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Should the Linux Desktop Be "Pure?"
jammag writes "According to Matt Hartley, many Linux desktop users don't like to admit that there's scads of closed source code commonly used with the Linux desktop. Hartley points to examples like proprietary drivers, the popularity of Skype among Linux users (in preference to the open source Ekiga), and the use of Wine. He concludes that, hey, if the code works, use it — a stance that won't ...
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"After weeks of gruelling troubleshooting, I've finally had it confirmed by Microsoft Australia and USA - something as small as swapping the video card or updating a device driver can trigger a total Vista deactivation.
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Competition blocks IT growth
Chennai, July 12: The domestic IT industry, which has been clocking an impressive growth rate in recent years, is likely to see a slowdown in the next fiscal because of competition from China, the Philippines and Sri Lanka, industry body Nasscom said.
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Microsoft' professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles last week was perhaps the company's most important event of the year, as officials try to sell developers on the value of creating new applications for the company's next generation of products.
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It just got boring and robotic
WHAT started out as a casual conversation in an Internet chat room turned into a lifestyle for 27-year-old Karen (not her real name).
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posted by Michael Hall on Thu 15th Jul 2004 07:35 UTC
My first experience with Slackware Linux came with version 9.1, after 4 years of using various versions of Red Hat and SUSE Linux.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 22nd Nov 2005 16:24 UTC, submitted by Lunxer
Here is an 8 minute documentary about the recently unveiled 100$ laptop. It shows the laptop in action, and also discusses its aspects with one of the team members, such as the screen, the cheap keyboard, and much more.
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Good at Location-Based Networking, ZKOUT Has Its Limits
ZKOUT (pronounced “scout”), is a relatively new network built in a way perhaps best described as a command center for location-based social interaction. It sports several functions, including a basic Twitter-like utility (which itself can bridge with the microblogging service at the back-end to send synonymous posts out one’s followers), options to publish photos and [...]
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 25th May 2006 20:19 UTC
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer denied reports that Vista will be delayed by a few weeks. In the meantime, a day after Microsoft announced availability of Windows Vista Beta 2, the first testers are overcoming download bottlenecks and obtaining bits.
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Under the Hood - Update: Apple iPhone 3G exposed
A close analysis of iPhone 3G's insides shows major wins for Infineon and TriQuint, though it's clear that much of the emphasis this time around less on reinventing the wheel and more on user experience and applications development.
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Intel Health Guide Lets Doctors Check Up On You Electronically [Health Care]
Intel's taking some serious steps into the medical world with its just-FDA-approved Intel Health Guide, an 8lb gadget that functions as a personal health care system. The Health Guide includes a...
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Cable & Wireless is blaming the crash of Sainsbury's website on thieves nicking the copper from a computer network centre run by the outfit. During the raid important gear was nicked, but Inspector Knacker of the Yard believes that the thieves were more interested in copper wire in the cabling.
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Current Newswire:
"Linux has long made life easy for tire-kickers. The latest version of Ubuntu, however, makes it simpler than ever before to take Linux for a realistic test drive--without risking a single byte of data on an existing Windows system.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 4th Apr 2006 09:30 UTC
"Nowadays I collect, store, and listen to music mostly on digital media, so I thought I'd find myself a Linux audio player that does all the things I need it to do. Little did I know how many options I had!
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iPhone Apps For Social Networks
The iPhone App Store is here and if you have an iPhone like most of us at ReadWriteWeb, the App Store is the one place you'll probably be for the majority of the weekend. There are a ton of great social network apps available in the iPhone's App Store. From to Twitter to Facebook we've got quite the list to keep you connected to your friends with your iPhone. Apps Galore ...
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BPO professionals get their own social networking space 13 Jul 2008, 0053 hrs IST, Sujata Dutta Sachdeva,TNN
NEW DELHI: It's the era of social networking groups. When everyone is either joining or starting a social networking group on the net these days, how could the young crowd from the Indian BPO sector be left behind?
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In a recent interview with the online edition of the Austrian daily Newspaper Der Standard, Mono project-lead Miguel de Icaza pleads for a cooperation between Mono and Microsoft's .Net : "I think that the deal should include a technical Mono/.NET collaboration, and even go as far as Microsoft recommending Mono for all of their developers looking at migration."
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BPO professionals get their own social networking space
A social networking group, meant exclusively for BPO employees, is fast catching up in cyberspace. It plans to create the biggest online resource for BPO professionals.
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Choosing Prebuilt Scripts
You don't need to learn JavaScript to be able to use it. There are lots of places on the web where you can obtain JavaScripts that have already been written and...
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Missing Ft. Bragg Soldier Filed Order Against Ill. Woman
A missing 24-year old soldier from Fort Bragg had sought court protection from her Marine husband, whom she was divorcing, and an Illinois woman who allegedly tried to "embarrass" the couple online, FOX News has learned.
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Most CF Cards Fail DMA Transfers
Anomalyst writes "In his quest to create an open source video camera, Andrey Filippov of elphel.com has determined that most Compact Flash devices, although claiming to be DMA capable, do not perform Direct Memory Access transfers correctly. This means successful movement of data to and from the device takes much more time with DMA disabled." The culprit appears to be the controller chip ...
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Conning the online con
Matching wits with online con artists can be risky business, but a small virtual community known as scambaiters has taken it upon itself to thwart the scammers.
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Teachers' group wants to criminalize cyberbullying
The Canadian Teachers' Federation wants Ottawa to criminalize cyberbullying. On Saturday, delegates at the CTF annual general meeting in Moncton endorsed a document recommending that cyberbullying be made a criminal offence.
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Teachers' group wants to criminalize cyberbullying
The Canadian Teachers' Federation wants Ottawa to criminalize cyberbullying. The CTF says the issue has become so serious that dramatic action needs to be taken to protect students.
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posted by David Adams on Wed 9th Jul 2008 22:41 submitted by LinucksGirl
Today at our sister site New Mobile Computing : "Patents Add Bells and Whistles to Cell Phones", "Microsoft Selects SIS for Xbox Chipset", "Nextlink Bluespoon Digital; Nokia's Headset; Bluetooth Shipments", "Samsung SPH-i600 makes sneak appearance", "Editorial: Merging mobility and media".
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