforge as a reference point). Hundreds of thousands of contributing developers from virtually every country and timezone.
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FPT Software dials into European market
VietNamNet Bridge - FPT Software last week announced the launch of FPT Software Europe in Paris, France. This is FPT’s first branch in Europe, planning to provide state-of-the-art technologies, embedded software and research and development services.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 15th Jun 2007 12:11 UTC
Earlier this year, Microsoft announced its upcoming Windows Home Server product; a sort of beefed up NAS based on Windows Server 2003 SP2. A few days ago, Microsoft released the first release candidate for Windows Home Server, and since I was admitted into the beta program, I downloaded this release and transformed my trusty desktop x86 into a Home Server.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 11th Aug 2005 20:22 UTC
"It's unusual for a Beta 1 version of Windows to have both the final shipping name of the product and as many new features as this build shows. And that's a strong sign of two things.
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Decatur public school students get hooked up with laptop program
DECATUR - Beginning next school year, each student in two classrooms will have a laptop computer. Thanks to a grant, the low-cost laptops, only $400 each, will be used to access the Internet for curriculum, research, tests and quizzes posted by the teacher.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 5th Oct 2006 20:44 UTC, submitted by jasper
Red Hat has an NDA cooperation with Marvell for the wireless chips that they want to use for the One Laptop per Child-project. The idea of this is that both parties think Marvell will be more open in the future, but this is absolutely not the path they should walk , according to OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt.
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Daddy bloggers have stories to tell
Mommy bloggers have had the corner on writing about their family's lives, but an increasing number of men are joining the parenting blogosphere.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 17th Jan 2007 00:18 UTC
Origami, the top-secret Microsoft project that became the Ultra-Mobile PC, was finally unveiled last March, and devices utilizing the new form factor appeared shortly thereafter.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 20th Sep 2007 17:09 UTC
Columnist Bill Thompson at the BBC asks whether the time has come for Apple to be put under the EU microscope in the same way as Microsoft has.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 14th Jan 2007 23:13 UTC
Sun took a new open-source step this week, enlisting the outside world's help in an attempt to create a brand-new programming language called Fortress . On Tuesday, the company quietly released as open-source software a prototype Fortress 'interpreter', a programming tool to execute Fortress programs line by line.
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UTA to Offer Debit Pass
Plastic may be the new ticket for passengers on commuter trains and buses. The Utah Transit Authority will be installing onboard scanners that allows riders to use a debit pass or personal credit card with an embedded chip to tap on and off trains and buses. Computers will automatically debit the account, and keep track of how far people ride.
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TECHBITS
SAN FRANCISCO - Ever wonder whether you'd be better off working some place else? A new Web site called Glassdoor.com is trying to make it easier to find out by compiling free snapshots of the current salaries paid by hundreds of major employers, along with reviews anonymously written by current and past workers. "We think it's super important that people are able to find a job where they ...
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Elginite's online shop offers custom invites
Dori Cappas of Elgin was a new stay-at-home mom, raising her son Jackson, about 4 1/2 years ago when she wanted to buy baptism invitations.
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Stop helping the bad guys, Part 3
Ah, the early days of home computing. Back in the ’80s, and for much of the ’90s, few computer users gave much thought to Internet security. We weren’t worried about electronic vandals or criminals damaging machines, and the only medicine for viruses came from the family doctor.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 14th Jul 2006 21:08 UTC
In a Q&A , Neelie Kroes, who fined MS for not complying with the EC's antitrust ruling, said: "I regret that the Commission has had to take such a step today, but given Microsoft's continued non-compliance to date, I have been left with no alternative.
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Microsoft Shakes Up Virtualization Arena
True, VMware (NYSE: VMW) dominates the market now, but Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is rolling on with its plans to build an ecosystem of third-party developers to flesh out its offerings.
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Pearl Jam Rocks Its CDN
Yeehaw! It's the CDN Roundup: With Internap's content delivery network, Pearl Jam is releasing its downloadable bootlegs . The surprisingly long-lived group is trying to cash in on the concert-recording phenomenon by offering professional-sounding tracks online.
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RECYCLE: Got clutter?
They say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. It seems to be the case, at least online, where for several years, local residents have been clearing out their clutter by giving it away for free.
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Linked by alcibiades on Wed 10th May 2006 19:40 UTC
I started out as a Mac user in about 1985 in a world which will be totally unfamiliar to almost all readers of OSNews. You wrote out your stuff by longhand, and a secretary typed it on a word processor. If you were lucky and able to manage it, you could dictate it.
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Kroes Lashes Out Over Microsoft 'Standard'
If Microsoft executives thought that getting Office 2007's default file formats through the international standards setting process meant the worst was over in the contentious fight to get it certified, perhaps they were a bit too optimistic.
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Recent Original Stories
Microsoft estimates it lost about $14 billion last year to software piracy - and those may prove to be the most lucrative sales never made . Although the world's largest software maker spends millions of dollars annually to combat illegal copying and distribution of its products, critics allege - and Microsoft acknowledges - that piracy sometimes helps the company establish itself in emerging ...
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Recent Original Stories
Microsoft will cease support for the Mac version of Internet Explorer from December 31 and stop development of the program, the company says on its website. No further security or enhancement updates will be provided.
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Slang prompts DMV to make plate changes
Mary Ann Hardee trains elementary school teachers to introduce computers and other technology to students, but she wasn't hip to the Internet-age significance of her new license plate - until she caught her teenage grandchildren giggling at it.
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Connected: Apple MacBook Air changes laptop scene
Forget the "computer expert" designation so many people have hung on me over the years. I recently blew my reputation to bits the first time I tried to open Apple's MacBook Air. ...
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Tech Test: Sprint's iPhone clone well done
This is a review of the 3G iPhone. No, not the one Apple announced on Monday. The other one. You know -- the one from Sprint and Samsung? ...
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