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Recent Original Stories
"Recently a blog post entitled 'Why Desktop Linux is its own worst enemy' has come across my feed-radar a few times. It's yet another in the long line of 'Linux ain't ready yet' jeremiads and it doesn't really say anything new yet it got on my nerves. Why?"
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Chip maker AMD cuts value of divisions by $880 million
Struggling to climb back to profitability, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. suffered another setback Friday when the chip maker disclosed that two businesses it acquired in a pricey acquisition were underperforming. AMD said the businesses' values would have to be reduced by $880 million. It's the second time AMD has had to slash the value of businesses it absorbed as part of its pricey — and ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 27th Jan 2006 20:59 UTC
A representative of the European Commission faced down a Microsoft exec on the BBC Radio 4 programme this morning, accusing it of holding a press shindig in Brussels but not popping round the corner to tell it what was going on.
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WALL E, 'Dolly!' And the Universe Of Musicals
WALL E and me -- we're like this. See, the robot knows what I know: You can be stuck in a wasteland, abandoned to the whims of fate, with a cockroach as your only friend . . . Yet even then, as long as you have a song in your hard drive -- uh, heart -- hope is not lost.
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Racing industry makes new push for off-track wagering in Texas
By JOHN MORITZ AUSTIN — After five years of placing losing bets on legislation that would allow video slot machines at Texas racetracks, the racing industry is upping the ante. The parent company of Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie is circulating a proposal that would make off-track betting and Internet wagering on races across the country legal in Texas. Insiders say it’s an uphill fight, but ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 21st Oct 2005 10:35 UTC
"What would help the most is to eliminate both the dependency on expensive commercial software and also eliminate the company-owned computer. If, like master mechanics in machine shops, the employee owned his or her own tools, none of this would be an issue.
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by deathshadow (2.6) on Sat 12th Jul 2008 05:11 UTC
I'll have to break this into two parts. The original blog post about Firefox reminds me of a precept of law I was taught at an early age. In order for a law or ruling to be fair it must be applied equally and without predjudice to all parties.
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Recent Original Stories
"Recently a blog post entitled 'Why Desktop Linux is its own worst enemy' has come across my feed-radar a few times. It's yet another in the long line of 'Linux ain't ready yet' jeremiads and it doesn't really say anything new yet it got on my nerves. Why?"
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iPhone rings up local sales
Rob Perrotta has been waiting three years to get a new cellphone. His beat-up Samsung phone was top of the line when on-screen colour was new technology. “It’s embarrassing compared to my new iPhone,” he said. Perrotta rushed out to get Apple’s newest device as it was released [...]
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Church notes
Live Internet chat Tuesday All are invited to participate in a live Internet chat on "Finding the Job That's Right for You" Tuesday, 2 to 3 p.m. For more details log on to www.spirituality.com. This is sponsored by the Christian Science Church in Boston. Anyone is welcome to participate or just listen at the Christian Science Reading Room, 50 Pleasant St., Newburyport, 978-465-0286. All chats ...
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Daily Oklahoman and Jones' father not laughing at hoax
Sooner fans rest assured, your star quarterback is not a cocaine dealer. A story posted on an internet message board Wednesday stating that Sam Bradford and backup Quarterback Landry Jones had been arrested for distributing cocaine was indeed a fake.
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Naples Humane Society overflowing with pets
Andre's home is a tiny bed nestled between a telephone and a computer.
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New iPhones sell out locally
Apple Inc.’s new iPhone went on sale Friday, but if you went to the Temple AT&T store after lunch you were out of luck. The store, located on General Bruce Drive, sold out of its 60 to 70 phones by 10:30 a.m., said Sara Hebert, area retail sales manager for AT&T.
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Settlement ends lurid divorce case
LOS ANGELES: Just as things were getting really nasty, Christie Brinkley decided to spare the world further revelations about her fourth husband, his affair with a teenage employee, and that $3,000-a-month Internet porn habit.
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Police and fire briefs for July 12, 2008
Published: Jul 12, 2008 - Page: 3B - UPDATED: 12:05 a.m. Report: Internet date leads to car theft An 18-year-old man was arrested Thursday and is accused of stealing a car from a man he met on the Internet.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 11th Oct 2005 20:38 UTC, submitted by LogError
As promised, Microsoft on Tuesday issued nine separate security patches , fixing vulnerabilities in DirectX, Exchange, Internet Explorer, and Windows itself. Three of the fixes were deemed "critical," four "important," and two "moderate".
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 11th Feb 2007 15:51 UTC
Forbes takes a look at Vista, and writes: "More than five years in the making, more than 50 million lines of code. The result? A vista slightly more inspiring than the one over the town dump . The new slogan is: 'The Wow Starts Now', and Microsoft touts new features, many filched shamelessly from Apple's Macintosh.
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AMD cuts value of two divisions by $880 million / Acquisitions in pricey deal called underperforming
Struggling to climb back to profitability, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. suffered another setback Friday when the Sunnyvale chipmaker disclosed that two businesses it acquired in a pricey acquisition were underperforming. AMD said the businesses' values would...
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Setup problems plague Apple's new iPhone
The second coming of Apple's iPhone turned into a customer service fiasco Friday, when some of Apple's most loyal enthusiasts who had waited for hours in front of Apple stores went home frustrated, while thousands of users across the country reported problems...
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posted by Will Senn on Wed 13th Oct 2004 19:41 UTC
This is Marcel Gagné's third book with Addison-Wesley following, Linux System Administration: A User's Guide and Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye!
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 20th Jul 2007 23:36 UTC, submitted by Mickey
This is the first install of what will be a periodic, ongoing series on how migrate from Microsoft's Windows to other Operating systems. This first article provides insight in the much discussed Ubuntu Linux . "Were it not for Ubuntu being so easy to use in practically every way, I would not have written this article.
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Linked by Ioan-Alexandru Lazar on Mon 23rd Oct 2006 14:58 UTC
Among the few things I'm proud of in my life, not having had contact with Windows when I first "met" a computer is somewhere around the top. Indeed, the first computer I used ran Unix, and I have been using Unices myself for some time.
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Linked by Adam S on Thu 10th Jul 2008 16:58 UTC
Gadgetzone.com has an interesting artcile on 20 things Windows 7 MUST include (their emphasis, not mine). They begin " Despite its enhanced security, improved CPU scheduler and excellent stability, it's still the flawed gem in many critics' eyes.
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Launch of Apple’s new iPhone bugged by activation problems
The launch of Apple Inc.’s much-anticipated new iPhone turned into an information- technology meltdown on Friday, as customers were unable to get their phones working.
Lawrence Journal-World |
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Meet Dr. Gary L. Otto
Family: Wife, Ann Marie, teacher at Amanda Stout Elementary School, Reading; son Gregory, overnight Web editor, WTOP Radio, Washington, D.C.; son Jeffrey, Penn State Berks sophomore.
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