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The first development release of Syllable Server is available . It provides a text mode Linux environment, but also contains a preliminary graphical environment built on the framebuffer device, with DirectFB and SDL on top. The planned graphical environment from Syllable Desktop is not included yet.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 8th May 2006 19:38 UTC
"New security features in Windows Vista will largely eliminate the need to run separate antispyware or firewall software, according to a new analyst report.
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At the OSCON open source software convention, the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) got an unexpected new sponsor: Microsoft. The Redmond software giant, which will contribute $100,000 annually to the ASF, joins Google and Yahoo as a platinum sponsor of Apache development.
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Report: Apple's new MacBooks won't have Intel chipsets
Apple Inc. may stop using chipsets developed by Intel Corp. and start again utilizing proprietary core-logic sets inside its Macintosh computers, according to a report. (AAPL) (INTC)
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SAP Sales Chief Sees U.S. Growth Slowing
German software maker SAP AG expects growth in its U.S. business to slow from the second quarter's 39 percent year-on-year rise, but still remain above 10 percent, a senior company executive said Tuesday.
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Dell Customers Angry With Fix For Faulty Notebooks
The computer maker is hoping a BIOS update will prevent related problems, such as multiple images, random characters on the screen, lines on the screen and no video.
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Apple's Safari Vulnerable To 'Cross-Site Cooking'
Attacks making use of this vulnerability have not yet been reported and Apple has not yet addressed the flaw.
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Pickens rips Yahoo management, sells entire stake
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Billionaire investor T. Boone Pickens has sold all of his holdings in Yahoo over the way the Internet company's management handled sales talks with Microsoft.
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HP, Intel, Yahoo Join Government, Academia In Cloud Computing Research
Each of the founding members will host a cloud-computing infrastructure largely based on HP computers and Intel processors in six data centers.
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Senator: China spying on Internet use in hotels
Foreign-owned hotels in China face the prospect of "severe retaliation" if they refuse to install government software that can spy on Internet use by hotel guests coming to watch the summer Olympic games, a U.S. lawmaker said Tuesday.
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Inside The OSCON 2008 Open Source Conference
We round up our coverage of the open source OSCON 2008 conference. Don't miss Q&As with Ubuntu's Mark Shuttleworth and The Linux Foundation's Jim Zemlin. Check out the photo gallery, too.
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THE AUTHORITY ON OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, HEALTH AND LOSS PREVENTION
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Everyone Can Now Make Sprint-Powered Wi-Fi Calls
You know how Fido has the UNO service and how T-Mobile has Hotspot@Home? Sprint has its own nifty solution and it require a cell phone that is equipped with Wi-Fi to do it.
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Most Vista Business Buyers Downgrade To Windows XP, HP Says
PCs downgraded from Windows Vista to XP represent "the majority of business computers we are selling today," says an HP marketing manager.
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Brownback: China Spying On Internet Use In Hotels
Sen. Sam Brownback says foreign-owned hotels in China are being threatened with retaliation if they refuse to install software that can spy on Internet use by hotel guests attending the Summer Olympics.
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Demons in your PC
Call it junkware, bloatware or demoware or adware. Computer users denounce it as crapware. It's the software preinstalled on new Windows computers...
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Microsoft Shows off New Technologies at Faculty Summit
Microsoft demonstrated a sphere-shaped touchscreen device at its annual research day.
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China's Sohu Profit Jumps, Plans Unit IPO
Sohu, whose portal saw a 64% rise in average unique visitors during the second quarter, is vying with the likes of Shanda and Sina.com in a $1.3 billion Chinese Internet market.
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Facebook Hires Mozilla Engineering VP Mike Schroepfer
Schroepfer brings with him years of experience as CTO of Sun's data center automation business, not to mention his role overseeing the launches of Firefox 1.5, 2, and 3.
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Billionaire Investor Pulls Out Of Yahoo Over Microsoft Flap
Billionaire investor T. Boone Pickens has sold all of his holdings in Yahoo over the way the Internet company's management handled sales talks with Microsoft.
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Cuil Challenges Google With Privacy
Founded by husband-and-wife team Tom Costello and Anna Patterson, Cuil aims to rank the relevancy search results by content analysis rather than by popularity.
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Gartner Predicts $100 Notebook Will Take Years To Achieve
The research firm says the industry also needs to answer questions on power availability and the cost and availability of Internet connections.
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Pickens rips Yahoo management, sells entire stake
Associated Press - July 29, 2008 4:34 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Billionaire investor T. Boone Pickens has sold all of his holdings in Yahoo over the way the Internet company's management...
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Microsoft Calls Forrester's Windows Vista Report 'Schizophrenic'
A Forrester report telling large businesses to hold off on deploying Windows Vista contradicts earlier reports on the operating system, Microsoft says.
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Pickens rips Yahoo management, sells entire stake
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Billionaire investor T. Boone Pickens has sold all of his holdings in Yahoo over the way the Internet company's management handled sales talks with Microsoft.
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