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In light of the many misunderstandings about Linux, software repositories and installation of packages, part one of this season's Mandriva Linux 2006 review includes an extensive background article about it.
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The antitrust regulator in South Korea will begin a crucial hearing on Tuesday (Monday evening US time) to determine whether Microsoft violated the country's fair trade rules by bundling its instant messenger and Media Player programs into its Windows XP platform.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 27th Jul 2006 22:04 UTC
In a meeting that will go down in internet history, the United States government last night conceded that it can no longer expect to maintain its position as the ultimate authority over the internet.
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Ballmer becomes lone voice at Microsoft's helm
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Steve Ballmer has been CEO at Microsoft Corp for eight years, but he will finally get to move into the corner office vacated by Bill Gates, the college friend who brought him to the company nearly three decades ago.
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Computer seizures at border are lawful
WASHINGTON -- Bill Hogan was returning home to the United States from Germany in February when a customs agent at Dulles International Airport pulled him aside. He could re-enter the country, she told him. But his laptop could not.
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We want you: Election rocks to a new Latin beat
They're not just rocking the vote -- they're salseando, perreando and mariachi-ando it. Latino musicians, actors and celebrities are getting involved in the U.S. presidential campaign to an unprecedented degree this year, from voter-registration campaigns to online music videos for Barack Obama, the candidate drawing the most support from young Latinos.
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Ballmer becomes lone voice at Microsoft's helm
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Steve Ballmer has been CEO at Microsoft Corp for eight years, but he will finally get to move into the corner office vacated by Bill Gates, the college friend who brought him to the company nearly three decades ago.
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Reuters Canada Business Summary
OTTAWA/TORONTO (Reuters) - Rogers Communications Inc , owner of Canada's biggest wireless carrier, announced pricing plans on Friday for Apple Inc's 3G iPhone, prompting an outcry about prices from angry customers.
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Forest guards rue govt apathy
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Mobiles, internet cause students' suicides: IIT
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Allen calls Gates shift 'a signature moment'
Paul Allen, who founded Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975, spoke last week about Gates' shift away from day-to-day duties at the company. Here are edited excerpts: Gates' departure: All companies go through an evolution like this, and people go through their...
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Memo: Don't frustrate the boss / Bill Gates is moving on to charity after big success with Microsoft
The message to top Microsoft Corp. executives wasn't that different from many others - written by an aggravated Windows user who simply wanted to install a piece of the company's software on his computer. Except that it was Bill Gates venting his...
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Dallas Business Blogs- Dallas Fort Worth business news from The Dallas Morning News.
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Agents can randomly seize travelers' laptops or PDAs
Bill Hogan was returning home from Germany in February when a customs agent at Washington Dulles International Airport pulled him aside. He could re-enter the country, she told him. But his laptop could not.
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Different rules apply to different age groups
FOR DRIVERS YOUNGER THAN 18 Drivers younger than 18 are forbidden to use any type of electronic communication device, such as cell phones, text messaging tools, pagers and laptops. New drivers lack experience on the road and therefore can be more accident prone, said San Luis Obispo police Capt. Dan Blanke.
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US-EU private data sharing agreement at hand: report
The United States and European Union are close to an agreement to share private data of their citizens, including credit card information, travel history and internet browsing information, The New York Times said Saturday.
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software to devote energy to finding new vaccines or to microfinance projects in the developing world. He will remain chairman of Microsoft and work on special technology projects.
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NBC offers wide online access for Beijing Olympics
(AP) -- NBC is making more than 2,200 hours of live competition from Beijing available online, giving Olympic junkies more action than they could ever devour in a day.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 27th Nov 2007 22:54 UTC, submitted by teigetje
"The two opposing corners of RISC OS have apparently agreed to join forces and jointly coordinate development of the OS. RISCOS Ltd, who produce RISC OS 4 and 6, and RISC OS Open, who are overseeing RISC OS 5 development, promised this week to, effectively, chat to each other over a coffee."
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Pier Luigi Fiorini is the lead developer of Mockup . Mockup is an open source effort to create a modern desktop operating system. It is based on Linux 2.6 and supports native POSIX threading, hardware detection, automatic device creation and automatic network configuration.
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by kaiwai (2.84) on Fri 27th Jul 2007 02:08 UTC in reply to "
RE[2]: Woohoo! " I'm still willing to give them a little more time. I never expected AMD to suddenly change everything in ATI overnight, especially given their current problems competing with Intel.
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Google's automotive chief takes bold steps
Bonita Stewart has long shown a knack for being ahead of her time. When she started working for IBM in 1979, she chose to work in the upstart PC division, instead of the company's core mainframe business. Now at age 50, the Harvard MBA is one of the most powerful women and African-Americans in the world of autos: industry director for Google Inc.'s U.S. automotive practice, based in Birmingham.
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Pay as you work?
Should an employee get paid for reading a BlackBerry at the dinner table, sending an office email or posting a job-related blog at home?
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Ballmer becomes lone voice at Microsoft's helm
Steve Ballmer has been CEO at Microsoft Corp for eight years, but he will finally get to move into the corner office vacated by Bill Gates, the college friend who brought him to the company nearly three decades ago.
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