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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 28th Aug 2006 18:15 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"How many distributions does the Linux world need ? And what exactly is a distribution, as opposed to just an edition of another distribution? Why is it that there are so many developers who feel inclined to start their own project instead of joining another, more established one?"
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"I must say that both of these distros have pleased me a lot and completely suffice my requirement of a home desktop system. Both automatically detected all my hardware and had installed the drivers required.
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Computer maker Lenovo will not install or support the Linux operating system on any of its PCs, including ThinkPads and a series of new notebooks, the company said this week.
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Anti-Obama messages targeted by Google?
Bloggers who have been critical of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, a senator from Illinois, are expressing concerns they are facing an organized effort to shut down their message, possibly with help from Google's Blogspot.com.
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'Hello WALL-E': Robot's favorite song a nod to creator's Rockport past
It all started at one of the most famous lunches in recent memory. Pixar's creative gurus and mdash; Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, John Lasseter and Joe Ranft and mdash; were in the midst of making 1994's "Toy Story," the company's first film and the first animated film ever made entirely on computer.
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Plasma, LCDs blamed for accelerating global warming
A gas used in the making of flat screen televisions, nitrogen trifluoride, is being blamed for damaging the atmosphere and accelerating global warming.
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Pikom hopes ICT cut back plan reversed
KUALA LUMPUR : The Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry Malaysia (Pikom) hopes that the government reverses its decision to cut back on information and communications technology (ICT) spending under the second half of the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP).
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 2nd Jun 2006 21:11 UTC
Adobe, not content with Microsoft's decision to cut certain PDF functionality out of Office 2007, also wants changes in Microsoft's new document display and printing technology.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 3rd Jan 2006 14:20 UTC
"The saga of Internet Explorer, the piece of software that once brought the Department of Justice to the brink of breaking up Microsoft, continues to eat away at the company.
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The dangers of blogging for democracy
64 people have been arrested for blogging their views since 2003, according to a recent University of Washington report . Three times as many people were arrested for blogging about political issues in 2007 than the year before.
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Microsoft, Yahoo mull media partner options: sources
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc have been holding separate talks with other potential media partners after their negotiations with each other broke down, sources familiar with the companies' thinking said on Wednesday.
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Study: Cost, not access, keeps many from move to high-speed Internet
A new study suggests that attitude, rather than availability, may be the key reason why more Americans don't have high-speed Internet access.
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Mark your calendars for Tech.Ed
PETALING JAYA : Thousands of IT professionals, developers, system architects and technical decision makers are expected to make a beeline for the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre for this year’s Microsoft Tech.Ed South-East Asia show, which is to be held from Aug 11 to 14.
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Polyglot Plurality
Submitted by Ted Neward on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 19:13. The Pragmatic Programmer says, "Learn a new language every year". This is great advice, not just because it puts new tools into your mental toolbox that you can pull out on various occasions to get a job done, but also because it opens your mind to new ideas and new concepts that will filter their way into your code even without explicit ...
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The Six Kinds of Anti-FOSS Trolls
"Since I wrote about the seven kinds of anti-Linux FUD pundits, it occurred to me that plain old forum and blog-comment trolls could be classified, too.
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LA Times to cut 250 jobs
The Los Angeles Times Wednesday announced it would eliminate 250 jobs, including 150 editorial positions, because of declining revenue.The newspaper also said it would reduce by 15 percent the number of pages it produces weekly.Time Editor Russ Stanton announced the cuts in a memo to the staff, the newspaper reported Wednesday afternoon.Thanks to the Internet, we have more readers for our great ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 8th Mar 2007 16:28 UTC, submitted by anonymous
Hewlett-Packard is closing custom deals for thousands of desktop PCs running Linux , which has the company assessing the possibility of offering factory-loaded Linux systems, an HP executive said.
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Not So Fast: Many Still Prefer Dial-Up
Pew study finds many wouldn't upgrade even if broadband were available.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 9th Aug 2005 22:00 UTC
Andy Martin of The Committee to Fight Microsoft on Tuesday announced his intentions to block Microsoft from releasing its Windows Vista operating system . Martin intends to ask Microsoft for an unconditional warranty that the operating system is free of bugs that could result in security vulnerabilities.
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Researchers from a little-known security software company named Sunbelt Software have seemingly uncovered a criminal identity theft ring of massive proportions . According to one of their employees, Alex Eckelberry, during the course of one of their recent investigations into a particular Spyware application - rumored to be called CoolWebSearch - they've discovered that the personal information ...
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NVIDIA says "significant quantities" of laptop GPUs are defective, stock tumbles
Filed under: Laptops If you're the type to watch the late stock tickers, you might have noticed that NVIDIA 's stock just took a pretty big hit, down 24 percent to $13.56 -- that's because the company just informed investors that "significant quantities" of previous-generation graphics chips have been failing at "higher than normal rates," and that it's lowering its Q2 estimates due to ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 1st Nov 2005 08:13 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"Over at the Novell public relations blog, they're wondering if Red Hat's Matthew Szulik's conversation with Geoffrey Moore at Vortex on avoiding lock-in has anything to do with BusinessWeek's recent article about Novell.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 20th Nov 2006 18:54 UTC, submitted by Jimmy M
"Microsoft is pushing Visual Basic 2005 Express as the best language for hobbyists and novices, and are offering it free of charge from the Microsoft Visual Basic Express website . Since the price is right, and I fall into the hobbyist category, I decided to give it a try . This review is intended for amateur programmers, students and hobbyists who are interested in programming their computers."
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Firm Helps Demystify the Personal Computer
Help U Learn Micros is a local personal computer expert that can solve today's frustrating problems.
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Report: Microsoft seeks help for another Yahoo bid
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE Unable to strike a deal on its own, Microsoft Corp. reportedly is hoping to snap up Yahoo's online search operations with the help of News Corp. and Time Warner Inc. The latest twist in Microsoft's convoluted courtship caused Yahoo's shares to rise more than 3 percent in Wednesday's sinking stock market, even though the chances of a deal getting done still seemed remote. If ...
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