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- Your mom Kubuntus!
- Your mom Kubuntus!Well done!Good article. I thoroughly agree. Although "your mom" will probably prefer the simplicity of Ubuntu over the tweakability of Kubuntu.... :-)There is one thing you can do, though, to improve readability: put the conclusion (the "home message" in the last paragraph) on top. Perhaps in bold type,...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, KDE gui, Linux, grandma, Kubuntu
- Discussion threads 2007-06-20
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- Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?
- Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?Sure it canIf you are using gnome (Ubuntu's default desktop envrionment) just go to gnomelook.org and look at the screen shots people have posted. There are a lot of creative folks out there. It's pretty easy to make gnome look and act like auqa....
- Tags: Apple Mac OS, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Compiz-fusion, Even Linux, Ubuntu, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- The $200 web tablet ... dream on!
- The $200 web tablet ... dream on!Reinventing the wheelIt's been done albeit not quite $200 but the technology has been here--The Nokia N800/810. I've got an 800. The 800 shares the same multi-core TI ARM processor as the 810, except the 810 has a slide out keyboard. ...
- Tags: Notebooks, Channel management, Keyboards, Operating systems, OS 2008, web tablet, laptop computer, Web, Nokia Corp., Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- Facebook unveils redesign
- Facebook unveils redesignFacebook FaceliftWhile the "Facebook Facelift" might sound appealing, until they disallow applications that must 'have permission to view your profile', nothing much is going to change.It is upsetting is today's 'spam market' of cookies, spybots, and phising people are focusing on minute issues like appearance.RE: Facebook unveils redesignI...
- Tags: Facebook, MySpace
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Thumbs2008 (zip)
- Thumbs2008 includes built in image viewer, thumbnailer, and an HTML gallery generator. Thumbs2008 is a freeware with amazing GUI, autorotate, and Exif information. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Thumbs2008
- Software downloads 2008-07-21
- Immobile Apple
- Immobile AppleApple needs to get their act togetherI'm a big Apple supporter but they really need to be held to the fire when it comes to issues like this. .Mac has always seemed a little janky and I was hoping MobileMe would be the turnaround point. Looks like they screwed...
- Tags: Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Apple Inc., MobileMe, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Tough love: Linux needs more haters
- Tough love: Linux needs more hatersGood article, JeremyI'm currently setting up our company network on Linux and will likely be bumping into some of those Samba issues. Complicated by having a mixed OS environment on the client side. Yeah, that's going to be fun. Nice that Google...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Tough love: Linux needs more haters
- [The opinions expressed here are mine alone, and not those of Google, Inc. my current employer.] I've been spending far too much time reading a blog recently. Normally I dislike reading blogs, or as my friend from the IT News site "the Register" Andrew Orlowski calls them;...
- Tags: Blog, LinuxHaters, LinuxHater, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Blogging, Software, Internet, Jeremy Allison
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- The myth of Windows "Workstation" 2008
- The myth of Windows "Workstation" 2008If you want a better Windows experience...switch to Linux/KDE. Sorry I just couldn't resist. I don't really believe that. I do believe if you want a better Windows experience run XP or even W2k. No matter how much I experience Vista it...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, workstation
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- Vizio VP422
- Vizio has taken aggressive pricing to a new level of low. The company's VP422, a 42-inch flat-panel plasma HDTV, can be had for the extremely low price of $799. While this set doesn't have the picture quality to qualify as the centerpiece of a home theater, it certainly could be...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, color temperature, Vizio, Vizio VP422
- Product reviews 2008-07-15
- Another Linux hidden gem
- Another Linux hidden gemI use apt-get on Ubuntu but there are others.But another system I know that uses RPMs is urpmi on the Mandriva Linux distro. It does a pretty good job or getting dependencies for you and installing them. Might not be identical to apt-get but it certainly does...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Synaptic Package Manager, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- Best Apple App Store apps
- Best Apple App Store appsNot a buyer but am a developerI'm working on a new 3G app called 'Rose Garden'. It gives any i-based phone user the chance to grow a host of flowers and fruits including the traditional long-stem rose variety... the object is to somehow find a...
- Tags: 3G, WIRELESS, App Store, ebook reader, Apple App Store app, Apple App Store, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- Blackberry steals iPhone's virtual keyboard
- Blackberry steals iPhone's virtual keyboardCopying Apple???By stating that RIM is "stealing" iPhone's virtual keyboard, you are assuming that Apple were first to market with said on screen keyboard.Back in the real world, where Apple are lagging behind "big time"... they are one of the last mobile phone manufacturers to use...
- Tags: Keyboards, Well Let, Touchscreen tech, keyboard, virtual keyboard, Apple iPhone, touch screen, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- ScopePar (zip)
- ScopePar turns a PC into a multi-channel oscilloscope module utilizing the parallel port, the user interface to which is SeriCon on other PC. If you have an old PC, boot it by dos to run ScopePar and control it by SeriCon on your GUI PC through serial port. The free...
- Tags: PC, SoftBattery, ScopePar, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-07-14
- SoftFuse Password Generator Pro (exe)
- Generate list of secure passwords and export it to text file, xml, html, pdf, excel or database. SoftFuse Password Generator Pro is a program designed for generating strong passwords. Using SoftFuse Password Generator Pro, you can create strong passwords up to 255-character length and lists including up to 999,999,999 passwords....
- Tags: Password, Character, SoftFuse Development, SoftFuse Password Generator Pro
- Software downloads 2008-07-14
- ZZEE PHPExe (exe)
- Compile PHP, HTML, Javascript and other Web files into Windows GUI programs. Rapidly develop Windows GUI applications by employing the familiar PHP Web paradigm. Share the same code for online and Windows applications with little or no modification. Applications compiled with ZZEE PHPExe look and behave like standard Windows GUI...
- Tags: PHP, GUI, Zzee, Microsoft Windows, Scripting Languages, Operating Systems, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- Software downloads 2008-07-14
- Best Buy to sell Ubuntu for $19.99
- Best Buy to sell Ubuntu for $19.99stop the madness"the learning curve is steeper for those wanting to do more with the any OS"Dre`, once you realize that you are a 'Windows power user' and NOT a computer expert, you would not fail so often.I tend to agreethat 60 days would...
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, WINDOWS USERS, Ubuntu, Best Buy Co. Inc., Microsoft Windows, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-11
- Get Up To Speed: Alternative Linux Desktops
- If you have any interest in using the Linux operating system you will most likely want to get to know one of a handful of desktops available: GNOME, KDE, Enlightenment, XFCE, Compiz, etc. One of the best aspects of Linux is its versatility and variety. And with the desktop, there...
- Tags: Linux Desktop, Linux, Open Source, Desktops, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Download resources 2008-07-11
- I'll have the #3 Value Meal, Super Size, with an order of Linux
- With the news that Best Buy will now be selling boxed, commercially supported versions of Ubuntu, the Desktop Linux onslaught begins. Our ultimate goal of Total World Domination will soon be within our grasp, now that yet another mondo-huge retailer has jumped on the Linux bandwagon. Or...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- Mz Registry Optimizer (exe)
- Over time registry data becomes scattered within the registry file and when information is deleted from the registry holes are left which fragment the data within the registry. Mz Registry Optimizer application was designed to optimize your registry by removing gaps and wasted space. This procedure will reduce applications response...
- Tags: Registry, Mz Ultimate Tools
- Software downloads 2008-07-10
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