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ReactOS just released version 0.3.0 RC3 of their Windows compatible operating system. Their code audit is now 94.3% complete. You can get it from their download page .
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Asus Eee PC 901 is bestselling Notebook on Amazon
The new generation of Asus Eee PC netbooks invades the Computer and PC Hardwer Bestseller list on Amazon.com. The new Atom powered Asus Eee PC 901 with 12GB SSD and Windows XP is currently the bestselling notebook beating the Apple MacBook. Under the ...
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Tiff with barista spills onto Internet
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - A cup of coffee has created a tempest in a teapot in Arlington, where a dispute over a triple espresso on ice has spilled into a debate over the consequences of blogging.
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An un-American feel aids expanding US Web firms
By ANICK JESDANUN NEW YORK (AP) -- AOL splashes images of Bollywood celebrities on its new home page for India. MySpace accepts sign-ups from mobile phones in Japan. Google departs from its customarily spartan home page and peppers its Korean site with colorful, animated icons.
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2008's hottest celebrity beach body - on a senior citizen? Yep!
Helen Mirren wows in her hot pink bikini Attention celebrities, body builders, gym rats, fake tanners, and plastic people: you have just been outclassed. The Internet is 100% abuzz about British actress, Academy Award winner, and all ro...
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Cancer, age lead to cell phone debate
It's a signature parenting dilemma of the wireless age: Should kids have cell phones? And how old is old enough?
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It's art, for the Facebook generation
If like many people in our technology-ruled world you can't live without Google, video games, digital media and social networking sites like Facebook, this is your kind of art exhibit.
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Internet access causing headaches at games
Internet connection is proving to be a major problem at the Beijing Games, despite Olympic organisers promising uncensored access.
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San Francisco DA discloses city's network passwords
In its bid to protect the city from one computer security risk, the San Francisco District Attorney's Office may very well have created another.
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Mono project founder Miguel de Icaza claims that Microsoft prevented the open source project from holding a meeting at the company's Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles.
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"Free software is great, and corporate America loves it. It's often high-quality stuff that can be downloaded free off the Internet and then copied at will. It's versatile - it can be customized to perform almost any large-scale computing task - and it's blessedly crash-resistant.
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Dimitri and Olga: the voicemail saga. Or, how to never, ever get the girl of your dreams.
The back story is simple, but the accompanying Youtube video is outstanding. Olga went out one night with friends, as people are prone to do. There, she was approached by at least one man, as women are prone to be. So, she hands t...
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I don't get it buzz: 'Charlie bit me' vid gets 37 million views
Sometimes, videos get popular for reasons I can't quite determine. I saw this video at least three weeks ago and thought it was mildly amuzing at the time. However, since then, I see it on all the charts, mentioned in blogs, etc. I ...
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An un-American feel aids expanding US Web firms
AOL splashes images of Bollywood celebrities on its new home page for India. MySpace accepts sign-ups from mobile phones in Japan. Google departs from its customarily spartan home page and peppers its Korean site with colorful, animated icons. As major U.S. Internet companies stake their ground abroad in anticipation of the next billion people coming online - and the advertising revenue they ...
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 19th Aug 2006 02:07 UTC
"The DS Browser ends up becoming a bullet point for the Nintendo DS system's capabilities. Yes, the Nintendo DS can now surf the internet. But after the novelty wears off, you probably won't want to" , Craig Harris writes in his review . Craig was very kind to send us a DS screenshot rendering the mobile version of OSNews, although the browser seems to interpret "100%" of cell width as 800px ...
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perfect for Internet cafes and other public places ." More screenshots .
"Earlier this week Everex launched the gPC TC2502, which is a sub-USD 200 PC sold at a major US retailer, but what makes this unique is that it runs the gOS. The gOS (GreenOS) is designed to be a conceptual Google Operating System that is based upon Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 7th Aug 2006 18:30 UTC
At the 2006 WWDC in San Fransisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced several new products during his opening keynote speech. Read more for a chronological summary of the keynote-- including the much-debated preview of Mac OS 10.5, Leopard , which, according to Steve Jobs, will ship this spring.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 27th Sep 2006 13:57 UTC, submitted by Jasen Bulio
Intel has built a prototype of a processor with 80 cores that can perform a trillion floating-point operations per second. CEO Paul Otellini held up a silicon wafer with the prototype chips before several thousand attendees at the Intel Developer Forum here Tuesday.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 7th Nov 2006 22:56 UTC
"Often cast as the peacemaker in free software disputes, Bruce Perens is on the warpath . When we caught up with him, he wasn't in a mood to be charitable to Novell.
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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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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 16th Dec 2006 23:39 UTC, submitted by John Mills
"If you could ask Bill Gates one question, what would you ask? I spent an hour today with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on the company's Redmond campus.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 3rd Apr 2006 06:44 UTC
Microsoft will support customers who chose to run Linux with Microsoft's Virtual Server 2005 R2, software for running multiple operating systems on one machine.
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They better check that thermostat down in hell, because, believe it or not, AmigaOS4 has found a computer to run on - a computer which we will actually be able to buy. I kid you not.
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Ivy League Computer Science Curricula Exposed
Doug Treadwell writes "Many people have wondered what the difference is between the Computer Science education given in the average public university versus one given in an Ivy League university (or a top level public university). There have also been discussions here on Slashdot about whether any Computer Science curriculum gives students the knowledge they need for the working world. As a ...
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Bombs hit India's Ahmedabad
At least 16 small bombs exploded in the Indian city of Ahmedabad on Saturday, killing at least 29 people and wounding 88, a day after another set of blasts in the country's IT hub, officials said.
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