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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 5th Oct 2005 07:42 UTC
Now if they could only figure out how *not* to do everything using the root user .... yes despite all counter-claims, I recently read an interview with their CEO and he had one question to ask: Is a computer without root any more secure than one logged in as root?
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Red Hat is planning a packaged Linux desktop solution that it hopes will push its Linux desktop offering to a far broader audience than exists for its current client solution.
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Twins surge past stumbling Indians
MINNEAPOLIS - Kevin Slowey walked off the mound and went straight for the computers set up in a cranny behind the dugout.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 4th Apr 2007 18:02 UTC
Geeks.com were once more very kind to send us one of their products for a review. Geeks sells cheap laptops --among others-- and so we asked for a low-cost laptop without an operating system in it for the purpose of this review.
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Osprey chicks in Del. on view via Web cam
An osprey chick watches from its nest near Indian River, Del. Park officials now offer a Web link that allows Internet users a chance to see the baby birds.
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MarioPaint Composer Builds Your Digital Mario Opus [Featured Download]
Windows/Mac: Freeware application MarioPaint Composer is a remake of the old-school Mario Paint game for the Super NES, but this one runs on your desktop. More specifically, it mimics the music...
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doing better overall
Microsoft is frequently dinged for having insecure products, with security holes and vulnerabilities. But Symantec, no friend of Microsoft, said in its latest research report that when it comes to widely-used operating systems, Microsoft is than its leading commercial competitors.
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Pandia Weekend Wrap-up July 6
The latest search engine news as found by Pandia.
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Linked by Kroc on Thu 24th Aug 2006 20:26 UTC
GEOS managed to offer nearly all the functionality of the original Mac in a 1 MHz computer with 64 Kilobytes of RAM. It wasn't an OS written to run on a generic x86 chip on a moving hardware platform.
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"After a disappointing showing by Windows Vista SP1, we were pleasantly surprised to discover that Windows XP Service ...
vs. the same configuration running under Windows XP with Service Pack 2." "When 10.5.1 came out, boot times decreased, some things felt snappier. I loaded up Fedora 8 and compared to Fedora 7, it was snappier on the same hardware. Windows XP SP3 has now been 'benchmarked' to being snappier.
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Tipton notebook: Fans cry foul on Gators
When Florida received a commitment last week from a prospect who just completed the ninth grade, some Kentucky fans cried foul. Recent history suggested an injustice had occurred. UK Coach Billy Gillispie received criticism when he watched eighth-grader Michael Avery play one day this spring and then offered a scholarship. After NCAA President Myles Brand called the recruitment of such ...
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Fashion video games tailored to sew up female market
This month, shoppers will be able to walk into H&M and buy a nautical-inspired minidress designed by 21-year-old Beau Fornillos, who created the sporty frock using a computer video game.
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"The OSDL's Desktop Linux Working Group has published its first year-end report on the state of the overall desktop Linux ecosystem . The report provides insight into the year's key accomplishments in terms of functionality, standards, applications, distributions, market penetration, and more."
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Middle East Business Information
Loading ... Tell us what you think of our new Video Homepage... DIC and ex-Yahoo Chief to buy IMG - 06Jul08 (0:35) Dubai International Capital plans with Terry Semel to buy sports and entertainment agency IMG.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 20th Sep 2006 17:24 UTC
The launch of Microsoft's new Vista operating system has been a long time coming. Missing the important pre-Christmas slot earned the software company a lot of criticism from partners and customers but Microsoft has committed to shipping the OS in January.
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IBM has announced an open-source desktop , running Lotus apps and Firefox on top of Red Hat or SUSE Linux. It's based on an internal project which has deployed Linux desktops to several thousand IBM staff, in what IBM said was one of the largest corporate Linux roll-outs to date.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 16th Dec 2007 00:02 UTC
Apple and Linux are engaged in battle – a battle to win over disgruntled Windows users. But who will win, and what will the consequences be for the loser? The most commonly held belief amongst Apple and Linux fanboys is that both factions are engaged in some kind of a war with Microsoft.
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Aaron letter is history in his hands
Here is the letter, seven lines long, written on a two-hole sheet of notebook paper. It is an old letter, speckled with time, folded and unfolded and, finally, placed in a plastic sheath collectors call a top loader. Jeffrey Gitomer holds the sheath up to eye level. “Mobile, Alabama,” he says. “November 22, 1951.” He begins to read. “Dear Mr. Pollack. I receive you letter, and it is entirely ...
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Ways to save on cell phone bills
Fees for using more minutes in a month than are allotted by your cell phone plan can really sting. In 2006, Prashanth Ranganathan got slapped with a $246 bill. Incensed, Ranganathan, 29, built a computer program that automatically monitors his cell phone usage by linking to his account via his cell phone provider's Web site.
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New open source Lotus Symphony poised for success
It's arguably the prettiest alternative to Microsoft Office, with a clean interface in a soothing IBM blue. Oddly, the once-biggest name in computing christened it Lotus Symphony, after a spectacular and expensive failure that dates back to the days of DOS.
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PC-makers challenge Apple in thin laptop wars
The paperback edition of War & Peace, a bottle of wine, the world's smallest cat--all of these things weigh a good deal more than the Portégé R500-S5007V introduced by Toshiba last week.
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