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The first beta of PC-BSD 1.4 has been released .
"After months of hard work, the PC-BSD team is pleased to make available the 1.4 BETA release. This version includes many exciting new features and software, such as 3D desktop support via Beryl, KDE 3.5.7, FreeBSD 6.2, Xorg 7.2, new GUI tools & utilities, and much more ." Get it from the download page .
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A Computerworld blog post reads: "You gotta love it. Microsoft has decided that it will ho ahead and kill off easy access to XP on June 30th. On behalf of desktop Linux users everywhere, and our first cousins, the Mac fans, thanks.
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On the surface he was a devoted family man ... underneath, a killer
Outward appearances suggested a likeable, intelligent man at the heart of a happy young family. With his pretty American wife Rachel, 27, and nine-month-old baby daughter Lillian Rose, it should have been a blissful existence for the 29-year-old computer programmer.
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Earnings roundup: Oracle 4Q profit beats analyst expectations; Red Hat 1Q earnings climb
June 25, 2008 - 5:34 p.m. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Red Hat Inc. said Wednesday its first-quarter 2009 profit rose 6.6 percent as the software distributor worked to expand the footprint of its open-source products with costly internal investments.
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Recent Original Stories
Gael Duval, creator of Mandrake Linux (now Mandriva Linux), has been fired from the company. The information leaked on the Mandriva forums , and Duval later confirmed it on his own webpage . He says: "Since the information has leaked, I will post a message in the next few days on this website about why this is the end of the Mandriva story for me, and what's next."
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Earnings roundup: Oracle, Red Hat
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Oracle Corp. breezed past analysts' expectations in its fiscal fourth quarter, providing another sign of the technology industry's vitality despite the listless U.S. economy.
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Chairman: Computer Hacking 'Much More Widespread'
GREENVILLE, S.C. -- The chairman of Greenville County Council said that a recent security breach of his county-owned computer by a fellow council member is "much more widespread" than he originally thought.
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Introducing Matrox M-Series - Graphics Cards for Stretched Desktop Applications Powered by Industry's First True Quad ...
New M-Series has more memory and cross-platform flexibility to drive multiple-monitor business applications with exceptional performance.
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Technology: It's Where the Jobs Are
Here's a hint for high school graduates or college students still majoring in indecision: Put down that guitar or book of poetry and pick up a laptop. Study computer science or engineering, and plan to move to a big city.
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No extension: Windows XP D-Day arrives Monday, June 30
After delays, delays, and rumors of more delays, the era of Windows XP has finally reached its final hours. Microsoft has made it official: Monday, June 30 will be the last day Microsoft sells XP to the masses. In fact, some companies have already stopped offering XP as an option on new machines as they prep for the switchover. Earlier rumors that Microsoft might extend the sales date ...
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Kentucky Attorney General’s identity stolen
The Attorney General of Kentucky Jack Conway has had his identity stolen less than a month after setting up cyber crime unit. Conway said he discovered the fraud after having his credit card refused while trying to buy music on iTunes.
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Research In Motion Profit, Forecast Trail Estimates (Update2)
June 25 (Bloomberg) -- Research In Motion Ltd. , the maker of the BlackBerry e-mail phone, missed analysts' profit estimates for the first time in five quarters and gave a disappointing forecast amid higher spending to take on Apple Inc.'s new iPhone.
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$400,000 county computer glitch
Dallas-based contractor was far from completing crucial data management project forcing Supervisors to hire replacement firms
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Research In Motion Profit, Forecast Trail Estimates (Update2)
June 25 (Bloomberg) -- Research In Motion Ltd. , the maker of the BlackBerry e-mail phone, missed analysts' profit estimates for the first time in five quarters and gave a disappointing forecast amid higher spending to take on Apple Inc.'s new iPhone.
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Kid Rock jokingly says, ‘steal everything’
Kid Rock wants fans to know it's OK to illegally download his music. And while they’re at it, they should steal cars, designer clothes and iPods, too.
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Recent Original Stories
A Computerworld blog post reads: "You gotta love it. Microsoft has decided that it will ho ahead and kill off easy access to XP on June 30th. On behalf of desktop Linux users everywhere, and our first cousins, the Mac fans, thanks.
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InfoWorld's Tom Yager speaks in favor of the RTFM approach to learning new skills, arguing that the knowledge gleaned from cracking a manual only in search of a specific answer is eroding software quality.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 16th Mar 2007 22:39 UTC
"With the release of Linux-based Xandros Server 2.0 Standard Edition, well-known Linux desktop vendor Xandros offers compatibility and other services that may give Microsoft SharePoint Server some competition.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 22nd Mar 2006 02:44 UTC
In Mac OS X, the root account is disabled by default. The first user account created is added to the admin group and that user can use the sudo command to execute other commands as root.
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Recent Original Stories
InfoWorld's Tom Yager speaks in favor of the RTFM approach to learning new skills, arguing that the knowledge gleaned from cracking a manual only in search of a specific answer is eroding software quality.
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Federal court fines RMG $18M in Ticketmaster case
(AP:NEW YORK) A federal court has slapped RMG Technologies with an $18 million fine to be paid to Barry Diller's Ticketmaster and permanently banned the software company from using its products to procure tickets.
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Laptops for Kids in Small Towns May Not Be Panacea
One Laptop per Child may have been thinking of the developing world, but cities such as Immokalee, Fla., feel its kids would benefit, too. But it's unclear how much the laptops can bridge the achievement gap for the kids of migrant workers.
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Nokia to Open Access to Mobile Software
Nokia said that it would make the software that runs its phones available to outside developers, as the company tries to head off competition and stimulate the use of mobile music, video and e-mail.
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Do you need to be a programmer to run a software company?
Joel Spolsky, the CEO of Fog Creek Software -- and a one-time member of Microsoft's Excel team back in the early 1990s (Microsoft's "glory days") -- has a really great look back at the significance of the famed "BillG" reviews. by Mary Jo Foley
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Earnings roundup: Oracle, Red Hat
Among the earnings stories for Wednesday, June 25, from AP Financial News: Top stories: SAN FRANCISCO -- Oracle Corp. breezed past analysts' expectations in its fiscal fourth quarter, providing another sign of the technology industry's vitality despite the listless U.S. economy.
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