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This is a review of the new VMware Fusion 1.0 for Mac. The article takes an in-depth look at the new virtualization software from VMware and compares it to Parallels Desktop 3.0.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 5th Sep 2006 21:39 UTC
Microsoft announced on Tuesday US prices for Windows Vista , the long-awaited new version of the operating system that sits on more than 90 percent of the world's personal computers.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 22nd Apr 2006 16:48 UTC, submitted by anonymous
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, the Linux world's very own Thurrot-before-he-lost-his-faith, writes: "People tell me I bash Microsoft too much; that Microsoft's products really are great. OK, so I won't bash Microsoft this time around.
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News Widget (version 1.2)
BART service advisories and news right on your computer's desktop!
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The Oracle Collective
Yahoo Answers solicits replies — from everyone — to any and all questions.
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Trains typically run every 15 minutes on weekdays and every 20 minutes evenings, weekends and holidays. In many cases service extends past midnight: Check the schedule for details.
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Transmitter upgrade doubles radio station's wattage
FARMER CITY – A power upgrade long in the works is now a reality at radio station WWHP-FM 98.3, better known as "The Whip" in Farmer City. The upgraded transmitter now effectively doubles the station's power, from 3,000 watts to 6,000 watts. The boost now allows the station and its advertisers to reach much larger markets, from Bloomington-Normal to the northwest to Champaign-Urbana in the ...
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For Developers
Open Format Schedules Throw away your screen scraper: BART has official schedules, fares and other data in the open Google Transit™ Feed Specification (GTFS).
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Yahoo & Microsoft: Week 21
On Tuesday TechCrunch and CNet, based on the usual 'sources,' reported that talks between Yahoo and Microsoft were back on, stories that prevented Yahoo's desperate, bewildered, shuttlecock stock from dropping below the 20-dollar barrier and landing in the high teens where it was when Microsoft entered the picture on February 1. It was certainly headed in that direction.
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Top Secret winner confirmed
Acclaim have this weekend, as promised, announced the winner of their Top Secret game design contest, that will see a new racing genre title developed by a vast community of gamers via the internet.
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Forget all I said about handbrake turns , OpenOpenOffice is here: " OpenOpenOffice [brings] OpenDocument support to Microsoft Office users.
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Linked by Alex Chejlyk on Mon 18th Jul 2005 17:09 UTC
Microsoft dropped support for Exchange 5.5 on December 31st, 2004. Exchange 5.5 users can upgrade to Exchange Server 2003, continue to run 5.5 with all accompanied security risks, or switch over to another mail/groupware system.In this article I propose a fourth option that is really options two (run Exchange) and three (run another mail system) combined.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 17th Jan 2006 04:52 UTC
In this video two iMacs with equal 512 MB RAM are booted at the same time. One is a 2.1 Ghz G5, one is a 2.0Ghz Intel Core Duo. The Intel is on the left, the G5 is on the right.
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Linux may soon have a stronger open-source competitor on the desktop if FreeBSD's plans come to fruition. FreeBSD developer Scott Long told ZDNet UK on Thursday that the operating system, descended from the Unix derivative BSD, is "quickly approaching" feature parity with Linux . "Lots of work is going on to make FreeBSD more friendly on the desktop," Long said.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 26th Aug 2007 22:12 UTC
Today, 26th August 2007, OSNews has turned exactly ten years old. For a decade now, OSNews has been giving you the latest news on operating systems, its major applications, and a whole lot of other technology related things.
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Axl Sics FBI On GNR Leaker
A top story from this week. The FBI took a break from investigating terrorist and criminals to go after a blogger who leaked some songs from the allegedly forthcoming Guns N' Roses album. Rolling Stone has the story
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Delays hit Google's mobile phone plans
NEW YORK - New mobile phones being developed by Google Inc. and more than 30 partners based on software called Android will arrive in the fourth quarter, a schedule that some cellular carriers and program makers are struggling to meet, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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Las Vegas Sun
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports provides round-by-round coverage of Manny Pacquiao's win by knockout over David Diaz Saturday at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, which gave Pacquiao the WBC lightweight title.
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Al-Qaeda's Growing Online Offensive
andy1307 brings us a story from the Washington Post about al-Qaeda's technological capabilities and the methods they use to protect themselves and their networks from opposing military forces. Quoting: "U.S. and European intelligence officials attribute the al-Qaeda propaganda boom in part to the network's ability to establish a secure base in the ungoverned tribal areas of western Pakistan. ...
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How Costa put squeeze on Rudd
THE Rudd Government has been embarrassed by revelations that it was advised to make a $245 million secret deal with NSW to avoid "a big political problem" and secure support for its election promise to give computers to high school students.
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Guidance Dulls Oracle's Luster
Oracle's earnings, better than expected, were up 27% to $2 billion or 39 cents a share in its fourth fiscal quarter on revenues up 24% to $7.24 billion and good thing too considering Oracle is this week's roundly watched harbinger of what's happening in the economy at this very, um, nasty intersection. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison thinks Oracle's results said more about Oracle's execution than the ...
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Marriage Woes? Click for Counseling
Marriage counseling moves online -- but is it a valid option?
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The cat is out of the bag: Java will be released under the GPL . Joshua Marinacci writes:
"I think it makes a lot of sense because it protects Sun's interest in preventing forks and also the community's interest in knowing that Java will forever be available in the public sphere. The GPL has always provided an option to fork just in case someone takes the code in a bad direction.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 22nd Mar 2006 22:34 UTC
Tim Altman just wanted to file a bug report for Outlook (feature request actually) but all he got was a lot of hop-around from Microsoft's tech support, and got charged $35 for expressing interest in the product.
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Touch of Gray
Summer is here and there are lots of cool activities at the senior center. Now is the perfect time to take an art, computer or exercise class. We also have many special events planned for July. The following is just a sample of the opportunities that are available at the senior center.
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